1. Careers: Interest Inventory – ICAP 7 11/13/13

2. Warm-up What activities or school subject interest you the most? List 3 careers you are interested in learning about. Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about? Explain.

3. Keyboarding Practice You may go onto the keyboarding games website and practice using the lessons or tests.  No Games!

4. Interest Inventory An interest inventory is a tool for helping you determine what you are interested in. Often, interest inventories are a series of questions to which you answer like, dislike, or not sure. The computer then uses that information to match you with careers that match your interests.

5. Interest inventory practice For each of the following statements, choose like, dislike, or not sure.  Build kitchen cabinets  Guard money in an armored car  Study space travel

6. College in Colorado Account Follow the instructions on page SH42 to create an account for College in Colorado. As you complete a step, cross it out. Make sure you completely finish a step before moving on to the next one. When finished, record your username and password on page 41 and on the notecard I am providing.  Be sure to clearly write your name on the notecard.

7. Interest Profiler Now that you have your account, you are ready to take the interest profiler.  Click on the Career Planning Tab  Click on the Learn About Yourself section  Click on the Interest Profiler. When finished, click on the View Careers button to see what careers match the interest areas you indicated. Complete P9

8. Interest Profiler Extension Identify your best and worst matches Explain why you think your best match fits your skills and interests

9. Navigating CollegeinColorado It is easy to use a website of program when you know where to go. Follow along as we explore CollegeinColorado together. Turn to SH 43 and 44

10. Career Investigation Now that you know what you are doing, it is your turn to investigate careers. Turn to P9: Interest profiler results and use this information to choose a career you would like to explore today. Complete Sh 44 If there is information you cannot find on the CollegeinColorado website, use a search engine to locate the missing info