Monday, April 30, 2012
May 1 Business and Finance
Finish Unit 4.01 Business Finances
Announcements:
Catch up on unfinished work. Wednesday's tigertime is the cut off for turning missing work in for full credit and to show completed on your interim report.
Behavior grades will be given in May. If you talk out of turn, disrupt the class in anyway, are not in your seat you will have 5 points deducted EVERY time you engage in bad behavior.
IF you behave in class it will help your grade.
IF you do NOT behave in class it will hurt your grade.
Before Lunch:
Miss W will show another financial ratio example on the board.
Students will review financial ratios using calculators
Students will start on Part 7 Using Financial Data
SHOW WORK
RITA'S Owner's Equity = Total Assets - Total Liabilities
15,000 - 10,000= 5,000
After Lunch:
Students will finish the Part 7 Using Financial Data worksheet.
Students will REDO all of the problems they miss so they need to take their time on this lesson.
May 1 Career Management
Start on Unit C: Decision making and Career Planning
Heather
Test Id Event 714084082
1. Click on this link http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/
2. Scroll down to "Links of Interest"
3. Click on "Elements online testing site"
4. Enter the test id 7140840825.
Enter your student id (your lunch number)
Guided Lesson:
Decision making process will be examined
Independent Exercises:
Identify your Obstacles
My Perfect Job
The Decision Making Process
May 1 MSITA
Friday, April 27, 2012
April 30 Business and Finance
Do Great on CFA
Continue with Unit 4.01 Business Finances
Before Lunch:
Take CFA
Test ID 717194081
1. Click on this link http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/
2. Scroll down to "Links of Interest"
3. Click on "Elements online testing site"
4. Enter the test id 717194081
5. Enter your student id (your lunch number)
Do NOT Start until teacher says to begin.
6. AFter the CFA Catch up on unfinished work. Wednesday's tiger
time is the cut off for turning missing work in for full credit and to show
completed on your interim report.
After Lunch:
Guided Exercise:
Students will review financial ratios using calculators
Students will start on Part 7 Using Financial Data
April 30 Career Management
Do Great on CFA
Start on Unit C: Decision making and Career Planning
Test Id Event 714084082
1. Click on this link http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/
2. Scroll down to "Links of Interest"
3. Click on "Elements online testing site"
4. Enter the test id 714084082
5. Enter your student id (your lunch number)
Do NOT Start until teacher says to begin.
6. AFter the CFA Catch up on unfinished work.
Tuesday's tiger time is the cut off for turning missing work in for full credit
and to show completed on your interim report.
Guided Exercise:
Unit 5 and Unit 6 will be introduced
Decision making process will be examined
April 30 MSITA
Do Great on the CFA
Continue with Enhancing ad Reviewing Documents
Bellringer:
Get to the right testing place. See below.
Test id: Event 718944175
1. Click on this link http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/
2. Scroll down to "Links of Interest"
3. Click on "Elements online testing site"
4. Enter the test id 718944175
5. Enter your student id (your lunch number)
Do NOT Start until teacher says to begin.
6. AFter the CFA Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/AND
sign in with your live id and password.
7. Catch up on unfinished work. Today's tiger time is the cut off for turning missing work in for full credit and to show completed on your interim report.
Guided Lesson:
At 9:00 we will review sorting and creating page borders.
Students will work through Lab Q.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
April 27 Business and Finance
Bell Ringer:
Pull up PowerPoint 4.01 Business Finance
Cut out top ratio flash cards. Do not cut bottom table.
Before Lunch:
Miss W will review how financial ratios are used.
Independent Exercise:
The first couple of student, who correctly solve the financial ratio puzzle will win candy.
After Lunch:
Monday will be the CFA. Students will be able to use part of the time as a make up day.
Students need to have missing work in by Wednesday's tiger time or it will show as a zero or as a partial grade on the interim reports.
Miss W will review the 4.01 Business Finance PowerPoint
Students will play the Marketing quiz game called 3.01 Name that Function.
They may use page 237
The first correct student will win and then there will be a random drawing for other correct winners.
Students will start on Part 6- Balance Sheet and Income Statement- Ice Cream Shop
Student will play the Budget quiz game.
The first correct student will win and then there will be a random drawing for other correct winners.
If time students will play the Ratio quiz game.
The first correct student will win and then there will be a random drawing for other correct winners.
.
April 27 Career Management
Preview Unit 5 Decision Making/Career Planning
Finish 4.03 Employment Trends
Announcement: We will be in room A6 on Friday. Do NOT come to lab!!
Guided Exercise:
Miss W will explain the new review game reviews.
Class will vote after game to see if they like new game or old game better. Majority rules!
Class will play a Unit 5 vocabulary game.
Independent Exercise:
Class will divide paper into four squares and label and draw four pictures of:
1.A future job based on your employment trend predictions,
2. A nontraditional employee (make sure you label less than 25 of gender),
3. An entrepreneur
4. You as a life-long learner
Miss W will let students know about missing work. All missing work needs to be turned in by Tuesday's tiger time or it will show as a zero or incomplete grade on the progress report.
Miss W will return graded papers. You need to keep them to study for the final State created exam, which will be worth 25% or your class grade.
April 27 MSITA
Review Word vocabulary
Announcement:
We will be in Room C3 on Friday. Do NOT come to lab!!!!
Guided Lesson:
Class will play a Word Review Jeopardy game(s) depending on time.
Monday will be our CFA and last make up day before interim.
All items must be completed by end of Monday's tiger time or show as a zero or partial grade.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
April 26 short cut links
1st block will be in room C3 on Friday
2nd block will be in room A6 on Friday
Business and Finance
Career Management
MSITA
April 26 Business and Finance
Bell Ringer: Pull up PowerPoint 4.01 Business Finance
Before Lunch:
Independent Exercise:
Start Part 3 Budget Preparation Play http://www.thirteen.org/finance/games/bankorbust.html and ANSWER worksheet questions.
After Lunch:
Miss W will review the 4.01 Business Finance PowerPoint until slide 48
Student will start Part 4 Financial Planning.
April 26 Career Management
Finish 4.03 Employment Trends
Bellringer:
Pull up PowerPoint 4.03 Employment
What does learning mean to you?
What does life long learning mean to you?
Announcement: We will be in room A6 on Friday. Do NOT come to lab!!
Guided Exercise:
Miss W will explain the Lifelong Learning exercises.
(a) Learning to Know (literacy, numeracy, critical thinking andgeneral knowledge),
(b) Learning to Do (acquisition of applied skills that are often linked tooccupational success, such as computer training, managerial training andapprenticeships),
(c) Learning to Live Together (developing values of respect and concernfor others, fostering social and interpersonal skills, and an appreciation ofthe diversity of Canadians),
(d) Learning to Be (development of a person’s body, mind and spirit; skillsin this area include personal discovery and creativity, and can beacquired through reading, use of the internet and activities such as sports and thearts.).https://owa.randolph.k12.nc.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=e7629d4924804e1bb2e72795a0c93ae9&URL=http%3a%2f%2fcomposite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu%2fDocument%2fMeasuring%2520Lifelong%2520Learning%2520and%2520its%2520impact%2520on%2520Happiness_The%2520Canadian%2520paradigm.pdf
Independent Lesson:
Students will complete the 4.03 Study Guide.
Students need to use http://www.simpliedhired.com/ to see the availability of their job for a specific location
Students will practice on 402 and 403 questions.
April 26 MSITA
Start Intermediate Word Unit- Enhancing and Reviewing Documents
Bell Ringer:Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/AND sign in with your live id and password.
Announcement:
We will be in Room C3 on Friday. Do NOT come to lab!!!!
Guided Lesson:
If time Miss W will save more MS Certification files.
Independent Exercise:
Students will complete the FIRST page of Enhancing and Reviewing Documents.
When they are finished students will complete the study guide.
Catch up time to finish previous work -Reviewing and Sharing Documents worksheet
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
April 25 shortcut links
Make sure you do not download anything especially Google or Yahoo toolbars
Business and Finance
Career Management
MSITA
http://www.certiport.com
April 25 Business and Finance
Finish Unit 3 Marketing by creating a Study Guide
Start Unit 4- Financial Planning
Tiger Time today if you have not finished study guide, Part 1 and Part 2 worksheets
Bell Ringer:
Miss W will explain how the Finance Unit will be taught.
Before Lunch:
Independent Exercise:
Students will finish a study guide based on the questions they missed with the pre-test exercise.Students will need to type the question, answer and add an appropriate clip art for each missed question.
Complete the first page of Part 1 Introduction to Financial Planning.
If you were absent the game is found at Coffee Shop www.coolmath-games.com/o-coffee-shop/index.html
After Lunch:
Independent Excercise:
Students will complete Part 2 Developing Business budgets.
The t-shirt game is at
http://www.thirteen.org/finance/games/ragstoriches.html
Depending on time students may start Part 3 Budget Preparation Play http://www.thirteen.org/finance/games/bankorbust.html
April 25 Career Management
(a) Learning to Know (literacy, numeracy, critical thinking and
general knowledge),
(b) Learning to Do (acquisition of applied skills that are often linked to
occupational success, such as computer training, managerial training and
apprenticeships),
for others, fostering social and interpersonal skills, and an appreciation of
the diversity of Canadians),
(d) Learning to Be (development of a person’s body, mind and spirit; skills
in this area include personal discovery and creativity, and can be
acquired through reading, use of the internet and activities such as sports and the
arts.).
http://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Document/Measuring%20Lifelong%20Learning%20and%20its%20impact%20on%20Happiness_The%20Canadian%20paradigm.pdf
April 25 MSITA
Start Intermediate Word Unit- Enhancing and Reviewing Documents
Bell Ringer:
Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/AND sign in with your live id and password.
Guided Lesson:
Students will do the individual
Students will finish creating their Word study guide.
If time Miss W will save more MS Certification files
Independent Exercise:
After student are finished with the multiple choice question study guide,
they will complete the FIRST page of Enhancing and Reviewing Documents.
Catch up time to finish previous work -Reviewing and Sharing Documents worksheet
April 24 shortcut links
Make sure you do not download anything especially Google or Yahoo toolbars
Business and Finance
Career Management
MSITA
http://www.certiport.com
Monday, April 23, 2012
April 24 Business and Finance
Finish Unit 3 Marketing by creating a Study Guide
Start Unit 4- Financial Planning
Bell Ringer: Pull up PowerPoints 3.01 and 3.02 and Pre-test answer key
Before Lunch:
Independent Exercise:
Students will create a study guide based on the questions they missed with the pre-test exercise.
Students will need to type the question, answer and add an appropriate clip art for each missed question.
After Lunch:
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will explain the 2 parts of a Marketing Strategy (target market and marketing mix).
Will view 3.02 notes and listen to The Marketing Mix Song (Product,
Price, Promotion and Place) (Business Studies take on Paparazzi by Lady
Gaga)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFENz_nnrq8&feature=related
Miss W will introduce Unit 4 Finance.
Independent Exercise:
Students will start Unit 4 Finance by completing the Part 1 activities.
Do Part 1 Introduction to Financial Planning.
You will be playing business games at the beginning of the exercise and then
answering questions.
You will NOT be graded on how well you did on the games.
The grade will be on answering the questions.
We are going to preview the game so you know how it works but you may ask questions and you may partner with another student as long as BOTH of you do the worksheet.
Part 1- Coffee Shop
You will need to decide on your product design and pricing.
www.coolmath-games.com/0-coffee-shop/index.html
April 24 Career Management
Bellringer:Pull up PowerPoint 4.03 Employment Trends
Announcements: Tiger Time for 2nd Block
Guided Exercise:
A. Miss W will explain about the study guide activity and how to use http://www.monster.com .
B. Miss W will help students create a Linkedin account.
Independent Lesson:
1. Students will create a study guide by cutting and pasting so there is only one concept per slide
2. Students will add appropriate CLIP ART for each concept/slide.
3. When students get to topic 8. Employment forecasters, they will type the outlook for their number one career choice. Students need to use http://www.monster.com to see the availability of their job for a specific location
4. Depending on time student may start the next Linkedin activity (exploring careers and groups)
April 24 MSITA
Start Intermediate Word Unit- Enhancing and Reviewing Documents
Bell Ringer:
Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/
AND sign in with your live id and password.
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will go facilitate the "Reorganizing a Document" group exercise.
Independent Exercise:
Students will do the pre-test activity.
They will answer the multiple choice questions using the scan sheet.
They may use notes, MSITA or their neighbors to help them.
They will NOT get a grade however every question they miss will be typed into a study guide, which they will create on Wednesday. The study guide will be graded.
After they are finished with the multiple choice questions, students will complete the first section "Setting up the pages in a document". (Labs M and N)
Catch up time to finish previous work -Reviewing and Sharing Documents worksheet
Sunday, April 22, 2012
April 23 short cut links
This Friday is 4th block tiger time
Make sure you do not download anything especially Google or Yahoo toolbars
Business and Finance
Career Management
MSITA
http://www.certiport.com
April 23 Business and Finance
Finish 3.02 Marketing- Buying Behaviors- Review with multiple choice exercise
Bell Ringer:
Pull up PowerPoints 3.01 and 3.02 Marketing- Buying Behaviors
Before Lunch
Guided Exercise:
Students will work on the multiple choice Chapter review.
Do NOT write on the paper, use scan cards.
This is NOT a test today.
If you miss questions you will create a study guide.
These questions will be on an upcoming test. All of the 3.01 Chapter Review Worksheet should be finished
All of the following parts of Project 3 should be finished:
Product section
Price section
Promotion section
Target Marget section
After Lunch
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will explain the 2 parts of a Marketing Strategy (target market and marketing mix).
Will view 3.02 notes and listen to The Marketing Mix Song (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) (Business Studies take on Paparazzi by Lady Gaga)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFENz_nnrq8&feature=related
Miss W will introduce Unit 4 Finance.
Independent Exercise:
Students will start Unit 4 Finance by completing the Part 1 activities.
Do Part 1 Introduction to Financial Planning.
You will be playing business games at the beginning of the exercise and then answering questions.
You will NOT be graded on how well you did on the games. The grade will be on answering the questions.
We are going to preview the game so you know how they work but you may ask questions and you may partner with another student as long as both of you do the worksheet.
Part 1- Coffee Shop You will need to decide on your product design and pricing.
www.coolmath-games.com/0-coffee-shop/index.html
April 23 Career Management
Bellringer:
Pull up PowerPoint 4.02 Nontraditional Jobs
Answer the 1st question only:
"Your definition of nontraditional job?"
Do NOT be worried if you get it wrong, it will only be graded that you wrote a definition down.
Guided Lesson:
On the second page there is a listing of Nontraditional careers.
List which genders (Female or Male) you think would be the ideal employee.
This is an OPINION question, there is not a wrong or right answer.
We are going to go over the questions together.
We will watch a short introduction about nontraditional jobs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdIA2DUdtrM
Independent Lesson:
Answer multiple choice questions.
April 23 MSITA
Learning Goal: Start Intermediate Word Unit- Customizing Word 2010- Reviewing the File tab and then Options choice
Bell Ringer: 1. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password.
Guided Lesson:
You will need to read the Introduction for this lesson.
For Intermediate- For Customizing Word Options- THERE ARE DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONS:
You will need to look on the Internet for definitions.
We are NOT going to be changing settings. As you read you are just going to LOOK at where the items are. When you get to the box activity only 4 boxes will have numbers (1-4). 3 boxes will be empty. The numbers are where you would CLICK if you were changing the settings.
Smiley faces mean you do NOT have to save but you need to show Miss W. how to do the procedure.
Everyone will play the review game TWICE http://www.quia.com/mc/2221815.html These vocabulary words were covered in the Beginning unit. If you get the words right symbols will appear. If you get the words wrong nothing happens.
Independent Exercise: Students will begin the Customizing Word 2010 exercises. Students will complete the Reviewing and Sharing Documents worksheet exercises.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
April 20 shortcut links
Today is 3rd block tiger time
Make sure you do not download anything especially Google or Yahoo toolbars
Business and Finance
Career Management
MSITA
http://www.certiport.com
April 20 Business and Finance
Finish 3.02 Marketing- Buying Behaviors
Bell Ringer:
Pull up PowerPoint 3.02 Marketing- Buying Behaviors
Before Lunch
Guided Exercise:
Miss W will explain the 2 parts of a Marketing Strategy (target market and marketing mix). Will view 3.02 notes and listen to The Marketing Mix Song (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) (Business Studies take on Paparazzi by Lady Gaga)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFENz_nnrq8&feature=related
Finish yesterday's work: You may work in pairs to complete the Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 (NEW) of the 3.01 Chapter Review Worksheet (each person must complete a worksheet)
The following parts of Project 3 should be finished:
Product section
Price section
Promotion section
Target Marget section
After Lunch
Independent Exercise:
Miss W will review the "place" concept of the 4 Marketing P's (product, price, promotion and place)
Students will complete the "place" section of Project 3 and Part 4 of the 3.01 Chapter Review worksheet.
April 20 Career Management
Bellringer:
Pull up PowerPoint 4.02
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will give a brief explanation of the Small Business Administration. http://www.sba.gov/
Independent Lesson:
Read the article at the SBA “Is Entrepreneurship for you?” http://www.sba.gov/sba-direct/article/2771# Name one trait?
List one piece of advice.
In the right column are local offices. What NC cities have SBA offices?
Answer Multiple Choice Questions
ANSWERS are in yellow in the 4.02 PowerPoint and in on pages 126-131.
RESEARCH AN ENTREPRENEUR- from this list http://cecteachers.dpsk12.org/stories/storyReader$75 Write a paragraph about what they did and which entrepreneurial characteristics they have.
Group Activity (if we run out of time, this activity will be for the day before our CFA and we do not meet in the lab) You will get with the group from your Disney game (pet spa, pro landscaping, custom skate shop, comic store) and brainstorm how you could have made your business more successful. You will be giving an oral presentation about your ideas.
April 20 MSITA
Finish Beginning Word Unit- Enhancing Documents
Begin Beginning Word Unit- Reviewing and Sharing Documents
Bell Ringer:
1. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password.
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will demonstrate where the more button (it looks like a downward facing arrow with a line across the top) for lab I and other enhancing document features.
Everyone will play the review game http://www.quia.com/rr/831438.html?AP_rand=1877175437The only item not covered is that in the mail tab you can make envelopes and merge mail.
Independent Exercise:
Students will complete the Reviewing and Sharing Documents worksheet exercises.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
April 19 Business and Finance
Finish 3.02 Marketing- Buying Behaviors
Bell Ringer:
Pull up PowerPoint 3.02 Marketing- Buying Behaviors
Before Lunch
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Guided Exercise:
Miss W will explain the 2 parts of a Marketing Strategy (target market and marketing mix). Will view 3.02 notes and listen to The Marketing Mix Song (Product, Price, Promotion and Place) (Business Studies take on Paparazzi by Lady Gaga)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFENz_nnrq8&feature=related
Finish yesterday's work: You may work in pairs to complete the Part 1, and Part 2, of the 3.01 Chapter Review Worksheet (each person must complete a worksheet)
Click on the link on slide 6 or click the link here http://www.magazines.com/browse with a partner and find examples of each of the target market segmentations demographic, geographic, and psychographic. Write the segmentation name and your answers on the back of your Chapter 3 Review worksheet.
Add the magazine information for YOUR PRODUCT to the Promotion section of your Project 3 PowerPoint. You should have the specific name of a magazine for your advertisement.
Work on the first half of the Target Market section of Project 3:
Identify the characteristics of your target audience using the four types of segmentation
a. demographic (age, gender, income, ethnicity)
b. geographic (location)
c. psychographic (values, attitudes, & lifestyles)
d. behavioral (why customers buy the product)
Finish Part 3 of the 3.01 Chapter Review Worksheet
After Lunch
Independent Exercise:
Discuss
What kind of decision will this be for your customer? Extensive, limited, routine
What buying motive are you going for? Emotional, rational, patronage
Do some group examples of the Buying Motive worksheet.
Students will finish the Buying Motive worksheet.
Students will complete questions e and f in the Target Market section of their project 3.
April 19 Career Management
Bellringer:
Pull up PowerPoint 4.02
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will give a brief explanation of franchises.
The winners of the entrepreneur contest will be announced and awarded with candy.
Great job! :)
Independent Lesson:
Complete Franchise Hunt worksheet.http://www.entrepreneur.com
Which franchise would you like to own and work at? Why?
Play the PBS Build a Business game http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/engage/business.html
“A social entrepreneur identifies and solves social problems on a large scale. Just as business entrepreneurs create and transform whole industries, social entrepreneurs act as the change agents for society, seizing opportunities others miss in order to improve systems, invent and disseminate new approaches and advance sustainable solutions that create social value.
Unlike traditional business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs primarily seek to generate "social value" rather than profits. And unlike the majority of non-profit organizations, their work is targeted not only towards immediate, small-scale effects, but sweeping, long-term change.”
List 2 pieces of advice given during the game.
Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/
Read the article at the SBA “Is Entrepreneurship for you?” http://www.sba.gov/sba-direct/article/2771#
Name one trait?
List one piece of advice.
In the right column are local offices. What NC cities have SBA offices?
Answer Multiple Choice Questions
ANSWERS are in yellow in the 4.02 PowerPoint and in on pages 126-131.
RESEARCH AN ENTREPRENEUR- from this list http://cecteachers.dpsk12.org/stories/storyReader$75 Write a paragraph about what they did and which entrepreneurial characteristics they have.
Group Activity (if we run out of time, this activity will be for the day before our CFA and we do not meet in the lab) You will get with the group from your Disney game (pet spa, pro landscaping, custom skate shop, comic store) and brainstorm how you could have made your business more successful. You will be giving an oral presentation about your ideas.
April 19 MSITA
Finish Beginning Word Unit- Enhancing Documents
Bell Ringer:
1. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password.
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will demonstrate where the more button (it looks like a downward facing arrow with a line across the top) for lab I and other enhancing document features.
Everyone will play the review game http://www.quia.com/rr/831438.html?AP_rand=1877175437
The only item not covered is that in the mail tab you can make envelopes and merge mail.
Independent Exercise:
Students will will work through I, J, K and L labs about enhancing a Word document and complete the other worksheet exercises.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
April 18 Business and Finance
Review 3.01 Marketing
Begin 3.02 Marketing- Buying Behaviors
Bell Ringer:
Pull up PowerPoint 3.01 Marketing
Pull up PowerPoint 3.02 Marketing- Buying Behaviors
Announcements:
Tiger time for students, who are behind on Project 2 and/or Project 3
Before Lunch
You may work in pairs to complete the Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the 3.01 Chapter Review Worksheet (each person must complete a worksheet)
After Lunch
Guided Exercise:
Miss W will explain the 2 parts of a Marketing Strategy (target market and marketing mix)
Independent Exercise: Click on the link on slide 6 or click the link here http://www.magazines.com/browse with a partner and find examples of each of the target market segmentations demographic, geographic, and psychographic. Write the segmentation name and your answers on the back of your Chapter 3 Review worksheet.
Add the magazine information for YOUR PRODUCT to the Promotion section of your Project 3 PowerPoint. You should have the specific name of a magazine for your advertisement.
Work on the first half of the Target Market section of Project 3:
Identify the characteristics of your target audience using the four types of segmentation
a. demographic (age, gender, income, ethnicity)
b. geographic (location)
c. psychographic (values, attitudes, & lifestyles)
d. behavioral (why customers buy the product)
April 18 Career Management
Bellringer:
Pull up PowerPoint 4.02
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will give a brief explanation of entrepreneurship
Miss W will discuss the expectations for the entrepreneur unit
Independent Lesson:
Becoming an entrepreneur, Read pages 126 to 131. On page 131, answer questions 1-4.
Take “Am I an Entrepreneur?” Survey
Results?
Do you agree? WHY?
Play the Disney’s Hotshot Entrepreneur Game: http://disney.go.com/hotshot/hsb2/index.html
Choose one of the following businesses to own: pet spa, pro landscaping, custom skate shop, comic store. Make decisions about financing, reacting to breaking news and marketing.
What was the hardest thing about the game?
How does it act like a real life situation?
How much did you earn in 2 weeks?
Complete Franchise Hunt worksheet.http://www.entrepreneur.com
Which franchise would you like to own and work at? Why?
Play the PBS Build a Business game http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/engage/business.html
“A social entrepreneur identifies and solves social problems on a large scale. Just as business entrepreneurs create and transform whole industries, social entrepreneurs act as the change agents for society, seizing opportunities others miss in order to improve systems, invent and disseminate new approaches and advance sustainable solutions that create social value.
Unlike traditional business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs primarily seek to generate "social value" rather than profits. And unlike the majority of non-profit organizations, their work is targeted not only towards immediate, small-scale effects, but sweeping, long-term change.”
List 2 pieces of advice given during the game.
Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/
Read the article at the SBA “Is Entrepreneurship for you?” http://www.sba.gov/sba-direct/article/2771#
Name one trait?
List one piece of advice.
In the right column are local offices. What NC cities have SBA offices?
Answer Multiple Choice Questions
ANSWERS are in yellow in the 4.02 PowerPoint and in on pages 126-131.
RESEARCH AN ENTREPRENEUR- from this list http://cecteachers.dpsk12.org/stories/storyReader$75 Write a paragraph about what they did and which entrepreneurial characteristics they have.
Group Activity (this will be for the day before our CFA and we do not meet in the lab) You will get with the group from your Disney game (pet spa, pro landscaping, custom skate shop, comic store) and brainstorm how you could have made your business more successful. You will be giving an oral presentation about your ideas.
April 18 MSITA
Begin Beginning Word Unit- Enhancing Documents
Bell Ringer:
1. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password.
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will demonstrate Page Layout features like formatting page numbers and using margin format shapes.
Independent Exercise:
Students will complete the Viewing a Word Document Study Guide
Students will work through G and H labs about enhancing a Word document
Monday, April 16, 2012
April 17 Business and Finance
Channels of Distribution
Promotion
Bellringer:
Go to PowerPoint 3.01
Pull up Blog
Get textbook
Before Lunch
Guided Lesson: Channels of Distribution
1. Project 3 Marketing will be discussed.
2. Learn about Channels of Distribution - Review slides 47 to 53
3. Class will read pages 252 to 254
4. Complete the 3.01 Vocabulary worksheet section Channels of Distribution
5. At 11:30 if you have completed worksheet play scatter or space race at http://quizlet.com/545303/7-functions-of-marketing-flash-cards/Highest scores gets candy. You may want to have your text book open to page 237.
After Lunch
Independent Exercise:
6. Learn about the Promotion function. Review slides 54 to 58.
7. Students will read pages 255 to 259.
8. Students will continue working on their PowerPoint called Marketing Strategy and complete the Promotion section.
Tiger Time on Wednesday if the following items are not completed:
1. Project 2
2. Heinz Part 1 worksheet. Read online article "Old Ketchup Packet Heads for Trash" at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904194604576578691502178606.html.
3. Project 3 slides (Product and Price)
4. Project 3 slides (Promotion)
April 17 Career Management
finish 4.01 Finding Career Information
Bellringer:
Open PowerPoint 4.01 Finding Career Information
Announcements:
Tiger Time on Tuesday if you are not finished with any of the following:
Create Study guide from missed CFA and vocabulary questions
Finish Linkedin Prework and profile
Finish Career/College brochure
Understand Career Clusters- complete 16 clusters and multiple choice questions on worksheet
Library Research for book report
Finish OOH Part 1 worksheet http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Guided Exercise:
Miss W will review different ways students can find information of careers.
Miss W will show that the purple color text contains the answer to the multiple choice questions
Independent Exercise:
Student will complete the Finding Career Information Worksheet (the career entries and the multiple choice questions)
Depending on time students will either start
career book/article report
or Entrepreneur unit
Students will take Entrepreneur survey and then complete Franchise exercise at http://www.entrepreneur.com
April 17 MSITA
Finish Beginning Word Unit- Creating and Managing Documents
Begin Beginning Word Unit- Enhancing Documents
Bell Ringer:
1. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password.
Guided Lesson:
1. Miss W will go over where Word files are:
Word Files are at Student Docs, then MSITA then Word folder then Beginning folder then Creating and Managing Documents folder
2. Students will delete PowerPoint EXERCISES NOT Study Guides. Do NOT delete Study guides!!!!!
Independent Exercise:
Students will finish the Beginning Word- Creating and Managing Documents worksheet
Thursday, April 5, 2012
April 16 Business and Finance
Parts of Product
Bellringer:
Go to PowerPoint 3.01
Pull up Blog
Get textbook
Before Lunch
Guided Lesson:
1. Project 3 Marketing will be discussed.
2. Learn about the Parts of a Product- Review slides 38 to 42
3. Class will read page 245
4. Complete the 3.01 Vocabulary worksheet section Parts of a Product Draw your product- and (A) describe what the basic product is, (B) list product features, (C) List options, (D) What is the brand name? Why did you choose this name? (E)What kind of packaging will it have? What is your package made of? Why did you choose these materials? (F)What type of guarantee or warranty?
5. At 11:30 if you have completed worksheet play scatter or space race at http://quizlet.com/545303/7-functions-of-marketing-flash-cards/Highest scores gets candy. You may want to have your text book open to page 237.
After Lunch
Independent Exercise:
6. Learn about Pricing function. Review slides 43 to 46.
7. Students will read page 251.
8. Students will create a PowerPoint called Marketing Strategy.
The first slide will be your Product's Brand Name and your name
Title the second slide "Parts of a Product" Type the information from the worksheet to the slide make sure to put in a - f answers.
Title the third slide "Price."
You will answer the following pricing questions about your product:
At what price will you sell the product?
What factors did you consider in setting this selling price?
Remember to think about uniqueness, supply and demand, profit, product costs, operating expenses, complexity.. all the factors that affect price
Tiger Time on Wednesday if the following items are not completed:
Project 2
Heinz Part 1 worksheet. Read online article "Old Ketchup Packet Heads for Trash" at
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904194604576578691502178606.html.
Project 3 slides
April 16 Career Management
4.01 Finding Career Information
Bellringer:
Open PowerPoint 4.01 Finding Career Information
Announcements:
Tiger Time on Tuesday if you are not finished with any of the following:
Create Study guide from missed CFA and vocabulary questions
Finish Linkedin Prework and profile
Finish Career/College brochure
Understand Career Clusters- complete 16 clusters and multiple choice questions on worksheet
Library Research for book report
Finish OOH Part 1 worksheet http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Guided Exercise:
Miss W will review different ways students can find information of careers.
Independent Exercise:
Student will complete the Finding Career Information Worksheet
Students will start career book/article report
April 16 MSITA
Start Beginning Word Unit- Creating and Managing Documents
Announcements:Tiger Time for anyone, who did not finish Advance PowerPoint Part 3, 4, and 5 worksheets and who does not complete today's work.
Bell Ringer:
1. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password.
Guided Lesson:
1. Miss W will go over where Word files are:
Word Files are at Student Docs, then MSITA then Word folder then Beginning folder then Creating and Managing Documents folder
2. Students will delete PowerPoint EXERCISES NOTStudy Guides. Do NOT delete Study guides!!!!!
Independent Exercise:
Students will start the Beginning Word- Creating and Managing Documents worksheet
Tiger Time:
Tiger Time for anyone, who did not finish Advance PowerPoint Part 3, 4, and 5 worksheets and who does not complete today's work.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
April 5 Business and Finance
Review the 7 functions of Marketing
Start on Market Research
Bellringer: Go to PowerPoint 3.01
Before Lunch
Guided Lesson:
Read pages 236 and 237 and complete the 3.01 Marketing Functions Activity Worksheet.
Each function is only used once. You may work in groups.
Learn about Market Research Studies- focus groups, observations, experiments (tests)
Review slides 31 to 37
Play scatter or space race at http://quizlet.com/545303/7-functions-of-marketing-flash-cards/
Highest scores gets candy. You may want to have your text book open to page 237.
After Lunch
Independent Exercise:
Read textbook pages 243 and 244
Read online article "Old Ketchup Packet Heads for Trash" at
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904194604576578691502178606.html.
Answer the Part 1: Heinze Dip and Squeeze worksheet questions
At the bottom of the page Write the 5 Steps in Marketing Research (see page 244)and list one example from the article. For example:
1. Define the Marketing problem: People are buying less fries because putting ketchup on them is a hassle.
Play 2.05 Vocabulary review game- team that solves puzzle the quickest gets candy
April 5 Career Management
Creating part of your digital career portfolio by creating a Linkedin profile
Exploring OOH Occupational Outlook Handbook
Bellringer:
Work on any unfinished work:
Create Study guide from missed CFA and vocabulary questions
Finish Linkedin Prework and profile
Finish Career/College brochure
Understand Career Clusters- complete 16 clusters and multiple choice questions on worksheet
Library Research for book report
Finish OOH Part 1 worksheet
Announcements:
Make sure you have an email account and have saved your picture to your lunch number file. You may email it to yourself and then open your email in class TO SAVE the picture to your lunch number. If you do not have a scanned picture bring a picture in and you can scan it at school. Remember it needs to be a business appropriate picture, with proper dress and just you.
Guided Exercise:
Miss W will help everyone create a linkedin profile and/or work on their OOH Part 1 worksheet.
Independent Exercise:
Students will finish to explore the Occupational Outlook Handbook web site http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Create a new PowerPoint called OOH which stands for Occupational Outlook Handbook
Title the 1st slide "OOH- Occupational Outlook Handbook" and copy this information to the 1st slide
"The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH )—updated every 2 years by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)—is a career guide at http://www.bls.gov/ooh that describes, for hundreds of occupations,
What workers do on the job
Work environment
The education and training and other qualifications needed to enter the occupation
Pay
Expected employment change and job prospects
Similar occupations
Contacts for more information" http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
In the Select by section
We are going to be looking at the Growth Rate (Projected) option
Try to find careers that sound interesting to you.
If you do not know what a career is then click on the link with its name.
Choose the Show 100 entries column
Title the 2nd slide "Declining careers"
Click on declining and list 5 jobs that are declining, have a clipart image for them, explain what the job is, what education is needed and explain why you think they are declining. For example, desktop publishers are declining maybe because everyone can create their own documents and PowerPoints on a computer.
Do NOT use this example
Title the 3rd slide "Growing careers"
Click on 29 percent or faster growth and list 2 jobs that are growing, have a clipart image for them, explain what the job is, what education is needed and explain why you think they are growing. For example, audiologists are growing maybe because everyone is getting old and losing their hearing.
Do NOT use this example.
Click on 20 to 28 percent or faster growth and list 2 jobs that are growing, have a clipart image for them, explain what the job is, what education is needed and explain why you think they are growing.
Click on 10 to 19 percent or faster growth and list 1 job that is growing, have a clipart image for it, explain what the job is, what education is needed and explain why you think it is growing.
Title the 4th slide "High Paying Jobs"
Under 2010 Median Pay click on the $75,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
Under 2010 Median Pay click on the $55,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
Under 2010 Median Pay click on the $35,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
Title the 5th slide "Low Paying Jobs"Under 2010 Median Pay click on the $25,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
Under 2010 Median Pay click on the less than $25,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
Students will read part of a book or article about their career interest and write a summary of what they have read.
April 5 MSITA
Microsoft Certification Testing
Bell Ringer:
Click on the Certiport Console button (blue) on your desktop
Follow the sign in instruction at your desk including typing elainewitkowski in the proctor blank. I will enter the proctor password after everyone is signed in.
Guided Lesson:
Things to remember about the test:
1. No talking
2. You have 50 minutes
3. Remember to SKIP a question you want to come back to do not hit next
4. You do not need to get all of the questions right- a passing score is 700
5. Do NOT be discourage there will be other testing sessions but almost ALL of you will pass by the 4th time :)The certificate doesn't say how many times it took to pass only that you passed.
6. If your computer freezes the clock stops put your name on the wait list if you are not the first person I am helping, do NOT talk while you are waiting
7. When you get done you may study for other classes, sleep, read or draw- there is NO game playing or music
Independent Exercise:
Take the MS Office certification test.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
April 4 Business and Finance
Bellringer: Go to PowerPoint 3.01
Before Lunch
Guided Lesson:
Review the defintion of marketing and the 7 functions of marketing
Complete short Marketing Functions worksheet
Play the Marketing function games AFTER reviewing the flashcards at http://quizlet.com/545303/7-functions-of-marketing-flash-cards/
Play Scatter first and then when you play Space Race you may want to have your text book open to page 237
After Lunch
Independent Exercise:
Students will create a visual organizer of the 7 functions of marketing where they will copy and paste definitions and add an image for each of the 7 functions by using
http://edu.glogster.com/
or PowerPoint or drawing on paper.
April 4 Career Management
Creating part of your digital career portfolio
Exploring OOH Occupational Outlook Handbook
Bellringer:
Work on any unfinished work:
Create Study guide from missed CFA and vocabulary questions
Finish Linkedin Prework
Finish Career/College brochure
Understand Career Clusters- complete 16 clusters and multiple choice questions on worksheet
Library Research
Announcements:
Make sure you have saved your picture to your lunch number file. You may email it to yourself and then open your email in class TO SAVE the picture to your lunch number. If you do not have a scanned picture bring a picture in and you can scan it at school. Remember it needs to be a business appropriate picture, with proper dress and just you.
Guided Exercise:
Miss W will help everyone create a linkedin profile.
In order for Miss W to walk around and help she needs a volunteer to type their linkedin information on the Smartboard. Candy reward for volunteer.
Independent Exercise:
Students will start to explore the Occupational Outlook Handbook web site http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Create a new PowerPoint called OOH which stands for Occupational Outlook Handbook
Title the 1st slide "OOH- Occupational Outlook Handbook" and copy this information to the 1st slide
"The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH )—updated every 2 years by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)—is a career guide at http://www.bls.gov/ooh that describes, for hundreds of occupations,
What workers do on the job
Work environment
The education and training and other qualifications needed to enter the occupation
Pay
Expected employment change and job prospects
Similar occupations
Contacts for more information" http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
In the Select by section
We are going to be looking at the Growth Rate (Projected) option
Try to find careers that sound interesting to you.
If you do not know what a career is then click on the link with its name.
Choose the Show 100 entries column
Title the 2nd slide "Declining careers"
Click on declining and list 5 jobs that are declining, have a clipart image for them, explain what the job is, what education is needed and explain why you think they are declining. For example, desktop publishers are declining maybe because everyone can create their own documents and PowerPoints on a computer.
Do NOT use this example
Title the 3rd slide "Growing careers"
Click on 29 percent or faster growth and list 2 jobs that are growing, have a clipart image for them, explain what the job is, what education is needed and explain why you think they are growing. For example, audiologists are growing maybe because everyone is getting old and losing their hearing.
Do NOT use this example.
Click on 20 to 28 percent or faster growth and list 2 jobs that are growing, have a clipart image for them, explain what the job is, what education is needed and explain why you think they are growing.
Click on 10 to 19 percent or faster growth and list 1 job that is growing, have a clipart image for it, explain what the job is, what education is needed and explain why you think it is growing.
Title the 4th slide "High Paying Jobs"
Under 2010 Median Pay click on the $75,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
Under 2010 Median Pay click on the $55,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
Under 2010 Median Pay click on the $35,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
Title the 5th slide "Low Paying Jobs"
Under 2010 Median Pay click on the $25,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
Under 2010 Median Pay click on the less than $25,000 range and list 1 job that is in that range, have a clipart image for it and explain what the job is and what education is needed .
April 4 MSITA
Prepare for Certification Test
Catch up Day- Check Advance PowerPoint Part 3, 4, and 5
Prepare Study guides from CFA and Vocabulary test
Announcements:
We will review today and then retest on Thursday, April 5
Bell Ringer:
1. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password.
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will go over how to encrypt a file with a password
Independent exercise:
Everyone will correct their CFA2 papers by checking with your neighbors to see if they understood the question and was correct. The purpose is for you to help each other understand the questions. You just need to correct them. We will work on the study guide later.
Independent Exercise:
Students will review the following items in any order that they want.
Students will review the photo album feature. Read instructions at: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2010/extra/65 and
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint2010/ss/110424-powerpoint-digital-photo-album.htm
All students should complete the Advance PowerPoint Part 3, 4 and 5 worksheets
Working on the 21 bellringers either alone or playing against another student
Relisten to the Microsoft videos on the e-learning site.
Congratulations to the Students, who passed the PowerPoint certification test: Jon I, Anna, Cynthia and Rex. On Thursday, they can retake the PowerPoint test to try for a better score and a chance to win a Microsoft scholarship, or take the Word test to see what it is like or do school work.
Monday, April 2, 2012
April 3 short cut links
Reports given out during the last 10 minutes of 4th block
Business and Finance
Career Management
MSITA
April 3 Business and Finance
Finish 2.05 (Consumer Rights)
Finish Unit 2 Project
Create study guides
Start Unit 3 Marketing
Bellringer BEFORE lunch:
All project questions should be completed. (Will accept late projects until Thursday)
Worksheets 2.04, 2.05 and the PowerPoint slide worksheet need to be completed.
The 10 items to help the Lorax needs to be completed
Both the CFA and vocabulary study guides are completed.
After lunch:
Start the 3.01 Marketing Unit
April 3 Career Management
Create Study guide from missed CFA and vocabulary questions
Finish Linkedin Prework
Finish Career/College brochure
Understand Career Clusters- complete 16 clusters and multiple choice questions on worksheet
Library Research
Announcements:
Bring a picture file in for Thursday. You may email it to yourself and then open your email in class TO SAVE the picture to your lunch number. If you do not have a scanned picture bring a picture in and you can scan it at school. Remember it needs to be a business appropriate picture, with proper dress and just you.
Guided Exercise:
Miss W will explain Tuesday's Library assignment. You will choose a book(s) or magazine(s) and read about your career interests. You will then write a career report on what you have read. It will include the following items:
a. Your name
b. Your career interest (can be a job or a topic that is important to the job)
For example if you want to be a mechanic the article can be about mechanics or about
problems mechanics have with a certain type of car.
c. Name(s) of book(s) or magazines(s)
d. Author(s) of the article
e. What is the article about?
f. What information will you remember and why? (What is interesting?)
g. What career cluster and pathway is your career item?
h. It needs to be one hand written page. It can be one page about one topic.
Or it can be half a page about one topic and half a page about a different topic
Bellringer:
1. EVERYONE will correct their CFA2 papers by checking with your neighbors to see if they understood the question and was correct. The purpose is for you to help each other understand the questions.
Independent Lesson:
2.Once you have the correct answers, start the CFA2 Study Guide by typing out the questions and answers of the questions you missed along with an appropriate clip art picture. She will be checking people's brochures and helping with their Linkedin summaries as you are working.
April 3 MSITA
Microsoft Certification Testing
Bell Ringer:
Click on the Certiport Console button (blue) on your desktop
Follow the sign in instruction at your desk including typing elainewitkowski in the proctor blank. I will enter the proctor password after everyone is signed in.
Guided Lesson:
Things to remember about the test:
1. No talking
2. You have 50 minutes
3. Remember to SKIP a question you want to come back to do not hit next
4. You do not need to get all of the questions right- a passing score is 700
5. Do NOT be discourage there will be other testing sessions but almost ALL of you will pass by the 4th time :)The certificate doesn't say how many times it took to pass only that you passed.
6. If your computer freezes the clock stops put your name on the wait list if you are not the first person I am helping, do NOT talk while you are waiting
7. When you get done you may study for other classes, sleep, read or draw- there is NO game playing or music
Independent Exercise:
Take the MS Office certification test.