Connected Learning

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Title	Synopsis
	Mind Your Business	How does a person’s experience affect his/her career placement? In establishing a business, how does one determine personnel needs, and how does one determine the product to offer? How does advertising affect or influence customers, and how does the economy affect business? What have I done or experienced that can help me in a job search and how do I go about getting a job? How does a prospective employer view my application?
	You As An Entrepreneur	At the end of this unit, students will know the important concepts of entrepreneurship. Students will create their own business, reflect their knowledge gained and continue to gain knowledge about their future career.
	What is Good Information	Students recognize/use electronic information useful in learning and critical thinking. Emphasis on finding and using "Good Information" (whether objective or subjective) can be recognized/applied in appropriate contexts. Flexible, collaborative unit that overlays content-area in English, Art, Home & Careers, Social Studies taught by faculty when bringing classes to the Library Media Center for instruction. Students find answers to content challenges in parallel units, and use technological aspects to refine research abilities in Library Skills.
	McCadan's Quarterly Report	Community Research: This learning experience is part of a larger learning unit called Data Analysis Interpreting Tables and Graphs. In this learning unit, fourth graders were presented with an authentic problem from a local business and were challenged to solve the problem using experimental inquiry. Students were expected to analysis data, generate graphs, draw conclusions and submit their findings in a business letter format. In partnership with the local business, the students each received a personal response from the company’s plant manager.
	What Shall I Be? A Career Exploratory Unit	This unit is designed to guide 8th grade students through aspects of the career exploratory process using the GIS software program.

Sorting by NYSLS CDOS & Grade Level 8