ERIC Number: ED631704
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Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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Career Readiness & Technology. Education Week. Spotlight
Editorial Projects in Education
Technology plays a vital role in career-readiness education, equipping students with the skills necessary for success in the modern workforce. This Spotlight will help readers learn more about workforce readiness after-school programs; explore strategies to get girls more interested in STEM careers; investigate the benefits of virtual work-based learning; analyze the push for schools to better prepare students for STEM careers; and more. Articles in this Spotlight include: (1) What 3 After-School Programs Are Doing to Prepare Kids for the Future of Work (Lauraine Langreo); (2) Want to Get Girls Interested in STEM Careers? Try Minecraft (Lauraine Langreo); (3) 3 Big Advantages of Virtual Work-Based Learning Experiences for Students (Arianna Prothero); (4) Good-Paying Careers in Data Are Booming. But Schools Aren't Teaching It (Sarah D. Sparks); (5) How Will AI Automation Affect Career and Technical Education? (Rick Hess); and (6) How to Prepare Kids Now for a Workplace with ChatGPT (Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic). [This Spotlight was sponsored by LG.]
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Technology, Labor Force Development, After School Programs, STEM Careers, Student Interests, Females, Work Experience Programs, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Technology Education, Data
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Language: English
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