Building Companies in BizWorld




Engage students with SMART Board!

 

Michele and Christine implemented their lessons this week for the BizWorld project. I feel that the direct instruction lesson went pretty well. The students were engaged in the review of job positions and venture capitalist discussion. They were eager to share their answers with the whole class after working in group discussions and their explanations demonstrated a good understanding of the material. After discussing what a pitch is and what design is, Michele and Christine did a SMART Board review activity. I think this was a good choice for reviewing what the students had learned because the students kept engaged in the lesson with the SMART Board interaction. The more we engage students the more they will learn! One suggestion I would make to my classmates is when transitioning from one activity to another, make sure that all students are listening and looking at you before moving forward because the students will miss important information. I know I tend to do the same thing at times and I try to make a conscience effort and remind myself of this too. During the inquiry lesson, there were technological difficulties and Michele and Christine did the best they could. Because time was lost for the lesson and the students lost their focus it was hard to keep the on task. I think we all learned a value lesson; always have a backup plan in case something does not go as planned. The students worked within their companies by predicting, formulating a hypothesis, collecting data, and writing a conclusion on how they were to raise money to start their companies. Most of the students knew they had to raise money to start their companies, but they were not sure about how the Venture Capitalist was involved in the process. The group of students I worked with was not cooperating very well and had to be reminded of being nonproductive. I think we should all be more aware of the students' behavior and stress to them that they will only be rewarded on good productivity and that good productivity is what builds a great company.