Lemonade Tycoon

Lemonade tycoon is a fantastic strategy simulation game in the same vein as the "sims" games such as sim city, the sims etc.
In Lemonade Tycoon you start with a small lemonade stand with the goal of making the most money you can. You must tweak your lemonade recipe and price to make your customers happy. When you find the magic recipe, your goal is to upgrade your equipment for faster service and bring as many people as you can to your lemonade stand.



Lemonade tycoon can be played for free by clicking here. A one hour trial is free or the game can be purchased for $20. I actually purchased this game because I got so addicted!

M&M's Activity

Excel M&M's activity:

In class today we brought in packets of m&m's and counted out the amount of different colours in a pack. Then we plotted the data in an excel file.
Instructions were to:
Graph how many M&M's of different colours there are in a packet by using mircosoft excel.

If not enough computers are available in a class setting it is possible to use a big chart at the front of the room for the same activity.

Greg told a storyof one prep teacher who devised an exercise getting kids to count how many icy poles were sold at he school canteen over a 1 year period. Kids entered the data into an excel spreadsheet and were asked to make predictions on why sales were down in winter and why they were up in the summer months.

I thought this was an excellent activity that encompassed a lot of subject areas including ICT, maths, humanities etc. Given the opportunity I will certainly use this in the classroom as a tool in a range of subject areas.

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E-Portfolio 19/03/2009

E-Portfolios are a really valuable way of presenting your information in an accessible way to potential employers. Produced using Microsoft Publisher they are quite easy to create.

Buttons that can be included are:
1/ Intro, About Me, Information
2/ Resume (short succinct)
3/ Educational Philosophy
4/ Fieldwork, Classroom Experience
5/ Referees, Lesson Plans, University Projects
6/Contact information
7/ Awards / Achievements, Community Involvement

Quizes

Quia is a website which allows teachers to devise different types of educational games for use in the classroom.

The quizzes that can be created are really wonderful. I'm sure my students will keep asking for more! Quia gives me a wide range of options to have my students busy but remain interested.

Click the Quia icon below to be taken to the website:








I created a 'Places around the world quiz' in class, to take the quiz click the link below!

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1755609.html



I also created a 'Word Jumble Quiz', to take the quiz click the link below!

http://www.quia.com/jw/322975.html

Mind Mapping

Inspiration

This is a really great program. What a great tool for education! The program is very easy to use personally and very easy to use for the kids.

I can see myself using this software in class regularly for almost all subjects.

Space Improved Version

Week 1 Inspiration

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