Ten Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don't Exist Yet - AEJMC 2015

1. Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students
For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet
Cindy Royal
AEJMC 2015
Associate Professor
Texas State University
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2. 10. Teach the history of technology, the Internet
and Web
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

3. 9. Model behaviors – curiosity, troubleshooting;
try new things
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

4. 8. Encourage students to attend events outside of
their immediate subject area, networking,
conferences, local meetups
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

5. 7. Make technology news a regular part of class
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

6. 6. Make things
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

7. 5. Develop experiential learning opportunities
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

8. 4. Schedule forward thinking, optimistic guest
speakers, young alumni in interesting jobs
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

9. 3. Move the needle on curriculum
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

10. 2. Stay in touch
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

11. 1. Have fun!
Top 10 Ways to Prepare Students For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet