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Subject: Educational Technology, Business, Computers
Grade: 9-12

Brief Description

Students gain an understanding of the importance of technology in business and learn about the training and education required for technology positions.

Objectives

Students

• decide on a business they might start,
• write a job description for the employee who will be responsible for technology tasks for that business,
• write an ad for the position.

Keywords

computer, careers, technology, business

Materials Needed

• computers with Internet access
• Web sites about job descriptions; for example, Writing Job Descriptions for Small Businesses and Mankato Job Descriptions for Computer Personnel
• paper
• pens

Lesson Plan

Provide students with the following directions:

• Computers have quickly become an integral part of almost every work environment. With that in mind, think of a business you would like to start and consider the ways in which that business might use computers.
• Review the job description Web sites. Then write a job description for the employee who will be responsible for the computer tasks you have for your business. In your description, clearly explain how your business uses computers and what training and/or education the applicant should have. For example, your employees probably use e-mail to communicate with vendors, manufacturers, and other employees. In your business, however, computer use is not limited to real possibilities. You are free to invent computer-based tasks that do not yet exist.
• When you have completed the job description, write a help-wanted ad for the position.

Assessment

Evaluate students based on the completeness and accuracy of the job descriptions and ads.

Lesson Plan Source

Submitted By

Esther Jimenez, Osceola High School, Kissimmee, Florida

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