Careers in Information Technology

Standard 1:  Research recent developments in Information Technology affecting the supply/demand characteristics of the job market, including career pathways and occupational outlooks for occupations for business and finance that require information technology expertise.
Standard 8: Use a word processing program to create and format documents with academic and business styles (...tabular lists) to communicate the results of research... and relevant assignments in this course.

Using Photos

Photos can enhance your presentation by giving the reader a visual representation of what you are writing. Below are three pictures that will work with your information paper on sexting laws in the state of Tennessee. We will use these pictures to enhance the documents we created in the last lesson "Understanding Type." This lesson must be completed in class.

Assignment: 

1. Create a new folder on your Google Drive. Label the folder Picture Test.

2. Copy each of the three documents into the folder. To do this, open each of the three Type Exercise files, make a copy (File> Make a Copy), Then move the copy to the Picture test folder (File>Move> Select folder).

3. Download the three pictures to your hard drive by right clicking each one (Save Image As> Save to your Downloads folder). Place one picture in each of the three documents (Insert>Image> Upload). You must use a different picture for each document.

4. Click on the picture, select Wrap Text. Use 1/8" setting, and place the image in the document so that the text is readable. Also, do not make the picture so large as to flow the text into a second page. The document must be one page in length. The picture should not be more than 3" x 4".

5. Save all three documents in the folder and share the folder with your instructor via e-mail (julie6davis@gmail.com). To do this right click on the folder and select Share, then enter the e-mail address at the bottom of the window. Don't forget to select Share and Send (the blue button) when you send.

This entire project is worth 30 points. You'll receive 10 points for each completed document.  Make sure that your e-mail arrives before you leave class! Late work deductions will be applied to your grade.


How can information technology help me determine the direction of my career pathway?

Aside from keyboarding by touch as you prepare yourself educationally for a professional career, it is surprising how many careers actually use information technology skills.

Watch this video to start thinking about how information technology is a basic skill needed in so many different careers:

Interesting comments that these professionals enjoyed using the creative side of information technology as well as the technical science.

Assignment:

Check out the Best Technology Jobs according to U.S. News and World Report.
Open a word document and create a list using the following research data.

1.  List the 11 top careers listed in this report.
2.  What is their primary role?
3.  What is the median salary for that career?
4.  What is the preferred training for this career?
5.  What advice is given if you are pursuing this field?
6.  Which of these careers would be of most interest to you?

Email this document to instructor at (julie6davis@gmail.com)