Tuesday June 18

These students should be carefully working on material due last Friday in the “All About Me”, a description of which is here:

1)    Online portfolio (A LinkedIn account)

2)    With a profile pic

3)    About me section filled in

4)    Portfolio piece of writing

If done this, and there are not very many ....  students can work on exam prep. Three links are on the right-hand side of the blog. One is the document to work through as exam prep.

Monday June 17

It was a pretty easy day ... sort of.

I asked for the All About Me Final Product to be emailed in today. Some had difficulties and some had yet to start the online profile.

In any case, we also walked though the now two exam prep and review documents on the right hand side of the blog.

Friday June 14

Hey, if you are worried about the exam, you should read this article

It'll help get you ready for the exam.

Hand in stuff, it'll help your mark.

Thursday June 13

These students should be carefully working on material due tomorrow in the “All About Me”, a description of which is here:

1)    Online portfolio (A LinkedIn account)

2)    With a profile pic

3)    About me section filled in

4)    Portfolio piece of writing

5)    iPads are in the portable and are available for use but must not leave the portable.

These must be submitted by a professionally written email sent to the teacher. The email address is on the side of the portable in red.

Some unprofessional emails have already been rejected and been asked to resend. Most Hiring Managers won't do that, you will just get your email deleted. Rewrite your email and resend.

Here is a video on how you submit from your phone:

Tuesday and Wednesday June 12

On Tuesday we did a bit of prep work for the exam. We also watched this interview with the author of the novel we studied this semester:




On Wednesday, we turned our focus to the current Unit, All About Me. On Friday a number of things are due, including the following:

A LinkedIn account link (or other online protfolio)
An approriate profile picture
An "About me" profile
A Portfolio Piece

All of this needs to be sent to the teacher in a professionally written email. Key words there are "Professionally written email".

Monday June 10

1.     So … how specific can you be when looking for a job?

2.     By the way, what is the difference between a job and a career?

3.     Does it make sense that people will help you if you just ask?

4.     What is the best way that you can you educate/let your network know what you want?

5.     What is the best way to thank your network?

I am so sorry for this - I was under the impression that the screaming and loudspeaker usage I experienced in Period 2 would continue through period 3 ... There seems to be a very little noice coming from  the field outside the portable.

Ah well, we focussed on getting work done - and the final product for this unit.

Friday June 7

Ok, so .. .here is the article for the day.

And here are the questions:

Networking and how it works

1.     Draw a visual representation of your network – basically … who do you know

                                               i.     See the example that the teacher has up on the board

2.     How does one “reach out to one’s network” exactly?

3.     What are personal references? Do you have three you can use for a job application?

4.     Why do you have to “Maintain your network”? What exactly does that mean?

5.     Any of the recommended readings at the end of the article appeal to you? Not even the “Networking for the shy” article?