I wanted to start an online discussion on how the classes are going and maybe provide some best practices for the new teachers in NFTE this year. Although this is a competition we still cannot lose sight of the goal that we have as educators. No matter who wins the competition we all win when we are collaborative in our efforts to teach this curriculum. Take a moment to discuss any problems you may be experiencing, offer some constructive criticism or provide best practices among each other. I look forward to your postings.
Sincerely,
Verles Page
Monday, December 7, 2009
New Tools For Your Class
Hello all NFTE teachers. I wanted to show a few interesting tools that you can use in your class and for your aspiring new entrepreneurs. The following two tools I have used quite a bit to accent my course.
PollEverywhere
www.polleverywhere.com
During the Market research portion of your class, it has been tedious for students to gather data about their products, compile it and come up with useful data. With this free open source site, students can create their own survey and participants can use their cell phones to provide data, it's much like they do on American Idol. The site takes all calls that are made to the poll and compiles them into a graph and a series of reports that they can use to make decisions. It is completely free and extremely useful. It only takes a few minutes to setup and you can have as many polls as you want.
SimpleVoiceBox
https://www.simplevoicebox.com/
With privacy issues and students who have some very "colorful" caller tunes on their phones, the need for a professional message line is very much needed. This site allows for a person to create their own professional message line at no cost to them. You can even have the option of having messages forwarded to an email in the form of a .wav file for play back via email. This will allow for students to practice creating a professional message that promotes the validity of their business. Although the latest song by Lady Ga Ga may be a favorite of some hearing it as I call a business owner about professional babysitting may hurt a business more than they know.
I will begin to post more tools as the school year goes on. If you have any questions about anything on here or you would like to know if there is a special type of technology available, please leave a message in this forum. Thank you.
-Verles
PollEverywhere
www.polleverywhere.com
During the Market research portion of your class, it has been tedious for students to gather data about their products, compile it and come up with useful data. With this free open source site, students can create their own survey and participants can use their cell phones to provide data, it's much like they do on American Idol. The site takes all calls that are made to the poll and compiles them into a graph and a series of reports that they can use to make decisions. It is completely free and extremely useful. It only takes a few minutes to setup and you can have as many polls as you want.
SimpleVoiceBox
https://www.simplevoicebox.com/
With privacy issues and students who have some very "colorful" caller tunes on their phones, the need for a professional message line is very much needed. This site allows for a person to create their own professional message line at no cost to them. You can even have the option of having messages forwarded to an email in the form of a .wav file for play back via email. This will allow for students to practice creating a professional message that promotes the validity of their business. Although the latest song by Lady Ga Ga may be a favorite of some hearing it as I call a business owner about professional babysitting may hurt a business more than they know.
I will begin to post more tools as the school year goes on. If you have any questions about anything on here or you would like to know if there is a special type of technology available, please leave a message in this forum. Thank you.
-Verles
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