3rd Period 1st Computer Lab

1. Create your own blog using the instructions on the network share drive: S:\Josephson\Econ Blogger instructions
2. Edit your first post and create title: Microsoft makes offer to buy Yahoo!
3. Find a news article about it
4. Make a link to it within the body of your blog
5. Describe the offer Microsoft is making to buy Yahoo within your blog.
6. Predict what the final purchase price will be within your blog.
7. Post a reply/comment to this post on my blog with the URL of your blog.

Project topic and description

Post on your own blog. Include the following:

Your project title
Your team partners (if any)
How does your project tie into the subject of Economics
If you are in a group, what is your responsibility in this group?
What multimedia delivery mechanism you will use (e.g. PowerPoint, Video, etc.)
What resources you need to complete the project.

Blog login: yourfirstname.yourlastname@portchesterschools.org

What is due for progress reports

Workbook assignments:

1. Unit 1 Lessons 1, 2, 3 & 4

Blog assignments:

1. Create blog
2. Post link to your site on this blog http://pchsecon.blogspot.com/2007/09/post-your-blog-urls-here.html
3. Weekly reading assignment #1 on your Blog http://pchsecon.blogspot.com/2007/02/weekly-reading-and-posting.html
4. Capitalism replaces Mercantilism post on your Blog: http://pchsecon.blogspot.com/2007/02/capitalism-replaces-mercantilism.html

Worksheets:

1. Production Possibility Curve
2. How do Economies Change?
3. Alan Greenspan Article
4. Gasoline Prices

Post your Blog URL's here

I need to know how to find your site to evaluate your work so post the following:

1. Your name
2. The period you take economics
3. The link to your Blog

Excel chart upload

Copy chart from Excel:

1. Click select chart you want to copy


2. Use 'Edit/Copy' pull down command in excel


3. Paste it into MS Paint


4. File save as BMP file


5. Upload to your blog.

If anyone knows an easier way, let me know by posting in teh comments section below.

Suggested reading links

Here is an article from the Journal news yesterday about rising insurance rates and the impact it has on some people.

Video link test: Gas prices go up, up& away from MSNBC.com
Method used: hover mouse over link to video clip, right click and copy link.

Creating Wealth from Trade

The data from our class activity for creating wealth is located in the share directory on the school server. S:\Josephson\Econ folder

Your task is
1. Analyze the data results
2. Create and print out one chart from the data
3. Make a Blog entry on your Blog summarizing the lesson procedure and drawing a conclusion from the data.