Entrepreneurship Using Technology

One credit Technology elective

Mrs. Yetman- C.E.T. Yale University Summer 2002

yetmanc@amesburyma.gov

Course Goals• Set your personal and business goals • Recognize your business opportunity • Define your unit of sale • Conduct market research • Develop your advertising/promotion plan and

logo • Create your marketing plan.

***Must have a reasonable business idea to really pursue where costs can be ascertained****

Course Goals Cont.

• Develop your financing and networking strategy

• Forecast your 6 month income statement and calculate your operating costs- Mathematics involved!

• Develop your own personal business plan• Dreams of becoming your own

entrepreneur may come to life after this course

Course ActivitiesInteractive Notebook Maintained TestsTechnology ActivitiesClassroom ActivitiesPreparations for Guest SpeakersEntrepreneur InterviewEntrepreneur Movie ReviewsBusiness PlanNot all activities are computer related.We use technology to support our activities not

exclusively throughout an entire period

Interactive Notebook Requirement

Details to Follow

Left Side ProcessingGraphic Organizer Left Side Processing Right Side = Notes

Technology Usage

• Web sites that support our knowledge and skills in Chapters:

http://www.sba.gov/teens/

Programs used to develop Business Plan and Presentation

MS Word

MS Powerpoint

MS Excel

Pages/Keynote/Imovie/IWeb- Mac Based

Technology Usage Continued• Internet Access for research for your small

business industry, opportunity, mission, costs- Start up and Cost of Goods, Sale Price, Marketing=Safari

• Designing Web Page/Flyer/Business Cards- PAGES/Weebly

• Podcasts- Teen Biz- I Tunes

Business Simulation Games and Contests

Johnny Moneyhttp://game.johnnymoney.com/Hot Shot Businesshttp://disney.go.com/hotshot/hsb3/index.htmlThe Stock Market Gamehttp://www.smgww.org/JA- Titanhttp://newtitan.ja.org/

Letter Graded Progress towards GPS Score

Case Studies

• King C. Gillette: The Gillette Company Profile

• Robert Johnson: BET Holdings, Inc. Profile

• Anita Roddick

• Example:

• http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/anita-roddick/index.htm

Case Studies Cont.

• John Johnson: Johnson Publishing Profile • Oprah Winfrey: Harpo Inc. Profile • Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs: Apple

Computers Profile • http://www.freshthinkingbusiness.com/sam-

walton.html

Big Projects Double Graded• Inspiration Case Study

• Stanford Video Series Powerpoint Project

• Web Page/Business Cards Flyer Marketing Package

• Turkey Sandwich Simulation

• Market Research Survey and Data Analysis

• Business Plan- and Presentation= 20 % of grade!

�Contributes to class in a positive, respectful manner

�Completes work quietly and effectively. Completes all writing/book activities assigned.

�Offers assistance to other students in a positive, quiet manner

�Shows respect for instructor and serious approach to the activities planned in the classroom. Comes to class on time. Begins work without instructor prompting. Self starts.

�Uses free time to work on research for business or simulation games.

� 100% Day 1. Points deducted for non standard GPS behavior. Points added for extra credit outside the box contributions to class and activities. Sign Here___________________

GPS- Standards ( Great Participation Skills)

Entrepreneurship Grading• Tests/Classroom Activities /Interactive

Notebook/Guest Speaker Preparation/Entrepreneur Interview=Letter Grade. Points off for late work

• Class Activities- Also Part of GPS Score• Simulation Game Progress- GPS Score• Completed Business Plan and Presentation= 20%

of quarter grade• Exemplary Business Plan Presentation• Mrs. Yetman -yetmanc@amesburyma.gov

Parent Signed:___________________________

A Block f or extra help

Lab Rules

• Place cell phone in brown basket and retrieve end of block. Hats off please.

• Use the Internet assigned activities only• Be patient and wait for screens to load• No food, candy, gum or drinks at computers• No headphones on during instruction• Push in your chair, File- Quit all programs

you are using when you leave lab

Follow up Course

• Northern Essex Community College• NECC to Offer Entrepreneurship Course at High

Schools and College• A new Northern Essex Community College course on

Entrepreneurship will be taught to local high school students as well as traditional college students this fall as part of an exciting new partnership.

• “Entrepreneurship: Small Business Ownership”, a three-credit course, will be offered during the days to Amesbury and Newburyport high school students—many of whom are young entrepreneurs. The students will take the course taught by Northern Essex faculty at their own high schools and receive both high school and college credits.

•LOCK-DOWNLOCK-DOWN for weapon violence & EDPs.for weapon violence & EDPs.–Listen, Listen, –Quick peek,Quick peek,–Pull kids from hall.Pull kids from hall.–Lock door, turn off lights, monitors & projectors. Put up posters on Lock door, turn off lights, monitors & projectors. Put up posters on

doors. Pull shades. Shut down computers.doors. Pull shades. Shut down computers.–Go to the Go to the ““Safe Spot,Safe Spot,”” update attendance. Under tables. All cell update attendance. Under tables. All cell

phones OFF!phones OFF!–Wait for unlock procedure.Wait for unlock procedure.

•SHELTER IN PLACE SHELTER IN PLACE stops movement.stops movement.–Listen, Quick peek, pull in kids from hall.Listen, Quick peek, pull in kids from hall.–Lock door Lock door –– update attendance. update attendance.–Keep teaching.Keep teaching.–Follow PA instructions.Follow PA instructions.

Lock-down ProceduresLock-down Procedures

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User Name=Student#Password =Stu#Must keep same seat all quarter. Your

work in progress is saved locally.Final projects are exported to the serverWord processing apps- Pages/MS WordWeb Browsing app- SafariMake Covers for Folder. Customize Cell

Phone envelope.Fill out information form online

Using Your Desktop