Good+Business

toc =Real World Examples= Starting a new business Applying for a grant Making a proposal (have you seen //Contact// where the Jody Foster character keeps asking organizations and benefactors for research money) Applying to grad school Applying for jobs (having a good resume) Making a pitch on a new invention

=Performance Task= The performance task may include: - Making a business plan - Making a proposal - Budgeting - Start a business

=Audience= Depending on what type of business students are starting they could be presenting their business ideas to their local Chamber of Commerce, or to a silent partner who would be funding their business. If they are trying to improve a business that already exists students could present their findings to the businesses board of directors.

=Role= The students will be helping Morocco, the only country without a central bank, create their very own central bank. By completing this WebQuest students will have a better understanding of what goes on at the Federal Reserve and how banks work. These are skills and information that many adults should have learned a long time ago. While it is very unlikely that Morocco would ask too many people how to create a bank but it is realistic that they should know how the process does happen.

=WebQuest Examples= [|The Federal Reserve] This webquest has a very good role. Students are asked to take on the role of a government official from Monaco. They are asked to research the way that the Federal Reserve works in the United States. I think that the role that is given is a really interesting and real life role that kids might actually like pretending to be.

[|Specialties of the House] This webquest asks students to call upon a previous assignment from their class in order to create the role for this assignment. The students need to create their very own restaurants. They create everything necessary to run the restaurant including, menus, letterheads, business cards, floor layouts and a budget plan.

[|Open Up Your Business Here in Longwood] This WebQuest asks students to make a brochure to convince businesses to come to the little town of Longwood. Students have to know what attracts good business and what makes good business to be convincing. What is attractive to new businesses? What is in the town that would make you want to build there? Students will explore this small town and come up with a great argument for booming business in rural areas.

[|Take Charge of Your Future] In this WebQuest students are asked to create their very own small business. Students must take the role of a businessman and come up with a creative idea for a business that they believe could make money in their local area. Students are also asked to create a business plan and present a power point presentation showing the business idea, the information they found supporting the idea, and the shot business plan.

__//**Example of a WebQuest Task that Improved When an Authentic Audience that had a Purpose was Added**//__ //**Original Task:**//

As a genetic counselor, and the leading specialist on a specific genetic disorder, your task is to educate and advise a group of expecting parents in your field of specialization. As part of your job you will address:

• The cause of your disorder • The likeliness of passing it on • The effects and symptoms associated with it • Possible treatments

After completing your research in the following areas, you will post your findings as a professional, informational document on the class Wiki. Remember our wiki is viewable by any internet surfer, therefore it is essential for your work to be accurate and appealing to the eye. A short presentation will also be made in front of a group of expecting parents (your classmates) to share all you have learned through out the process.

//**Edited Task:**//

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children & Families has been left with extra money in their budget this year and is offering to grant the funding necessary for further research on a single genetic disorder. As a credited genetic counselor, and/or the leading specialist on a specific genetic disorder you desire to support your field of specialization’s leading organization by winning this grant. The administration is accepting applications in the form of an educational website. Your task is to effectively create a "Wikipedia-esque" entry that provides information to the general population on the following aspects:

• The cause of your disorder • The effects and symptoms associated with it • The likeliness of passing it on • Possible treatments.

In your professional webpage design you will not only provide information for expecting parents and inquiring minds, but also a persuasive digital presence that plays up sympathy for your field of specialization and will inspire benefactors to support your cause. You will be competing against other organizations for funding; therefore it is essential for your work to be accurate and appealing to the eye. Finally, you will be presenting your digital presence as well as information from your field of specialization to the board members of the Administration for Children & Families at a grant conference, where the board will determine which genetic disorder to support.