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| Business Bytes By Barb |
| A
Newsletter for Business Technology Educators |
Septembere 2001 |
- In this issue...
Business
and Marketing Education Conference
Teacher Licensing
- IDOE Moving
Reduce Stress Indicators
Web Map
- 2001 Indiana
ACTE Award Recipients
A Web-Based Business
Education Methods Course Now Available
Marketing as a Entrepreneur
- Free Software
Who Can Teach Keyboarding
- BE Middle School
Curriculum
- Computer Applications
Revisions
- Can Computer
Users Rest Easy
- The Career Key
Business and Marketing Education Conference. Lighting the Way is the theme
of the Business and Marketing Education Conference to be held
November 16-17 at the Adam’s Mark Airport Hotel in Indianapolis.
A copy
of the program
and a registration
form are enclosed.
There are over 35 different sessions on technology, personal
finance, industry certification, marketing, entrepreneurship,
keyboarding and careers, vocational business, speech recognition,
etc. In Basket Projects and Internet Activities will be available
for a small fee. If you wish to come early, there are several
excellent Early Bird Sessions for you to choose from including
two Thursday night hands-on sessions on Financial Knowledge for
Investing. Cost for early birds is $10 if paid by the deadline.
See enclosed program for details. Make check payable to IBEA.
The Early Bird sessions will focus on technology, accounting,
and marketing.
Be sure to contact the Adam’s Mark Airport Hotel requesting
your hotel reservation by October 15. CRU’S are also available
for this conference. For additional copies of the program, you
may access our web site at http://www.doe.state.in/octe/bme;
click onto Professional Development. We look forward to seeing
you November 16-17. You won't want to miss this exciting and
informative conference.
Teacher Licensing. On September 20, the Indiana Professional Standards
Board will meet with the Business Education Advisory Committee
to begin development of standards for the new business education
license. In January, the IPSB voted to create a separate license
for business education rather than include it as part of the
vocational and technical licensing area. It took over three years
and many meetings to accomplish this task. The Indiana Business
Education Association Executive Board has played a key role in
securing a separate license for business education.
At the June meeting of
the IPSB, it was decided to also offer a Computer Educators license
since all endorsements were eliminated. At the present time,
we do not know what impact this license will have on business
education if any. It has not been determined at this time what
a teacher with a computer educators license will be able to teach.
We will keep you updated on the decision of the IPSB regarding
this license. It may be necessary for business educators to express
their concerns regarding this issue.
IDOE Moving. The Indiana Department of Education recently moved
their offices to 151 West Ohio Street, the old Greyhound bus
station at the corner of Ohio and Capitol. The move will allow
us to be closer to the State House and the State Office Complex.
All phone numbers and the mailing address will remain the same.
If you wish to visit, please give us a call for more detailed
directions.
Reduce Stress Indicators.
The red light on your dashboard tells you the oil is low, so
you add more. The bell goes ding, reminding you to fasten your
seat belt, so you buckle up. A signal shows that the door on
the right is open, so you pull over, get out and close it.
By watching the indicators in your car, you help ensure yourself
an easy and safe ride. So ask yourself why—since you respond
appropriately to your car’s indicators—you don’t
always pay attention to your own warning signs. More cars die
of neglect than of advanced mileage. And more people die of stress-related
ills, most of them ignored, than of overwork. Whenever you find
yourself saying things such as “This job takes too much
out of me!” or “I’m getting too old for this kind
of schedule!” —stop. Look at your indicators. Is stress
taking over your life—with your consent? Stress can compromise
your concentration, make you snap at employees and ultimately
affect your health. So it’s important not to let stress
rule you.
- Web Map
Forget long lines and surly civil servants. Gain access to government
agencies via the Web.
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- http://www.govspot.com Register your car, find tax forms,
request a birth certificate, apply for hunting or marriage licenses,
and get information, all through links to state and federal sites.
Check the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list while you’re at
it.
http://www.hicitizen.com Government links by subject, such
as auto, Social Security, or veterans. The site also has separate
pages dedicated to seniors, students, and researchers.
http://www.firstgov.gov All the federal forms and applications
you’ll ever need, including passport applications, student
financial aid forms, and oil drilling permits.
http://www.info.gov
Have a question about
federal programs, benefits, or services? This site has answers
to common inquiries and a hotline for unusual ones. Includes
contact data for federal agencies as well as members of Congress
and the White House.
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- Also worth a click:
http://www.kids.gov Hey, kids, does the Federal Highway
Administration sound like fun? Find that agency’s kids’
site-and many others. Even adults could learn from the kids’
page explaining how and why we pay taxes.
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- Matthew Benjamin
- 2001 Indiana ACTE Award Recipients
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- Professional Educator
of the Year—Barbara Beadle—IDOE
- This award recognizes
professional educators other than full-time classroom teachers
who have contributed significantly to professional organizations
and career and technical education programs for youth and/or
adults in their field, community or state. Eligible recipients
include full-time baccalaureate career and technical educators,
administrators, career and technical guidance counselors, and
program specialists. Awardees must have been an Indiana-ACTE
and ACTE member for five consecutive years. Congratulations Barb
!!!
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- Citation Award—Mark
Smith, Thomson Learning—IBEA
- The Citation Award recognizes
individuals and/or organizations who are not directly involved
in career and technical education but have contributed significantly
to the growth and development of career and technical education
in Indiana.
Mr. Smith has provided presenters at the Business and Marketing
Education Conference held each November for the last twenty years.
He has provided numerous sponsorships at teacher workshops. He
has sponsored a MOUS Certification Workshop at Avon High School
for Indiana teachers and this year sponsored a Tech Camp for
Indiana Teachers. Tech Camp teachers were trained in advanced
applications and computer programming. He has served as a judge
for FBLA, BPA and DECA career development events. He also currently
serves on the DECA advisory Board for Washington High School.
Congratulations Mark!!
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- A Web-Based Business Education Methods Course Now
Available.
A Web-Based Business Education Methods course, developed
by business teacher educators and sponsored by the National Business
Education Association, is being offered at the University of
Maine at Machias, University of South Carolina, and University
of South Florida. This Web-based course provides a flexible alternative
for learning as well as responds to the need for business teachers
across the nation.
Developed by practitioners and experts in business education,
this tailor-made course provides comprehensive methods instruction
and teaching strategies specifically for the business teacher.
This course assists business teachers in meeting certification
or licensure requirements or advanced study.
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- For Enrollment Information
E-mail:
- Art McEntee (alm@suscom-maine.net) at the University of Maine at
Machias.
- Herb Brown (brownhf@gwm.sc.edu) at the University of South Carolina.
- Janet Scaglion (scaglion@tempest.coedu.usf.edu) at the University of South Florida.
- Course Syllabus
- Unit 1: Orientation to
Online Learning
Unit 2: Business Education—The Profession
Unit 3: Effective Classroom Management Techniques
Unit 4: Managing Student Learning
Unit 5: Business Education in Today’s Workplace
Unit 6: Instructional Delivery Methods
Unit 7: Keyboarding, Skill Building, and Emerging Input Technologies
Unit 8: Teaching and Learning Resources
Unit 9: Teacher as a Facilitator
Unit 10: Developing Lesson Plans
Unit 11: Evaluation and Assessment
Unit 12: Teaching in an Electronic Classroom
Unit 13: Professionalism
Marketing as a Entrepreneur is the title of a presentation
available to middle school, high school and adults (age appropriate)
as Al Edyvean shows the innovative and fun ways to market new
and old ideas. Al has had his own marketing business for ten
years and has invented and marketed many products and events
with props, banners and "show business" that sells!
His programs can be customized from thirty minutes to two hours
and are entertaining and informative. He has also talked to Career
Days that are looking for that "catch-all" where students
can go when their career area isn't represented. Call for more
information: 317-546-3121.
Free Software Tired of having keyboarding students finish their
drills early? Here’s a great supplement that students can
work on instead of just sitting idle or possibly causing a disruption.
Typing Master Games! is a software package of three challenging
typing games, which have been designed to help typists improve
their typing speed and reactivity, cut down on errors and have
some fun at the same time. Games include Bubbles, Wordtris and
Clouds and can automatically adjust themselves to complement
the typing skills of the player. Typing Master Games! is available
for free from Aquarian Technologies at http://www.aquatee.com/downloads/downloads.htm. There’s even a spot on the
Web site to take an on-line typing test.
Who Can Teach Keyboarding. Almost every week I receive an
email asking who is licensed to teach keyboarding. The only individuals
certified to teach keyboarding are individuals who hold a business
education license. Once again, a computer endorsement does not
license an individual to teach keyboarding. Their coursework
does not include any keyboarding courses. You may check the assignment
codes from the IPSB on what you can teach. Access this site at:http://www.in.gov/psb/licensing/assign_codes.htm. Then click onto business or the
program area you wish to check. Some of the courses listed are
obsolete as the newest course titles for business education have
not been included. An update of the assignment codes is being
planned in the near future.
BE Middle School Curriculum. In May, a committee met to begin
development of a Business Education Middle School Curriculum.
This will allow for business education to have a stronger presence
in middle school. Administrative Guidelines require that all
middle schools must offer courses in at least two of the following
“practical arts” areas:
- Agriculture
- Business Education
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- Technology Education
A special breakout session
will be available at the Business and Marketing Education Conference
November 16-17. You will want to receive the latest standards
for BE Middle School.
Computer Applications Revisions. During the spring, the Computer
Applications Committee began revision of the standards and performance
expectations for the Computer Applications and Computer Applications
Advanced courses. The purpose of the revision was to use Computer
Applications as the core course for four new IT courses that
will be offered as part of the Vocational Business offerings.
We also wanted to raise the standards and expectations to include
Microsoft Office Users Specialist (MOUS) Certification core and
expert exams. The goal of all CA classes in high school should
allow students to be industry certified through MOUS. This will
provide the accountability that is needed for our business courses
as well as Public Law 221.
Can Computer Users Rest Easy. Your hands ache from computer work.
Is it the first sign of carpal tunnel syndrome, (CTS) the debilitating
nerve condition that causes tingling, numbness, and pain in fingers
and wrists? Probably not, says J, Clarke Stevens, a Mayo Clinic
neurologist. In a study of 257 secretaries and transcriptionists
reported in this week’s Neurology, he and his colleagues
found that heavy computer users are no more prone to CTS than
those who use a computer rarely or not at all. Among secretaries
who spent six hours or more a day at a computer, just 3.5 percent
suffered the specific symptoms of CTS. Sixty-two percent did
complain of neck and shoulder pain. But stretching and a better
posture can help, says occupational therapist Karen Jacobs of
Boston University. “We can...make sure that the computer
is not adversarial to our well-being,” she says.
The Career Key. http://www.ncsu.edu/careerkey.
Visitors to this Web
site may first want to take “the Career Key measure,”
a free, diagnostic tool which assesses personality type and helps
create a list of appropriate careers based on the findings. Job
seekers then can use the site to find relevant training programs,
suggest a college major, or visit the “Foundation Skills”
area to read about the essential workplace skills for the 21st
century. The career key also maintains a collection of quotes
from students, adults, and philosophers on their philosophy of
work; hopes and dreams; and questions and challenges.
Bonus Activity. Check out the bonus activity for
entrepreneurship included in this newsletter!
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- For information
in this newsletter, contact
Barbara K. Beadle, Program Specialist
Business Technology & Marketing Education
(317) 232-9179-office or (317) 232-9121-fax
email: bbeadle@doe.state.in.us
www.doe.state.in.us/octe/bme
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