Materials
 Handouts and worksheets (electronic and print), assessments, checklists and rubrics are referenced in the modules.
Web-Based Career Resources

Career Cruising - www.careercruising.com
This subscription website is available to Oakland County School Districts. The comprehensive program contains interest and skill surveys and returns careers and Career Pathways that match the student’s responses. The site also provides detailed occupation profiles and suggests high school courses, training and post-secondary programs. Video interviews about the careers are available.
Students also create an Educational Development Plan (EDP), a career portfolio, to document their career exploration. Students update their EDP in middle school and high school to:

Save Careers and Schools of Interest.
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Create a personalized four-year high school education plan.
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Document career preparation plans and activities.
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Record extracurricular activities, awards, and work and volunteer experiences.
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Store career and education-related documents online.
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Create professional looking resumes.
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For those who do not have Career Cruising software licenses:
Other subscription-based career development tools that contain self-awareness interest inventory and skill assessments, career profiles and career videos, Educational Development Plan (EDP) electronic portfolios, suggested high school courses, and post-secondary programs include:

Bridges - http://www.bridges.com
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Michigan Occupational Information System (MOIS) - http://www.mois.org/ o MOIS CD - CD-ROM version - http://mois.org/content.cfm?ID=411 o MOIS *EZ - http://mois.org/content.cfm?ID=412 - with over 450 informational videos
 myDreamExplorer - http://mois.org/content.cfm?ID=413 and online at http://www.mivhs.org/Careers/myDreamExplorer/tabid/272/Default.aspx
(introduction) and http://www.mydreamexplorer.org
(myDreamExplorer career development website)
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Similar resources that are free can be used if the above programs are not available.
Sites include:
 America’s Career InfoNet - http://www.careerinfonet.org/acinet/default.asp
o Skills Profiler: America’s Career InfoNet - http://www.acinet.org/acinet/skills/default.aspx
o Occupation Profile: America’s Career InfoNet - http://www.acinet.org/acinet/occ_rep.asp?id=14,,1&nodeid=2 o Tools and Technology: America’s Career InfoNet (cutting-edge machines, equipment, tools, and software that workers may use in specific occupations) - http://www.acinet.org/acinet/tools/default.aspx?nodeid=212 o Videos - http://www.careerinfonet.org/acinet/videos.asp?id=27&nodeid=27
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O*NET – Occupational Information Network Resource Center – http://www.onetcenter.org
o O*NET Career Exploration Tools - Assessments: Interest Profiler, Work Importance Locator
& Work Importance Profiler, Ability Profiler - http://www.onetcenter.org/tools.html
o O*NET OnLine - Occupation information - http://online.onetcenter.org
and
Find Occupations - http://online.onetcenter.org/find/
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Career Interest Survey - http://www.edonline.com/collegecompass/carhlp2.htm
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My Future Career Toolbox: Work Interest Quiz - http://www.myfuture.com/toolbox/workinterest.html
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Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov
o Career Information for Kids (based on subject interests) - http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
o Occupational Outlook Handbook - http://www.bls.gov/oco/ o Career Guide to Industries - http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/
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Career Voyages - http://www.careervoyages.gov/students-main.cfm
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GirlsHealth.gov Your Future - http://www.girlshealth.gov/future/
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CareerBuilder – http://careerbuilder.com
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Michigan Occupational Reports for Exploration - http://www.michigan.gov/som/0,1607,7-192-29940_32263-64989--,00.html
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Career Browser - http://www.collegeboard.com/html/careerbrowser.html
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Other career resources
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Michigan Career Portal – http://www.michigan.gov/careers
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Think College Early - http://www.ed.gov/students/prep/college/thinkcollege/early/students/edlite-students.html
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Think College? Me? Now? A Handbook for Students In Middle School and Junior High School http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CollegeMeNow/index.html
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Monster Resume Center - http://resume.monster.com/
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MeL - Michigan Electronic Library - http://www.mel.org

Job Assessor – Which job is more for you?
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Job Assessor (rate the importance of job criteria) - http://careersite.salary.com/jobassessor/layoutscripts/joel_start.asp
 Cost-of-living resources, salary resources, and two-city comparison reporting

Salary.com – http://www.salary.com
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Salary.com Salary Wizard - http://swz.salary.com/
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Salary.com Cost-of-Living Wizard at http://swz.salary.com/costoflivingwizard/layoutscripts/coll_start.asp
and http://careersite.salary.com/CostOfLivingWizard/layoutscripts/coll_start.asp

PayScale.com Cost of Living Calculator http://www.payscale.com/cost-of-living-calculator.aspx

Compare Two Cities (by city and zip code) http://www.moving.com/Find_A_Place/compare2cities/index.asp
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Online newspapers and job search engines
 The New York Times Online’s Job Market section - http://www.nytimes.com

CareerBuilder - Help Wanted database (lists jobs advertised in selected newspapers around the country) - http://careerbuilder.com

Indeed - One Search. All jobs. - http://www.indeed.com/

Monster jobs – http://www.monster.com
and MonsterTRAK – http://www.monstertrak.com
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Career-Related Databases in the Michigan eLibrary (MeL)
The following Michigan eLibrary databases contain career information. The most student-friendly databases are indicated with an *. Keep in mind the elementary databases can be used at the middle school level and at all levels with special education students.
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ELEMENTARY
 eLibrary Elementary* - http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/k6/
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Infotrac Kids Edition* - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=K12K
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Kids InfoBits* - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=ITKE
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SIRS Discoverer* - http://discoverer.sirs.com
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SECONDARY

NetLibrary* - http://www.netlibrary.com/
Gale Databases (NOTE: there is an underscore after lom in each Gale url ( i.e. lom_oaklandk12 )
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InfoTrac Junior Edition * - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=STOJ
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InfoTrac Student Edition* - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=STO
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General Reference Center Gold* - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=GRGM

InfoTrac Computer Database* - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=CDB

InfoTrac Professional Collection - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=SP05

Expanded Academic ASAP - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=EAIM

General Business File ASAP - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=GBFM

InfoTrac OneFile - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=ITOF
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InfoTrac Health Reference Center Academic - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=HRCA

Health & Wellness Resource Center - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_oaklandk12?db=HWRC
OCLC FirstSearch Databases

OCLC Wilson Select Plus - http://firstsearch.oclc.org/FSIP?dbname=WilsonSelectPlus&done=referer

OCLC ERIC - http://firstsearch.oclc.org/FSIP?dbname=ERIC&done=referer
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Reference Material on the Web

Online dictionary and thesaurus

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus - http://www.m-w.com/

Merriam-Webster (dictionary) for Kids - WordCentral - http://www.wordcentral.com/

Dictionary.com – http://dictionary.com
and click on either the Dictionary or Thesaurus tab

Use a Google Search to define terms - type define: aviation at www.google.com

Online technical dictionaries

TekMom's Technology Buzzwords for Students http://www.tekmom.com/buzzwords/

Use a Google Search to define terms - type define: file extension at http://www.google.com

Computer User – High-Tech Directory http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/

TekWeb TechEncyclopedia - http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/

Education World Internet Glossary http://www.education-world.com/help/glossary.shtml

The Internet Language Dictionary - http://www.netlingo.com/inframes.cfm

PC Webopaedia - http://www.pcwebopaedia.com/

Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) – http://www.foldoc.org

Tips and Strategies for Taking Notes

Note Taking Tips and Techniques - http://www.wiredsafety.org/wiredlearning/Evaluation/notetaking/index.htm#slide=1

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing (OSLIS Secondary) - http://secondary.oslis.org/research/citesource/quoting-paraphrasing-and-summarizing

Note Taking Skills - http://secondary.oslis.org/research/citesource/note-taking-skills
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Tools for Taking Notes and Summarizing, Organizing and Synthesizing the Information
Gathering Your Information ( http://secondary.oslis.org/plan/plan-research/notetaking ) - an overview of three categories of information and suggestions of what to use to record information

Note cards - http://secondary.oslis.org/plan/planresearch/notetaking/notecards?plone_skin=OSLIS+Secondary+Theme
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Graphic Organizers - information on this Web page and the 3 pages of examples that follow (click on the link below the word NEXT: at the bottom of the page) - http://secondary.oslis.org/plan/plan-research/notetaking/graphicorganizers

Electronic graphic organizer software like Inspiration can be used to create a graphic visual representation - some software can even convert the graphic form to outline form
( http://www.inspiration.com/ )

Create a Web ( http://www.inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm?fuseaction=webs ) or a conceptmap ( http://www.inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm?fuseaction=concept_maps ) to show how the information relates

Use a ready-made form (template) to take notes, organize information by topics, or create summary frames in which you answer questions and highlight key points that summarize the information

Cornell Notes - http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes.html

NoteStar - take notes, organize them, and create citations with this Web resource
( http://notestar.4teachers.org
)
Citing and Evaluating Source Material

Citing Sources
It’s important to cite your sources so you can document the resources you decide to use in products and presentations you create. Ask your teacher which citation style you should use - MLA or APA style.

Copyright (and citing the source) video from LearnIt.org - Digital Ethics
( http://www.nortellearnit.org/technology/Digital_Ethics/ )

Cite Your Sources – Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS) - http://secondary.oslis.org/research/citesource

Citing Your Sources - The Library, University of California, Berkeley - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/citations.html
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Online citation-making tools
Online citation-making tools automate how the citation is generated. You can copy the citation into a
Bibliography or Works Cited page. NOTE: Formatting may be lost when a citation is copied into a word processing document - the citation would need to be reformatted. Lines that wrap should be indented 5 spaces (MLA) or 1/2 inch (APA). These tools include such sites as:

Landmarks Citation Machine (generates MLA and APA styles) - http://citationmachine.net/

MLA Citation Maker Secondary (OSLIS) - http://secondary.oslis.org/resources/cm/mlacitationss

EasyBib (free, generates MLA style – http://www.easybib.com
) as well as MyBib Pro
(subscription-based, generates MLA and APA styles - http://www.easybib.com/products/mybibpro )

Tools from NoodleTools - http://www.noodletools.com
NoodleBib Express (free, MLA or APA)
NoodleBib MLA Starter (free)
NoodleBib 6 (subscription, comprehensive MLA & APA-style citation maker)

BibBuilder 1.3 (Free MLA-style bibliography builder) - http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic/bib_builder/index.html
Tutorial for using References and Citations in Word 2007 http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/word/references.asp
 Evaluating Web Information

Evaluating Web Sites – Criteria and Techniques http://www.wiredsafety.org/wiredlearning/Evaluation/evalcriteria/index.htm#slide=1

Online Credibility video from LearnIt.org - Discovering the Internet http://www.nortellearnit.org/technology/Discovering_the_Internet/

Misinformation video from LearnIt.org - Digital Ethics http://www.nortellearnit.org/technology/Digital_Ethics/

Credible Sources Count! - http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/

Evaluating Information on the Web - http://library.temple.edu/services/library_instruction/tutorials/evaluating/intro.html

How to Evaluate Information on the Web - http://muse.widener.edu/~tltr/How_to_Evaluate_9.htm
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Technology Tutorials

Word Processing

Beginners Guide to Microsoft Word XP http://iss.leeds.ac.uk/info/316/word_processing/173/beginners_guide_to_microsoft_word_xp and Page Formatting In Microsoft Word XP http://iss.leeds.ac.uk/info/316/word_processing/205/page_formatting_in_microsoft_word_xp

A Very Basic Microsoft Word Tutorialhttp://www.public.iastate.edu/~hschmidt/wordtutorial.html

A Beginner's Guide to Word Processing Using Microsoft Word - http://82.110.220.90/ict/tutorials/BeginnerWord.htm

Word Processing Tutorial - http://www.k12.hi.us/~tethree/01-02/tutorials/wp/home3.html

Word 2007 Tutorial - http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/Word/index.asp

Tutorials for OpenOffice Writer (Word Processing 2.2) / StarOffice Writer http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/category_index/wordprocessing.html

Apple iWork Pages Tutorial - http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#pages-create-0

AppleWorks Basics (Word Processing) http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=13811 and click on Word Processing http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourViewCategory.cgi?category_id=18610&tour_id=13811

Design tips (request permission)http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/words/basics/formatting.htm

2Learn.ca – Word Processing Teacher Tools: Tutorials http://www.2learn.ca/teachertools/Wordprocessing/wphow2.html

Spreadsheet

Atomic Learning – Excel - http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/excel_2002_xpx
1. Working with toolbars 2. The Excel Task Pane 3. Keyboard moves
4. Entering info in a spreadsheet 5. Using a template

How to Use Excel - Excel Tutorials for Beginners http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/excel101/Excel_101_How_to_Use_Excel_Spreadsheets.htm

Entering Data - http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/excel101/ss/enter_data.htm

Cell References - http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/excel101/ss/enter_data_4.htm?once=true&

Excel Formulas - http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/excelformulas/a/formula_hub.htm

Excel Formulas Tutorial - http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/excelformulas/ss/formula_begin.htm

Excel Charts Tutorial - http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/excelcharts/ss/Chart_wiz_step.htm

Excel 2007 Tutorial - http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/Excel/index.asp

Tutorials for OpenOffice Calc (Spreadsheet 2.2) / StarOffice Calc http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/category_index/spreadsheet.html

Apple iWork Numbers Tutorial - http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#numbers
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AppleWorks Basics (Spreadsheet) http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourViewCategory.cgi?category_id=18613&tour_id=13811

Presentation Software

Create your first presentation (Microsoft Office PowerPoint) http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC011298761033

Creating presentations - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/CH062556181033.aspx

PowerPoint 2007 Tutorial - http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/ppt/index.asp

Create a basic presentation in PowerPoint 2007 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101942821033.aspx

Creating a presentation in PowerPoint 2007 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/CH100668191033.aspx
 Tutorials for OpenOffice Impress (presentation) http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/category_index/presentation.html
 Tutorials for Apple iWork Keynote (presentation) http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#keynote

Database Software - Refer to the directions on how to use Excel as a database.

Productivity & Collaboration Online - Documents, Spreadsheets, and Presentations in Google Docs


Google Docs Tour - http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
Google Docs in Plain English from TeacherTube http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9618&title=Google_Docs_in_Plain_English

Wikis and Collaborative Group Websites


Wikis in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
 PBwiki tutorial - http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/PBWiki+Tutorial
Wikispaces tutorial - http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Wikispaces+Tutorial
 Google Sites from YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD-4FRTzxkI
 Wiki module in Moodle - http://docs.moodle.org/en/Wiki

Multimedia Slideshows, Videos, VoiceThreads, and Podcasts
 Get started with Windows Movie Maker 2 (Windows XP) http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/default.mspx
 Getting started with Windows Movie Maker (Windows Vista) http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/ec3fff68-e53c-4168-ae74-
8557325e57e21033.mspx
 Photo Story 3 for Windows (XP)
 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Create your first photo story (Photo Story 3) http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/firststory.mspx
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

 iMovie - http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ and iMovie ’09 Video Tutorials - http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie iMovie 8 Starting a new video project http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/10201.html
iMovie 8 Getting Started (PDF)- http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iMovie_08_Getting_Started.pdf
 What's a VoiceThread anyway? (Click on the link on the page) - http://www.voicethread.com/
 About VoiceThread - http://www.voicethread.com/about/



Podcasting in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/podcasting
How to Create Your Own Podcast - A Step-by-Step Tutorial on Podcasting http://radio.about.com/od/podcasti1/a/aa030805a.htm
How to Podcast: Four Basic Steps http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/00-podcast-tutorial-four-ps.htm
 Podcasting 101 with Gcast ( www.gcast.com
) - http://www.gcast.com/htdb/info/what_podcast.html
 Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm
 Boolean Searching

Web Search Strategies in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/search

Boolean Operators http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=18256&title=Boolean_Operators

Boolean Searching - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7h5JPBmi6E&NR=1

Boolean Searches http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=37535&title=Boolean&vpkey =

Strategies for Database Searching – Keywords http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGVbHp0jufE&feature=related

Boolify Project - http://www.boolify.org
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