Index to Supplemental Materials for EN101
Charette, S. (Ed.) (2001). College, Career and Beyond ... A Toolkit for Success. Revised Printing. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. (Updates and additional materials and resources provided by Sharon Charette)
Module One: Beginning the
Journey
Module Two: Setting
Goals
Module Three: Connecting With
Learning
Module Four: Taking Control of Your Life
Module
Five: Assessing Your Computer Competency
Module
Six: Acquiring Career Information Via the World Wide Web
Module
Seven: Using Search Engines
Module Eight: Accessing
and Evaluating Information
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Module One
Beginning the Journey
Introduction
For over sixty years, New England Institute of Technology (NEIT) has been a leader in technical education. By tailoring its curriculum to respond to the needs of business and industry, the College successfully educates individuals who can enter the workforce confident in their technical skills. NEIT’s history illustrates a commitment to maintaining a student-centered environment able to meet the needs of students and employers.
This chapter provides an overview of the goals and objectives of this course as well as useful information about what is expected of you and what you should expect from your college experience. Your journey toward an exiting technical career begins here with the first step of learning about the College’s past and what it means for your future.
Module Two
Setting Goals
Introduction
One of the keys to managing a busy life filled with multiple priorities is to set goals and plan your time. Why should you establish goals? When you get into your car to drive somewhere it makes no sense to leave without knowing your final destination. So why would you want to embark on a career and a life without having a destination? Goals are life “destinations,” so it makes a lot of sense to start on your life’s journey with a destination and a map. Setting goals helps you to determine where you want to go in life. Developing action plans and time lines provide the map to get there.
These materials will help you to understand the importance of identifying career and educational goals and creating an action plan and time line to help you to achieve those goals. Goals allow you to measure your success and evaluate your strategies for getting there. Action plans and time lines help you to establish how and when you will achieve your goals. Time management tools and techniques presented here will help you to maintain the proper balance of professional, educational and personal goals so that you can achieve success.
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to Module Two: Setting Goals.
Module Three
Connecting with Learning
Introduction
Identifying your learning needs by understanding the learning process and recognizing how you learn best are an intricate part of your success as a college student and lifelong learner. This module will help you to do that and will give you the opportunity to explore and use the support services available at the Academic Skills Center (ASC). The ASC can assist you in assessing, developing and improving your reading, writing, math and study skills (academic skills).
The ASC provides a wide range of personalized services from individual tutoring to small group developmental and enrichment classes and study skills workshops. Some of the resources offered can also be accessed from your home if you own a computer with Internet access.
In this module, you will examine learning style theory, identify your learning style and learning needs and learn about multiple intelligences. You will explore ways in which the ASC can help you to strengthen and develop your skills. By the end of this module, you will have set specific learning goals.
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to Module Three: Connecting With Learning.
Module Four
Taking Control of Your Life
Introduction
As a college student, taking control of your life requires a set of skills that can assist you in meeting your personal and career goals. One important feature of taking control is to accept ownership, responsibility and accountability for the life that is yours, a process referred to as self-management. It is important to view yourself as having influence over the events that occur in your life. One inescapable feature of life is change; how you view that change will determine how well you are able to cope. Change can be stressful and stress requires management skill. The recommended ways of managing your stress level are learning how to say “No,” maintaining balance, coping and understanding what you can control. Another way of controlling your stress is to effectively manage your time and set priorities. Building a system of support can help you meet all of the demands discussed above. The final ingredient to the recipe of personal success is developing and maintaining motivation. This chapter will provide you with an understanding of the skills necessary to take effective control of your life.
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to Module Four: Taking Control of Your Life.
Module Five
Assessing Your Computer Competency
Introduction
Regardless of your career plans, computers are sure to be important tools and resources in obtaining your goals. This chapter will provide you with an opportunity to assess your level of computer skill competency. In the process, you will identify the computer skills needed to successfully complete Quarter One of your technology and strategies to improve your computer skills.
The Academic Skills Center (ASC) at New England Institute of Technology provides support services in an environment designed to increase your comfort level and improve your level of computer skill competency. These services include computers available for student use, computer skill specialists to tutor you with specific computer software needs, an ASC web-site with helpful tips and tools and course work to provide instruction in hardware, software and computer applications.
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to Module Five: Assessing Your Comptuer Competency.
Module Six
Acquiring Career Information Via the World Wide Web
Introduction
Being comfortable with using the Internet for work and for personal use is becoming increasingly important. This chapter will introduce you to part of the Internet – the World Wide Web. You will explore a variety of career-related websites and search for job descriptions specific to your technology. By examining job descriptions, you can see the importance of many of the skills and concepts that will be introduced in your technical courses.
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to Module Six: Acquiring Career Information Via
the World Wide Web.
Module Seven
Using Search Engines
Introduction
The World Wide Web comprises over 800 million web pages. With such a large amount of material available, it is important to develop strategies that will enable you to quickly retrieve the exact information that you need. Search engines enable you to locate the information that you seek.
This chapter will teach you some of the techniques of using search engines and will acquaint you with several of the most widely used search engines. Not all search engines are equal – you need different search engines to locate different kinds of information.
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to Module Seven: Using Search Engines.
Module Eight
Accessing and Evaluating Information
Introduction
Developing research skills and learning how to find your way around a library are important parts to being successful in college and beyond. This module will help you to improve your research skills and develop new ones. It will include searching the online catalog, using EBSCOhost to obtain periodical articles, using the Internet to find information and evaluating information from different sources. Learning the basics about how to locate and evaluate information are skills that you can use here at New England Tech’s Library, at other libraries – and even at home.
The Library at New Institute of Technology contains a wide variety of print, media and electronic resources chosen specifically to support the courses that you will take during your college career. Some of the resources offered can also be accessed from your home if you own a computer with a modem and an Internet service provider.
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to Module Eight: Accessing and Evaluating Information.
Skills
Grid: Presents a wide variety of tutorials, articles, self-tests, tips,
games,
and exercises to help you improve your skills and manage your life.
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