Wednesday Work

Bell Work: What is the best way to test a new product? Is your way cost effective?

Awesome Students, yesterday we dabbled with some research with m&ms. Today we are going to collect our data and put them into a spreadsheet program. Your assignments for the rest of this week is in the handout titled "Don't Eat the Data." This project consists of at least five separate pieces:

1. create a spreadsheet in Excel with charts that show the color distribution of the m&ms your team counted on Tuesday.
2. Create and take a survey that asks at least 10 other persons what colors they would want added and/or removed.
3. Create a Personal Business Letter to Mars Company trying to persuade them how they could possibly improve their product by following your suggestions, based on your survey results.
4. Create a 5-10 slide PowerPoint presentation that emphasizes your letter that includes the graphs and survey results.
5. Answer all the questions in the three "Explore Further" sections of the handout (this part is done individually--not as a team.)

This assignment is worth 250 points. You will be graded on thoroughness, neatness, completeness, accuracy, persuasive ability, designs of spreadsheet and PowerPoint, and as individuals as well as a team.

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Tuesday at BMHS

Surprisingly, many students thought it was illegal to refuse to hire someone because of the applicant's poor credit. Those students were, of course, the ones who just guessed and did not do the research. It is legal to refuse to hire someone based on the applicant's credit rating. Employers often see a poor credit rating as a person who can be a security risk.

 From Visa: According to the survey, "only 20 percent of Americans know that it is legal for employers to refuse to hire job applicants with low credit scores. Fully 52 percent of Americans mistakenly believe it is illegal for prospective employers to use credit scores as a hiring criteria and another 28 percent of survey respondents are unsure."

 Today, bell work: What are the qualities that make a company great?

 Objectives: • do research on a company • use excel for mathematical distribution

Monday Mornings

Somewhere in the world is the world's worst doctor, and somebody has an appointment with him first thing Monday morning." (George Carlin) Bell Work · How is launching and running a business like or unlike being a parent? Today, Read Real-World Business Profile, pages 490-491. Do self-assessment check list on page 491. Write one paragraph about preparation for a career, using any five terms from the Academic vocabulary words on page 486. Crossword Puzzle. Write a summary of what you like about GeoMagic's business concept. Close: work in pairs and develop an idea for a software or iPod/iPad app program. Develop an advertisement for the software. Use Publisher or Word to design the brochure that communicates info about the software. Mr. Burd

Friday Finishes

Bell Work: Can employers legally refuse to hire someone based on the applicant's credit score? If they can, do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer. Read this. Today, awesome students, we should be ready to record our Public Service Announcements (PSA). 30-60 seconds on any aspect of credit that was covered in the Unit 9 of our textbook. Do Hard Things R. Burd

Thursday, March 23

Bell Work: What is the lowest credit card APR you can find online? Federal Trade Commission web site: a good source of accurate information for doing your Public Service Announcement. (PSA) Today and Friday we will be scripting our PSAs on credit. You need to be in team's of three. One person will be on camera, one person will video tape, one person will help with the microphone and set-up. This announcement should be between 30-60 seconds. Your audience is BMHS students and staff. -- Do Hard Things,. Computer Apps Blog Intro To Biz Blog

Wednesday Work

Bell work: What are some alternatives to bankruptcy when faced with credit problems? Today is our last day on the study of credit. We will: identify sources of credit fraud and precautions that can prevent it discuss ways to repair credit problems we will also watch a PowerPoint from Glencoe, visit the site www.insideidtheft.info, visit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) site, and students will write a 200-300 word report with a summary of the content of an article related to credit counseling, debt management, or credit repair. On Thursday and Friday, students will work in teams of three, and prepare a 30-60 second Public service announcement on any of the aspects of credit that we have discussed. Mr. Burd

Tuesday at BMHS

Bell Work: What are the only three reasons a person can be denied credit, according to the ECOA? Tuesday: Credit. Federal laws that protect consumers. -- Do Hard Things,. Computer Apps Blog Intro To Biz Blog Mr. Burd