Presentation Completion and Commercial Production!

I guess I had lofty aspirations to complete the business plan presentations this week, especially considering I was out of the building promoting Viking Voyage on Tuesday.  Next week, we will complete our presentations by Tuesday (fingers crossed - you guys have done a great job of making very creative and comprehensive presentations), reflecting on our personal business plan unit on Wednesday, and creating story boards/scripts for TWO Pick-It Sweets & Treats commercials on Thursday and Friday.  That's right!  Now that we have this state-of-the-art hardware, we will put it to good use!  Maybe our commercial can run on Northwest Review!  Below is a breakdown of the week:

Monday & Tuesday: Complete Business Plan Presentations
To begin class, we will set up the camera and make your presentations available in your Public_Student folders.  All students will access the Business Plan Critique Form and provide feedback on the presentations.  Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A session and some discussion about whether you would invest or not in the business.

This is always a fun project and I hope the remaining presentations are as entertaining as our first few.

Wednesday:  Business Plan Unit Reflection
On Wednesday, you will use the entire period (we will begin our testing schedule, which means 4th period will only be 25 minutes long) to reflect on the entire business plan unit.  Feel free to vent about what was frustrating, share what parts of the project were fun, and discuss whose presentations you found to be the most entertaining.  You can even break your blog entry into sections, addressing the following questions:

1. What was the most interesting part of your project?  Why was this part of the project your favorite?
2. What portion of the project frustrated you most?  Why?  Discuss whether you believe this portion should be included in the business plan.
3. Whose presentation was most entertaining?  Whose do you feel will be most successful?  Why do you feel this way about each?

Publish your blog entry and share it with me.  I am quite interested in hearing your thoughts.

Thursday & Friday: Commercial Ideas

By department, brainstorm ideas for commercials.  You will create a story board and a script for at least one commercial in class on Thursday.  On Friday, you'll have 5 more minutes to prepare an explanation for your commercial.  As a whole, we will evaluate your ideas (based on feasibility and entertainment value) and determine which TWO commercials we will shoot the week before we leave for Spring Break.  Again, I am very interested in your ideas.  You are a creative bunch and I know we're going to make some magic.

That's it for the week.  I know it will be a fun time.  Most of you are seniors and the year is winding down.  Hopefully these projects will provide you a creative outlet to enjoy the remaining 9 weeks of your high school careers.