Career Assignment

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Career Assignment

• by
• Skylar Cook
• Josh Halterman
• LeAnne Jett
• Jacqueline Swartz

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Getting Started

• A career is something you want to do for the rest
  of your life, or until retirement.
• To pick a career, you need to open up the
  Internet and go on the school Website.
• Click on the word Agenda, and scroll down to Past
  Weeks.

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Getting StartedPart II

• Click on Week 3 September 04, 2006 - September
  08, 2006 (8th Grade)
• Then, click on Tuesdays Career Assignment.
• Once there, minimize the screen (on the blue
  line, that is the button with a single line)

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Power-Point

• Open up PowerPoint (on the right-hand, upper
  corner. Its the orange button with the pie
  chart)
• On the screen, there will be a gray box, click
  the white circle with the word Blank Presentation
  on it.
• The next box that will appear, click on the O.K
  button, then fill in the blanks like shown, only
  put in your name.

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My Career as a Farmer

• by
• Skylar Cook

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Creating a New Slide

• To create a new slide look on the toolbar and
  click Insert.
• Then select New Slide.
• Select the picture with a gray bar and a box with
  three bullet points. Click O.K
• Do this until you have 4 slides total ( 1 title
  page and 3 other slides.)

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Finding Information

• Now, click on the minimized screen to the
  Internet.
• Scroll down to the bulleted points, highlight
  each question (press the left button and drag
  your mouse over the words.)
• Copy the bullet points 4 and 5, and on the
  extra slide, and on another slide write why you
  chose that career.

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Finding InformationPart 2

• Then right click, select copy, and go back to
  PowerPoint.
• Once at PowerPoint, right click on the bigger of
  the two boxes and select Paste.
• Put each question in its own slide.

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Finding InformationPart 3

• Go back to the Internet, and depending on what
  your career is, select a link that will help you
  answer the questions.
• You can Copy and Paste the answers on the slides.
• After finding and pasting the information, turn
  them into a complete sentences, similar to the
  next slide.

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Why I chose to Investigate Being a Farmer

• Farming is very hard work, and I thought it would
  be fun learning what farmers do on a daily basis.

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Final Touches

• Now after completing the questions, its time to
  add Clip Art and put a design template.
• To add Clip Art, press the Insert button, move
  your mouse over to the word Picture and select
  Clip Art.
• On the bar, type in something close to the career
  you chose, such as a pitchfork for a farmer. The
  next slide shows what it can look like.

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My Career as a Farmer

• by
• Josh Halterman

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Final Touches Part 2

• To add a Background or Design Template similar to
  whats on this slide go to Format.
• Click Apply Design Template and select a
  background you like.
• Remember, Design Templates may vary on each
  computer.

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My Career as a Farmer

• by
• Jacqueline Swartz

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Why I chose to Investigate Being a Farmer

• Farming is very hard work, and I thought it would
  be fun learning what farmers do on a daily basis.

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How much is the beginning salary?

• Salaries for a farmer differ from season to
  season.
• The lowest paid farmers earned an average of 350
  per week.

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How much is the highest salary?

• Salaries for a farmer differ from season to
  season.
• The highest farmers made was 1,264 per week.