In this hands-on computer lab workshop, participants explore an academically-based curriculum successfully teamed with online activities using Careerchoices.com, My10yearplan.com® and Lifestylemath.com.

These onsite workshops are designed so participants will discover:

• The characteristics of optimal online learning opportunities
• A replicable model for enhancing Career Choices lessons with the Internet's rich resources
• Classroom techniques for managing and monitoring computer lab sessions
• Effective strategies for incorporating the most popular business-based software into Career Choices classes
• Proven methods for creating meaningful, real-life, real-world projects critical to the maturation process of adolescents
• Effective ways to add "high touch" (collaboration, group learning, discussion and project-based learning) into the "high tech" classroom
• Strategies to engage, enrich, and excite their students
• How to set up, manage and maximize your schools use of My10yearplan.com®

Participants will explore:

• Successfully teaming the Career Choices textbooks with online activities
• Strategies to improve reading, writing, and math by teaching academic skills in real-world context using the Internet
• Proven methods for integrating career exploration into core academic subjects using both textbooks and the Internet
• How to use the free online resources available for college choice and career choice found on www.careerchoices.com
• www.my10yearPlan.com® and come away with the skills and knowledge to infuse its use throughout the school.
• www.lifestylemath.com, personalized math program where calculations can be checked online
• Several Internet-enhanced project-based learning experiences