Finishing Up your Final Projects

Today you are finishing up your Final Projects.

You need to update your Investment Portfolio Spreadsheet 1st with the current value of the stocks you purchased.

Next you need to finish the slides

Slide 1 : Career Choice
Slide 2 :  Home Choice
Slide 3 : Car
Slide 4 : Budget Year 1
Slide 5 : Investment Portfolio
Slide 6 : Pet Shop Empire
Slide 7 :  Being a Responsible Alumni
Slide 8 :  Professional Wardrobe
Slide 9 :  Office Space
Slide 10:  Action Cards
Slide 11:  Final Budgets
Slide 12:  Final Numbers

You should have all of them completed at the end of the period EXCEPT for slide 10.  

You next need to complete 15 days in the Pet Shop game and record your results in the spreadsheet linked below.  You need to SAVE IT AS A COPY into your LDRIVE.  

PET SHOP Spreadsheet

Final Project Continued - Congratulations?????

You find out today that your inheritance from your obscure relative wasn't as amazing as you thought it was going to be.  You get to keep the $100 million you invested but the other $100 million dollars was tied up in a Pet Shop Empire.  Selling the business isn't an option because it would not sell at a competitive price.  Therefore, you will have to make the business amazing!

The Petshop business is a Franchise of 10,000 stores nationally.  Therefore, everyday's profit shown will be multiplied by $10,000.

Your goal is to maximize the value of the Pet Shop empire by making it as profitable as possible.

Click Here to practice your Pet Shop Empire.


For Slide 6 You need to create a name for your Pet Shop, create a logo, and Track your Sales Figures over 10 Days.

Day 2 - Updating our Budgeting Lists and a Strange Happening........

Today the students are updating and finishing all slides from Yesterdays task.  They need to update their Year 1 Budget Slide by filling in the information in the Budget Tool Below for Year 1 Monthly Budget.

Budgeting Document Monthly

YOU MUST DOWNLOAD as a COPY into YOUR L DRIVE

Once they have completed their Monthly Budget they need to Print it out and turn it into Mr. Robinson

 On their Slide they will have to show their Current Income, Current Monthly Expenses, Percent of Income Spent, and Money Left over.

Then they find out in a weird turn of events that a distance 2nd Cousin's Uncle has passed away and left them a Small Fortune to build upon.  They just Inherited $200,000,000.00.  They need to take 100 million dollars of that money and invest it into the stock market.  Their Goal is to make as much money as possible and maybe become a Billionaire..  The students need to use the link below and find 15 companies they wish to invest in.  They will be tracking their Daily Profits/Losses on their Investment portfolio Slide.  

They also need to do a Company Profile of 5 of the companies they chose.  Each Profile has the Companies Name,  Logo,  Business Sector, and Why they believe this stock is going to perform.

They need to print their Slide that contains the 5 companies at the end of the period.

STOCK MARKET COMPANY LIST (Micro Cap stocks)

Excel Spread Sheet -  Must Save A Copy as LastNameInvestmentPortfolio

Final Project - Who Wants to be a Billionaire Day One

Congratulations, You have recently had the opportunity to graduate from the College of your Choice and the Career of your choosing.  What you did not know was that you also were selected by the United States Government to participate in one of the greatest challenges of all time, Who Wants to be a Billionaire.


But first....

Today you need to complete the following tasks as you prepare to learn more about the challenge ahead of you.

Step 1:  Students need to create a Powerpoint Presentation using One Drive.  They will need to include 10 slides.  They need to be titled as follows:

Slide 1 : Career Choice
Slide 2 :  Home Choice
Slide 3 : Car
Slide 4 : Budget Year 1
Slide 5 : Investment Portfolio
Slide 6 : Pet Shop Empire
Slide 7 :  Being a Responsible Alumni
Slide 8 :  Professional Wardrobe
Slide 9 :  Office Space
Slide 10:  Action Cards
Slide 11:  Final Budgets
Slide 12:  Final Numbers

Share your Powerpoint Template with michaelr@spokaneschools.org

Step 2:  Choose a career and then use the link below to identify the starting Salary for individuals in your chosen career.

Salary Finder

You will need to update Slide 1 of your Powerpoint to explain your career, your starting Salary, and projected income growth for your field.

Step 3:  Now that you have chosen a career you need to find a place to live.  However, you will be choosing your residence knowing that you will be coming in to a rather large sum of money soon.  Choose a house using the link below.

Home Plans

Home Plans Site 2

You will also need to find a piece of land to build your estate on.  Use the link below to search for undeveloped land to build your house on.

Land For Sale

Once you have chosen your home print off the plans and specs, write your name on it and turn it into Mr. Robinson


Step 4:  Choose a car and then determine if you want to Finance it or use your Savings.

Car Finder

Once you have chosen your car Print it out and put your name on it and turn it in.


Step 5:  Begin updating your Budget with the new numbers for your Salary, Apartment, and Car payment.

Year 1 Budgeting Tool

Reversing the Grid - Socrative Seminar

Today the students will be working on their Socrative Seminar Skills.

They will be listening, taking notes, and discussing a podcast that can be found by clicking the link below.

99 Percent Invisible

We will then be breaking into Socrative Seminar groups to debate the merits on both sides of the debate.

College Expo Trifold Brochure -

Today the students are going to continue to work through their College Fair Expo's.

Students need to click the link below and choose a template of a TRIFOLD Brochure.

Click Here for the Templates

They will need to have the following information taken from their powerpoints and transferred into their Trifold Brochures.


Campus Life, Admission Information, Key Academic Programs, and Fun Facts/Alumni information from the university.

Fun Friday

Today the students are having an opportunity to ensure they are caught up on all their work heading into the week before the Field Trip.

If students are finished they will be allowed to play a quick witted thinking game!

Scattergories

Admission Officer Form Letter - Due Thursday 5-4 by 9:00am

Dear ______________________

My name is _______________ and I go to Salk Middle School in Spokane.
I am writing you today because we are doing a College Fair for 6th grade students
visiting Salk and I chose to feature your college.  I chose _______ because..........
I am an 8th Grade Student (include more information about yourself)

I am writing you because I would like additional information about your college to
feature on my Poster.  I would like more information on
-Housing
-Admissions
-Colleges and Majors
In Conclusion
-Restate point of 1
-Restate point of 1


Sincerely,



Your Name

Future Goals STEM Scholarship

Today the students will be practicing their College Scholarship Application Skills.  They will be participating in the Future Goals educational program.  They will then submit a short essay to become eligible for the $1000 scholarship.

The students will need to submit their Rough Draft of the paper by the end of the School Day on Monday, May 1st.

Click Here to access the program

51987056  Class Code

Upon completion you need to answer the following Prompt for your opportunity to win thhe $1,000 scholarship and share it with Mr. Robinson by the end of the school day on Monday, May 1st.  Your Rough Draft has to be shared with Mr. Robinson by the end of the day on April 26th.

Writing Prompt: 

Please complete a 5 paragraph essay explaining your view on the program.  Specifically address the Usability of the Software, the Teachability (do you think it would be helpful for teaching students content), and Your Opinion on the Effectiveness of the Software. 

Hidden Brain Poster

Today the students will be creating a Group Poster about the Hidden Brain podcast they listened to and discussed yesterday.  

The students need to break into Groups of 3-4 Students and Complete a Poster Set Up as the one above.  Each Group turns in 1 poster!

Activity: 

Pick three careers you might want to pursue after college. Write down each of these options and why you chose them. Write for a few minutes about each of these different career paths.

For each of these paths, identify two ways you could ‘prototype’ being in that career. 

What do you think you wouldn’t like about that career path? 

Hidden Brain - Getting Unstuck

Today the students are learning about the idea of "Design Thinking"  They will be working in their groups creating a poster that helps them develop the idea of what they want to become.

Getting Unstuck Link

The students will be discussing their study guide and making a Group Poster.  This will be due at the end of the day on Friday!

Body Language and the Power of Choice

Today we are going to begin our exploration of how we present ourselves to the world.  More importantly we are going to start looking at how we present ourselves and what that actually conveys.  We will start this journey by looking at Body Language.




Cornell Note Questions

March Madness Project Continues

Go Animate Assignment Week 3/6 through 3/10

Go Animate

Part of discovering new ways to interact with content is finding new ways to present Content.  The students will begin their exploration of GoAnimate presentation software.

They need to click on the link below to get to our Class Website.

https://goanimate4schools.com/school/salkwicorweekly

Log in is as follows

username:  first initial first name then last name ie. mrobinson
password: student1

or

username: first name then first initial of last name ie. michaelr
password: student1

Go Animate Mini Doc.

Due Wednesday April 12th

You will be designing a day in the life of a college student from the University  that you drew.

You will have to build a 12 scene Goanimate Documentary in the following format.

Scene 1 - Title Card (Includes the name of your University and your name)

Scene 2 - Wake Up (In this scene you talk about the different housing options available to College students at your university.  You must include Campus Housing, Greek Housing (If present) and Apartment choices.

Scene 3 -  Dining Hall (In this Scene you are outlining the different Campus Dining Choices.  This includes how students pay for their meals and different plans available.)

Scene 4 -  First Class of the day - English 101  (You must find a syllabus from an entry level English Class and Highlight the semester of work a typical freshman has)

Scene 5 - Second Class of the day - Math 101 (You must find a syllabus from an entry level Math Class and Highlight the semester of work a typical freshman has)

Scene 6 - Third Class - Elective Class of your Choosing (You must find a syllabus from an entry level Elective Class and Highlight the semester of work a typical freshman has)

Scene 7 - Fourth Class - Elective Class of your Choosing (You must find a syllabus from an entry level Elective Class and Highlight the semester of work a typical freshman has)

Scene 8 - Study Time (In this scene you are detailing the campus resources for studying.  Include the different University resource available.)

Scene 9 - Recreation Time (In this scene you are outlining the different campus resources for Recreation. Include Indoor and Outdoor Rec Centers that are present)

Scene 10 - Dinner Time (In this scene you outline the common dining options available off campus.)

Scene 11 -End Card

This Mini Documentary will be writing intensive.  The Total time for the project is 8-10 minutes.   Which means that each slide is a minimum of 48 seconds long.  Use the Cornell Note paper following this sheet to outline your scenes!

Extra Credit Week of 3-13 to 3-17

Identify the fake from the real.

You need to watch and Cornell Note the Brain Game episode below.  Use the commercial breaks to help identify when you switch topic questions.

Upon the completion of your notes you need to write a 5 paragraph essay on the merits of the truth in Modern Society!

The Key to Making Good Decisions

You need to set up your Cornell with the following questions.


What is the key to making better decisions????

What are strategies offered by the speaker to make better decisions?






Fact from Fiction

Confident Decision Making Video

Below is the video link if you have finished your reading!

College Research

Today we are looking at different types of colleges and what they have to offer.

The students will be clicking the link below

College Finder Link - Click Here

Go Animate Assignment Week 3/6 through 3/10

Go Animate

Part of discovering new ways to interact with content is finding new ways to present Content.  The students will begin their exploration of GoAnimate presentation software.

They need to click on the link below to get to our Class Website.

https://goanimate4schools.com/school/salkwicorweekly



Group Code to Join

Period 3 AVID - 0wALGVCVAl6PRrlNrLVpT6g

Period 6 AVID - 05qUshGSf6AzRrlNrLVpT6g


Tutorial

Assignment Details are below

This week in AVID you are tasked with Recreating a Print News Story and making it into a animated Video Cast.

You need to complete the following tasks.

1. Find a NEWS ELA article of your choosing and Cornell Note it’s content.  You need to have the following items noted.
1. Location of the Article
2. What is it trying to convey.
3. Is this article reporting news are trying to persuade you.
4. Who are the main characters in the story.
5. What are the main characters doing in the story.
2. When you have found an article you may begin taking your Cornell Notes on the article.  
3. You may then begin to log into Go Animate by using the following steps.
1. Go to www.robinsonmathletic.com
2. Click on the Wicor Warriors Tab
3. Go to the Wicor Warriors Blog
4. Click on the Go Animate Link
5. Log into your Go Animate Account
4. Click on the Youtube Tutorial on how to create a Go Animate Video
5. You need to create a 6 scene newscast (minimum) of your news story!

Extra Credit Assignment for Week of 3/6 through 3/10

Students need to watch the following two videos and take Cornell Notes on both (they will have two seperate Cornell Notes turned in both titled appropriately).  Then they will need to write a 5 paragraph essay on the Growth Mindset.

Go Animate- Tutorial and Log In

Go Animate

Part of discovering new ways to interact with content is finding new ways to present Content.  The students will begin their exploration of GoAnimate presentation software.

They need to click on the link below to get to our Class Website.

https://goanimate4schools.com/school/salkwicorweekly

Group Code to Join

Period 3 AVID - 0wALGVCVAl6PRrlNrLVpT6g

Period 6 AVID - 05qUshGSf6AzRrlNrLVpT6g


Tutorial

Assignment Details are below

This week in AVID you are tasked with Recreating a Print News Story and making it into a animated Video Cast.

You need to complete the following tasks.

1. Find a NEWS ELA article of your choosing and Cornell Note it’s content.  You need to have the following items noted.
1. Location of the Article
2. What is it trying to convey.
3. Is this article reporting news are trying to persuade you.
4. Who are the main characters in the story.
5. What are the main characters doing in the story.
2. When you have found an article you may begin taking your Cornell Notes on the article.  
3. You may then begin to log into Go Animate by using the following steps.
1. Go to www.robinsonmathletic.com
2. Click on the Wicor Warriors Tab
3. Go to the Wicor Warriors Blog
4. Click on the Go Animate Link
5. Log into your Go Animate Account
4. Click on the Youtube Tutorial on how to create a Go Animate Video
5. You need to create a 6 scene newscast (minimum) of your news story!

Death Valley of Education

Today the students have an opportunity to learn about the future of education.  They need to get out a sheet of notebook paper from their freshly cleaned binders.  They will be taking Cornell Notes on the video and doing a Quick Write summary of the Ted Talk.  (8 Sentence minimum) They will be turning their notes in at the end of the period.

Go Animate

Part of discovering new ways to interact with content is finding new ways to present Content.  The students will begin their exploration of GoAnimate presentation software.

They need to click on the link below to get to our Class Website.

https://goanimate4schools.com/school/salkwicorweekly

Group Code to Join

Period 3 AVID - 0wALGVCVAl6PRrlNrLVpT6g

Period 6 AVID - 05qUshGSf6AzRrlNrLVpT6g


Tutorial

SALK WICOR WEEKLY WEBSITE

Click here to go to the Wicor Weekly Website

Pitching a News Story

Today the students will learn how to appropriately pitch a News Story and practice doing so inside of their Tutorial Groups.