My group members are: Kaitlyn Zelhart, Sam Bohne, and Hailey Williamson
According to the University of Missouri-St. Louis 30 to 40% of students enter college undecided and have no idea what to study. For those that do know eventually in their college career between 75-80% will change to a different major. When thinking about what we wanted to do for our Capstone Project my group members and I definitely kept this mind. Then it hit me. Why not make a class for freshmen devoted to helping them figure out what they want to study? My group members agreed. Is it fair that as 18 year olds we should go into make a life altering decision completely blind? No, it isn't. Some people in high school were lucky and go to do things like job shadow and that gave them an inside look at careers they were interested in. While this is helpful it only shows you that one angle. It doesn't give you a look at all the work and classes you have to take to be able to do that career. So I thought "Why not make a class that combines all of these things?". So we formed the "IDK"(I don't know) class.
The next step was to research things dealing with this idea. We looked up things like career choosing myths, different methods of picking a major, and helpful tips. With all this we compiled what we think should be the main big parts of the curriculum.
The next thing to do was figure out a neat and interesting way to present out information. I had heard of a website called Prezi. Prezi is the powerpoint of the future. It is extremely interactive and keeps the audience interested. So we thought it was the right sort of media to choose for our presentation. In it we discuss the big main projects for the "IDK" class.
Here is our project! Hope you enjoy!
