The resources shared below are a collection of materials aimed at providing ideas and resources to Career and Technical Education teachers during school closures. Click on the green plus sign to access resources.
- Virtual Reality (VR) Module - We Are One: This module is designed for elementary students-grade level 2 to 5, to be able to work mostly independently. Although they are intended to use 5 dollar cardboard VR goggles, students can still go through the modules without them.
- Career Exploration Module - These self-paced activities combine California's Career Technical Education (CTE) industry sectors and design-thinking principles to help your students to discover ways they can change the world!
- Creativity Cart Projects - Use any materials (recyclables, scrap materials, old boxes, etc...), pick a theme (robots, bridges, garden, etc...) and let your child's imagination take flight as they create something unique! You can find more ideas on our Creativity Cart page.
Ted Talk
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Design, Visual, and Media Arts:
How Art, Technology, and Design Inform Creative Leaders by John Maeda
What to trust in a post-truth world by Alex Edmans
How we are helping local reporters turn important stories into national news by Gangadhar Patil
Production and Managerial Arts
Why Theater is Essential to Democracy by Oskar Eustis
Resources:
- The Newseum’s Guide to Online Teacher Resources: Tips and Tools for Teaching Journalism, the First Amendment and Headlines of History
Lesson Plans:
Ted Talks
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Business Management
Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career by Larry Smith
The Remote Work Revolution by Kavi Guppta
Financial Services
To solve the worlds biggest problems, invest in women and girls by Musimbi Kanyoro
Lesson Plans:
Ted Talks:
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Child Development
A new way to get every child ready for Kindergarten by Claudia Miner
Lesson Plans:
Ted Talks:
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Engineering Technology:
Turning trash into toys for learning by Arvind Gupta
Building blocks that blink, beep and teach by Ayah Bdeir
Lesson Plans
Woodworking/Engineering: @techedteachao shares some ideas on how to teach woodworking through elearning.
Construction and Trade Lesson Plans by Vocational Information Center
Lesson Plans:
Ted Talks:
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Fashion Design and Merchandising:
Fashion and creativity by Isaac Mizrahi
How data is driving the future of fashion by Steve Brown
Interior Design
The first secret of design is noticing by Tony Fadell
Sculpted space, within and without by Antony Gormley
Lesson Plans:
Ted Talks:
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Biotechnology
- How bacteria "talk" by Bonnie Bassler
Patient Care
Transforming healthcare for children and their families by Doug Dietz
Lesson Plans:
Ted Talks:
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Food Service and Hospitality:
A forgotten space-age technology could change the way we grow food by Lisa Dyson
Lesson Plans:
- Make Your Own Cooking Show by Susie O'Neill and PAUSD Family Consumer Science
- Asynchronous Lesson Plan For (Almost) Any Topic
- Asynchronous Lesson Plan For Hands-On Learning
Ted Talks:
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Software and Systems Development
Will automation take away all our jobs? by David Autor
Hackers: the internet’s immune system by Keren Elazari
The mind behind Linux by Linus Torvalds
A computer that works like the brain by Kwabena Boahen
Lesson Plans:
Ted Talks:
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Legal Practices
How to put the power of law into peoples' hands by Vivek Maru
A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system by Adam Foss
Lesson Plans:
Ted Talks:
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
Systems Diagnostics and Service
The future race car by Chris Gerdes
A plane you can drive by Anna Mracek Dietrich
Lesson Plans:
Ted Talks:
Use the attached Ted Talk Reflection Worksheet and linked Ted Talks to create an engaging activity for your students.
21st Century Skills
Skills every child will need to succeed in 21st century by Dr. Laura Jana