Careers In Computing and Information Technology Lesson Plan
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| Audience/Grade: | 6 - High School Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Information Technology Software Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
BPC Promising Practices |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Lesson Plan |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Chris Stephenson |
| Description: | This careers in computing lesson plan (to be completed in 45 to 60 minutes) was designed for use in middle school and high school classrooms. When coupled with the It's All About Me poster, it has the following goals: To inform any student regardless of gender what information technology is and how it relates to a variety of different fields. To encourage students to look beyond the media stereotypes of a computer "programmer" and understand that technology jobs exist which will appeal to people with a wide variety of interests and skills. To foster curiosity in students about information technology and the careers that are related to IT. |
| Rating: | No Rating |
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| Keywords: | pedagogical strategies lesson plan recruitment outreach career information |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Motivation |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | February 2005 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://csta.acm.org/Resources/sub/CareersFiles/CSTAPosterUnitFina |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
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