Month: May 2014

May 30th

Bus 10: Do credit card blank, fill in the blanks. credit payments blank

What month would you pay off the debt? How much extra would you have paid in interest charges?

Make a group of up to four people and make a honest commercial for a credit card that tells the disadvantages and advantages of using credit. Commercials should be filmed and no more than 2 minutes long, no less than 1 minute.

May 27th

Bus 10: As an alternative to doing the Chapter 15 booklet, you may instead do the following:

Answer these 2 questions before you see the documentary:

What do you know about credit cards? How do they work?
How many credit cards would you think that the average person uses? Why do you think people have more than one credit card?

Put the answers on your blog under Credit card doc, you will answer other questions later.

Watch the documentary the Secret History of the Credit Card found here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/credit/view/

Take the quiz found here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/credit/etc/quiz.html

Answer the following questions and add them to your blog under the previewing questions.

What information in the documentary most surprised you?
Do you think the government should have a role in regulating both who can get credit cards and what interest and fees consumers should pay? If so, who should be the regulators? Who would benefit from such regulation? Who would lose? Explain.
How, according to the four “normal consumers” in the documentary, does owning a credit card or credit cards affect purchasing decisions?
Who loses and gains the most from credit card companies’ policies? Explain.
Has the documentary influenced how you might use credit cards in the future? Explain.

Complete this spreadsheet for months 3 and 4:

Credit card spreadsheet 1

What the total extra cost be for a year at 3%, 10%, and 19?

May 16th

BCA 11 and BIM12: Read pages 295-318 taking notes as necessary.

Do practice art studio (p300), CORPORATE SALES (305) EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS(308) and Payroll parts 2 (311) and 3(315). You will need PAYROLL MEMO for part 3. Do Company name p(317)

BCA11 : Answer Q on page 322, and projects 1 FLORIDA FLIGHTS (323), 3 (324) 5 BUSINESS PAYROLL (326) and 9 (329).

BIM 12: Do Projects 2(P323) 4MUSIC SALE,(325) 6 FLOWER STORE (327) 10 ADVERTISING SALES(330

May 6th Timelines and goals

Your group show have a preliminary business plan ready for the end of class Friday. Your product drawing should also be done or almost done. Set realistic attainable goals for yourself each day so your group will be ready on time.

Next week should be spent working on your own time in making things better.

DD timelines:

Create a worthwhile and reasonable timeline for your work as part of your DD team. Everyday post your goals for the day and note if you suceeded in meeting your goals from yesterday.

If you didn’t meet your goal, explain why.

My goals for today’s class are: Date: ________________________

Things I need to do to be prepared for tomorrow’s class:

Questions to Answer:

Business Manager

Product lifecycle

Who are the customers

Describe the industry

Risk factors

Competitors

Project manager

What exists already

Analyze why it’s not good

Where will you locate your business

How will you mass produce your product

And get it to market?

Marketing

Logo and slogan

Print ads

Brochure

What will your overall marketing plan be?

Be creative and think outside the box?

Prototype Manager

Draw or build model

Accessories

Re-new Product lifecycle

(Discuss with Project manager)

Dragon’s Den Begins: Design Jam, teams, student booklet

Hey today we are going to start the Dragon`s den project by coming up with ideas, and teams.

Here is the student booklet, it has lots of info for you. dd student booklet

Calendar

May 5^th – 9^th: Class time to work on project

May 12^th – 16^th: Work on project on own time at home

May 15^th: Dragons’ Den Presentation Fair

May 20^th – 21^st: Dragons’ Den Classroom Competition