Career+and+Life+Skills

Career
[|The 16 Career Clusters] Career clusters "link school-based learning with the knowledge and skills required for success in the workplace. The National Career Clusters™ Framework is comprised of 16 Career Clusters™ and related Career Pathways to help students of all ages explore different career options and better prepare for college and career. Each Career Cluster represents a distinct grouping of occupations and industries based on the knowledge and skills they require. The 16 Career Clusters and related Career Pathways provide an important organizing tool for schools to develop more effective programs of study (POS) and curriculum." - provided by the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc)

[|CareerOneStop] “Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals.” – Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor

[|Vocational Information Center]  Excellent site with links to “Career Exploration and College Planning, Tutorials and Learning Resources for Vocational Students, Skills for Today's workforce, Technical School Locators, Job Market Resources, Career and Technical Education Resources, Vocational Curriculum, Vocational Related Lesson Plans and Integrated Academic Resources.” - Created and maintained by Kathryn Hake

[|Career Technical Education] Nationwide, Career Technical Education (CTE) programs are changing, evolving and innovating to better serve the country’s needs. CTE is preparing students of all ages to help drive America’s success and vitality. Further, it is creating an educational environment that integrates core academics with real-world relevance. CTE is leading this change, transforming expectations and making a difference for students, for secondary and postsecondary schools, for businesses and industry—for America.

Occupational Outlook Handbook A guide to career information about hundreds of occupations published by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Dictionary of Occupational Titles Provides standardized titles and job descriptions for many different jobs.

Technology Education
[|The Virtual Machine Shop] “The Virtual Machine Shop (VMS) is a web site dedicated to the perpetuation of machine tool knowledge and training. This project is designed and maintained by volunteers from industry and academia and is free to everyone.”

[|American Machinist] “//American Machinist// is an essential online source of the latest product news and technology trends for contract manufacturers and job shop leaders. //American Machinist// serves executive and corporate leaders, operations and production personnel, plant management, and purchasing and sourcing management .”

[|Modern Machine Shop Online] “//Modern Machine Shop//’s mission is to improve and expand manufacturing by connecting the buyers and sellers of metalworking technology.”

[|Anvilfire] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A resource for metal workers.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Metallurgy FAQs] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">This site has definitions, tables, graphs, charts, basic metallurgy, etc.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|The Manufacturing Education Page] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">“The Manufacturing Education Page is focused on providing manufacturing-related educational materials. The MEP consists of three sections: Manufacturing Primers, Software Testbeds, and Manufacturing Education Chat Room.”

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Technology Education] “This site includes downloadable student handouts, checklists, quizzes, and puzzles from StudentAware’s Technology Education shop-safety program. Just click on a subject or a quiz and you will receive instruction on how to download and print the pages and handouts for use in your program.”

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Metalworking Tutorials] Tutorials from the U.S. Army's "Fundamentals of Machine Tools.”

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|HVAC News] “Our network of over 1,500 online publications has hundreds of thousands of articles, press releases, pictures, jobs & videos targeted to specific markets.”

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Consumer Guide Auto] “Consumer Guide Automotive is a consumer-focused, trusted resource for authoritative and objective reports on new and used vehicles.” - A //Discovery// site

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Automotive Technology Links for Automotive and Diesel Technology from "Career Tech" Wiki.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|CAD Lesson Plans] CAD lesson plans and projects.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Space CAD 2K1 “SpaceCAD is an entry level computer-aided design and drafting (CAD) curriculum for high school or adult students. Students learn CAD in the context of the history of the U.S. manned space program and all projects are based on authentic NASA technical drawings from the JMercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.”

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Discover Design] “The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) has created DiscoverDesign as an educational tool intended for high school classroom use as well as independent student users in the US and around the world. This curriculum is intended to teach students about the design and construction of school buildings and also provide a forum where students can post their own design projects and receive feedback from an online community of other students, teachers, and design professionals.”

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|How Stuff Works] “Contains credible, unbiased, and easy-to understand explanations of how the world actually works.” HowStuffWorks is a subsidiary of Discovery Communications.

Photography and Graphics
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Scan Tips] “The purpose is to offer some scanning tips and to explain the basics for photos and documents. It is about the fundamentals of digital images, about the basics to help you get the most from your scanner. How it works for those who want to know.” – Wayne Fulton

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Digital Imaging Tutorial] “This tutorial offers base-level information on the use of digital imaging to convert and make accessible cultural heritage materials. It also introduces some concepts advocated by Cornell University Library, in particular the value of benchmarking requirements before undertaking a digital initiative. You will find here up-to-date technical information, formulas, and reality checks, designed to test your level of understanding.”

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Tips and Projects Exchange by Kodak] “Kodak Tips & Projects Exchange is a place for you to connect with creative and crafty people, share your photography and printing projects, and learn tips and techniques to make the most of our camera, video camera, or printer and to express your creativity to the fullest."

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Planet Photoshop Tutorials] Tutorials on special effects and more. Sponsored by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Absolute Cross] Several Photoshop tutorials provided by website designer David Newkerk.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|PhotoPeach] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"With PhotoPeach you can create a rich slideshow in seconds. You can also elaborate your story with background music, captions and comments."

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Sumo Paint] "With Sumo Paint you can Create, Share and Remix your Images. It is the the most versatile painting and photo manipulation application online. Currently it has more than 1 Million monthly active users and a vibrant community."

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Cepolina Photo] “Cepolina hosts over 20,000 free photos coming from the world; photos have been taken mainly in Europe, America, Indiana and China. Photos are classified in 1400 categories like plants, animals, cars and food. Each photo can be saved in six formats (up to 1600 x 1200 pixels). You can download any photo for private or commercial use.”

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Pics4Learning] “Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting. The thousands of photos in this collection are approved for use in the classroom and indexed and sorted in order to maximize their effective use by students in a 21st century classroom. While the photographers retain the rights to these photos, they have graciously allowed their use through this collection.”

[|Intellectual Property Law Primer for Multimedia Developers] “This primer will help you understand the legal issues in developing and distributing multimedia works. It is based on the Multimedia Law Handbook from Ladera Press, which has been endorsed by the Interactive Multimedia association. This summary of the law should not be viewed as ‘answering’ most questions. Legal matters in multimedia are frequently complex and you should not rely on the information in this primer alone.“

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Graphic Design & Publishing Center] “The Design & Publishing Center is all about the exchange of information, news, reviews, and all things revolving around the broad topics of design and publishing. Here you will find all kinds of resources relating to graphics, layout, design and typography.”

[|LogoEase] Free interactive logo maker.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Digital Artists] Digital artists and examples of their work provided by ArtNet.

Wellness
TeensHealth TeensHealth is a "safe, private place for teens who need honest, accurate information and advice about health, emotions, and life.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Discovery Fit & Health] Health news, stories, guides, etc.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Physical Education Lesson Plan Page] Contains P.E. lessons submitted by P.E. teachers.

Kevin Morrow's Resources for Physical Education Provides resources to help integrate technology use in physical education classes.