Q7. Entrepreneurship: Try Out
You’ve learned what it means to be an entrepreneur and checked out all kinds of cool businesses people start. Now it’s your turn to be the boss!
On this Quest page, you’ll jump into a digital simulation where you run your own business — from picking your idea to making big decisions to grow your company. Can you keep your customers happy and make money?
Start by playing the quick video below to see how the simulation works.
Then… it is game time! Let’s see what kind of business brainpower you’ve got!
Start It Up: A Small Business Simulator
Direct link (1:18 min.)
Your Game Time!
Step 1. Be prepared for the game challenges by reading through the questions below. You are not answering them at this time just thinking about what you will encounter while in the simulator.
- What type of business did you create?
- What are two choices you made during the venture that were successful?
- What are two risks you made that did not turn out to be successful?
Step 2. Make smart choices, take risks, and have fun as you build your business! Read all of the directions and text throughout the simulation to help guide you to your correct choices. Select the linked site and begin building.
Start it up Simulation Game
Step 3. Once you have completed the simulation, take a screenshot verifying that your "Company Succeeded" as shown in the image below.
Step 4. Go to the Try Out page of your Career Prep portfolio, answer the questions, and add your screenshot. Here is an example of the 16.Q7 Career Prep Portfolio in the Google Site Template. If you are using the OneNote template, it may look slightly different.
Competencies & Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
1. Empowered Learner
a. Connect their learning needs, strengths and interests to their goals and use technology to help achieve them and reflect on their progress.
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use, and troubleshoot current technologies, and transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.
2. Digital Citizen
a. Manage their digital identity and understand the lasting impact of their online behaviors on themselves and others and make safe, legal and ethical decisions in the digital world.
b. Demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interactions online and use technology to responsibly contribute to their communities.
3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Use effective research strategies to find resources that support their learning needs, personal interests and creative pursuits.
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections or artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions
6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
c. Use digital tools to visually communicate complex ideas to others.
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
Websites and Documents
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Videos from Outside Sources
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