Program Areas Exercise

Name: ___________________________

**For each of the following four exercises you will be using a different Ivy Tech Program Area listed in IvyLynks.

 Exercise 1

The situation:  Pam has learned that there are search engines especially designed for children.  Given that her course of study at Ivy Tech involves the early education of children, she wanted to evaluate these search tools.

1. What is the Ivy Tech program area Pam would use to find search engines designed for children? (Click on this program area)

2. Which heading from the next page is a category which lists websites kids could use? (Click on this heading)

3. Name two of the search engines listed for children under this heading.

4. Now find the category that lists websites for agencies and associations related to childhood education? (Click on this heading)

5. While browsing the list of websites under this heading, Pam realized there was a link to the NAEYC.  She had wanted to learn more about this association.  What does the acronym NAEYC stand for?

6. To what age span (in terms of school grades) does this association dedicate its efforts? (Hint:  Find a heading at the NAEYC website which would give general information about this organization.)
   
   

The situation:  Jim is considering pursuing a degree in medical assisting.  He’d like to find information about the job prospects for medical assistants and their earnings potential for entry level positions.

7. Which program area would Jim use to find the information he needs? (Click on this program area)

8. Which subheading would give links to websites with information about job prospects and earnings for medical assistants? (Click on this heading)

9. Click on the government website that offers a handbook giving career information. This website should provide Jim with the information about job prospects, etc.   What is the website’s name?

10. What is the most recent job outlook for medical assistants given at this website?

11.  What is the median rate of pay given for medical assistants?
    

The situation:  Charlotte is a Computer Information Systems major and is interested in computing security issues.  She is preparing a research paper on various hoaxes that have been distributed on the Internet.

12. Which program area will she use to find this information? (Click on this program area)
    

13. Which heading from the next page is a category which she can use to find a government website that addresses issues related to Internet hoaxes? (Click on this heading)

14. What is the name of the website?

15. The agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that maintains this page is called the CIAC.  What does CIAC stand for?

16. What is the Bill Gates hoax (that is, what did a fake email message ask the recipient to do?) (Hint:  Try a heading at the website that you think would give information on specific hoaxes)

17. Charlotte then returned to the list of links for her program area and found a link to a technical encyclopedia. (Hint:  Look under the headings “PC Support” or "Consumer Information.")  She decided to try out this encyclopedia.  What did she find for the meaning of FAT?
     

The situation:  Carl, who hopes to start, manage, and own his own business, looked under his Ivy Tech program area and found a link to the Small Business Advancement National Center maintained by the University of Central Arkansas.

18. Which program area did Carl use to find this information? (Click on this program area.)

19. Which heading from the next page is a category which Carl can use to find the Small Business Advancement National Center (SBANC)? (Click on this heading)

20. Using the SBANC website he found a document that listed three reasons for buying an existing business as contrasted to starting a new business. Give one of these reasons listed in this document. (Hint: find the link to “publications” on the SBANC website)