Arts, Audio-Video Technology and Communications

Last week we researched two careers out of the Arts, Audio-Video Technology and Communications. The two carrers I choose were film and video editors and set exhibit designers. Film and video editors edit moving images on film, video, or other media. They may edit or synchronize soundtracks with images. The tasks they have to be able to do are to organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and oreducers. They also have to review and assemble films or edited videotapes on screens to determine if corrections are necessary. To be a film and video editor you have to know about communications and media, computers and electronics, production and reasoning, english language, and customer and personal service. A film and video editor needs at least a Bachelor's Degree in school. The hourly pay is $24.66 and the annual pay for California is $81,800. I think this job would not be a good fit for me becuase I cannot stare at a sceen for too long becuase I get bored easily and my eyes start to hurt. The next carrer I choose was a set and exhibit designer. They design special exhibits in movie, television, and theater sets. They also study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropiate architectural styles. Some taskes for this job include examining objects to be included in exhibits in order to plan where and how to display them. They plan for location issues such as space limitations, traffic flow patterns, and saftey concerns. To be a set and exhibit desinger you must know about design, fine arts, administration, comunications and media, and computers and electronics. The minimum education required is a Bachelor's Degree. The hourly pay is $24.18 and the annual for California was $58,400. I think a set and exhibit desinger fits my personality more because I like the elements of design and I think it would be a fun and exciting carrer to pursue.

My True Colors

Yesterday we took an assesment about what our True Colors were. We recieved a booklet that had columns describing different descriptions of characteristics. When we finished totaling the cloumns we got to see what our colors were in order. My colors went in the order of orange(23),blue(16),gold(11),and green(10). When I read the descriptions of each card at the beginning of class I thought I was going to defintley be an orange. My results seem to be correct by a lot. The orange card read: witty,charming,spontaneous,generous,physical,eager. I need to be "hands on"; I like to play games and compete and to perform. I enjoy flexibility, changes of pace, and variety. This defintion I think is a perfect way to sum up my emotions and the way I act. My second color was blue with a score of 16. Although your first color might be your dominat one your second color really effects on how you act. The blue really shows through my orange at times. The blue card read: enthusiastic,sympathetic,personal. I like to be happy and loving. I love intimate talks and warm feelings. My blue shows through quite a lot for me. I love being surrounded by people I love, like my family adn freinds. I'm also very sensetive when it comes to rejection and conflicts between my family and freinds. I always want to be outgoing and acitve with my orange, but at the same time I want everyone to get along and just be surrounded by love.

True Colors

Our Career Exploration class is learning about True Colors. The true colors are four different colors that mean different things. Blue means loving and calm, green means they want to help you learn and they want to learn, orange means energetic and outgoing, and yellow means they always have to have everything go a specific way. Mr. Dundas I say is the color yellow. This is because he always has to have class go a certain way and to stay on task. Mrs. Rigdon I think is orange. I think this becuase she is very, very energetic and makes every moment she can in class count. Mr.Tripp on the other hand though I think he is green. He always is trying to learn new things musically and wants to help teenagers learn as well. The last teacher is Mr. Boyars. I think Mr. Boyars is blue. He is alwasy calm and is never angry. Some of my friends are different though. My friend Hannah is defintely orange. She is very crazy and always energetic. My friend Ali though is very blue. Whenever I need a freind to talk to or someone to make my day better I know she always will be able to. Ivy is yellow. She is very compettive and wants to always be on the winning team. She is very organized as well and likes things to go a certain way. My last friends would be Kamryn. Kamryn I feel is very green. She alwasy likes to learn new things and is always rather calm. I can't wait for Monday to come to see what my true colors are!

Business, Management, and Administration

The two careers I choose from the Business Management and Administration cluster were Medical Secretaries and File Clerks. Medical Secretaries perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge or medical terminology. These duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compilling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence. The skills needed are: spekaing, active listening, service orientation, reading comprehension, social perceptiveness, and speech clarity. To become a medical secretarie you need at least some college, but no degree. As well as some college you need one or two years of experience, or on-the-job training. My second carrer I choose was File Clerks. File Clerks file correspondence cards, invoices, receipts, and other records in alphabetical or numerical order. File Clerks also locate and remove material from file when requested. The skilld needed to become a filr clerk include: reading comprehension, active listening, speaking, time management, writing, information ordering, and personal service skills. In order to be a file clerk you need at least a high school diploma or equivalent. As well as a high school diploma you need two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training.

Learning Styles

In my career exploration class we recently took a survey on Carrer Crusing. This survey, or assessment, told us what our learning style is. After I finished my assessment I found out my learning style, or how I learn the best, and my results wer tactile. Tactile means that I learn the best with hands-on-activities. This means many differnt things to me. This means to me that I'd rather have a teacher or instructor let me experiment with my hands and get to mkae things instead of just listening or watching someone. Being tactile also impacts my learning. When I go into class and all teachers do is talk or lecture us about a topic I tend to zone out. No matter how hard I try I can't keep my focus on them no matter how hard I try. This could result in me getting bad grades on my homework assignments, test grades, and to some extremes, even on my report card. One positive impact though can be when teachers do provide with tactile activities. This is one of the best possible outcomes for me. I actually can understand what the teacher is saying and I get to experiment and use my hands to help me. There are a few ways I can use this learning style to make things easier in high school and beyond. One way is now that I know I'm a tactile learning I can start looking at what classes I want to take throughout the rest of my highschool year. I can now figure out what classes involve a lot of hands-on-activities and which ones do not. I probably wouldn't enjoy going to a class such as Algebra, but maybe I would perfer going to a foods class where you can learn by mixing and practicing with the food. This also means that I can sort of eliminate some careers. Since my style is tactile I could choose a job with hands-on-experience. I though the assessment was very useful and now I can carry out the information that I learned.

Architecture and Construction

The past two months our Career Exploration class has been researching out of the 16 career academies. We currently researched from the catergory of architecture and construction. The two jobs I choose were landscape architects and glaziers. The two jobs are drastically different but also share some similarities. Landscape architects plan and design land areas for projects such as parks, schools, hospitals, and recreational facilities. They also get to prepare site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for land development. To be a landscape architect you at least need a bachelor's degree. On the other hand, glaziers install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fornts, interior walls, celiings, and table tops. As well as installing windows they also read and interpret blue prints or specifications to determine size, shape, color, type, or thickness of galss. To become a glazier you must have a high school dipoloma or equivalent. Some similarities between the two occupations was that you have to have a lot of knowledge on building and construction. If you tried to design and make a new landscape it would be rather hard if you didnt know how to build or construct it. You wouldn't even know where to begin. It also would be hard for glaziers. If you didn't know how to construct, you surely wouldn't be able to install a window. I think that researching these academies is very important. Although we are only freshman we need to have a good idea on which pathway we want to take in life. By researching out of the 16 academies we can have a good idea on which ones we like and which ones we don't. I already can tell that I don't want to be a glazier, but a landscape architect might seem intresting to me. I think that by researching these careers will help us get a better understanding on what we will do with our lifes in the future.

STEM similarities

This week we researched the STEM catergory. My two careers that I choose from this catergory were Aerospace Engineers and Electronic Drafters. To be in the STEM category your occupation has to deal with either science, technology, electronics, or math. First off, Aerspace deals with both engineering and technology mainly. Also, Electronic Drafters deal with engineering and technology as well. These tie both careers into the STEM catergory. One way the two occupations are similar is that you have to always have a very close attention to detail. If you build a plane and don't pay attention to what you're doing the end result could be deathly. Or if you don't pay attention when desiging a wiring diagram the final product could end up not functionin properly. They both also deal a lot with mathematics and computers and electronics. Their projected growth is also the same, which is slower than average, 3 to 9 percent.