Wisconsin Business Education Association
2008 Annual Convention
September 25 – 27, 2008
Paper Valley Hotel – Appleton
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
SECTIONAL DESCRIPTIONS
Are Online Classes for You?
Blogging in Business Education
Digital Scrapbooking
Do We Treat Genders Differently?
Educational Uses of Video Conferencing
FBLA: The Adviser “How To” Guide
Field Research and Team Projects for Business Finance and Social Entrepreneurship
FREE Google Goodies
Global Business Education at Waukesha County Technical College
Implementing LEAN in the Office
Mentoring a Student Teacher: Making the Experience Meaningful
Organizing Your Life with Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Photo Story and Smartboard
Podcasting and Vodcasting: Take ‘n Bake Projects
Show Your TRUE COLORS!
Social Security Pre-Retirement
Teaching Covey in the Classroom
Think Different Think School Based Enterprise
21 st Century Skills: How Business Teachers Can Lead the Way
Update on BIT Hot topics and Trends – A Prospective from Department of Public Instruction and WTC System Office
What’s Up In Finance?
What’s Up In Finance?
Presenter – Kristin M. Leglar, Wisconsin Educational Communication Board
Workshop participants will learn how to use the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board free finance resources in their classroom. Participants will view an episode of “What’s up in Finance?” and discover great Web site resources for teachers and activities for students.
FREE Google Goodies
Presenter – Bonnie Smith, Lakeshore Technical College
Whether your teaching schedule includes marketing, desktop publishing, word processing, or spreadsheets, there is a Google application waiting for you on the Web. Information will be provided on several of the free resources available from Google, Inc. Demonstrations and discussions on how these tools can be used for classroom activities will be the focus of this session.
Do We Treat Genders Differently?
Presenter – Dr. Marcia James, Professor, UW-Whitewater; Erin Goepfert, Student, UW-Whitewater
The foundation of this session is a research study that was conducted with future business teachers from 16 states. A 20-statement quiz was completed and returned by 150 of the 441 members of Pi Omega Pi who were initiated during 2004-06; Pi Omega Pi is a national honorary business education society. Data were analyzed to determine if the male gender was more knowledgeable of gender communication traits and stereotypes as compared to the knowledge of female respondents. With one exception, the majority of both the males and females indicated the statements correctly as being either true and false. Participants in this session will also have the opportunity to complete this quiz. Discussion of each statement in relation to the current and existing research will aid the participants to understand how the stereotypes of gender communication are changing. This information is pertinent to teachers who are preparing males and females for the business world. Roleplaying will be used as a method to reinforce the stereotypes.
Mentoring a Student Teacher: Making the Experience Meaningful
Presenters – Kara Zutter, Colfax High School; Michelle Radtke, Menomonie Middle School; Debbie Stanislawski, UW-Stout
Attend this session to learn about the stages that the typical student teacher goes through in their development. A variety of methods for observing and giving your student teacher feedback will be shared. Also, hear and discuss tips and tricks for mentoring a student teacher with several cooperating teachers.
Photo Story and Smartboard
Presenter – Danyell Franti, Gillett High School
Photo Story is a free software program that can be used to create movies using still images. It is a great program for students to create a different type of project that can be presented to a class. In this class you will learn how to use the program (add images to the movie, record a narration, add music, and add special effects). Photo Story can be used as a video podcast also.
FBLA: The Adviser “How To” Guide
Presenter – Jan Imhoff, Portage High School
Do you want to learn the in’s and out’s of running a successful FBLA chapter? If your answer is YES, then come and join us. We’ll be learning how to: elect and have a good local officer team, write parent letters, travel with students, and much more. We’ll also be going over the differences between the Wisconsin and National Competitive Event Guidelines and how to help your students be successful in competitive events. Bring questions with you…It will be a fun time!
Are Online Classes for You?
Presenter – Julie Woletz, Cambridge High School
Have you ever considered that you could increase your enrollments by teaching some of your high school courses online? Come to this sectional to see an example of a course at Cambridge High School being conducted using Moodle, which is an online course management program. Students have a choice of taking the course completely online or in a face-to-face format. You will see examples of video taped lectures, student discussions, automatic grading of quizzes and see how assignments can be uploaded and graded. The presentation will also include a candid discussion of the joys and frustrations of teaching in an online environment.
Global Business Education at Waukesha County Technical College
Presenter – Timothy Graham, Associate Dean, Hospitality/Culinary Arts and Global Business, Waukesha County Technical College
Waukesha County Technical College is the only technical college in the state with a program in Global Business. This presentation will describe the program and what the program has to offer to students.
Organizing Your Life with Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Presenter – Keith Stearns, Business Communications, UW-Eau Claire
Information comes from many sources in today’s high-paced world. The difficulty comes in organizing and quickly accessing information from emails and other sources. This presentation introduces Microsoft Office OneNote and discusses using this versatile software package to save and quickly access important emails and notes.
Educational Uses of Video Conferencing
Presenter – Robert Roy, AT&T - Wisconsin
This session will provide information and tips on how to provide your students with the exposure to video conferencing. It will provide what students need to understand about training opportunities provided by most businesses today. A full range of technology will be discussed as well as resources and ideas for classroom connections.
Social Security Pre-Retirement
Presenter – Kenneth Hess, Public Affairs Specialist, Social Security Administration
This session will provide participants with the information to get them ready and able to apply for their Social Security benefits. An explanation of the different programs that Social Security has will be given. Each person will learn how to select the retirement date that is the best fit for them. You will learn how retirement amounts are figured and how each participant can get personalized estimates of their own retirement amounts due with their different possible work decisions. Participants will be provided retirement informational pamphlets and retirement application training CDs. If participants bring along their last Social Security Benefit Statement, the presenter will answer individual questions at the end of the session.
Update on BIT Hot topics and Trends – A Prospective from Department of Public Instruction and WTC System Office
Presenters – Jennifer Wegner, DPI Education Consultant for Business and IT and Mike Tokheim, WTC System Office Education Director for Business, Marketing and IT
Updates on current topics in Business Education will be given along with information on new programs. Attendees will be given important dates for the year from both DPI and the WTC System.
Implementing LEAN in the Office
Presenter – Lee Binz
Participants will learn about lean tools for the office which make it possible to be more responsive to internal and external customers, shorten total cycle time, lead time, improve quality and increase productivity. Discussion will focus on eliminating activities which add cost but do not add value.
Teaching Covey in the Classroom
Presenter – Dar DeBruin-Hein
Covey in the classroom? Why not? Attend this session to discover the interactive and energetic way Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People are taught in the business classroom.
Field Research and Team Projects for Business Finance and Social Entrepreneurship
Presenter – Les Dlabay, Lake Forest College
As students prepare for their roles as workers and citizens in the global economy, our efforts should engage them with business finance and social entrepreneurship concepts. The use of case studies for individual assignments and team research activities provide interactions for students with community resources, including class speakers, field trips, marketplace observations, interviews, and surveys. These strategies result in obtaining real-world information related to financial and social entrepreneurial activities. Also to be considered are emerging content trends and curriculum patterns for these topic areas. The techniques and resources from this session may be adapted to a variety of instructional settings to serve the varied academic needs and learning styles of students in business, entrepreneurship, and finance courses.
Podcasting and Vodcasting: Take ‘n Bake Projects
Presenters – Sherri Stuessy, Belleville High School; Lisa Olson, Harford Union High School
Podcasting is an emerging medial that is being used in classrooms across the globe. We will discuss how podcasting can be incorporated into the curriculum to benefit teaching and learning, a showcasing tool for your department and school, and a method of delivering training materials. We will provide hands on instruction on how to create podcasts and how to publish podcasts on the Internet. Complete instructions for projects and assessment will be provided.
Digital Scrapbooking
Presenter – Annette O’Hern, La Crosse School District
Are you taking more pictures than ever now with your digital camera? And, are you wondering what to do with all of them? This workshop will share the features/benefits of two outstanding products…one to help you organize and safely maintain your digital photos and the second will be a demonstration of how to turn your digital photographs into beautiful digital scrapbooks. It’s fun; it’s easy; it doesn’t take a lot of time; and it has both classroom and personal applications.
Blogging in Business Education
Presenter – Kate Olson, La Crosse School District
The new Internet (web 2.0) has changed business as well as business education. One of the main tools being used is blogging, which allows anyone to share information and opinions with the world. Blogging can be a powerful educational tool as well as a major marketing and PR consideration for businesses.
Think Different Think School Based Enterprise
Presenter – Urs R. Haltinner, Marketing & Business Education, UW-Stout
Understand SBE (School Based Enterprise) learning as an experiential strategy to enhance student learning. Identify SBE learning opportunities within the contemporary business education programs.
Show Your TRUE COLORS!
Presenter – Jennifer Wegner, Department of Public Instruction
Do you ever get frustrated working with people? We all do…and so do your students! This sectional will share the TRUE COLORS techniques with you for identifying YOUR color, and how to deal with those colors unlike yours. Ways to incorporate this into your classroom will also be shared.
21 st Century Skills: How Business Teachers Can Lead the Way
Presenter – Lisa Olson, Hartford Union High School
What is all the hype about 21 st Century Skills? Haven’t we been in the 21 st century for nearly eight years? Learn about the Partnership for 21 st Century Skills and their unified, collective vision for 21 st century learning that can be used to strengthen American education. DPI is one of five states who have committed to this initiative. Learn more about this initiative and how business teachers can take the lead in their districts.