Professional Development Topics

Business, Management & Administration
The future of the worldwide web is evolving and changing and we as consumers along with businss must change with it. This presentation looks at a few of the business implications of those changes.
Being knowledgeable in different cultures/customs is of vital importance in today's global marketplace. This presentation takes a quick look at proper etiquette in four major areas for five different countries.
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This presentation continues the quest of being knowledgeable about culture and customs in other countries as companies continue to do business globally. The presentation also looks at how each country’s imports/exports influences trade with the United States.
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This presentation outlines the basic three ways in which your students learn and offers tips and resources to prepare the classroom to meet the needs of each group.
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This presentation includes a lesson plan on Powerpoint, a classroom activity, a grading rubric, and a quiz with answer key that incorporate the three basic learning styles.
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Explore finance positions/careers which are primarily entry-level (upon graduation from high school or college), including educational and wage requirements, and coherent sequence options. Students will consider annual salaries of finance jobs in the state of Texas by region. Students will consider portability of these jobs outside the state of Texas, and students will be able to extend learning by examining content on related websites.
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Cooperative learning allows students to engage in an interactive approach to learning and processing information. This approach allows students to retain subject matter longer and has proven to have an increase in academic achievement.
All About DECA: How to Organize Your DECA Chapter
All About DECA - How to Organize Your DECA Chapter is a teaching aid for beginning teachers to assist them in organizing their DECA chapter. This presentation will also help them identify ways to integrate the leadership and competitive event components of DECA into the classroom curriculum.
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Internet Based Curiculum Enhancement
Just-in-Time Internet Based Curriculum Enhancement is a series of teaching aids for both the marketing and business teacher. Featured topics in this presentation include the latest information about the ever-changing world of advertising: digital products, newspaper advertising updates, the latest research on demographics and how it is used in advertising, advertising rates, and a list of web resources for marketing and advertising.
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Internet Based Curriculum: RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
A small microchip that was supposed to revolutionize distribution, logistics and inventory control has done just that and so much more. Check out the current use of RFID technology in manufacturing and retailing and the tracking of goods as well as it current use in many other industries and the potential future expansion for this amazing technology.
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