CAREER PREPAREDNESS

UNIT TOPIC: ACADEMIC PLANNING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT LESSON PLAN #: 1/1

Title of Lesson:Digital Resume

Total Time on Task: 600 minutes

Content Standard:7. Generate an electronic portfolio using digital tools (e.g., Webpage, wikis, blogs, podcast), including a cover letter; a

current resume; a completed job application; interest, aptitude, and achievement assessment results; curriculum samples (e.g., academic research, educational projects); four-year high school educational plan; education/career preparedness checklist; and other examples of academic and career preparedness achievements (e.g., student organizations, club memberships, honors, credentials, certificates, awards, community service experiences, recommendations).

a. Utilize advanced features of word processing (e.g., outlining; developing forms; applying tracking changes, hyperlinking, and mail merging).

b. Create presentations using effective communication skills and advanced features of multimedia, including photo, video, and audio editing.

Lab Access: Required for Students ☒Optional for Students ☐Not Needed for Students ☐

Overview/Annotation:In this lesson students will create a digital resume. Landing a job means you need to showcase your skills and abilities using multimedia software to create a digital resume that you present to the class. A digital resume is more dramatic, personalized, and informative than a paper resume and can be uploaded to the internet for prospective employers. I will go over “Tips for Creating and Delivering an Effective Presentation” before we get started. I will demonstrate how to use PowerPoint for creating your digital resume.

Students will enhance their digital resume presentations by editing pictures, importing or embedding a video, and downloading, inserting and editing audio.

Essential Question(s):What is a digital resume?How do I create a digital resume?How is multimedia software used to enhance informational presentations?How often do I update my digital video?How is multimedia software used to enhance informational presentation?How is an image edited in PowerPoint?What is a Slide Transition?What is audio editing?How is a video embedding into PowerPoint?

Learning Objective(s): The students will:1. Create a presentation using PowerPoint.2. Upload images from the internet.3. Insert images into a slide.4. Use a photo as a background in PowerPoint.5. Create their digital resume.6. Design of their digital resume.7. Research digital resumes and collect images through the Internet.8. Evaluate their strengths, interests, and skills to showcase in their presentation.9. Enhance a presentation in PowerPoint by using the Picture Ribbon.10. Enhance a presentation by adding slide transitions.11. Insert audio in PowerPoint.12. Edit audio in PowerPoint.

13. Add a video to a PowerPoint presentation.

Conceptual Outline:I. Technology SkillsI. Tips for Creating and Presenting an Effective Presentation

II. How to Create a PowerPointA. Design themeB. Title slideC. Images

i. From the Internetii. Insert into a slideiii. Set as a background

D. Typing words over imageIII. Create Digital Resume

A. List strengths, interests, and skills to showcase in presentation.B. Images to go along with words

i. Locatingii. Saving

IV. Enhance a PowerPoint PresentationA. Photo editing with the Picture Tools ribbonB. Apply slide transitionsC. Audio file

i. From the Internetii. Insert into a slide

iii. Edit start and stop pointsiv. Play the duration of presentation

D. Video filei. From the Internet

ii. Insert into a slide as an embedded file

Materials, Equipment, and Technology Resources:Materials:

1. Students’ resumes2. Students’ career research3. Power Point #1: Tips for Creating and Presenting an Effective Presentation4. Handout #1: Tips for Creating and Presenting an Effective Presentation5. Handout #2: Applying Transitions in PowerPoint 20106. Handout #3: Editing Pictures in PowerPoint 20107. Handout #4: Audio Files in PowerPoint 20108. Handout #5: Inserting Videos in PowerPoint 20109. Assignment #1: Directions and Rubrics for Digital Resume and Presentation

Equipment:1. Computers with Internet access and MS PowerPoint2. Projector3. Document camera

Technology Resources:1. Don McMillan: Life After Death by PowerPoint http://youtu.be/lpvgfmEU2Ck2. GCF LearnFree.org: PowerPoint 2010 Inserting Videos http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2010/17

Procedures/Activities:

1. This lesson will require reserving a computer lab.

2. Class Discussion: Have you ever seen a bad presentation? What made it a bad presentation? Write students’ answers on the board and briefly discuss. Provide students with a copy of Handout #1. Today, we are discussing how to create an effective PowerPoint presentation and how to present it to the class. Show and discuss PowerPoint #1.

3. Teacher Information: A YouTube video is embedded into PowerPoint #1 to reinforce what not to do while creating a PowerPoint.

4. Guided Practice: Demonstrate and guide the class in creating a digital resume.a. Demonstrate how to choose a slide design. Make sure the design is consist to your career goals.b. First slide is a Title Slide to introduce yourself and the presentation.c. Demonstrate how to go to Google Images and save the picture.d. Demonstrate how to insert an image into a slide and making it a background.e. Show students how to type over a picture.

5. Guided Practice: Using Handouts #2-5 demonstrate how to enhance a PowerPoint presentation by adding slide transition, editing pictures, inserting audio files, and inserting a video.

6. Class Discussion: Provide students with a copy of Assignment #1. Review directions and rubrics. Ask for questions and understanding. What parts of the assignment do you not understand? Use students’ answers to review and teach the next day (formative assessment).

7. Student Lab: Students create digital resumes.a. Using the Internet, research samples of digital resumes and/or digital CV’s to get ideas.b. Plan and organize the design and layout for your presentation.c. Gather all the information, images, and documents you will need.d. Evaluate your strengths, interests, and skills that you want to showcase in your digital resume. Make a list of

the words. You only need words.e. Use rubric as a guide for each slide to meet expectations for creating your digital resume.f. Organize your information so it is professional, well organized, clearly stated, and uses appropriate business

language.g. Correct all spelling, grammar, and capitalization.h. Save often.

8. Students present digital resumes. See Assignment #1 for presentation rubric.

Assessment:1. Daily participation in class while creating digital resume.2. Assignment #1 product (digital resume) and presentation.