Blended Learning Best Practices: Entrepreneurship
Overview
This resource was created by Melissa Dux in collaboration with Kristen Evans as part of the 2019-20 ESU-NDE Digital Age Pedagogy Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Unit Plans promoting BlendEd Learning Best Practices. This Unit Plan is designed for students in grades 9-12 enrolled in an Introduction to Business course.
Unit Plan
BlendEd Learning Best Practices
Unit Template
Unit Title: Entrepreneurship in Intro to Business
Content Area Skills: Entrepreneurship
Digital Age Skills: Empowered Learner, Knowledge constructor
Innovative Designer
Creative Communicator
Duration of Unit: 1 1/2 - 2 weeks
Unit Author: Melissa Dux
BlendEd Coach: Kristen Evans
Overview of Unit: In this unit students will ...
Explore the opportunities and risks of entrepreneurship, product innovations and improvements, and use technology to create a product to market.
Empower Learners | |
Empower Learners is a transitional segment to Cyclical Unit Design. The purpose is to both Review prior learning and Preview upcoming learning. |
Learning Objectives | |
Content Area Skills: For Standards, please include # and description (add or delete rows as needed) | Student Friendly Learning Objectives: |
BMM.HS.8.1.d Examine the opportunities and risks of entrepreneurship. | I can identify advantages of being an entrepreneurI can list risks of entrepreneurship |
BMM.HS. 8.3.e Utilize information and technology tools to conduct business effectively and efficiently | I can use technology to complete business tasks |
BMM.HS. 8.4.b Evaluate the elements of the marketing mix in relation to a product or service | I can create a product and market it to a customer |
Empower Learner Activity | |
Detailed Description (self-assessment, goal sheet, action plan)Students will examine the student objectives and rate their abilities on a scale of 1-5 in a spreadsheet at the beginning and end of the unit. | |
Link to Empower Learner Activity |
Knowledge Application | |
The purpose of Knowledge Application is to promote deeper-level learning through student creation of learning artifacts demonstrating both Content Area and Digital Age Skills. A key goal is to provide some degree of control over how students will show what they know. |
Artifact Profile | ||
Title of the Artifact: Entrepreneurial Product Design | ||
Detailed Description: Students will embody the entrepreneurial spirit by creating their own 3D printed toy marketed toward 4-6 year olds. They will provide a sales pitch of their product to an elementary classroom that will critique their toy design. | ||
Content Area Skills Addressed:BMM.HS.8.1.dBMM.HS. 8.3.eBMM.HS.8.4BMM.HS. 8.4.b | Digital Age Skills Addressed:Innovative DesignerKnowledge ConstructorCreative Communicator | Link to Rubric: |
Knowledge Deepening | |
During Knowledge Deepening, the Content Area Skills required of the Learning Artifact are broken down into bite-sized tasks. A key goal is to provide some degree of choice over how students practice the Content Area Skills. |
Task 1: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Level Up Choice Board | ||
Description: Students are provided a choice in the assignments they complete to enhance their learning. A google slide includes options to complete for each DOK level of learning. | ||
Must Do’s:4 total activities from the 3 DOK levels. | May Do’s:Two activities from the DOK 1 column and one from each of the DOK 2 and 3 columns. | Resources: Link to Choice Board |
Direct Instruction | |
Direct Instruction scaffolds the learning process for all students. A key goal is to incorporate BlendEd strategies to effectively differentiate instruction in order to maximize learning. |
Learning Path | |||
Day | Description | BlendEd Model | Resources |
1 | Hook - Tom Haverford Business IdeasDirection Instruction | Whole-Group Hook | YouTube Link |
1 | Cover Becoming an Entrepreneur SlidesDirection Instruction | Station Rotation or Whole group - Teacher Led or Video | Slides |
1 | Entrepreneur Compare/ContrastDirection Instruction | Station Rotation: Independent | Google Doc |
1 | Ch 6 Decision-making strategies Direction Instruction | Station Rotation: Small Group Collaboration | Google Doc |
1 | Ch 6 Vocabulary - QuizletDirection Instruction | Station Rotation: Online Station | |
Day | Description | BlendEd Model | Resources |
2 | Cover 6-1 Opportunities And Risks SlidesDirection Instruction | Whole-Group Instruction | Slides |
2 | Level-Up Choice Board Knowledge Deepening | Independent Learning | Link to Choice Board |
3 | Hook - Consumer Electronics Show Coverage - showcase some of the best innovative products at CES for that yearDirection Instruction | Whole-Group Instruction | 2020 CES Highlights (Forbes) |
3 | Continue Level-Up Choice Board Knowledge Deepening | Independent Learning | Link to Choice Board |
4 | Continue Level-Up Choice Board if needed Knowledge Deepening | Independent Learning | Link to Choice Board |
5-9 | 3D Printed Toy Project (3-D Toy Project Google Doc)Knowledge Application | Group Collaboration3D Printing STL Spreadsheet | Project Rubric |