Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Requirements for Performance Task Products and Presentation
Individual
I&E Promotional Brochure (hardcopy)
Deadline: Thurs, 2 Sept 2010
1] Definition of I&E
2] Why should schools promote I&E
3] How has it been useful to students
4] Relevant images
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Group Project
Deadline: Term 4 Week 1, I&E Lesson
1] Group presentation slides (8-12) for your product range (business proposal slides must include theme+reasons, taglines, description and selling point of products; images of prototypes/ sketches)
2] Mock-up and final sketches of products: you will be asked to modify your proposed products if found unsuitable/ too conventional. Try SCAMPER and Shape Borrowing.
3] Decide which items are to be made into physical prototype ( at least half your products), which will remain as sketches (Google Sketch, hardcopy)
4] Make sure the tagline is on all products.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
I&E Performance Task Proposal- 19 Aug 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
TERM 3 Performance Task
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Traits of Entrepreneurs/ Features of Entrepreneurship
Mission 1
Research on one of the following people based on your pair-allocation. Why are they considered Social Entrepreneurs?
* Make a 4-6 slide Keynote Presentation to share with your class in the 2nd hour:
http://www.ashoka.org/social_entrepreneur
- Jiale + Stacey: Vinoba Bhave (India): Founder and leader of the Land Gift Movement, he caused the redistribution of more than 7,000,000 acres of land to aid India's untouchables and landless.
- Niklaus + Seeto + Johanan : Dr. Maria Montessori (Italy): Developed the Montessori approach to early childhood education.
- Ben + Yuchong: Florence Nightingale (U.K.): Founder of modern nursing, she established the first school for nurses and fought to improve hospital conditions.
- Min Suk + Cherin: Margaret Sanger (U.S.): Founder of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, she led the movement for family planning efforts around the world.
- Christopher + Hardy: John Muir (U.S.): Naturalist and conservationist, he established the National Park System and helped found The Sierra Club.
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Mission 2
Why are the following ventures considered “Social Entrepreneurship”? Make a printable poster (*2 to 3 A4 Pages) . Deposit your posters in the submit folder. Project them on the screen to share with your class in the 2nd hour.
Junhong + Jonan - http://www.worldtoilet.org/aboutus3.asp
Junwei + Naveena - http://give.sg/
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Mission 3: Poster Sharing
What is entrepreneurship and what kind of a person qualifies to be one? Extract the main ideas from Bill Green’s Video Sharing:
[A] Rayner + Tim; [B] Siyuan + Preston
http://www.kauffman.org/Details.aspx?id=6222
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Mission 4: * Make a 4-6 slide Keynote Presentation to share with your class in the 2nd hour:
Who are the following businessmen? Why are they also considered entrepreneurs? What do they attribute their success to?
Michelle + Victor
Interview on “Charles and Keith”:
http://www.soe.org.sg/files/22.htm
Gwen + Davina
Interview with Mr Harish Nim:
http://www.soe.org.sg/files/o_interview.php?sid=329&a=&c=&year=2004&n=87