Business+Technology+Essentials

=Business Technology Essentials= = =

Syllabus - http://rstewart81363.googlepages.com/businesstechnologyessentials3
= =

January 6-9, 2009 - Completing Individual Career Portfolio. I will give you the portfolio and you must start collecting and storing the required information in your portfolio. We will begin learning about our educational plans and career goals. We will participate in "Drive of Your Life" to help with career research and Dr. Reese will talk with you on Thursday and Friday about your educational plan, transcripts, etc.

January 12-16, 2009 - Complete employability skills, extracurricular activities, honors and awards. Participate in the "Drive of Your Life". Select five careers you are interested in, take your drive, then print the top three that really interested you. Using dol.gov, online.onetcenter.org, or other websites, research your careers choices to see the descriptions, salary, skills, education, and outlook. Write a one-page report on all three selections.

January 20-23, 2009 - Continue to work on reports. AIDT will present job applications and resumes on Wed., Create your resume and fill in the sample job application and place in portfolios.

January 26-30, 2009 - Research colleges/training centers/vocational schools/etc. that offer degrees in your career choices. Create a table to compare your colleges.

Feb. 2-6, 2009 - Create a electonic portfolio.

Feb. 9-12 - FBLA Week, Focus on FBLA: Teamwork, Leadership, Service, and Progress

Feb. 13-27 - Marketing a State

Mar. 2-5 - Entrepreneurship Week - The Young Entrepreneur - Millionnaire Test

March 8-12 - 9 Weeks Test

Mar. 23 - Apr. 3 - Stock Market

Apr. 6-17 - Virtual Field Trip

Apr. 20-May 1 - Decades

May 4-15 - Band Tour

August - http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=9095
Review Keyboarding Skills http://www.powertyping.com/typing_test/typing_test.shtml


 * Computer Hardware/Architecture**

media type="custom" key="1490743" width="313" height="108"




 * Computer Performance and Storage Devices**

media type="custom" key="1490797"






 * Operating Systems**

media type="custom" key="1490775"




 * Daily Assignment - Aug. 20th - Laughable Laws and Spelling document**






 * Networks**

media type="custom" key="1490833"




 * Ethics**

media type="custom" key="1490835"




 * Internet - Email**




 * Viruses**

media type="custom" key="1490839"

=Globalization Project=

Select a country that participated in the 2008 Olympics and research the country. [|Website list of countries]

Make a presentation using any Web 2.0 tool of your choice. Must include the following objectives:  ·  ownership and management  ·  communication including language and culture  ·  legal issues  ·  global business environment  ·  treaties and trade agreements  ·  taxes and government regulations  ·  marketing  ·  currency exchange <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">human resource management <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">finance <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">ethics Website that may help with some resource is http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/country-profiles.html

September
Word Processing - memos, letters, envelopes, reports, tables, business documents (minutes of meeting, lists and agenda, forms, mail merge,

October
Spreadsheets

November
Databases

November 10-15 - Free Enterprise Week We will do a study on Free Enterprise, The Economics of Cooperation. Chapter 1 - A Wealth of Opportunities in a World of Limits Chapter 2 - Social Cooperation and the Three M's of the Marketplace Chapter 3 - Messing with the Market Chapter 4 - Profits: The Consumer's Best Friend Chapter 5 - Entrepreneurs and Economic Freedom

December
[|Choosing a College] Career Research - Portfolios

January - February
Desktop Publishing

March - April - May
Internet - http://etc.usf.edu/te_win/index.html

Independent Projects Using Microsoft Office and the Web