The IdeaBook is a bound, full-color, 70-page collection of fascinating facts, discussion-starters, and teaching tips to bring learning to life.  The flip-side of the IdeaBook is a catalog of GoVenture educational games and simulations.

The IdeaBook is provided in print-form and on CD-ROM in Adobe PDF format.  The CD-ROM also includes product videos and fully-working trial versions of GoVenture educational games and simulations.

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Table of Contents

Teaching Methods

• Bloom's taxonomy of learning
• SOLO taxonomy
• How to create effective learning objectives
• Using rubrics
• Definitions of critical thinking
• Socratic questioning
• Experiential learning cycle
• Questions for reflecting on experiential learning
• Do games really teach?

Insights from Psychology

• Howard Gardner and multiple intelligences
• Edward de Bono's six thinking hats
• Stephen Covey's seven habits of highly effective people
• Myers-Briggs personality types
• The 4 Myers-Briggs dichotomies
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs
• Theories of human behavior

Study Skills

• Speed reading tips
• Study tips
• Tips for maximizing your memory
• Strategies for critical reading

Icebreakers

• General tips for using icebreakers
• Scavenger hunt
• Life story
• Custom-designed tattoo
• Candy bowl
• Circle of friends
• Dinner guests

Classroom Activities

• The pencil exercise
• "Bug report"
• Consumer Behavior
• Product life cycle
• Packaging
• Retailing
• The Price is Right!
• Celebrity/brand matching game
• Name that slogan
• Food Day
• Thinking like a social entrepreneur
• Personal balance sheet
• The elevator pitch
• Sector opportunity study
• "Two cool"
• Who is an entrepreneur anyway?
• Invention marketing
• The ultimate recycling challenge
• Analyzing a fast-growing company

Internet Research

• Internet search tips
• Questions to ask about a website
• Finding the right search engine for the job
• Top 10 Google searches
• Top 10 Yahoo searches
• Top 10 search engines
• 10 most-visited websites in the world

Writing Tips

• Commonly confused words
• Commonly misspelled words
• Alphabet of most looked-up words on Dictionary.com
• Common writing errors
• When to use which and that
• How to make your language inclusive

Popular Slang

• Top 10 popular college slang terms
• Selection of popular 80's slang
• Selection of popular 90's slang

World Facts

• The three "worlds"
• Top 10 wonders of the world
• 21 country profiles
• Signs of the zodiac
• U.S. and Canadian holidays
• Chinese animal zodiac
• World weather averages: temperature and precipitation

Money Matters

• U.S. Currency markings
• Whose faces are on U.S. bills?
• What does the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank do?
• Map of U.S. Federal Reserve system districts
• Security features of U.S. currency
• Security features in Canadian bank notes
• Canadian coins
• Faces on Canadian bills
• Milestones in the history of money

Consumer Protection

• Typical frauds and scams
• Unethical business practices
• How to protect yourself from fraud and identity theft
• Hard times for corporate criminals
• Employment scams
• Quick consumer tips

Financial Planning

• Einstein and the Rule of 72
• Buying life insurance
• Common mistakes young people make with money
• Five things you should know about credit cards
• Five things you should know about checking accounts
• Financial planning lifecycle
• Planning for retirement while you're young
• Bull and Bear markets
• How a small savings account can grow

The Job Market

• 20 worst-paying jobs in the United States
• 20 best-paying jobs in the United States
• 25 occupations projected to grow fastest in the United States
• Top five reasons people start businesses
• Costs of starting a franchise

Biggest and Best

• World's largest public companies
• Largest private companies in the United States
• Best business schools (MBA programs)
• The best (worst) foods
• Five most expensive diseases
• Top earning CEO's
• Most expensive homes in the world
• Most expensive private islands
• What it costs to live well in 20 US Cities
• World's most expensive cars
• The world's growing number of billionaires
• Sports team valuations
• The world's wealthiest people

Movies and Music

• Most lucrative movie franchises
• Top 20 movies of all-time, worldwide
• 10 celebrities earning the highest incomes
• 20 all-time best-selling albums in the world
• 25 top-selling artists of all time in the United States
• 10 all-time best-selling singles in the world
• 16 artists believed to have sales of 250 million records
• Top-earning dead celebrities

Toys, Games, and Electronics

• Classic games in Hall of Fame
• Top 10 toys
• 25 all-time classic toys still on the market today
• Popular computer and video games
• Top 10 video game titles
• Top 15 massively multiplayer online games
• Real profits from virtual worlds
• 10 most wished-for consumer electronics
• Top electronic wish list items for teens
• 10 consumer electronics most likely to be gifts
• Highlights in the history of computer and video gaming

Marketing and Advertising

• Birth stories of famous brands
• The first paper package advertising
• Highlights in the history of American advertising
• Top 10 advertising icons
• Top 10 advertising slogans
• Top 10 advertising jingles

Inventors and Inventions

• Technology Timeline: 1752-1990
• Inventors & inventions
• Failure is the mother of success
• Intellectual property protection
• Famous trademarks, copyrights, and patents

Space Exploration

• Planets in our solar system
• Space spending
• Top NASA research grants
• NASA spending by state

Business Glossary

The IdeaBook is provided in print-form and on CD-ROM in Adobe PDF format.  The CD-ROM also includes product videos and fully-working trial versions of GoVenture educational games and simulations.

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