Articles for Friday's Class

Hey guys,

Sorry that I'm not there today and it's the first week. You are all perfectly capable of doing this without me there. You've just got to buckle down, focus, and work hard during class time.

Most importantly--Be GOOD for Mrs. George. If I get a report back from her that isn't full of glowing praise and how behaved and respectful you all were, prepare to have some consequences handed out to you in the form of points being deducted from your daily grade.



You are going to read the 5 articles linked below. In a GoogleDoc, takes notes of particular passages and insights that you like. You'll need these notes to help craft the reflection essay we'll be working on on the Monday we're back from break. Be thorough with your note taking. The more notes you have, the more evidence you'll have at your disposal for the essay.

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5




In the link bar to the right, you'll find a link to the Rubric for this assignment and a link to OWL Perdue for how to format and cite in MLA.

Be SWEET!! Have a great Thanksgiving break!

Ms. Garrison

Trimester 2, Week 1, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Hello everyone!

It's a brand new trimester! We've got an awesome 12 weeks ahead of us and can't lose any time! The business world is fast paced and we've got to keep up. Besides, you've been at school for awhile now and are already in the swing of things. Starting this class should be easy--you're already familiar with things like GoogleClassroom, creating projects, and checking your Davis emails.

This blog is where you'll go to find all the information that you'll need. Syllabus? Check.What we're doing that week in class? Check. What you'll need in class? Check. Presentation slides? Check. Ways to bribe Ms. Garrison into giving you an automatic A in the class? No. You won't find that here. I can't be bribed.

So don't forget to check this blog each week so that you're prepared to learn the moment you step foot into the room.


Week 1

Monday-- Introduction, Create a You-Logo


Tuesday-- What is a business? What are good business practices and bad business practices? What are types of businesses?


Wednesday-- What is an entrepreneur? What makes a good entrepreneur? What makes a bad entrepreneur? What type of entrepreneur are you?


Friday--  Brainstorm your idea. What sort of business do you want to have? What product do you want to sell? How are you going to achieve this goal?

It's our last week :( November 6-10

6^th Grade Tech Week 13 Lesson Plans November 6-10

Monday—We’ve watched Meet the Robinsons now I want you to reflect on a moment either in Tech class this year or in any of your other classes how the expression “Keep moving forward” applied to you.

Tuesday—Shark Tank panel w/ Special Guests!

·        I’ve now got it set up so you can share your presentations with me on GoogleClassroom. Share them with me by midnight on November 6^th. I’ll have them set up for you before class on Tuesday.

Wednesday—Mrs. Brown is here! Be sweet!

·        Create a Storyboard That presentation that illustrations the process you went through to create your product. Explain what was hard, what was easy, what you’d do differently for version 2 of your product.

·        Also leave a bit of advice for future entrepreneurs that you may find useful.

·        The rubric for this project is on the blog so check it out.

Friday—No class, it’s Arts Day!

Week 10, October 16-20

We've hit the double digit mark of the number of weeks we've been in school. This week is our first FULL week of the school year in a while. We've celebrated a number of wonderful holidays and have some wonderful holidays ahead of us, too.

But the fact of the matter is this---This week is our second to last week of Tech because next week the 6th grade is in Charleston!!!! Finally!!!


Monday--Begin creating your presentations for your product pitches.

Tuesday--Continue working on your presentations, finish them up.

Wednesday--Practice giving your presentations to the class!

Friday--Final prep! Practice! Add stuff to your presentations. Make them WOW!

Week 9, October 9-13

We've been at the process for 9 weeks and we're getting closer and closer to our Grand Opening. We've still got a lot to do before we're ready.

10/9--Websites

10/10--Finish up websites

10/11--HAVE FUN AT TELLUS

10/12--No School

10/13--Begin creating marketing tools for your product (fliers, billboards, jingles, etc...)

Week 8, October 2-6

We've got a lot to finish up and some things to get started, so let's hop right in!!

Monday--Finish up commercials, begin websites!

Tuesday--Continue websites

Wednesday--Finish websites, begin discussing marketing more in-depth.

Friday--Viral market campaign begins!

Week 7, September 25-29

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Rosh Hashanah. Now that we've ushered in a new year, it's time to usher in our proper marketing!

That means COMMERCIALS!!

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we will be filming our commercials.

When one group is filming, you may read over your scripts and practice, make last minute adjustments to your scripts,  or if you need to do last minute adjustments on your prototype, that is what you will be doing.

Just because you are not filming does not mean it is free time to goof off.


On Friday, we will be witnessing the Second Continental Congress!

Commercials

So you've begun writing (or have already finished) your scripts for your commercials. Fantastic! But I want you to watch a few examples of commercials for popular products and think about the following statement:

"How does my commercial compare to these?"

Of course, these were written and produce by professionals. But that doesn't mean that your commercials have to be any less awesome than these are.

Once you've compared your script to the commercials, you are to go back and write a 2nd draft of your script.

To write the second draft of your script, use the Script Template linked on the right. There is also a link to a Script Example that uses this same template.

NOTE: You will need to MAKE A COPY of the Script Template. To do this, go to FILE then click MAKE A COPY. It will save it to your Google Drive and you'll be able to edit it.

Your script needs to be 1 page long (in screenwriting 1 page = 1 minute of film) and needs to look like the Script Example in how it is written.

You will turn in BOTH the 1st and 2nd draft to me by the end of class today, September 15th, on our GoogleClassroom.

Scripts turned into me after class is over (so after 9:40 a.m.) will be considered late and 5 points will be deducted from your grade automatically. I will deduct 5 more points for each day afterwards that it is late.

Work hard and thoughtfully on this. Do not turn in a meh project.

You will need headphones for this. You will be listening to them on your own. There should be no talking during class today. We will cast our commercials later, do not talk to your classmates further about being in yours and/or their commercial.

Coca Cola

Mentos

Mazda

Lego

Snickers

Oreos

Week 6, September 18-22

We've begun writing scripts for our product commercials, but due to a Tech hiccup, we're taking a brief step back this week. The good news is that it's a brief week due to Rosh Hashanah.


Monday, September 18th--- Cardboard prototypes (our 3D printer is on the fritz, so lets travel back to the Original 3D printer--a handmade model!)

Tuesday, September 19th---Begin filming commericals

Wednesday, September 20th---No class, Jewish Film Festival

Thursday, September 21st---No class
Friday, September 22nd---No class

Week 5, September 11-15

Sadly, Charleston has been postponed, but we're still going to have fun! You've built prototypes in Tinkercad, but due to certain limitations, not every project will be 3D printed. But you can't market your product without your product! So, we're going to do a second round of prototyping before Marketing!


Monday, September 11th--Prototypes from Cardboard.

Tuesday--Finish up Cardboard prototypes if necessary, begin Marketing flier

Wednesday--Finish Marketing flier, begin writing script for commercial.

Friday--Continue writing script for commercial.

Week 4, September 4-8

Week 4 is here and now is the time you've been waiting for!!!


LET'S DESIGN OUR PROTOTYPES!


Monday, September 4th--No School, Labor Day

Tuesday, September 5th--Design

1. Design your Prototype using Cardboard

Wednesday, September 6th

1. Design your Prototype using Tinkercad

Friday, September 7th--Keep working on your Protoype

Week 3, August 28-September 1

It's hard to believe that we're already 3 weeks into the school year! We're full steam ahead on our businesses!!


Week 3, August 28-September 1

Monday--It's all about the money, money, money

1. Let's learn about budgets!

Tuesday--Create a budget using GoogleSheets

Wednesday--What makes a good pitch?

Friday--Let's write a pitch!!

Week Two, August 21-25

Week Two is here and we're hitting the ground running here at DavisTech, Inc. Soon, we'll have plans for our new businesses and products and get ready to plan our grand openings.


Week Two

Monday--Worst Business Challenge presentations

Tuesday--Begin drafting business plans

Wednesday--Continue writing business plans.

Friday--Wrap up business plans, peer edit with a partner.

Welcome to 6th Grade Technology! Week 1, August 14-18

Hello everyone!

It's a brand new school year and I can't wait to get started with this first trimester. We've got an awesome 12 weeks ahead of us and can't lose any time! The business world is fast paced and we've got to keep up.

This blog is where you'll go to find all the information that you'll need. Syllabus? Check.What we're doing that week in class? Check. What you'll need in class? Check. Presentation slides? Check. Ways to bribe Ms. Garrison into giving you an automatic A in the class? No. You won't find that here. I can't be bribed.

So don't forget to check this blog each week so that you're prepared to learn the moment you step foot into the room.


Week 1--August 14 through 18th

Monday-- Introduction, Create a You-Logo


Tuesday-- What is a business? What are good business practices and bad business practices? What are types of businesses?


Wednesday-- What is an entrepreneur? What makes a good entrepreneur? What makes a bad entrepreneur? What type of entrepreneur are you?



Friday--  Brainstorm your idea. What sort of business do you want to have? What product do you want to sell? How are you going to achieve this goal?