Tuesday, May 31, 2011

5/31 Let the preparations begin!

Quotables:
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.
Winston Churchill


1/ Test

1st - 731213222
Upchurch - 743623222

2nd - 735213222
Simmons - 733093222

3rd - 733963222

2/ Upon completion of the test, please make your finishing touches on your project. Due today.

thanks!

Friday, May 27, 2011

5/27 Friday! Only 2 days left before exams!

Quotables:
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
John Locke


1/ Finish 9.01

2/ 6.06 Project

Thursday, May 26, 2011

5/26 A new beginning

Quotable:
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”


1/ Talk about Transformers

2/ Jeans are fun, wear jeans!

3/ 9.01 Material

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

5/25 Treatment day - Be good or face my wrath

Quotables -
"Don't Piss off the Sub!"
Einstein


Today you guys will be watching....wait for it....Transformers. Based on the online poll, voted on by you, Transformers is the decisive winner.

Couple of things for today.

1/ The quote is spot on by Einstein. He was a genious.

2/ Potty rule in effect.

3/ Third Block, please turn off your computer at the end of the day.

4/ Sleep or watch, but no stupidity

5/ If you are sitting next to an idiot who insists on talking, move elsewhere. I would hate for you to get into trouble because of someone else's stupidity.

6/ Now the movie
Copy and paste this into a word doc. Keep track of the ones you see (highlighting works). Look for the Promotional Tie-Ins. This is the basis of all movies nowadays. This movie flowing into the studios make bad movies possible or at least gives the studios an economic incentive to green light the project.

Keep Avis in your thoughts today please.


Transformers
Date: 6-12 Jul., 2007
Studio: Paramount
Weekend gross: US$70.5 M
Featured brands: AAA, Apple, Aquafina, AT&T, Austin-Healey, Beretta, BMW, BOSCH, Bose, Boston Red Sox, Burger King, Cadillac, Cadillac Escalade, CBS, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Camaro, Cisco, CitiGroup, Daewoo, DeWALT, Dickies, Ding Dong, Dodge, eBay, Enterprise, Fila, Ford, Ford Mustang, Fox Racing (Fox Head), Furby, GMC, GMC Yukon, Goodyear, GPX, G-Star Raw, HO HOs, HP, Hummer, Jordan, Kidrobot, KPMG, Lexus, Meltdown Comics, Mountain Dew, My Little Pony, MySpace, NFL, Nike, Nokia, Oakley, Panasonic, PayPal, Pepsi, Pepto-Bismol, Peterbilt, Polo, Pontiac, Porsche, RadioShack, Realistic, Reebok, Roar with Gilmore, Saturn, Sennheiser, Sikorsky, Taco Bell, Technics, Toyota, United States Air Force, USA Today, USPS, Visa, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Beetle, Washington Redskins, Wells Fargo, Xbox, XM Satellite Radio, Yahoo!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

5/24 Test day

Quotables:
"Culture is the Aspirational Group one chooses to belong"
Murphy


1/ Test!

elements.schools.nc.gov/guilford/test


1st block - 731213094
1st - Upchurch 731213094

2nd Block - 735213094

3rd Block - 733963094

2/ Once finished, get up with your buddy and continue with the project.

3/ http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

Thursday, May 19, 2011

3/20 For whom the bell tolls

Quotable:
“Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at"



1/ If I am not here (1st) please no clicky, let's focus on the screen.

House of Cards is about the Housing crisis which has spiraled our economy into a deep jobless hole.

Interesting to watch.

2/ A great article of the marketing mindset of advertisers in tween geared clothing - http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43081000/ns/today-today_health/

5/19 The countdown continues

Quotable:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt



1/ What does this mean? Boil it down to a simple phrase or outtake.

2/ Finish 8.01

3/ http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/19/pf/jobs/dream_job/index.htm
5/ Test Next Tuesday

6/ :)

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

5/18 No Speaker, but Personality tests abound

Quotables:
“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”


1/ 8.01 revisted...once more

2/ Personality Tests
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp Click on your "Type Description by Butt and Heiss"
Click on your "Jung Career Indicator"


http://colorquiz.com/


http://similarminds.com/personality_tests.html


http://similarminds.com/jung.html



3/ Commercials...if time

Monday, May 16, 2011

5/17 8.01 revisted

Quotables:
“Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”
~Dale Carnegie



1/ Seth Godin Blog

link - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/05/brand-exceptionalism.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29


What does this mean? Let's Discuss. :)

2/ Continue 8.01

3/ Exit - What three things did you find useful during today's lesson?

5/16 Time running short

Quotables:
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. ~C. Northcote Parkinson, 1958


Procrastination is opportunity's assassin. ~Victor Kiam



1/ Where did Piss Poor come from?

Interesting History

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot

& then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.

If you had to do this to survive, you were "Piss Poor."

But worse than that were the really poor folk

who couldn't even afford to buy a pot.

They "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low.

The next time you are washing your hands and complain

because the water temperature isn't just how you like it,

think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June

because they took their yearly bath in May

and they still smelled pretty good by June.

However, since they were starting to smell,

Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.

Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet

when getting Married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.

The man of the house had the privilege of nice clean water,

then all the other sons and men,

then the women and finally the children.

Last of all the babies.

By then, the water was so dirty

that you could actually lose someone in it.

Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high

with no wood underneath.

It was the only place for animals to get warm

so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs)

lived in the roof.

When it rained, it became slippery

and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.

Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.

This posed a real problem in the bedroom

where bugs and other droppings

could mess up your nice clean bed.

Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top

afforded some protection.

That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt.

Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.

Hence the saying, "Dirt poor."

The wealthy had slate floors

that would get slippery in the winter when wet,

so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor

to help keep their footing.

As the winter wore on, they added more thresh

until when you opened the door,

it would all start slipping outside.

A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way.

Hence: a thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days,

they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle

that always hung over the fire.

Every day, they lit the fire and added things to the pot.

They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat.

They would eat the stew for dinner,

leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight

and then start over the next day.

Sometimes stew had food in it

that had been there for quite a while.

Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold,

peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Sometimes they could obtain pork

which made them feel quite special.

When visitors came over,

they would hang up their bacon to show off.

It was a sign of wealth

that a man could "bring home the bacon."

They would cut off a little to share with guests

and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter.

Food with high acid content

caused some of the lead to leach onto the food

causing lead poisoning death.

This happened most often with tomatoes,

so for the next 400 years or so,

tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status.

Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf,

the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky.

The combination would Sometimes knock the imbibers out

for a couple of days.

Someone walking along the road would take them for dead

and prepare them for burial

They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days

and the family would gather around and eat and drink

and wait and see if they would wake up.

Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks

started running out of places to bury people.

So they would dig up coffins

and would take the bones to a bone-house

and reuse the grave.

When reopening these coffins,

1 out of 25 coffins

were found to have scratch marks on the inside

and they realized they had been burying people alive.

So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse,

lead it through the coffin and up through the ground

and tie it to a bell.

Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard

all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell;

thus, someone could be saved by the bell

or was considered a dead ringer.

2/ Begin Obj 8
3/ Quiz/Test on Thursday
4/ Speaker on Wednesday.

5/ Interims next Monday

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

5/11 Quiz Day!

Quotables:
“I remember my father saying one word to me as I would walk out to school every day: 'increments.' Every test, every quiz, every conversation with the teacher, it all added up to the final grade, which would affect where you went off to college and the rest of your life. All those little bits and pieces added up to something larger,”
Wentworth Miller



1/ Study 5 minutes for the quiz

2/ Quiz (on material covered through Monday)

3/ Go over Quiz

4/ Assignment: Approx 40-50 minutes
Go to Ted.com
Find a presentation you understand the basics of or find interesting
300 word essay (in Word)
Presenter
Title
synthesis of the talk
Why should I care...apply it to yourself or to me

5/ Begin Obj 8 Material - Overview

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

5/10 The calm before the storm

Quotables:
“The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”
Tom Bodett quotes



1/ Quiz tomorrow! On everything through yesterday - Obj 7 material

2/ Look back over the notes from 7.01 and 7.02 Slide 4.
Come up with 3 open ended questions
One hard
One Med
One Easy
and the answer

Answers/questions should requirte thought and more than one word answer. Sentence answers would be great!

3/ Finish 7.02

4/ Outline next Assignment to be begun after quiz. Finish after test on Thursday

5/ Test on Thursday - Obj 7,6,5,4,3,2 ~ 70 Questions

6/ Video on Friday

Monday, May 9, 2011

5/9 - Mother's day done, more gifts to buy

Quotables:
The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and employed. Its distribution, therefore, will follow the law of its creation, or great injustice will be done.
-Leland Stanford

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.
-Edward R. Murrow



1/ Finish 7.02

2/ Seth Godin Blog

3/ Other as time allows

Friday, May 6, 2011

5/6 The Birthday Boy Cometh

Quotables:
“Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang Happy Birthday.”
-Stephen Wright

Alex will be making a special appearance this afternoon. Stop by after school if the gumption hits you and wish himn happy birthday!

Seth Godin blog - High School

1/ 1st and 3rd. Jumping into 7.02 and seeing where this leads us.
2nd 7.01, then 7.02

2/ dropshippers/brick and mortar/non store vending Examples before your eyes!
Find - The most unique type of vending you can find - what type of products are delivered thropugh this medium? Possession utility?
Find - a company that drop ships. What types of products do they sell. Avg profit?
Find a store with NO brick and mortar. Would you shop/do business there?

3/ Other as time allows.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

5/5 Alex's birthday tomorrow

Quotables:

Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.
Barney Frank


All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.
Leland Stanford


Pre Activity

Click on Walmart tab in the news area above this posting. I will guide you from there.


1/ I need you to find from Objective 2, the definition of Place utility.

We are going to jump in and do 7.01...maybe 7.02 as time allows.
Obj 7 takes us through Distribution, ultimately, and in my mind, the most critical of all of the functions/4Ps of marketing. Without this special utility, nothing would get sold in a broad market sense.

I hope you enjoy today's lesson.

Murphy

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

5/4 Product Promotion


Quotables:
A good basic selling idea, involvement and relevancy, of course, are as important as ever, but in the advertising din of today, unless you make yourself noticed and believed, you ain't got nothin'.
Leo Burnett


Seth Godin Link, very apt!

1/ Evaluating the message

1b/ http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html [The dangers of DHMO]

2/ Infomercials
Pet Rock
3/ 6.06 activity


4/ Distribution

Monday, May 2, 2011

5/2 - And one day closer still to summer vacation

Quotables:
“Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.”

-William James



Fun commercials/pictures

Open up 6.01,2,3,4,5 sections

Test tomorrow.
Obj 6,5,4,3,2. :)
Approx 65 questions.

Exercise on evaluation

Obj 7 material