"You Won't Work A Day In Your Life!"

Creating a WebQuest- “You Won’t Work A Day In Your Life!”

 

Welcome to your WebQuest, designed especially for you.  Read through this WebQuest and see what it is all about.  You will begin with a “WebQuest Treasure Hunt”.  You will be looking for the standards and goals you will be working on as you work on your WebQuest.  Keep these in mind as you do your work.

 

Introduction-Step 1:

Choose a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life” – Confucius. 

This quote is essential advice as you begin searching for your future career.

            What do you dream of doing after you graduate from high school?  Do you want to go into the workforce, go to college, go to tradeschool, or to a training program?  Are you feeling a bit stressed as you think of this transition after your senior year?  Are you feeling the pressure of deciding what you will do for the rest of your life?

            The future is so bright, you’ve got to wear shades!

Task-Step 2:

            By the time you get to the end of your WebQuest, you will have a better understanding of what you might like to do after you graduate.  You will be much clearer about your options and the way you can make your dreams come true.  So keep an open mind and see where you end up.  Remember the saying, “Do Not Go Where The Path May Lead, Go Instead Where There is No Path and Leave a Trail.” 

            You will work with anyone you choose as you explore careers, but aways have the option of working by yourself if that works better for you.

 

Process-Step 3:

            You will be keeping a log or a journal of the projects you will be doing in each step of the process.  You will record the steps you have taken to find a job, the ideas you have come up with, and the resources that have helped you along your journey.  As you learn about each career possibility, take notes.

 

1.  

Watch Scott Dinsmore’s TED Talk” How To Find And Do Work You Love”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpe-LKn-4gM

“What is the work you can’t not do?”

 

2. Brainstorm six careers/jobs you are interested in.

Draw this brainstorming graphic organizer on paper to put your careers/jobs on.

 

 

 

 

3. Research the careers/jobs you have chosen to investigate.

Career One Stop

https://www.careeronestop.org/videos/careeronestop-videos.aspx?videocode=41201100

 

 

4. Create a Pros and Cons List for each career/job you research.

 

Pros=the favorable factors or reasons/advantages (best things)

Cons- the unfavorable factors or reasons/disadvantages (worst things)

 

 

5.  You need to compare the information for your potential careers/jobs so you can make a final decision. Carefully consider all the important facts and then make  comparisons between the careers/jobs-hours you will work/when you will work these hours/your enjoyment of this career/job, your interaction with coworkers or if you will work alone, how much money you will earn, etc.

 

6.  Make a Top Three List based on your research.

 

 

 

 

Resources-Step 4:

Advocating For Yourself:

: https://www.pacer.org/transition/video/player.asp?video=299

 

Youth in Transition https://www.pacer.org/transition/video/player.asp?video=295

Independent living: https://www.pacer.org/transition/video/player.asp?video=294

 

Employment: https://www.pacer.org/transition/video/player.asp?video=298

 

Education/college: https://www.pacer.org/transition/video/player.asp?video=309

 

What Kind of learner are you? - The 4 different learning styles

 https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1007US1007&q=Best+videos+on+high+school+students+and+learning+styles&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiPsLuf6Yj_AhVPEFkFHehrAzkQ1QJ6BAgcEAE&biw=1280&bih=609&dpr=1.5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:6a2ba8c1,vid:qcCtPgzlGTs

 

Evaluation-Step 5-Fill out the "You Won’t Work A Day In Your Life!" Self-Grading Rubric.  Be honest as you fill out all the parts.  If you find you haven’t completed a step, this is the opportunity to go back to your Web Quest and complete it.  You will be provided a paper version as well for your journal.

Name: ________________________________________.  Date__________________.

 

You Won’t Work A Day In Your Life! Self Grading Rubric

Put an X or √  

Web Quest  Requirement	I completed this part.	I did not complete this part.
I read the Web Quest Introduction-Step 1.
I read the Web Quest Task-Part 2.
I watched Scott Dinsmore’s TED Talk-“How To Find And Do Work You Love”.
I brainstormed 6 careers/jobs on my brainstorming graphic organizer.
I researched 6 careers/jobs on Career One Stop.
I created a Pros And Cons T-Chart for 6 careers/jobs.
I compared the information about the 6 careers/jobs and made comparisons.
I made a Top 3 List of my research.
I watched the video “Advocating For Yourself.”   I watched the video “Youth In Transition.”   I watched the video “Independent Living.”   I watched the video “Employment.”   I watched the video “Education/College.”   I watched the video “What Kind Of Learner Are You? The Four Different Learning Styles.
I evaluated myself by filling out the “You Won’t Work A Day In Your Life!  Self Grading Rubric.
I read the Web Quest Conclusion and celebrated my success.

 

 

 

Conclusion-Step 6-

Congratulations!  You have successfully researched careers/jobs that you are interested in.  You have decided the pros and cons of each career/job-identifying the best things and the worst things.  You are on your way to knowing the work you can’t not do!

 

 

Common Core State Standards: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading

 

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

1. .Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.*

 

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.

 

Common Core State Standards: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing

 

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

2. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. 8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.

 

Production and Distribution of Writing

6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

 

 

Goals For “You Won’t Work A Day In Your Life!”

1. Students will understand the importance of planning for their future.
2. Students will research various jobs and careers.
3. Students will brainstorm six jobs/careers they are interested in learning about.
4. Students will create Pros and Cons Lists for six careers/jobs they selected.
5. Students will select their top three job/career picks after completing their research.
6. Students will research independent living/how to advocate for themselves/employment/Transition/education/college and discover what type of learner they are.
7. Students will evaluate their work on a self-grading rubric.

 

 

      Lori Gilbar from Vermont Family Network gave all seven websites to me for use in my Life Skills classes.  We piloted these websites this spring in a North Country Union High School Alternative Elective I was chosen to teach called "Next Steps: Transition".  These websites are safe and have been tested in this class.  As a result, I want to use them in my WebQuest "You Won't Work A Day In Your Life!" with my students in Life Skills English.

      Lisa Moulton from North Country Union High School created this WebQuest.