Dutch began creating a PowerPoint presentation to explain his charter fishing business idea. The goal is to provide an overview of the business and develop a marketing tool.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Dutch was engaged and involved with developing his slide show. He added pictures, animation, and key data from our spreadsheet to explain his business. We will continue to develop this during the next few sessions.
Today we discussed marketing strategy for Dutch's proposed charter fishing business. Next week we plan to develop a PowerPoint presentation and begin working on the business plan document.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Dutch was very cooperative and engaged in discussion well today. He did not have his own computer so I suggested he bring it next week. If needed we will use Batt School computers.
Today we discussed alternative business ideas for Sophia to explore. We hope to identify a practical business to develop in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Assignment
Finalize Business Idea
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Sophia is abandoning the project we started because her father does not like the mobile salon business idea. We spent the time discussing alternative ideas including the development of a tutor matching service in coordination with the Batt School. She would create the website and scheduling module (Earn a fee for each match) and The Batt School would provide tutors.
Bobby continues to prepare for the upcoming PERT exam required for dual enrollment at PBSC. We reviewed sample questions involving percentages and proportions.
Assignment
Work on practice problems to prepare for Exam
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Bobby was very good today. That said, he still struggles remembering some basic rules on percentages and proportions. We will continue to review these later this week.
Today we updated Dutch's business plan using Microsoft Excel. He did not bring his computer today, but was able to see everything on his phone through the TEAMS App. We finished the modeling and projected his monthly and annual earnings. Next step is to use PowerPoint to make a slide presentation summarizing his business.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Dutch was very good today despite not having his computer at school. He was able to access the spreadsheet we are working on with his phone through the TEAMS App. He seems genuinely interested in this process and told me he showed it to his father. We will continue with PowerPoint next time.
Today Andrew worked on his movie casting spreadsheet and we learned new functions including font size, color, style, summing numbers, copy and paste, and deleting rows or columns.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Andrew was remote today and did not have a working camera on his device. We spent the time working on a shared spreadsheet (through Teams) and learning new functions. He was cooperative and paid attention most of the time during our session.
Today we reviewed example problems on the whiteboard for the equation of a line and proportions.
Assignment
Work on practice problems to prepare for Exam
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Bobby is making good progress but needs review on a few concepts likely to be tested for on his PERT exam. We continue to make progress. His English teacher (Andy) has been notified to work on practice problems for the reading and writing section.
We discussed using the Excel spreadsheet to track the casting assignments for the upcoming movie that Andrew plans to make.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Andrew remains focused on Legos and was resistant to working on the spreadsheet we started. I am building confidence with him though, so I expect progress going forward.
Today we reviewed PERT practice problems that Bobby previously had difficulty with. I reminded Bobby that he needs to spend some time reviewing these on his own as well. Problems involved equations for a line (Y=mx+b), algebra requiring distribution, and proportions.
Assignment
Work on practice problems to prepare for Exam
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Bobby is doing fine but he needs to spend some time practicing problems. I spoke to Andy about helping Bobby to prepare for the reading and writing portions of the test. I sent him the practice questions and guide and he should be starting tomorrow.
We reviewed equations for a line and finished PERT exam prep questions. We also looked at example questions in the Reading section of the PERT exam study guide.
Assignment
Work on practice problems to prepare for Exam
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Bobby is progressing well with most math concepts and should soon be ready to take the exam (Math portion). We looked at a few Reading questions (because he said he has not seen any) and I think he needs some help to prepare on this too! Can we get his English teacher on this?
