Fwd: Proyecto Final: Educational and Vocational Guidance

Title of the Unit : "An amusing travel to my vocational future"

Course / Level: Secondary School (2^nd year of the Curricular Diversification Programme)

Introduction:

This unit has been designed to enable students to make good use of time, focus on using information rather than looking for, and supporting the development of thinking levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. That allows teachers the chance to integrate Internet technology into classroom work.

Objectives:

a. - To encourage research habits of students using technology resources.
b. - To develop students' speaking skills in order to make public presentations.
c. - To get students to make a planning task sharing
d. - To plan the formation process and / or professional best suited to the characteristics of each.
e. - To learn how to surf the net to find the information they need.
f. - To promote the practical application of another foreign language as a source of training and information.

g.- To review structures worked in the field, regarding verb tenses, with special emphasis on the different future forms in English.

Subject Content

This shall include information on:
a) the supply of education in the town, province and autonomous region: Vocational Training Intermediate Level: Health, Hotel Industry, Image Consultant and stylist and Computer science.
b) Educational offer in other communities of the Middle Grade Training Cycles: Electricity and Building.

Language Content / Communication

Vocabulary

Nouns: resources, tools, reflection, proposals, acknowledgements, development, skills, goal, processes.

Verbs: sum up, search, carry out, intend, focus on, support, research, inquiry.

Adjectives: concise, relevant, clarity, consistency, accurate, brief, suitable, comprensible, helpful, motivator.

Prepositions: throughout, upward, into.

Structures:

Comparatives (rather...than)

Future: will, are going to...

Modal verbs: must, should

Language skills/Discourse type:

Reading, listening, writting and conversation.

Task(s)

Pupils are going to make a virtual journey in various web sites that will help them know the different vocational options. All of them are going to focus on Vocational training . And each group is to going to analyse four different intermediate vocational cycles that they are interested in. And at the end they will have to prepare a document about the information that they have found on the web. Each group will have to speak about it to the rest of their partners.

Task number 1: To build the group and to choose the four families with the teacher's help. Task number 2: To distribute the tasks between members of the group: Every member of each group should look for the next information for each one of the FOUR intermediate cycles chosen: Task number 3: To look for the information Individually each member should look for the information about his or her section. For that, you can use different resources in the webquest section named "Resources". Rules that you must follow: -.To use different resources. -.To sum up the main information. -.To try being clear and accurate. Task number 4: To put in common the results of the search Each pupil has to put in common with their partners the results of the search and to decide all together how they are going to organize the information for their partners. Task number 5: To elaborate and explain the document All the members of the group have to elaborate a document similar to the previous chart for each training family. In English of course! . So, together with the others groups, we'll have OUR ENGLISH GUIDE OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE. Rules to follow: -. To organize the information. -. To decide the order of priority. -. To elaborate the document using the word processor. -. To try being clear and accurate. Resources:

Resources on line: The students are offered several web sites selected beforehand so that they don't waste their time searching in vain. Include the name of the web pages and their URLs in their corresponding text fields. http://www.orientacionescolar.com http://www.educarex.es/web/guest/orientacion-de-formacion-profesional http://fp.educarex.es/fp/fp.htm http://www.educa.jcyl.es http://www.empleaextremadura.com http://www.empleo.com http://www.infoempleo.com http://www.bolsatrabajo.com Other resources: -. Computer Program: Orienta 2010 -. Junta of Extremadura's educational resources guide.

Evaluation: Here you make a clear description of what must be learned and how it will be evaluated. At the end of the activity, we will do the evaluation. It will be both for the group (about how the group has developed the work in general), and for an individual level (about how each member has done his or her own work). Both of them will be evaluated, even how the search was carried out and how the group got to reach the objectives. For that, the next items will be evaluated: 1.- Level of participation of the members of the group about the search of the information, elaboration of the document and the oral presentation. 2.- Use of the main and brief information. 3.- Use the right grammar and spelling rules. 4.- To finish the total task. 5.- Design of the document. 6.- Level in the oral presentation (speaking in English.) 7.- Use of the technological tools.

Enlace a WebQuest: (Copiando y pegando en la barra del navegador)

file:///media/mercedes/5822-DECF/I.E.S.%20Sierra%20Santa%20B%C3%A1rbara%2010-11/My%20webquest/An%20amusing%20journey.htm

Autora: Mercedes Rodríguez Macías