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Learn about the Communication and Information Systems Career Field

Overview

Do you like to perform in front of an audience?
Are you active in band or chorus?
Do you enjoy working with computers?
Do you play video games?
Do you learn computer programs quickly?
Do you enjoy watching movies?
Do you read the newspaper every day?
Is your notebook covered with your drawings?
Are you creative?

In this career field, you have two areas of focus. One area is information technology. The other area is arts and communications.

In information technology you would work with computers and software. You might design computer hardware. Or you might create software programs. Another option is to make sure that computers are working. Or you might link workers in several parts of the world.

The other area of focus is arts and communication. In this career field you might be a performer or artist. You would be on the stage during a play or concert. Or you would be in front of the camera during a movie or television show. Or you might create a painting or write a book. Another option is to work behind the scenes. You would make sure the movie is filmed. Or you might print magazines or newspapers.

What could I do in this field?
Act in a play.
Construct web pages.
Create comic books.
Design costumes for a movie.
Design shoes or clothes.
Develop scripts for a TV show.
Help people use a computer to share information.
Lay out newspapers.
Plan databases for the Internet.
Process photos.
Record TV shows or movies.
Run or repair video and sound equipment.
Set up computers and install software.
Stop computer hackers.
Work in a museum.
Write computer programs.
Write news reports.
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How can I learn more about this field?

Construct a web page for your family.
Go to see three businesses and ask how they use computers.
Have an author visit your school.
Interview a graphic designer.
Join the school newspaper staff.
Learn how to use new computer programs.
Sing in a choir.
Study photography.
Take tickets at a theatre.
Talk to manager of the movie theatre.
Tour a television or radio station.
Visit a computer repair shop.
Enter speech contests.
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What hobbies and activities are related to this field?

Band
Chorus
Dance
Photography
Play video games
Read novels
School newspaper
Music lessons
Theatre
Watch movies
Work in a community theatre
Write in a journal
Drama club
Yearbook
Debate
Forensics
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What courses would I take in high school?

If you think you might like to work in this career field, you should take some of these courses in high school.

  • Acting
  • Algebra I and II
  • Art
  • Composition
  • Computer applications
  • Computer graphics
  • Computer programming
  • Computer science
  • Creative writing
  • Debate
  • Drama
  • Drawing
  • Electronics
  • English
  • Foreign language
  • General business
  • Geometry
  • Interior design
  • Journalism
  • Literature
  • Metals
  • Music
  • Music theory
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Pottery
  • Sculpture
  • Speech
  • Technical writing
  • Textiles and clothing
  • Theatre
  • Video production
  • Web page design
  • Woodworking
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How can I get more information?

Make Movies
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stan.hayward/makemovies/index.html

How Hollywood Films Are Made
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/cinema/

Guide to Film Making
http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/

Motion Picture Industry: Behind the Scenes
http://library.thinkquest.org/10015/

How Web Animation Works
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-animation.htm

How We Make a Movie: Pixar's Animation Process
http://www.pixar.com/howwedoit/index.html#

So You Want to Be a Rock Star
http://www.taxi.com/abouts/abc-news-article.html

Cyber Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/html/index.htm

Children's Literature on the Web: Authors and Illustrators
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.htm
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