October 27th to October 31st

Friday, Oct. 31st, 2008 Happy Halloween
Bellwork: What are you doing for Halloween?
Classwork: There are two assignments due today
1. Ethics 123 sheet. (see Monday, Oct 27th for details) Remember, all answers should be in complete sentences and use a different color than the worksheet questions.
2. The Bottom line - Plato assignment. (See Thursday oct 30th for details.)
After today, they are considered late and will receive 50 credit. Show me these when you are finished.

Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Bellwork: How does your Plato Assignment compare to the IT Business Center. Give your opinion.
Classwork: Be sure you finish the first Plato Assignment The Bottom line- a tutorial, then follow the directions below .
THE BOTTOM LINE
Objective: continue to learn basic facts about business
Directions: copy everything in green that I have written on this assignment. Paste it to a word document, and save it on your Student drive as The Bottom Line, then answer each question. You will probably need to review the Bottom Line Tutorial on Plato.

Part 1- Six terms
Use the following terms in a complete sentence to show that you understand the definition of the term:
Revenue, Costs, Overhead, Wages, Salaries, benefits

Part II – Ten questions
Answer the following questions with a short answer (Use complete sentences, please)
The Bottom line is Revenue – costs = _________ or _________?
The money a company takes in from sales is called________________?
Besides customers, what are other ways businesses can get money?
When revenue is greater than costs, the business has a __________?
If a company takes in a lot of revenue, does than mean it is a rich company? Explain.
The money that a company spends to make a product or service is called ______?
How do these companies get revenue: grocery stores Real Estate Companies, Insurance
What are some common costs of doing business?
When costs are greater than revenue, the business has a _________?
What are some common costs of business? List at least four.


Part III one question
You are planning to set up a small company that makes your favorite food to sell to grocery stores and to restaurants.
In a paragraph, describe some of the different departments you will need to have within your company to make it successful.

Part IV Three Brief Research questions
Go to the internet and do some online research to answer the following:
How many businesses are there in the United States?
How many small businesses are there in the US? ( fewer than 500 employees)
What are some of the world’s largest companies? List 5 to 10 of them.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Bellwork: What do you like and not like about the IT Business Center assignments so far? List at least one like and dislike

Classwork:
Check out the new website for us to use! It's on Plato. Log into your account and look for the Business Technology Class. Start on the new assignment of Business Basics. It is called The Bottom Line I will give you a written assignment once you have worked on this for awhile.
Be sure you have finished Ethics 123. I will start grading that today.

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Bellwork: You are becoming an expert on online Ethics. When is it ok to download music or video without paying for it?
Classwork: If you have finished with lessons 1, 2, 3 on Ethics, continue with lesson 4 on Ethics. Also, be sure to finish any other assignments that are due to me. Check your grade sheet on the wall to see if you have missing assignments. Late work can still get 50% credit, and that is better than 0 credit!

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Bellwork:We started on our unit on Ethics last week and will continue more indepth this week. Why do people need ethics?
Classwork:
Ethics unit Summary of lessons 1, 2, 3
Objective: these questions are provided to help you think more indepth about our unit on Ethics.
Directions:
Copy everything below in green writing.
Paste it to a new word document, and save it as Ethics 1,2,3 on your student profile ( not on the local computer)
Answer each of the questions with a complete sentence for an answer
Ethics 123-
A. Why do people need ethics?
B. Remember the girl who got a box of illegally copied CD’s as a birthday gift?
C. Who are some groups of people who will be negatively affected by these illegal CD’s?
D. . How will they be negatively affected?
E. What are some ways to keep people from illegally copying music, movies and CD’s?
F. What would you do if you received a similar gift of illegal CD’s with music, movies, etc?

2. Lesson 2 E mail communication
A. What are some disadvantages of email communication?
B. What is Netiquette?
C. What are some netiquette do’s and don’ts?
D. Zach messed up in the presentation. What advice would you give Zach about accidentally opening his sisters journal on the computer?
E. Part of an e mail address is the axon. What is the axon?
F. List some of the different domains that are used in e mails:

3. Lesson 3 Telecommunications
A. What are telecommunications ?
B. What makes up a network?
C. What is the difference between a LAN and an WAN?
D. Is our classroom a LAN or a WAN? Why?
E. What is telecommuting? Do you know anyone who telecommutes?
F. Computer Viruses and and hackers are examples of what?
G. What are some ways to prevent people from using computers illegally?
H. Check of the internet, What are some examples of anti virus software?