Issue #39

Bringing Business to Life

• Entrepreneurship education for prison inmates

  Inmates at a prison for men develop employment skills using GoVenture business simulations: An interview with Ron Burchfield, Coordinator of Vocational Training at the State Correctional Institute, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

  Read the SCI Camp Hill Case Study here

   

• Video: How ideas trump economic crises

  Economist Alex Tabarrok argues that free trade and globalization are working, despite the global recession. Tabarrok presents numbers that suggest globalization is turning a divisive world into a global community that’s healthier, happier, and more prosperous than anyone's predictions. Video runs 14 minutes.

  Watch the video here

   

Fast Facts

Fast facts provide information to help you stay current and offer an interesting launch point for class discussions.

Apple, CNN, and other startups born in recessions

A list of companies founded during a recession or bear market:

3M, Adobe Systems, Amgen, Apple, Bath and Body Works, BET, Broadcom, Buffalo Wild Wings, CNN, Chevron, Dave and Buster’s, Disney, Electronic Arts, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Exxon Mobil, Gallup, Genentech, General Electric, Genzyme, Guess, Hyatt, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Krispy Kreme, The Learning Company, Lotus Software, McDonalds, Merck, Microsoft, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Pizza Hut, Princeton Review, QuikTrip, Quiznos, Scottrade, United Technologies, Urban Outfitters, Valero, Whole Foods.

High-tech firms win at equity financing hunt

High-tech firms receive more outside equity investments in their first year of operations than any other type of company—on average, $31,136 compared with firms across all industries averaging $7,000.

Toolbox Tip

• Try balancing the national budget: A free simulation

  Try balancing the American federal budget. You decide on national priorities and allocate budget accordingly. It turns out that balancing budget priorities isn’t so easy. This easy-to-use simulation is offered for free by the Council for Economic Education.

  www.econedlink.org

 

• Quick and informative lifestyle calculator for students.

  Students can quickly estimate the income they'll need to survive on their own, using this Reality Check lifestyle calculator from JumpStart! Students will need an Internet connection. The survey takes less than 5 minutes. The results include appropriate job descriptions.

  www.jumpstart.org

  For a more involved and detailed lifestyle calculator, check out GoVenture's Personal Finance simulation.

  www.goventure.net

 

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Newsletter Details

GoVenture Live the Learning is published by MediaSpark Inc., producers of the award-winning line of GoVenture educational games and simulations and the GoVenture.NETwork (www.goventure.net), a website offering free resources and activities.

Accounting Activity – Determining Net Worth

Learners will be able to calculate net worth and to differentiate between assets, liabilities, book value, and market value.

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Lego project grants for educational organizations

The Lego Children's Fund offers project grants between USD $500 and USD $5,000 on a quarterly basis. The mission statement talks about developing learning skills through constructive play. This includes (for instance) “technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities.” Applicants are invited to take an online Eligibility Quiz starting June 1, for grants awarded in September.

www.legochildrensfund.org

 

 

GoVenture Simulation Tip

Review 5 no-cost ways to benefit from GoVenture today!

Free resources, business simulation competitions, and more — all available to teachers.

Find out more here:

www.goventure.net/hero

 

FREE activities available online:

Lesson Plans

Crosswords

Cryptograms

Trivia Games

Word Search

Idea Wrestler

Self-Evaluation

Business Planner

Discovery Center

... and much more!

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