Qty.   Career Connection Jr.  Single User 149.00

$149.00
Order Code:JS5486
Single User

Middle School

Grades 5-9
Software
 

Career Connections, Jr. CD-ROM

We've developed a great career exploration software for grades 5–9 or special-needs students. Career Connections, Jr. is "edutainment" software that helps students explore more than 260 jobs that cover 85 percent of the labor market. Colorful graphics, animation, sounds, and game themes make exploring careers fun!

Lots to See and Hear! When a user picks an occupation to view, a narrator describes the job (sound can be turned off) while the user sees text and a full-color photo showing people at work in this job. Clicking file folder tabs across the top of the screen easily changes the information displayed. Each description includes

• Information on earnings, education or training needed, and employment outlook
• A brief description of the job
• Details on working conditions
• Interesting, fun facts or stories related to the job
• Suggested activities for "trying out" the job
• Places to go for more information, including Web sites
• Hot links to related job titles
• Options to create one-page printouts to take home to parents

Key Information Is Short, Interesting, Easy to Read. Job descriptions are based on Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook and include up-to-date details from the Occupational Outlook Handbook, the most widely used career reference ever.

Three Career Assessment Games. Kids can choose one of three self-assessment career games to begin connecting careers to things they enjoy:

• Career Pursuit—A board-game theme helps students use their favorite school subjects and activities to connect to career choices.
• Pick a Card, Any Card—Animated cards introduce 14 major career interest clusters from the Guide for Occupational Exploration.
• 20 Questions—A quick and easy card game connects hobbies and free-time activities to career interests.

Each self-assessment game is quick and fun to use, and all incorporate solid career assessment principles.

Wheel of Careers. Students can also go directly to a job title by selecting any letter to look up more than 260 jobs by title in alphabetic order.

Hot Jobs Word Find. Or they can learn about high-interest jobs by challenging themselves with a puzzle that lists the titles of the top ten jobs, based on salary and projected growth—open-captioned video clips provide additional information on each job they find.

Other Features

Accessible to a Wide Range of Grade Levels, Including Special-Needs Students.
The high-interest text at a low reading level makes Career Connections, Jr. suitable for students starting in about fifth grade, including special-needs students.

Engaging, Fun Graphics Enhance Kids' Natural Curiosity. We worked especially hard to create a program that teaches important career exploration skills and provides useful information, but in an engaging, interactive format.

Easy to Use. Kids guide themselves with little or no teacher instruction. Most job descriptions can be reached with only two or three mouse "clicks"!
 

$349.00
Order Code: JS5494
Lab Pack of 10
Middle School

Grades 5-9
Software