Inquiry and Information

Fluency Mini- Lessons

Created by:

Lakita Reese

FRIT 7234

Georgia Southern University

Summer 2013

ISTE Standardshttp://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-s-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2

The lessons in this in this presentation cover the following ISTE Standards for

Students:

1. Creativity and Innovation

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop

innovative products and processes using technology.

2. Communication and Collaboration

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work

collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute

to the learning of others.

3. Research and Information Fluency

Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

5. Digital Citizenship

Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and

practice legal and ethical behavior.

Creating a Business Plan

Goals and Objectives

BCS-EV-38: The student prepares the components of a

business plan.

After completing this lesson, students will be able to:

Interview entrepreneurs in the community and share the

results of the interview using a technology tool.

Explain what a business plan is and why it is important for

entrepreneurs to create one.

List important elements of a business plan.

Create a business plan.

Essential Question

What is a business plan and why is it essential

for a business owner to create a business plan

when launching a business?

Lesson Introduction

Introduction:

Have you ever thought about owning your own business? If you have, you’ve

probably thought about all of the benefits business ownership affords you such as

being your own boss, creating your own work schedule, and the enjoyment of doing

what you love. If you haven’t thought about owning a business, this may be the time

to start since you never know when your circumstances may change and you are

out of a job. Opening a business may just be the perfect solution for you.

Scenario

You and your classmates have always wanted to start a business. After attending a

small business development workshop, you learn that you need a business plan in

order to receive a business loan to launch your business. In this lesson you and

your classmates will go through the steps of creating a business plan by

researching and utilizing various web resources. Your final product will be a

completed business plan that you can submit to your local Small Business

Administration (SBA) office to receive a start-up business loan.

Performance Tasks

Assignment 1: The Importance of a Business Plan

Assignment 2: Meet Successful Entrepreneurs

Assignment 3: Creating a Business Plan

Assignment 1: The Importance of a Business

Plan

Directions:

Step 1: Find out what a business plan is and why it is important for business owners

to create.

Use the resources on the LiveBinder website to find your answers.

Step 2: In your own words, answer the following questions:

What is a business plan?

Why is it important for business owners to create a business plan?

List some of the elements of a business plan.

You will record their answers using Prezi or SlideRocket. You may also use a

recording device to answer the questions and upload it to Voicethread or record your

answers using Voki. Once you record their answers, you will submit the link to your

presentation to the course's Edmodo page.

Assignment 2- Meet Successful

Entrepreneurs

Directions: Select and interview an entrepreneur. The entrepreneur

can live in your community, in another city, or state. The interview

may be conducted by phone, e-mail, or in person. At a minimum

address the following questions:

1. Name of the entrepreneur.

2. Name and location of the business.

3. What type of business does the entrepreneur own and

how was it started? Did he/she create a business

plan?

4. What did you learn from the interview about owning a

business?

Assignment 2- Interview (cont)

As evidence you have conducted your interview, you are required to do one

of the following:

*Use a mobile phone or digital camera to record the live interview.

*Use a mobile phone or digital camera to take picture of the person

that you interviewed.

*Upload your image and interview files to Yodio or Voicethread.

*You may also use these sites to record the answers to your

interview questions.

*Take a screenshot of your email interview using a screenshot tool

such as TinyGrab

You will post the answers to your interview questions and evidence evidence

on the course's wiki page.

Assignment 3- Create a Business Plan

Now that you are familiar with what a business plan is and its importance, you will

create a business plan.

Directions:

1. Divide into groups of 4 based on business interests.

2. As a group, decide on a business to launch.

3. Choose a role that you would like to serve in the business:

1.Project Manager/Group Leader 2. Marketing Manager 3. Operations

Manager 4. Financial Manager.

You will complete the section of the business plan based on your role in the

business.

Assignment 3- (cont)

After group members choose a role, each team member researches his/her part of

the business plan. You will use the web resources provided on LiveBinder to conduct

research and to help you write your section of the business plan.

Once you have researched and typed the section of your report, you will post it on the

class wiki for your team members and instructor to evaluate. You will also include a

short explanation of the content of your section and why it was added. Title the

subject as the name of the section you completed.

All team members will read each section of the plan that is posted and evaluate it

based on the Business Plan Outline. Team members may post a comment under a

section they have questions or concerns about.

After all group members are satisfied with all sections of the business plan, the group

leader will be responsible for copying and pasting each section into the business plan

generator. Also, designate a group member to gather all website resources used by

each group member to create a "Source Page."

Once the business plan is finalized, the group leader will e-mail a copy of the group’s

business plan to the instructor’s e-mail address by the due date.

Standards and Criteria for Success

For each lesson activity, students will be required

to self assess themselves using the following

rubrics:

The Importance of a Business Plan Digital

Presentation Rubric

Entrepreneur Interview Reflection Rubric

Business Plan Rubric

Peer Assessment Rubric

Image Credits

http://www.flickr.com/photos/langwitches/5603842003/

http://cce.clark.edu/blog-tags/business-plan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingedwolf/5471047557/

Public Service

Announcements

Goals and Objectives

BCS-BCP- 11 (c).Demonstrate the ability to develop a multimedia product that

enables the presenter to interact persuasively for a specific cause; ; (p).Use

storyboarding, outlining, and time management organizational tools to plan and

produce

BCS-BCP – 9 (b). Identify copyright and patent laws pertaining to scanned

images and documents and information downloaded from the Internet.

BCS-BCP 6- (g).Cite both print and electronic sources correctly to avoid

plagiarism.

After this lesson, students will be able to:

Critique existing Public Service Announcement (PSA) videos for their effectiveness

Create a storyboard to plan a multimedia video

Create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) using Windows MovieMaker.

Use multimedia ethically by abiding by copyright laws and properly crediting

sources.

Essential Questions

What is a Public Service Announcement and its purpose?

What elements of a Public Service Announcement make it

effective?

Why is it important to abide by copyright laws?

How do you avoid plagiarizing?

Introduction-Motivation

Begin the PSA lesson by asking students if they know what a Public

Service Announcement is.

Continue the discussion by showing students an example of a

Public Service Announcement. Ask students the following during

the discussion: What message is the PSA trying to convey? What

are some elements of the PSA that made it effective? What types of

multimedia is included in the PSA video? How long was the PSA?

Introduction/ Motivation (cont)

After discussing what Public Service Announcements are and the

elements that they contain, I will inform students that they will create

their own Public Service Announcement. I will next hand out and

review the Public Service Announcement project directions and

requirements with students.

After reviewing the directions, I will next explain that the development

of the PSA video will require the use of material that may be

copyrighted. Thus, they will complete a series of activities to inform

them on copyright law, fair use, and plagiarism and will learn how to

properly cite information and media that is not their own. They will

also learn how to find resources that are free and open to the public

to use.

Assignment 1 - Copyright and Fair Use

View the website resources on Educlipper to learn

about Copyright and fair use. After you review each

resource, answer the following questions. You may

answer the questions in a Word document or use a

Web 2.0 presentation tool such as Prezi, Slide

Rocket, or Voki. You must submit a word file or web

link to your presentation to the class Edmodo

page.

Assignment 2 - Plagiarism and Citing

Sources

Review the plagiarism and citing sources resources

on EduClipper.

During or after reviewing each resource, answer

the following questions. You may answer the

questions in a Word document or use a Web 2.0

presentation tool such as Prezi, Slide Rocket, or

Voki.

Submit your word file or web link to their

presentation to the class Edmodo page.

PSA Project Scenario

Scenario:You are a member of a certain organization (you can choose). Your organization

has asked that you create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) commercial to

persuade your community to support a specific cause. The video must meet the

following requirements:

1. PSA must be no longer than 1 minute and created using using Windows

MovieMaker

2. Must have transitions and effects throughout video

3. Must have a title

4. Must have credits

5. Must include a music or sound file

6. Must include an integrated video

7.Create a storyboard to assist with the planning and creation of the PSA

Video.

Assignment 3 - Planning the PSA Project

Assign for students to view example PSA projects for ideas on

creating their own PSA videos. As students browse PSA videos, they

must critique them, noting what makes them effective or ineffective.

Give students a list of PSA topics and allow them to choose a topic

for their PSA video.

Instruct and guide students on how to create a folder and save all

picture, music, and video files for the PSA inside this folder.

Explain Google's advanced search feature to find free-to-use

images.

Ask students to record the URL of the websites where they gather

facts, music, and video files from. Refer students to the curated

Citation Generation tools for assistance in citing sources.

Assignment 3 - Planning the PSA Project -

Extended Learning

Students will be required to add a scene in their PSA video that

requires the use of a video that they recorded from a digital device.

The video clip must be taken outside of the school day using a digital

camera or a video feature on their mobile phone. It must also relate

to the student's PSA topic. If a student does not have a digital

device, he/she may check out a digital device from the teacher. The

video clip can include an interview of a parent, friend, or a

professional. It may include a narration from the student. It can also

include clips of their community or city.

Assignment 3 - Planning the PSA Video

(Creating a storyboard)

After students have gathered all of their content to include in

their PSA video, they will then create a storyboard to plan the

sequence of scenes in the video.

Explain to students what a storyboard is and show an example

of a storyboard.

Hand out storyboard templates and assign for students to begin

creating their storyboard. for their PSA Video.

Assignment 4 - Creating the PSA Using

Windows MovieMaker

Students will be guided through a series of

activities to familiarize themselves with Windows

MovieMaker.

After students are familiar with the features in

Windows MovieMaker, they will begin creating

their PSA video using this software.

Assignment 5 -PSA Presentations and Peer

Evaluation

After students have finalized their PSA videos, they

will present them to the class. Students will be

evaluated based on the criteria in project's rubric.

Each student will also be required to critique at

least 4 student presentations using the Peer

Assessment Evaluation Rubric.

Standards and Criteria for Success

Students will be evaluated in this lesson using the following

assessments:

Teacher Assessment

*Assessment based on correct answers to the assigned

questions:

Copyright and Fair Use Questions

Plagiarism and Citing Sources Questions

Student and Peer Assessment

PSA Video Rubric

Peer Assessment Rubric

Image Credits

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingedwolf/5471047557/

http://tsa-illinois.org/2013/01/10/tsa-ils-new-psa/

International Business

Brochure

Goals and Objectives

BCS-BCP- (h). Compose a communication document that

reflects international differences and incorporates current

business practices and protocol. (g).Cite both print and

electronic sources correctly to avoid plagiarism.

After this lesson, students will be able to:

Create a brochure on a country that highlights the differences in

their country's business practices and the United States'

business practices.

Explain why it is important to know international differences

when interacting and working with people of different cultures.

Cite the sources of where they retrieved their research

information.

Essential Question

Why is it important to know international differences

when interacting with people of different cultures?

Introduction

Introduce the lesson to students by asking them the essential question:

"Why is it important to know international differences when interacting

with people of different cultures?"

After receiving students' input explain to students that it is important to

know how people in other cultures conduct business because when

they venture out into the work world, they may have customers or

bosses from another culture and you would not want to offend them by

doing anything that would insult them or anything that would be

considered rude to them. It is also important because many companies

have headquarters in other countries and if an employee had to move

to another company headquarters in another country they would need

to know the business protocol and culture of that country.

Introduction (cont)

After introducing the lesson, hand out and

review the project directions and rubric with

the students.

Scenario

You are employed by a company that has international divisions

and have been selected by your company to visit another

country for a business trip. In order to prepare for your trip, your

manager is requiring that you research the country that you are

visiting and to report your findings in a business brochure that

can be used as a resource for other employees that may later

visit the country.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Select a country that you would like to visit.

2. Research the following using the provided curated resources on

EdCanvas:

Capital, Population, Language

Location in relation to the U.S. and Time Zone

Current Exchange Rate

Dining customs

Social customs (Public Behavior, Conversation, Negotiations,

Religious customs)

Dress Code

Business Protocol (Greetings/Introductions, Business Meetings,

Gift-giving)

Step-by-Step Directions (cont)

Prepare a brochure about your country. See the

brochure directions to guide you on completing

this step.

Refer to the International Business Brochure rubric to

self-assess your performance on this lesson.

Standards and Criteria for Success

Students will be evaluated in this lesson using the following

assessment:

International Business Brochure Rubric

Image Credits

http://imagesci.com/all-countries-flags-8718-hd-wallpapers.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingedwolf/5471047557/