Assignment: Computer Education and Future Jobs

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Computer Education: Future Jobs

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

Original Author: Art Lopez

During the past century, many changes have occurred in the world and has impacted young students, such as yourselves, in their high school educational process. Before, the focus of your high school education was on the three R's: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (if you do not understand why they are called the Three R's, research on the World Wide Web the answer!).

You were expected to learn these basic skills in high school, and if you meet all the requirements you were awarded your high school diploma.

You were then considered to be ready for the next challenges in your life: either pursuing a college degree or finding a job and going to work. Well, the world has really changed for the past 100 years, hasn't it?

The differences are computers and computer technologies! You have been using computers most of your lives! They are all around us and have been changing the way we live our lives. You use computers on a daily basis for all aspects in your lives, and if you think about it, you use computers in school, smart phones, crossing the sidewalks with the signal changer, just to name a few examples.

You live in the digital age. As described by Dr. Beth Simon, PHD (Doctor of) Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego, stated:

"you will gain the basic level of understanding of computers and computation that we think ALL college graduates and high school students should have – to be prepared to create the future. Last century, competence was defined by the three Rs: reading, writing and arithmetic. They are required to pursue a professional career in any discipline. This is the 21st century, and it’s clear that computing is poised to permeate not only our professional work, but also our society. So think of understanding and skills of computing as a fourth 'R', necessary for any discipline. After this class, you will stand out from other college and high school graduates in your preparation to work with new technologies of the future."

Dr. Beth Simon, is right! You need to learn about computers and computer technologies in order to increase your chances for success in your academic, career (future jobs), and personal lives. This assignment requires you to explore and article and learn about Computer Education and Future Jobs!

Please read the following instructions and complete this assignment.

Assignment Instructions

Here is a news story about jobs (current and future) that require a Computer Science or Computer related degree. (for example, Computer Engineering, Web Developer, etc., etc.) Please open the link and read the article.

Computing Education and Future Jobs

After reading the article and viewing, analyzing, and researching the information for that article, type your answers to the following questions in a Google Document. Use the following instructions to complete this part.

1. Open your district provided Google Drive account.

2. Open your CA 2 folder. (1 point)

3. Create a Google Doc.

4. Name the document: lastName_firstInitial_Computer Education_Future_Jobs. (1 point)

5. Create a correctly formatted MLA document (View Purdue OWL if you forget or see the following image; don't forget to include a header!). (4 points)

6. Use a numbered list to number the questions. (1 point)

7. Title the document: Computer Education: Future Jobs Assignment (1 point).

8. Answer each question presented for the Computer Education: Future Jobs assignment.

1. How many computing jobs are expected to be available between the years 2008 to 2018? (1 point)

2. What is the percentage of these jobs that can be filled by US computing degree earners if current graduation rates (computing degrees earned)? (1 point)

3. If you include only computing bachelor's degrees, for example, Computer Science Bachelor's degrees, what does the percentage become? (1 point)

4. How many Associate's degrees in Computer and/or Information Sciences were earned by college students in the year 2007 - 2008? (1 point)

5. How many Bachelor's degrees in Computer and/or Information Sciences were earned by college students in the year 2007 - 2008? (1 point)

6. How many Master's degrees in Computer and/or Information Sciences were earned by college students in the year 2007 - 2008? (1 point)

7. How many Doctoral degrees in Computer and/or Information Sciences were earned by college students in the year 2007 - 2008? (1 point)

8. Can you explain the different degrees you can earn? For example, what is an Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees? Can you describe the differences? (4 points)

9. Clearly and concisely type your answers (analysis and conclusions) for each of the required parts of the assignment.

10. Share the exercise with Mr. Lopez using the following accounts (1 point).

Period 2: pd.2.mr.lopez@gmail.com

Period 4: pd.4.mr.lopez@gmail.com

Computer Education: Future Jobs

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

Original Author: Art Lopez

During the past century, many changes have occurred in the world and has impacted young students, such as yourselves, in their high school educational process. Before, the focus of your high school education was on the three R's: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (if you do not understand why they are called the Three R's, research on the World Wide Web the answer!).

You were expected to learn these basic skills in high school, and if you meet all the requirements you were awarded your high school diploma.

You were then considered to be ready for the next challenges in your life: either pursuing a college degree or finding a job and going to work. Well, the world has really changed for the past 100 years, hasn't it?

The differences are computers and computer technologies! You have been using computers most of your lives! They are all around us and have been changing the way we live our lives. You use computers on a daily basis for all aspects in your lives, and if you think about it, you use computers in school, smart phones, crossing the sidewalks with the signal changer, just to name a few examples.

You live in the digital age. As described by Dr. Beth Simon, PHD (Doctor of) Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego, stated:

"you will gain the basic level of understanding of computers and computation that we think ALL college graduates and high school students should have – to be prepared to create the future. Last century, competence was defined by the three Rs: reading, writing and arithmetic. They are required to pursue a professional career in any discipline. This is the 21st century, and it’s clear that computing is poised to permeate not only our professional work, but also our society. So think of understanding and skills of computing as a fourth 'R', necessary for any discipline. After this class, you will stand out from other college and high school graduates in your preparation to work with new technologies of the future."

Dr. Beth Simon, is right! You need to learn about computers and computer technologies in order to increase your chances for success in your academic, career (future jobs), and personal lives. This assignment requires you to explore and article and learn about Computer Education and Future Jobs!

Please read the following instructions and complete this assignment.

Assignment Instructions

Here is a news story about jobs (current and future) that require a Computer Science or Computer related degree. (for example, Computer Engineering, Web Developer, etc., etc.) Please open the link and read the article.

Computing Education and Future Jobs

After reading the article and viewing, analyzing, and researching the information for that article, type your answers to the following questions in a Google Document. Use the following instructions to complete this part.

1. Open your district provided Google Drive account.

2. Open your CA 2 folder. (1 point)

3. Create a Google Doc.

4. Name the document: lastName_firstInitial_Computer Education_Future_Jobs. (1 point)

5. Create a correctly formatted MLA document (View Purdue OWL if you forget or see the following image; don't forget to include a header!). (4 points)

6. Use a numbered list to number the questions. (1 point)

7. Title the document: Computer Education: Future Jobs Assignment (1 point).

8. Answer each question presented for the Computer Education: Future Jobs assignment.

1. How many computing jobs are expected to be available between the years 2008 to 2018? (1 point)

2. What is the percentage of these jobs that can be filled by US computing degree earners if current graduation rates (computing degrees earned)? (1 point)

3. If you include only computing bachelor's degrees, for example, Computer Science Bachelor's degrees, what does the percentage become? (1 point)

4. How many Associate's degrees in Computer and/or Information Sciences were earned by college students in the year 2007 - 2008? (1 point)

5. How many Bachelor's degrees in Computer and/or Information Sciences were earned by college students in the year 2007 - 2008? (1 point)

6. How many Master's degrees in Computer and/or Information Sciences were earned by college students in the year 2007 - 2008? (1 point)

7. How many Doctoral degrees in Computer and/or Information Sciences were earned by college students in the year 2007 - 2008? (1 point)

8. Can you explain the different degrees you can earn? For example, what is an Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees? Can you describe the differences? (4 points)

9. Clearly and concisely type your answers (analysis and conclusions) for each of the required parts of the assignment.

10. Share the exercise with Mr. Lopez using the following accounts (1 point).

Period 2: pd.2.mr.lopez@gmail.com

Period 4: pd.4.mr.lopez@gmail.com