Week 3 - Making Buying Decisions
Post date: Sep 25, 2017 7:47:41 PM
Monday 10/2 - Look back into your journal.
What did you learn last week, during our presentations,
that you think will be most useful to you?
In-class project - Create a google presentation explaining how you
would use the 6-step decision making process (on page 20)
to make a decision on what to buy. Your explanation must include
each of the 6 steps and must provide links to all expenses.
Share your presentation with jcotter@assabet.org
You can do this project individually or in a group of 2.
Due Tuesday at 8am
Homework Due Oct 16th - write down everything you spend
money on for a week.
Homework Due tomorrow - write down everything you can find
out about your cell phone plan (or print out your plan information).
Tuesday 10/3 - Write down everything you know about you
cell phone plan.
"What's the best cell-phone plan?" project - Finish the worksheet.
Wednesday 10/4 - Read the "Budgeting Tips" worksheet.
Which of these tips would be most helpful for you to
follow? Explain. Were any of these tips surprising to you?
(7-10 sentences).
Play "The Bean Game" with your group:
Answer Round #1 Questions
Present Round #1 Answers
Answer Round #2 Question
Present Round #2 Answers
Exit Journal- What did you learn from playing "The Bean Game."
Has your perspective on budgeting changed? Why or why not?
(5-7 sentences)
Thursday 10/5 - Review the list below, putting a:
1 next to those that are needs for you,
a 2 next to high priority wants, and
a 3 next to low priority wants.
You can leave some blank if they don’t fit into your lifestyle at all.
Fill in the two empty boxes with items we haven’t included.
In your journal, write 7-10 sentences explaining how you decided what were needs,
high priority wants, and low priority wants.
Exit Journal - What did you learn from plying "foolproof jeopardy" today?
Friday 10/6 - Look back into your notes and journal. What are 10 things that you think could be on
today's quiz?
Stuff due today:
- 6 step buying presentation
- cellphone research paper
- week 3 journal entries
- foolproof #2
Stuff due next class:
- foolproof #3
- a log of 7 days of expenses