Career Exploration
Learning Labs, Inc. represents several companies which develop educational products that teach aspects of career exploration.
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​​DEPCO's mission is to enhance the learning environment by offering curriculum that takes the intimidation and confusion out of learning for both students and instructors. DEPCO (Dependable Education Products Company) maintains an innovative, student-driven focus utilizing an interactive approach to learning activities. Learning retention is maximized through the use of hands-on activities, rather than relying solely on textbook exclusive memorization.​
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DEPCO offers two series of career exploration:
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DEPCO is only available in Kentucky.
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Intelitek’s Introduction to STEM Pathways provides an easy-to-implement solution for delivering early engagement and discovery of science, technology, engineering and mathematics topics for middle and high school students.
Using multiple instructional strategies including activity-based learning and immersive e-learning, students explore technology, examine science and math concepts and investigate careers in STEM. The standards-based curriculum emphasizes 21st Century skills including teamwork, leadership and creative problem-solving skills. Relevant topics like robotics, energy systems and transportation help students see the connection between STEM and the world around them.
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Intelitek is not available in Florida.
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Learning Labs, Inc. is proud to offer Exploring Career Pathways, a semester long online course that includes high tech equipment, materials, career related content and projects.
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This project-based courseware features career cluster exploration based on the national career and technical education model. Instructor-based lessons lead into career-related projects. These allow students to identify the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a wide range of career opportunities.
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Questech, Inc. is committed to providing quality hands-on products to Career and Technical educators that challenge students and provide skills to prepare them for the careers of today and tomorrow. Specifically, they have two main product lines:
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Questech is not available in North or South Carolina.
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Worktour transforms real companies into 360 virtual workplace experiences that all students can explore anytime online or on mobile, with no expensive or complicated hardware needed.
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Real employees share what they do and how they got into their careers. Interactive games and tools help students learn career vocabulary and critical concepts.
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Students get personalized recommendations on courses, majors, and action steps to get into interesting careers they discover.
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