Be+Your+Own+Boss+-+What+are+we+learning?


 * __Tuesday, October 25th to Thursday, October 27th__**
 * __What are we learning?__**
 * We can work as a team to create our products for our customers
 * We can distribute our products to our customers
 * We can examine the formula for cost vs. profit
 * We can reflect on our experience in creating a small business

__**How we will learn it**__
 * __Tuesday, October 25th:__** This is our last day to get our products ready for our customers. We will be distributing them tomorrow during the course of your morning classes.

__**Wednesday, October, 26th**__: GET YOUR PRODUCTS TO YOUR CUSTOMERS IN YOUR MORNING CLASSES! When we meet in the afternoon, during out class time, we will look at "Cost vs. Profit". This is to see if you actually made some money in your business venture. We will go through it as a class and see who made the most profit.

__**Thursday, October 27th**__: Last day of Be Your Own Boss. Let's see what happens! :)



__**Monday, October 17th to Friday, October 21st, 2011**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can examine the qualities of a beginning entrepreneur
 * We can begin thinking about the "Big Idea" that entrepreneur may have for a business
 * We can present our designs to the class of our "Big Ideas"
 * We can look at where beginning entrepreneurs come from
 * We can start looking at a specific market and what we can provide them in order to make a profit

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, October 17th**__: Hope you had a great weekend! Today, we are going to narrow down our "Big Idea" lists for our proudcts. You will have to make a list for me of supplies you are going to need in order to create a prototype of your product. We are also going to spend some time creating a short presentation that you are going to present to your Families on Wednesday. We will go over those presentations before the end of class tomorrow. Remember, you want to sell your product to your classmates!! These are the things you want to include in your presentations:


 * Your product (what it is/have it there with you/why it is awesome)
 * How much it will cost to buy for the class
 * When you will be selling your product
 * When students need to have money into you by
 * Record how many items you will need for the day next week (have students write down there names on a sheet)

__**Tuesday, October 18th**__: Bring/Create your prototypes for your products in class. We will also be going over your presentations that you will be showing your Family classes tomorrow. We will make sure that your family teachers are cool with when you are going to present during the course of the morning. Make sure that you have everything from the list above.

__**Wednesday, October 19th**__: We will be going over how your presentations went. Taking a look at how much product you need for next week. Remember, we will be selling these on Tuesday or Wednesday

__**Thursday, October 29th and Friday, October 21st**__: We will be working on your products and making up lists for supplies. We need to make sure that you are ready for next week as you are will be selling your products on **Wednesday, October 26th**. Remember you have Monday, October 24th off.

Have a great weekend!

__**Tuesday, October 11th to Friday, October 14th**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can examine the qualities of a beginning entrepreneur
 * We can begin thinking about the "Big Idea" that entrepreneur may have for a business
 * We can present our designs to the class of our "Big Ideas"
 * We can look at where beginning entrepreneurs come from
 * We can start looking at a specific market and what we can provide them in order to make a profit

__**Tuesday, October 11th**__: Today you, and your crew, are going to be presenting your restaurant projects to the class. Don't worry about prininting stuff off as I will be able to project your stuff from my computer onto the screen using the LCD projector. Your job will be to do the following:

1. Take us through the menu 2. Take us through the prices 3. Take us through the environment of your restaurant

__**Wednesday, October 12th and Thursday, October 13th**__: Today and tomorrow, we are going to take a look at another episode of Dragons' Den. During this time we are going to look at two things:

1. The people presenting their products to the Dragons'. How do they act? Are they prepared? How do they handle themselves when they answer the Dragons' questions?

2. The questions that the Dagons' ask them about their products. What sort of things do the Dragons' want to know?

We will look at these and discuss them, as a class, througout the show.

__**Friday, October 14th**__: Today we are going to start thinking about your businesses that you will create as we draw closer to the end of this class. We will be dividing up into your three family groupings and you are going to have to think about the following things in your groups:
 * How many people in your school family?
 * What is something you could provide them with that they would pay money for?
 * How much money would it cost you to make the product?
 * How much would you charge your buddies for this product?
 * How will you get your market information? Survey in class? Ask your friends?

We will be coming back to this next week!

Have a great weekend!

__**Monday, October 3rd to Friday, October 7th, 2011**__
 * __What are we learning?__**
 * We can examine the qualities of a beginning entrepreneur
 * We can begin thinking about the "Big Idea" that entrepreneur may have for a business
 * We can present our designs to the class of our "Big Ideas"
 * We can look at where beginning entrepreneurs come from

__**How we will learn it**__
 * __Monday, October 3rd:__** Assembly in the auditorium.

__**Tuesday, October 4th**__: We will be coming back to our restaurant projects on Wednesday. Today I want to show you a Canadian show on beginning entrepreneurs. Some of you may have heard of a show called "[|Dragons' Den]" on the CBC. This show allows young entrepreneurs to come and get investments of money from other entrepreneurs that have become VERY successful!

You may note that one of the former Dragons', Brett Willson, is featured in this episode. He is a typical praire boy that went for it and now runs mulit-million dollar corporations all around the world. What I would like you to do as we watch this episode is think about this:

Here is a link to the episode if you are away:
 * "What skills and talents (professional and personal) do each of these Dragons' have that contributed to their success? Which one do I identify with the most based on similar qualites that I possess."**

[|Rags to Riches]

__**Wednesday, October 5th and Thursday, October 6th**__: Today and tomorrow, Miss. Mohr will be in with you as I am away. During these periods (her choice) she will give you time to work on your restaurant projects and you will watch an episode of Dragons' Den. I would like you to just watch the show to see what it is like. We will be looking at it a bit more closely.

__**Friday, October 7th**__: Today you, and your crew, are going to be presenting your restaurant projects to the class. Don't worry about prininting stuff off as I will be able to project your stuff from my computer onto the screen using the LCD projector. Your job will be to do the following:

1. Take us through the menu 2. Take us through the prices 3. Take us through the environment of your restaurant

Have an awesome LONG Thanksgiving weekend!



__**Thursday, September 29th to Friday, September 30th**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can discuss the procedures for our class
 * We can examine the qualities of a beginning entrepreneur
 * We can begin thinking about the "Big Idea" that entrepreneur may have for a business
 * We can present our designs to the class of our "Big Ideas"

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Thursday, September 29th**__: Good afternoon and welcome to Be Your Own Boss! Today, we will be going over the course outline and procedures during the beginning of class. Here is a copy of the course outline:



We will also be looking at what it means to be an beginning entrepreneur. We all love food so your first task is to create a restaurant that would be geared toward teenagers in high school. There are some things that you will need to think about:


 * 1. The Food (what will you serve)**
 * 2. The Environment (what will your place look like)**
 * 3. The Prices (how much would you charge for food and environment)**

You are allowed to use the computers to help you out in creating your presentation. You are allowed to work with a partner or by yourself.

__**Friday, September 29th**__: We will continue to work on our restaurant projects and present them, hopefully, on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

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