8th Grade Assignments for Week 3

by Dr. Data

    Daily Typing warmups: 10 minutes: http://www.sense-lang.org/typing. On Friday, you will take typing tests 2B and 2C in All The Right Type keyboarding application.

    Monday Through Friday:

    Learning Objective: students will design five different business logos for your business plus finalize your business plan with more in-depth information in both Microsoft Word and in Web application discussed below. A total of six business logs will be produced for 100 points each. 150 points each if customized with original art work from the Internet. Must be printed out for credit.

    There's a great web site to help student understand how to start up a bussines at: http://www.jeffcoworkforce.org/empRunBiz.php sponsored by the Jefferson County Workforce.

    Still need help with a business plan assistance? Go to: http://www.grsites.com for construction of some exciting logos!

    This Week's Assignments

    1. Make five logos for a total of 500 points: see instructions in paragraph below.
    2. Make five business cards in Microsoft Publisher for 500 points in the publications in print section.
    3. Extra-credit by makeing 1 to 5 business cards in Microsoft Word at 200 points per card. Short cut is available by using the on-line templates at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT101527321033.aspx?Origin=EC010227121033&CTT=2&av=ZWD

    Logo paragraph: Here are five URL's below that will allow you to design and print out your first logos. The last one is a real winner for a professional-looking coporate-looking logo with graphics.

    1. Cool Text:  www.cooltext.com
    2. GlitterMaker.Com:  www.glittermaker.com/
    3. TrippyText.com:  www.trippytext.com
    4. GraphiMorph:  www.graphimorph-hk.com/home.html
    5. Corporate Logo Design With Graphics:  logodesignpros.com/Logo-Design-Pros/portfolios.aspx  This one is really good for our class situation.

    Sample business cards to help illustrate business card formatting:

    1. Layout
    2. Special uses of fonts
    3. Alighment of letters
    4. Special use of logos and graphics
    5. Use of contrast
    6. Fit the words together

    Click here to see an animated GIF show featuring 40 business cards in 5 second increments that repeated indefinitely.

    Final Weekly Assignment: use either Microsoft Word or Microsoft Publisher to produce a quality business card with business logo and all company info such as Company name, phone #, e-mail address, address and potential web site name if known. Assignment is worth 100 points. In Microsoft Word, go to Tools pull-down menu and go to Envelopes and Labels and you copy logo into a label format and print out 10 real business cards using special business label stock of 2.5" X 3.".

    Here is how it will be graded:

    The Business Card Plan Rubric

    Your business plan must include the following:

    Logo: 10
    Company Name:10
    Three relevant sentences per category: 50
    Titles of category bolded: 10
    Content: 10
    Neatness: 10
    Spelling and grammar: -1 per occurrence

    Total possible   points                                       100