Introduction

The "Thinking Critically about Careers" project is designed to engage in research using respected sources to learn about aspects of careers you are interested in$.$ It is important as you work through your college education to have an idea of a potential career path you might be interested in exploring.

In this project, we are asking you to learn about careers in Information Technology. Information Technology is the backbone of every industry. Your knowledge of what is done in these careers will proven beneficial to your own career.

This is a fun and informative project that uses your research skills. You will research and explore potential career paths in Information Technology and report on two that interest you. The goals of this assignment are to help you:

become more knowledgeable about career opportunities in Information Technology.

further develop your critical thinking skills;

become more adept at synthesizing information and developing informed views.

to utilize web$-$based resources to research your chosen career paths and to document in$-$

text sources and utilize an annotated bibliography.

compose a well$-$organized, clear, concise, research paper to gain knowledge on the career

options in IT$.$

demonstrate the ability to determine the nature and extent of the information needed.

demonstrate the ability to identify and evaluate the information for credibility, currency,

reliability, validity, accuracy, usefulness, relevance, and biases. $($Using the CRAAP

model$)$

demonstrate the use of formatting for research papers using the APA style guide.

demonstrate the ability to distinguish between assumption and fact.

demonstrate the ability to incorporate information literacy skills into one's own

knowledge base and work.