How Much Money Will You Need?

Week 3: How much money will you need?

Purpose

Content: You will learn about the cost of living based on the lifestyle they want lead and how much it will cost. You will learn about potential career opportunities based on their interests.

Language: You will synthesize your learning into a 90 second oral reflection.

Social: You will engage collaboratively using Flipgrid, a video collaboration Web tool.

Activities

Complete the "Choose your Lifestyle" activity using Career Zone California.
Take Inform Journeys Interest inventory.
Submit Flipgrid reflection.

Success Criteria

You've successfully completed these activities when you can say...

"I can make connections between what I'm interested in, how much it will cost to live the lifestyle I want and have an idea of what I need to do to get there. "

Activity #1. How much money will you need to support the kind of lifestyle you want?

Click on the "Choose your Lifestyle" image to the right.
Click on the California county in which you want to live.
Complete all the sections until you get to the Summary.
Once you have completed your Summary, you will have the opportunity to revise your answers to adjust your lifestyle choices.

Activity #2. Journeys Map Interest Inventory

Watch the "InformJourneys Crash Course" video.
Go to InformJourneys.com
Log in using the information provided by your teacher.
Take the Interest Survey by clicking on the "Take the Survey" button in the lower right corner in the "Interests" block. See details below.
Once you have finished the Inventory, go ahead and create a profile for yourself in Journeys including About Me, Dream Job, Role Model, and Education.

Journeys Map: Crash Course!

Today, we use apps to give us turn-by-turn directions to find destinations anywhere in the world. What can be better? Now imagine an interactive map that works the same way, but for learning, by guiding your navigation to a desired occupation. Welcome to Journeys.

Watch the video to the left to learn how to use the INFORM Journeys interactive map that will help you learn about the career possibilities in Cybersecurity. And... Why stop there? INFORM Journeys has over 1,800 career opportunities to explore!

"Journeys Map: Crash Course! - YouTube." 28 Feb. 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEIV02vKijI. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.

To take the survey you will click on a series of round faces based on how you feel about the career or job for that section.
At the end of the survey you can adjust your choices by moving the blue bars right or left.
Review the survey and see what careers Journeys recommends for you based on your interests.
Next, take the Skills Assessment below.

Activity #3. FlipGrid Reflection

Review and reflect on the data you collected and make connections based on the cost of the lifestyle you want to live and the results of your Journeys Interest Survey.
Prepare a response to the questions below which you will share in Flipgrid.

Based on the results of your 'Choose your Lifestyle' and 'Journeys' activities:

1. What surprised you about the cost of living in your county of choice?

2. What adjustments will you need to make in your college or career plans to be able to live in the style you want?

3. Which Journeys career recommendations matched the lifestyle you want?

How do you Flipgrid?

FlipGrid is a platform where teachers post topics to spark the conversation and students respond with short videos.

Define your voice.

Share your voice.

Listen to the voices of others.

Let's get this FlipGrid Started!

Watch the "Getting Started: Students" video to the right before recording your response.
Log in to our FlipGrid topic by using your school gmail account.
Read the prompt and construct your response.
Check the Speaking Rubric at the bottom of this page or via the link in this FlipGrid. This rubric will help you understand the requirements for both the content and delivery of this reflection in FlipGrid.
When you are ready to record, click on the green button with the "plus" to begin your recording. You will have 2 minutes to record your response.
After you have recorded your reflection, check out what your classmates had to say and leave a video comment! Remember, your response should relate to your classmate's video and should reflect "FlipGrid Netiquette."

Rubric for Speaking

"Make Money Choices :: Get Started - California Career Zone." https://www.cacareerzone.org/budget/. Accessed 14 Oct. 2017.
"Flipgrid." https://flipgrid.com/. Accessed 14 Oct. 2017.
All Journeys Map logos and images used with permission.

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