It’s the week before fall break, so I’m just gonna let movies and AI teach my class this week. I’m a terrible teacher, right? Before you rush to judgment, check out this lesson to see how I leverage a feature film and generative AI to create an engaging multi-day lesson. We’re not just watching a movie and answering questions, we’re applying 10 weeks worth of business class content and exercising writing and critical thinking skills.
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My 1st 5 Days of School in 10 Images
Here are some highlights from my business classes after the 1st 5 days of school this year, including selected slides from my lessons and some group brainstorming activities we did. Continue reading “My 1st 5 Days of School in 10 Images”
Economies of Scale
Is your business idea scalable? How can you increase production, increase profit margins, and decrease the consumer price all at the same time? It’s all about learning strategies for scaling the business, like lowering input costs by buying in bulk and taking advantage of division of labor to hire specialists.
Here is a slideshow I used to teach this to my Intro to Entrepreneurship class:
Students Thinking Critically About Finance
I teach at a school that strongly emphasizes students writing constructed responses to reading materials. This strengthens their reading and writing skills and gets them thinking critically about various topics (these are big standardized testing skills too). Here are some articles and prompts I have given my Personal Financial Responsibility class to think about current topics in finance. Continue reading “Students Thinking Critically About Finance”
Econ4All 