Technological Innovation in your Chosen Field
Think of your own major for a moment. Consider the technological innovations that are happening in that field. Consider the following:
Personal cameras on police officers;
Streaming video for nurses in hospitals;
Legal databases for paralegals;
Coding academies for tech students;
Online learning for bachelor's degree students.
Do a little research online (find at least two articles dealing with tech innovation in your field), and then write a post of at least three paragraphs in which you discuss the types of technological innovations that you expect to see in the next ten years.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
Career Post #5
Media Multitasking is Really Multi-Distracting:
Read these
articles on your own, first summarize them both in a blog post, and then answer this
question:
In this day and age, is it
possible to avoid media multitasking? Why or why not?
Put your opinions on this subject into at least four paragraphs.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Career Post #4
Related to our discussion of Facebook addiction:
Search for this article in EBSCOHost: “Now on Facebook, Your Future Doctor, Partying.”
Read this, and find one other article online that addresses Facebook addiction. Write three paragraphs of reflection on these articles, and post it to your blog.
This can be considered a Career/College blog post (towards your twelve for the semester).
Search for this article in EBSCOHost: “Now on Facebook, Your Future Doctor, Partying.”
Read this, and find one other article online that addresses Facebook addiction. Write three paragraphs of reflection on these articles, and post it to your blog.
This can be considered a Career/College blog post (towards your twelve for the semester).
Monday, March 9, 2015
Job Strategy Exercise
The goal: To start thinking strategically about and to plan early for that career-opening position.
There are two parts to this exercise, Part I and Part II. Just put it all in the same Word document, broken up as Part I and Part II.
Part I: The Virtual Library
1. Using Bryant & Stratton's Virtual Library, search for three articles focused on job searching and formulating a job search strategy.
Hint: Use EBSCOHost to search for these titles.
List the three article titles you find in APA format.
2. Using the VL's campus pages (see the hint below), find at least four different online resources pertaining to your field.
Hint: At the VL's homepage, go to the Henrietta/Greece page.
Look under "Program Resources" tab to start.
List these and for each, provide a sentence or two of information as to why it will be a helpful resource.
Part II: Online searching and LinkedIn
3. Using a search engine like Google or Bing, search for and find three articles focused on job searching and formulating a job search strategy.
Again, list these online articles in APA format.
4. Using Google or Bing, find at least four different online resources pertaining to your field.
List these and for each, provide a sentence or two of information as to why it will be a helpful resource.
5. Using LinkedIn (you should all have LinkedIn accounts by now), search for at least two groups/organizations associated with your future career field. These may be open or closed groups. But seek to join them (it usually requires sending a note to the moderator/organizer of the group), explaining your current status as a college student interested in that particular field.
6. While still on LinkedIn, search for some of your professors, fellow students, advisors, or college administrators associated with Bryant & Stratton College. Ask to join their list of connections.
When this is all completed, save and send the Word document to me.
There are two parts to this exercise, Part I and Part II. Just put it all in the same Word document, broken up as Part I and Part II.
Part I: The Virtual Library
1. Using Bryant & Stratton's Virtual Library, search for three articles focused on job searching and formulating a job search strategy.
Hint: Use EBSCOHost to search for these titles.
List the three article titles you find in APA format.
2. Using the VL's campus pages (see the hint below), find at least four different online resources pertaining to your field.
Hint: At the VL's homepage, go to the Henrietta/Greece page.
Look under "Program Resources" tab to start.
List these and for each, provide a sentence or two of information as to why it will be a helpful resource.
Part II: Online searching and LinkedIn
3. Using a search engine like Google or Bing, search for and find three articles focused on job searching and formulating a job search strategy.
Again, list these online articles in APA format.
4. Using Google or Bing, find at least four different online resources pertaining to your field.
List these and for each, provide a sentence or two of information as to why it will be a helpful resource.
5. Using LinkedIn (you should all have LinkedIn accounts by now), search for at least two groups/organizations associated with your future career field. These may be open or closed groups. But seek to join them (it usually requires sending a note to the moderator/organizer of the group), explaining your current status as a college student interested in that particular field.
6. While still on LinkedIn, search for some of your professors, fellow students, advisors, or college administrators associated with Bryant & Stratton College. Ask to join their list of connections.
When this is all completed, save and send the Word document to me.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Career Post #3
We started discussion on this particular topic with a provocative question:
Why don't you read?
Studies are showing that reading rates are on the decline, likely because of the ubiquity of technology in our daily lives. This brought us to another provocative question:
Are you addicted to your technology?
To which we turned to this blog post on the subject of Internet and technology addiction:
The World Unplugged
So, after reading this blog post, for another Career Post, write at least four paragraphs of opinion/reflection on the subject of college students and technology/Internet addiction.
Thanks folks!
Why don't you read?
Studies are showing that reading rates are on the decline, likely because of the ubiquity of technology in our daily lives. This brought us to another provocative question:
Are you addicted to your technology?
To which we turned to this blog post on the subject of Internet and technology addiction:
The World Unplugged
So, after reading this blog post, for another Career Post, write at least four paragraphs of opinion/reflection on the subject of college students and technology/Internet addiction.
Thanks folks!
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Databases
Again, what is a database?
It's an organized collection of data. Normally, we think of databases online, but technically, that doesn't have to be the case. (There were databases in computers before the Internet was around.) But for our use, we're looking at purely online databases. These are collections of data (think of an online library) that are easily searchable via a web-based search interface.
Now, we need to remember that database is not the same as search engine. The latter is often used to search the former, but there is a distinction.
What I want to introduce you to are certain major-related or career-related databases that may be of use to you. I'll only present a few right now:
Business/Accounting
Microsoft Academic Search
Medical Assisting/Medical Administrative Assisting
Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database (University of Calgary)
Human Resources
Microsoft Academic Search
Criminal Justice
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Technology (Database, Security, etc.)
Liberal Arts
Graphic Design
Artcyclopedia
DeviantArt
Today, we'll be looking at a few of these. I'll be adding more throughout the semester. The goal: to get you to better understand what kinds of databases are out there and are available to you, and which ones can be helpful to you during your college career.
It's an organized collection of data. Normally, we think of databases online, but technically, that doesn't have to be the case. (There were databases in computers before the Internet was around.) But for our use, we're looking at purely online databases. These are collections of data (think of an online library) that are easily searchable via a web-based search interface.
Now, we need to remember that database is not the same as search engine. The latter is often used to search the former, but there is a distinction.
What I want to introduce you to are certain major-related or career-related databases that may be of use to you. I'll only present a few right now:
Business/Accounting
Microsoft Academic Search
Medical Assisting/Medical Administrative Assisting
Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database (University of Calgary)
Human Resources
Microsoft Academic Search
Criminal Justice
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Technology (Database, Security, etc.)
Citebase Search (U. of Southampton)
CiteSeerX
(Penn State University)Liberal Arts
Directory of Open Access Journals (Lund University)
ERIC: Institute of Education SciencesGraphic Design
Artcyclopedia
DeviantArt
Today, we'll be looking at a few of these. I'll be adding more throughout the semester. The goal: to get you to better understand what kinds of databases are out there and are available to you, and which ones can be helpful to you during your college career.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Career Post #2
We've been discussing the subject of website evaluation. (And we'll have plenty more to say in the coming weeks.) It's essential that you all, as college students, understand how to determine reliability when looking at online resources.
So, with that in mind, I want you to use your newly-honed research skills and look for at least one website, or online journal article (be it academic or otherwise) that focuses on the need for college students to better understand website reliability.
Read the article and/or browse the site you find, and when you're done, post the URL and article/site title, and write for me at least two paragraphs (at least 200 words) on why that site/article's information is important to you, a college student.
Remember, these blog posts require a few things:
-Stay on point.
-Make it relevant to your future career or your college experience.
-Make it a substantive post (meaning at least 200 words).
Any questions, let me know via email or comment on this post. Thanks all!
So, with that in mind, I want you to use your newly-honed research skills and look for at least one website, or online journal article (be it academic or otherwise) that focuses on the need for college students to better understand website reliability.
Read the article and/or browse the site you find, and when you're done, post the URL and article/site title, and write for me at least two paragraphs (at least 200 words) on why that site/article's information is important to you, a college student.
Remember, these blog posts require a few things:
-Stay on point.
-Make it relevant to your future career or your college experience.
-Make it a substantive post (meaning at least 200 words).
Any questions, let me know via email or comment on this post. Thanks all!
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