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BrainPops are a great way to learn a rather complex subject but with a simple explanations. Let Tim and Mobi do the teaching and you do the listening and learning. Remember to take the graded quiz when the video ends. |
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Attention: All materials are copy protected: http://www.smckids.com/ - theme song |
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| Making of the series Secret Millionaire Club | More about the creators & the show | Coming March 2012 - 30 min. mini-series | Mr. Buffet talks about his role in SMC | Interview with Mr. Buffet |
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| E3: Having a plan is key. "If you fail to plan you plan to fail" I learned that if you want to succeed, you have to plan for the future. You need to plan ahead for your business to succeed. Prepare yourself for anything. Planning is very important if you want to be successful. |
E10: Got to Dance: Pursue your dreams
Why is finding your passion in life important?
When you do what you love you will be more successful in life. You
will have more want [desire] to succeed.
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E6: House of Cards: Learn from your mistakes & avoid fads What do trends and mistakes have to do with each other?
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Episode 1: Lemons to Lemonade Why is location so important? Quality, competition, Pricing, ______ What is missing ?Location |
E12: Special Delivery "Learns that great customer service is important for a business to be successful" If your service is outstanding you will always standout
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E2: It is all about about Advertising |
e13: Learn something new every day. |
e14: Listen to your customer
Take care of your customer and your customer will take care of you.
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E17: Never cut corners
"anything worth doing is worth doing
well"
A good business does the little things right every day, so that the
big things will follow. If you want to be good at something, never
cut corners and try to do things faster and simpler for the easiness
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e15: Share your knowledge Cost of Demand
"Learns there are two things that
everyone can give an unlimited supply of – knowledge and love."
The greater the demand of an object, the higher the price. The lower
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E8: learn how to take less of one thing in order to get more of something else. Also known as a trade-off. Reputation is everything
It is important for managements of a business to evaluate trade
off's and making the right choices. It's also important to make the
right trade off's for a balanced life. And never trade your
reputation. :) |
E4: Lawn and Order Save your pennies!
If you want your business to run smoothly, you need to put away a
little money at a time and save for future needs. |
E5: Understanding PCs: Know what you are investing in
You need to understand a product or business before you invest your
time, money, or energy into it. Also, think through your actions
before you do them. |
E9: Credit Card Debt: Be responsible-Credit It is important for you to plan out your company's future. If you borrow a lot of money from the bank, the interest can overwhelm you. Be careful when purchasing with a credit card and remember that eventually you will have to pay everything back. |
E11: It takes two: A great partner is key Learn how to
work together to be successful.
A business is comprised of many people working together to help it
run smoothly. Partnerships can help the business to achieve success
and make your job easier.
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e16: Why pay more? Make someone feel good
"Learns
the difference between price and value.
Big brands pay a lot for advertising, and product placement. this
creates mindshare, which makes it the first product people think
off. On the other hand, generic brands don't have to pay for it, so
their products cost less. You need to give customers good experiences with your product and
remind them with advertising. This will build trust and then they
will choose your product over competitors. Reputation is very important. This way, when people think of your
product, they will think of your product. Be different and un-matchable. |
E7: Debt can be a racket
learn that borrowing money to grow
a business can be a good thing but only if the correct amount of
money is borrowed.
Over time, interest will increase so do not borrow too much at one
time because you may not be able to pay it back in the future. The best way to pay off debt is to not have one. Don't
be in debt if possible. The best way too pay back a debt is too never have one.
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Eps 18: All Fall Up Everyone makes mistakes in life and that today’s failure can lead to tomorrow’s success. Don't be scare to fail!
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Eps 19: Are You Experienced Jones gets a mentor. A mentor is like a teacher that shares their experience and guides others to become better at something.
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Eps: 21: Design for Success SMC learns that a business needs to package itself properly in order to become successful and so do people. You only have one chance to make a 1st impression" The outside reflects the inside: You have to show honesty to get honesty, Trustworthiness, etc.. ********** Name: Aahil You only have one chance to make a first impression. Both products and people need to present themselves well. Every business needs to package itself properly in order to become successful. Packaging yourself right is also important. The score card you keep on the outside, reflects your inner score card. You should show respect to be respected.
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Eps 20: Don't Just Say No
Learning to be open-minded and
positive helps you to be successful in life.
********** Name: Aahil BusinessConcept: Every person has different experiences and sometimes they bring
different ideas to a business. A business owner should always be
open to different alternatives and consider them seriously. Opening
your mind is opening the door to success. In a successful business,
managers show respect for others opinions. A good business creates a
positive environment for their employees and always encourages
people for new ideas to make the company better. Being open minded
and positive in life is very important. You should always have a
positive attitude.
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Eps 23: The Domino Effect
In this episode, the SMC learns why
it's important to think about the future when making a decision.
Stay up with Technology in your business
The closing of a business can have a bad effect on the whole
community. In business and life, one little domino can knock down a
whole row. When managers of a business make decisions, they have to
think about the consequences. Every decision that is made can have
either a bad effect or a good effect in the future. If a business
decides to charge too much for a product, the sales might go down
and lower sales may lead to making less money. You should understand
the consequences of making decisions in life. It's up to you if you
want to make good decisions or bad decisions. As failing to complete
your education can lead to not achieving your dreams in the future.
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Eps 22: Too Good to Be True SMC learns that if something seems too good to be true then it probably is.
If something seems to good to be true, then it probably is.
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Eps 24: Going Mental for Rental In this episode, the SMC learns to think of alternative ideas and new ways of doing things. Price can always be a problem in generating sales. It's always good to think of alternative ideas and new ways of doing things. Managers of a business are constantly faced with road blocks and how to grow their business or what to do when competition increases. The best businesses are always thinking of alternative ideas and new ways to do things. Thinking of new ideas and new ways to do things is very important in life. If you can't make something work the first time, don't be tensed. Just think of new ways to make it work.
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Eps 25: The Real Skinny In this
episode, the SMC learns why it's a good idea to get to know someone
before judging them. You
should get to know a company before you invest in them. It's a good
decision to get to know someone better. With businesses and people,
you should get to know them before you judge them. Managers of a
business should go out to know their customers before they produce
something new. They should never prejudge and assume that their
customers will like their new products. It's important not to
prejudge people in your life too. Prejudging leads to the lack of
good judgement.
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Eps 26: Cancel My Reputation
In this episode, the SMC learns how to build a good reputation and why it's important. |
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| It takes years to build reputation but only minutes to ruin it. The best thing a business can gain is a good reputation. Managers of a business should know that it takes years to build a good reputation but it can be ruined in a minute. The best thing you can do for yourself is building a reputation of honesty and generosity. A good reputation is the greatest thing to build in your lifetime and make sure that you don't do anything that harms it in anyway. |
Lessons:
Quotes start with NEVER CUT CORNERS
A good business does the little things right every day, so that the big things will follow. If you want to be good at something, never cut corners and try to do things to faster simply for the easiness in it.
The greater the demand of an object, the higher the price. The lower
the demand of an object the lower the price. :)
It is important for managements of a business to evaluate trade
off's and making the right choices. It's also important to make the
right trade off's for a balanced life. And never trade your
reputation. :)
If you want your business to run smoothly, you need to put away a little money at a time and save for future needs.
You need to understand a product or business before you invest your time, money, or energy into it. Also, think through your actions before you do them.
It is important for you to plan out
your company's future. If you borrow a lot of money from the bank,
the interest can overwhelm you. Be careful when purchasing with a
credit card and remember that eventually you will have to pay
everything back.
A business is comprised of many people working together to help it
run smoothly. Partnerships can help the business to achieve success
and make your job easier.
Big brands pay a lot for advertising, and product placement. this creates mindshare, which makes it the first product people think off. On the other hand, generic brands don't have to pay for it, so their products cost less.
You need to give customers good experiences with your product and remind them with advertising. This will build trust and then they will choose your product over competitors.
Reputation is very important. This way, when people think of your product, they will think of your product. Be different and un-matchable.
Over time, interest will increase so do not borrow too much at one time because you may not be able to pay it back in the future.
The best way to pay off debt is to not have one. Don't be in debt if possible.
The best way too pay back a debt is too never have one. :)
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Directions: Watch the the video then tell what was your "take away" from it. |
http://apps.finra.org/moneytopia/moneytopia.html
Looks like a good General Finance Game to use in 7th and 8th grade
see: http://www.saveandinvest.org/Military/manageMoney/managingCredit/P037943
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Coolmath's Lemonade Stand -- Open up your own Lemonade Stand and see how much money you can make! |
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Play Coffee Shop Game. Run your own Coffee Shop! You have a limited # of days, so make sure to maximize cash, save inventory, and if you reputation gets high enough you might even get a prize. |
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Help the
pizza pronto chef to create the best pizza store ever known! Serve
your customers with a big smile and of course on time! |
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Life and economics are all about choices: play your way to success with Get Real! |
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Life and economics are all about choices: play your way to success. |
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All Terrain Brain (ATB) encourages students to discover their passions, tap into their entrepreneurial spirits, and be their own boss. The ATB Web site has animated music videos, interactive games. Earn bucks |
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Welcome to Admongo where advertising is all around you. Online. Outside. On television. Who makes ads? How do they work? What do they want you to do? Advertising is a multi-million dollar business and you need to be informed. Play and learn! |
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In our virtual mall, you can play games, design ads, chat with customers and store owners, and much more. You’ll learn key consumer concepts, such as how advertising affects you, how you benefit when businesses compete, how (and why) to protect your information, and how to spot scams. What better place to do it than at the mall! |
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Play the game that gives you a chance to open your own pet spa, skateboard factory, or comic shop. You choose what you’ll sell, and scour the headlines for the trends that affect your business. Act fast when big news hits - make it or go broke; it’s all in your hands! |
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Cooking seems easy until you are challenged in this game. Don't make your customers mad or they will walk out on you. |
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Cooking seems easy until you are challenged in this game. Don't make your customers mad or they will walk out on you. |
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Cooking seems easy until you are challenged in this game. Don't make your customers mad or they will walk out on you. |
8th grade page
file:///S:/Student Work/Computer Science/other/StencylWorks-1.3.4.exe
file:///S:/Student Work/Computer Science/other/Alice2.2/Alice.exe
Middle School: Allice Story Telling: S:\Student Work\Computer Science\other\StorytellingAlice\Alice.exe
http://tinyurl.com/marysgame or try: http://tinyurl.com/caitlinjumpergame
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