8th Grade Elective Computer Semester Class:

"How To Start A Teenage Business!"

by Dr. Data

2008-2009 School Year!

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6A Week 6B Week 7 Week 8 Radio Broadcast Week
Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12A Week 12B Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16  

Week 17 (whistles & bells for the last two weeks of the semester)

Curriculum Overview

  1. Word Processing
  2. Designing a Business Plan
  3. Creating Logos
  4. Creating Business Cards
  5. Incorporating digital photos from student's digital phones and cameras
  6. Editing photos with freeware
  7. Creating Three-Fold Brochures
  8. Creating Flyers
  9. Creating Banners
  10. Internet Search Engines
  11. Web 2.0 Tools
  12. PowerPoint
  13. Spreadsheets
  14. Making Web Pages

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Note: Fridays are generally a makeup day for students to do missing, unsubmitted assisgnments plus usually we have two typing tests required to be taken every Friday in addition to having assignments due that same day.


Basic Overview of Lesson Plans for Weeks 3 to 16 (Tentative)

Week 3: Word Processing

Goals: Designing the Business plan with word processing with emphasis on desigining original business logos and business cards.

Week Four and 5: Spreadsheets and Databases for Successful Business Financial Management

Budget

Expenses

Revenues

NI

Profit

Week 6: Database

Excel: Database/Appleworks

Receipts

Inventory

Week 7, 8 and 9: PowerPoint

 

PowerPoint Presentation with a theme of bio about student for business

Week 10: Web Development

HTML

Case Study

Week 11: Web Development

HTML

Week 12: Web Development

Dreamweaver

Week 13: Microsoft Word and Publisher

Business Cards

Week 14: Micrsoft Word and Publisher

Brochures and Flyers

Week 15:

Digital Photography for business cards, brochures, flyers, posters and web pages

Week 16

Revise total business plan

Best business plans are to submit them to: SCORE for assessment: Ask SCORE for Business Advice: http://www.score.org