8+ years as Technology Teacher for private Christian elementary school, K - 8 grades.
40+ years as vice president of information technology in several not-for-profit organizations, including faith-based organizations and hospitals.
5 years as Adjunct Professor in a Masters of Healthcare Administration program.
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more!
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! In Unit 08, the students must create a floor plan using Google Slides. They are instructed that a rental space has been acquired and that major consturction to the space is not allowed by the landlord. However, there is a lot of arrangements as to how best to use
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! Unit 02 (Basic Spreadsheet Skills) teaches the students the basic concepts in spreadsheets (Google Sheets), but initially discusses the use of data in running a business such as a restaurant. Two primary concepts are introduced: 1. D.R.I.P - Data Rich, Informatio
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! In Unit 12, students will use Google Sites to create a website for their restaurants. The lesson provides an explanation of terminology used in website design and publishing. The assignment has each student build a website that contains: -- A Home page -- Sub-pag
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! In Unit 11, students will write a professional letter to prospective franchisees. This lesson provides a basic understanding of what is included in a Franchise Agreement, including relevant terminology and the logistics of the relathionships between parties. The f
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! In Unit 10, each student creates a promotional flyer in Google Slides. This can be a customer loyalty program or a discount based on purchases. Examples of a few promotions are provided to help focus and stimlate the thining of the students.
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! Unit 09 teaches some basic formatting and formulas in Google Sheets. The students are given a set of expenses and income. With these they must enter the data into a Sheets document, format the rows and columns, and add various formulas to analyze the data. Unit
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! In Unit 06, the students are taught the basics of writing a professional / business letter writing using MLA standards for professional letters. In Unit 07, the lessons from Unit 06 are used to create the investor letter, solicting investments to fund the restaura
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! In Unit 05, the students use Google Slides to create a logo - a branding - for their restaurants. To introduce this, there is a discussion on logos and students are encouraged to critique various logos... some found around their classroom. Design aspects of color,
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! In Unit 04, the students continue the process of building their menus (started in Unit 03) by taking the Google Forms data into Google Sheets. From Google Sheets, the students will evaluate the data using charts and graphs.
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! In Unit 03, the students use Google Forms to conduct surveys to determine popularity of cuisines and menu items. Once developed, the form will be used to survey at least 30 individuals. The data from these surveys will be analyzed in the next lesson (Unit 04) by
Math-Mazers™ by InfoTech in Sight are designed to be used by the students using Google Slides. These online digital mazes take paper-based worksheets to a whole new level of learning… and fun! With each math problem, the student is shown multiple choices – “paths” – that are clickable. The student solves the math problem and clicks on the answer. Math-Mazers® inform the student when an incorrect answer is selected, allowing the student to try the math problem again. As the student complet
The full lesson plan / student workbook for "Let's Start a Restaurant" guides the students through the entire process of starting and operating a restaurant, performing profit / loss calculations, franchising for growth and much more! Unit 01 (Overview) starts the process by introducing the Google Apps for Education and ow they can work together elegantly to solve business problems. Unit 01 also creates a discussion of what a restaurateur must do to be successful and starts the students thinki
8+ years as Technology Teacher for private Christian elementary school, K - 8 grades.
40+ years as vice president of information technology in several not-for-profit organizations, including faith-based organizations and hospitals.
5 years as Adjunct Professor in a Masters of Healthcare Administration program.
Teaching style
Hands-on teaching
Project-based
Experimental learning by doing... and learning by failing
Awards & shining teacher moments
Google Certified Instructor Level 1
Google Certified Instructor Level 2
My own education history
Private school through all of elementary, middle, and high school years
Bachelors, Business Information Systems
Masters, Organizational Development
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