Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Job Shadow

alright so for my job shadow i'm doing Gottch Therapy by Metzler and Moore Real Estate on Coulter. My guys name is Ken and from talking to him he sounds like a real fun guy. He told me I have to dress in slacks and dress up because he has too so if he has too I have too. I get a lunch break from 12 to 1 and i have to bring a clean spiral notebook so I can take notes and discuss patients with him. The job day starts at 8 and I will probably stay the whole work day until five, and my job shadow is different from most of yours because i'm going on thursday instead of wednesday because he requested I do that because they are more busy on thursdays then wednesdays so he thought i'd get more out of the experience, and thats my job shadow

Friday, November 18, 2011

Journal #8

for my first transaction i decided to sell my shares in target so i could keep the profit because even with the market taking a gigantic hit today its price is still in the green so i'm buying more.

my second transaction was to buy 250 more shares of ford its went way down the rule is to buy more when it goes down.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Game Standards

3.2) Students formulate solutions to Economic Problems

The Game helps us understand this benchmark by when were creating our city say I want to build another Taxi service but build one without first hiring another Driver so I would have to figure out what to do to find another driver, find a place to put the new taxi service, and keep making money to support its business.

3.1) Students explain how different economic systems are orgazized for production, distribution, and comsumption of goods and services.

We can learn this from the game by managing our money and attemptin to make a profit because we have to manage our economic systems well if were going to make a profit and we have to make sure we dont product and distribute more then will be consumed or we will lose money and the point of the game is to have an awesome city and make money so we learn that benchmark from the game as well.

3.3) Students demonstrate an understanding of economic principals that influence individual financial planning.

I think you can learn this from the game by playing it and using contracts because when you formulate contracts with your businesses your using economic principals but you also have to watch your money so you don't start any contracts that you can't pay for.

4.3) Students evaluate the impact of technology and how it has shaped history and influence the modern world.

You can learn this from the game by looking at transportation and buildings. Without some of the technology you wouldn't be able to transport people with a taxi service, and you wouldn't be able to build tall skyscrapers that serve as the work place for your entrepeneurs.

4.2) Students analyze current events to better understand the world in which they live.

I think you can learn this from the game by looking at contracts and understanding when they finish so you can start new ones and you have to pay attention so you know when they finish.

4.4) Students explain how past events impact the present and the future.

I think you can learn this from My country by looking at the stuff you gotten in the past and seeing what you can do with it to influence your decisions that could be fruitful in the future or really hurt your city. it makes you have to pay attention to what you doing so you don't do anything you'll regret with your money, countrybucks etc.

5.1) Students interpret charts maps and graphs to answer questions dealing with people places events or enviorments.

I could do this by studying economic graphs, and stock graphs such as when I do most of my journals by looking at 52 week range etc.

5.3) Students demonstrate and ability to organize and process information about people places and enviorments.

I have demonstrated this in the game by organizing my buildings into sectors making them easier to organize my profits and and contracts.

Candy Stocks

We went into the room and got our group huddled in one corner of the room then you said to start collecting candy so Cameron, Alex, and I and this little fifth grade girl started grabbing at much candy as we could and out of all the groups we ended up with the largest pile of candy on our table then you said it was gonna be similiar to the pit with prices fluctuating and being hectic while trading stocks then you said to start trading while trading it got really loud hectic and hot in the room we got a lot of the mr. goodbar when you said the ceo had controversy so we got them very cheap and they ended up having a very good price at the end so it was a good deal. overall i really enjoyed it and the fifth graders were fun to trade with.