Using Technology for Elementary School Career Counseling

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Using Technology for Elementary School Career
Counseling

• By
• Fern Herman
• Crashbiker_at_aol.com
• Education 509

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Contents

• Benefits of Technology in Elementary School
  Counseling
• Career related categories
• Career oriented websites
• Career themes and activities
• Technology tools for school counselors
• Conclusions

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Objective

• Show importance of technology in elementary
  school counseling
• Give counselor tools to work with students
• Provide career resources through websites for
  counselors

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Benefits of Technology

• Advocacy for students by analyzing data needed to
  review, monitor, and improve student performance
• Ability to use multimedia presentations such as
  PowerPoint that uses animation, graphics and
  audio and video clips

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PowerPoint as a Technology Tool

• Can be instantaneously updated
• Cost effective
• Creative
• Can be easily tailored for specific audience
• Facilitate the sharing of information
• Communicate to others that you are knowledgeable
  and capable of using technology
• Can be copied and altered by others for more
  efficient collaboration

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Career Related Categories

• Academic innovations
• Career development manual
• Career magazine
• Career builder
• Job for Kids

• Exploring occupations
• Online career center
• Working from the Heartland
• Career Resource Center

Explore Career Options
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Career Oriented Websites

• Vocational Information Center
  http//www.khake.com/page94.html
• Falmouth School District http//www.falmouthschool
  s.org/k2counseling/
• Methacton School District http//www.methacton
  .k12.pa.us/arrowhead/guidance/home.htm
• Bergen County Intermediate School District
• http//www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bcisd/classres/c
  areer.htm

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Career Themes and Activities

• North Star
• Career on Wheels
• My Heroes
• Dragon Slayer 101
• Career Web Quest
• Career Games

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Vocational Information Center

• Pandoras Briefcase
• Jobs For Kids
• What They Do
• Learning Card Career Bank
• NASA Kids - careers in aerospace
• Job Guide 2002
• Kiwi Careers - Industry Overviews
• Dragon Slayer 11 (Career Exploration Game)
• Career Web Quest

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Falmouth School District

• Lunt Elementary School
• Career Guidance Theme (The North Star)
• Students learn about themselves and those around
  them and develop skills

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Methacton School District

• Career-on-Wheels Day
• A special type of career day where people who
  use vehicles in their
• jobs are invited to
• talk to students about their careers

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Bergen County Intermediate School District

• Academic innovations
• Career magazine
• Career builder
• Career resource center
• Online career center
• Working from the Heartland
• Exploring occupations
• Job for Kids

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Conclusion

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