Creative young entrepreneurs
Short description
Each school establishes a "real" company with elected officials and an adequate role for each student. As part of their company, the students will design and create souvenirs to represent their place, county and/or country, all from recyclable materials (plastic bottles, cans, cords for tying vines, cardboard, old clothes, pebbles, pieces of wood...) . Students will research the market and shape the price of their products, create promotional material for the company and the product (poster, advertisement, website) that will contain the product catalog with prices, and finally present their work. During this program, students will have real experiences of using information and communication technology and foreign languages in a multicultural environment.
Aims
Level of difficulty Advanced
Key competencies
Languages, Cultural awareness and expression, Entrepreneurship, ICT Subjects
Design and technology, Economy, Informatics, Politics and economy, Foreign languages Level 12 19
1. Develop entrepreneurial skills through the practice of establishing a small business in the European context for the production, import and export of souvenirs from the respective regions.
2. Compare the similarities and differences between the countries of the European Union
3. To provide real situations for the use of information and communication technology and foreign languages as tools in a multicultural environment.
4. Integrate the European dimension into student education.
5. To learn from experience, because the needs for learning arise from the problems that students face.
6. To learn how to play a leading role in the learning process.
7. To learn how to use creativity, innovation, decision making, self confidence in the process of lifelong learning.
8. Understand how important it is to use materials for recycling when making a technical creation due to the price of the product and the preservation of nature and the creation of a better future
9. Develop presentation skills through the creation of promotional materials and the company's website
10. Develop skills in using the English languageRazvijati prezentacijske vještine kroz izradu promidžbenih materijala i web stranicu poduzeća
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Work process
Step 1
1. Getting to know each other
Students use one of the activity starters found on the eTwinning portal, in the "Modules" section, to get to know each other. For this purpose, they use the student corner, where each student must post a positive comment on each partner's post.
2. Establishment of a company in each partner school
Each school establishes a 'real' company with elected officials and adequate roles for each student (see link to guidelines below). Each company finds a suitable company name and creates a company logo. As part of their company, the students will design and make souvenirs to represent their town, county and/or country, all from recyclable materials (plastic bottles, cans, cords for tying vines, cardboard, old clothes, pebbles, pieces of wood...) . The student corner is an ideal environment for communication within the company, as students can store all relevant documents and materials. They can also create an adequate space for seeking help and/or providing advice. Company officials can use the student corner to communicate with each other, but also to establish contact with a partner company.
Step 2
3. Defining the product (can be produced or resold)
Each company determines which souvenirs it will produce and the recycled materials it will use for production. Each company will sell its products to other schools.
4. Presentation of the company
Students present to each other their company, their roles in the company, the company logo, which souvenirs they will produce and the recycled materials they will use for production.
Step 3
5. Students, company members make souvenirs from recycled materials. They document the creation with photos and/or video that they publish on TwinSpace.
6. Market research
Marketing experts in each company will conduct online research on the prices of similar products and with members of their company, and based on the input values, determine the prices of their products. A market research campaign should be carried out through the discussion of marketing experts of all companies involved in order to determine the ideal products for mutual trade.
Step 4
7. Production of advertising material
Using a tool, students create an advertising poster and a video advertisement to advertise the company and the products it offers.
8. Creating a company website
Using the Google Sites web tool, students create a company website (logo, company name, members...). Part of the website will contain a product catalog with highlighted product prices and shipping costs.
9. Sale
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Ordering and delivery
Step 5
10. Writing the annual report
11. Annual meeting / liquidation of the company
Expected results
Public TwinSpace
Students will develop the following skills:
True cooperation, teamwork, friendship.
The ability to solve tasks creatively.
Improved critical thinking, negotiation skills.
Constructive evaluation and sharing of ideas/activities.
Improved use of information and communication technologies in a creative and innovative way. Respect for others within the community/culture develop communication skills in English.
Assessment and evaluation
The unique feature of this project is that the evaluation is also an integral part of the learning process. At the earliest stage, students need to be introduced to the evaluation process in a positive way, for example, this can be done by encouraging the publication of at least two positive comments and one constructive suggestion. If this is successfully achieved, students are expected to develop the following skills:
True cooperation, teamwork, friendship.
The ability to solve tasks creatively.
Improved critical thinking, negotiation skills.
Constructive evaluation and sharing of ideas/activities.
Improved use of information and communication technologies in a relative, creative and innovative way.
Respect for others within the community/culture.
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Project plan - Creative young entrepreneurs
This is a more detailed plan than the one in the project description.
All the results of the project will be first presented on Twinspace and then we will publish them on the project website.
November - Pre-project Survey
Meet Our Partners
Introduce yourself, your country and school and project student team. Where Are We?
Project Preparation Surveys
Meetings/Webinars
November December
Logo Contest
Now that students know what is the project about and who will take part in it they can start creating a logo. It can be a drawing or a digital logo.
Each school can add three logos or less. After the 11th December we'll vote for the best logo.
We will vote for the best logo from 11 - 20 December (it will be enough time for everyone to take part).
December
Establishment of a company in each partner school
Each company:
o assigns appropriate roles for each student in the company
o finds a suitable company name
o creates a company logo.
Defining the souvenirs that each company will make from recycled materials
Presentation of the company
January – February
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- Students, company members make souvenirs from recycled materials. They document the creation with photos and/or video that they publish on TwinSpace Market research
February - March
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Production of advertising material (poster and video)
Website creation online workshop
Creating a company website
April
Sale (ordering and delivery)
Writing the annual report
Final Evaluation
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