This is the 4th activity in the Jumpstart Sequence. In this activity students will practice asking their first career related questions. Students should be able to complete this activity almost 100% self-guided. It could be done in class, or assigned as independent work. This activity should take you 20-30 minutes to set up and should take students 25 minutes to complete.

Learning Objectives

Students should be able to:

1. Ask their first career questions
2. Reflect

Materials

Students:

• Internet-connected computer

Advanced Preparation

No advanced preparation is required.

Begin the activity

Step 1: Email instructions to your students

To assign the activity to your students, email them:

• Activity Plan
• Ask your students to share a reflection (usually a short 1-5 sentence written response to a prompt)
• Instructions on how you'd like to receive their reflections
• Reflection prompt (ie: What did you learn today that will help you on your career path?)
• A reminder that they should keep track of their reflections so that they can read them later which will help them for their Project Status Reports and the "growth" portion of their Final Presentation.
  Example Email?

  Hi Class! Here is today's CareerVillage activity. Today we will be asking our first career questions. I have created an assignment for you all in our classroom. It's time to start the activity: Please open this link to watch short video to learn more what we're going to be doing together, and follow the steps on that page. Please complete this activity by [DUE DATE HERE] At the end of the activity, you should reply to this email with a reflection. Be sure to keep track of your reflections so you can read them later in the course. Reflection prompt: What did you learn today that will help you on your career path?

Step 2: Set up a CareerVillage Assignment to track student completion

Because Assignments on CareerVillage trigger email notifications to students, we recommend setting up the Assignment after you email the students instructions (Step 1 above).

• Go to your Educator Dashboard
• Create an assignment type: Ask Questions
• Number of questions: We recommend 2, but you can pick another number if you want
• Assignment description (example copy): Ask 2 career related questions. Be sure to provide a detailed description so that professionals answering your questions will know more about you and can personalize their advice. Pro tip: Say thank you when you receive an answer - this is always a good practice and habit!

Background Knowledge

• Instructors should be aware of what career questions on CareerVillage.org look like, and that they will get answered by real working professionals in the days and weeks after they are first posted.

Assessment

• Formative: Instructor should collect student reflections (by email or any other method)