Career+Planning+Assignment+5


 * 1) Log on to [|www.CollegeInColorado.org]and navigate to Explorer from the Choices® career Explorer link on the home page, then click on the purple Learn tab near the top of the screen.
 * 2) Click on three different School Subjects that you like. From each one, select three unique Program and Majors titles you find interesting. If there are some program titles you are not familiar with, click on them to learn what they are. Use your browser’s back button to return to your list. Add the titles that interest you to Google Document under a new section called Education and Recreation Awareness.
 * 3) Click on the Learn tab again, and click on Keyword Search under Find Majors By and make sure the Education button is selected. Into the Search for box, type a word or two that describes something in which you are interested, then click Go. For example, type in “animals.” If at first you don’t get any results, try different words until you get a good list. Remember to read about results that are unfamiliar to you by clicking on that title. Record three interesting titles from each search on your Google Document until you have added 10 more education programs.
 * 4) Click on the Learn tab again. Click on View Description of Clusters at the bottom of the Career Clusters list and click on a cluster in which you are interested (this can be the same or different choice from Activity 2.2). From the list in the center of the screen, select three new program titles you find interesting. Make sure you also check out the unfamiliar ones. Add the new interesting program titles to your Google Document.
 * 5) Return to the Cluster page you selected in step 4. On the right side of the page under Talking to Students and Featured Majors, read the description then click on any that interests you. Read through each article, making sure that you view both the Profile and the Talking to Students tabs, then record the name of the program on your Google Document.
 * 6) Repeat steps 4 & 5 with two more Career Clusters. If you get over 30 education titles, that’s great! Your interest in many programs will help you do well in school. Record any other names on your Google Document.
 * 7) Now it’s time to look at volunteering & recreation: what you can do to help others and what you can do for fun! Within Choices Explorer, click on the Life tab. Using the same or different Career Clusters as before, select three clusters under Volunteering and three under Recreation. In each of those clusters, select five opportunities to record on your worksheet under Volunteering and Recreation. Check out information on titles with which you are unfamiliar. You should end up with 15 volunteering and 15 recreational opportunities.
 * 8) Reflection: You may have heard the only way to “get ahead” is to put all your time into work and to forget having fun. This activity suggests that keeping a balance between work, recreation and helping others because all of these things are very important in life. Describe the roles you think work, recreation and helping others should have in your life. In other words, what do you wish to achieve from work? What will you receive from recreational activities? How about helping others? Then describe how work can help you with recreation and helping others, and how doing recreational activities and helping others can help you with work.