The Mint

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:           Due: 10/30/15

Create a POST in your BLOG 
TITLE: The MINT
(This is a POST and is NOT an Embedded Document)
For this post complete the following 3 tasks:

1. GIVE a goal for each of the three that you might have with regard to personal finance:
1. Short-Term Goal
2. Intermediate Goal
3. Long-Term Goal
2. CLICK on the following link: The MINT
   for each tab on the webpage look through the TIPS on the left side menu, select one and write about what you learned from that TIP. (Complete paragraph)
3. CLICK on the final tab, "TRY IT". Select several of the items, calculators, or predictors, write a short summary of the one that you selected and what you learned from the item that you selected. (Complete paragraph)

Personal Financial Planning and Goal Setting

What is Personal Finance? 

It is everything in your life that involves money. Personal Financial planning is arranging to spend, save, and invest money to live comfortably, have financial security, and to achieve financial goals. Everyone has different financial goals. Planning your personal finances is important because it will help you to reach your goals, no matter what they are. BUT, it is up to you to make and follow a financial plan. 

• Here are some of the benefits of financial planning: 
• You have more money and financial security. 
• You know how to use money to achieve your goals. 
• You have less chance of going into debt that you cannot handle. 
• You can help your spouse and support your children, if you have a family. 

 Whether you are spending, saving, or investing money, planning can help you to make big or small financial decisions. The financial planning process has six steps to help you reach your goals:

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:           Due: 10/30/15

Create a POST in your BLOG 
TITLE: Personal Finance Planning
(This is a POST and is NOT an Embedded Document)
For this post complete the following 5 tasks:

1. EXPLAIN Personal financial planning and its importance.
2. DESCRIBE the six strategies of financial planning.
3. DESCRIBE the factors that affect personal financial decisions.
4. EXPLAIN opportunity costs and how they might affect your personal financial decisions.
5. LIST six strategies for achieving financial goals.

The End of the First Quarter - Fall 2015

Well done! You have arrived at the end of the first Quarter for the School Year. We have had several issues with working in GOOGLE APPS, and with BLOGGER. However, you have done a great job of getting yourself back into a good position for success in this course.

If you are not satisfied with your grades--GOOD!--anything less than an "A" should be unsatisfactory! Don't believe me? Go ahead--ask your parents what they think.

IMPORTANT: You still have TIME to fix this, and change your First Quarter scores. I will continue to accept your work in this class up until the time that grades are due for printing report cards. 

YOU SHOULD NOT WAIT!

If you have a score and you want it to be a 10 of 10 then fix the items that are discussed in the comments of your post in your BLOG.

If you DO NOT have a score, then you need to GET BUSY! Below are the expectations of each assignment that need be submitted:

• ABOUT ME
• Full Paragraph describing yourself, your interests, your family, what's important to you.

• CREATE YOUR BLOG
• Once you have invited me to your BLOG and I grade your ABOUT ME then you get this score for having completed you BLOG design and successfully INVITED me as a READER

• MIND-MAP
• Take a picture or a scan of your MIND-MAP that we designed (GOOGLE it).
• Insert that picture in your BLOG
• Write a Paragraph describing the relationships and development of your map.

• TERMS and APPLICATIONS
• Create a GOOGLE DOC that has all the BOLDED TERMS from the slideshow below and explain the role each plays in the DECISION MAKING PROCESS
• Values
• Peers
• Habits
• Feelings
• Family
• Risks and Consequences
• Age
• Spontaneity
• Compliance
• Procrastination
• Agonizing
• Intention
• Desire
• Avoidance
• Security
• Synthesis
• Consumer Prices
• Consumer Spending
• Gross Domestic Product
• Housing Starts
• Interest Rates
• Money Supply
• Stock Market Index
• Unemployment
• Personal Risks
• Inflation Risk
• Interest-Rate Risk
• Income Risk
• Liquidity Risk
• Personal Opportunity Cost
• Financial Opportunity Cost
• Time Valley of Money
• Embed your GOOGLE DOC in your BLOG post for this lesson.

• TEENS and MONEY
• What kind of DEBT can you expect to have after college?
• Do you think that your parents manage their money well? Explain. What would you do the same, what would you do differently?
• Write a paragraph or two about how you expect your lifestyle to be like when you have completed your education and entered into the workforce.
• What would be your response to the following comment?:

The Millennials have seen their Baby Boomer parents leverage themselves to the hilt to finance lifestyles they could not otherwise afford. These kids have no idea where the money comes from, nor do they care as long as Mom and Dad continue to supply them with smart phones and North Face jackets. Once they finish college, the Millennials will finally learn, one way or another, the harsh reality that working for one's money is rather difficult.

• PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY
• Write a Review of the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley" 
• One Paragraph: Describe the movie and what takes place 
• Second Paragraph: What you learned, what was new to you, what you thought, what surprised you about the people, and what was different than you originally thought about the people. 
• This is to be written directly as a POST to your BLOG no need to write a paper and and embed it. Use whatever format you like--make it neat, and fun to read!

• COMPLETE THE THREE STUDENT ACTIVITY FORMS
• Will be re-posted once all First Quarter Assessments are completed

• COMPLETE THE FIRST QUARTER  - PERSONAL FINANCE ASSESSMENT

Currently, all BLOG POSTS for the class are hidden until each student completes the FIRST QUARTER  - PERSONAL FINANCE ASSESSMENT. Once all exams are scored, all first quarter BLOG posts will be re-published. Do not wait to work on any lessons that you need improvement on. Use the Internet -- GOOGLE IT!

First Quarter Assessment - Personal Finance

This is an assessment of what you have learned in the first quarter of this class. You may use any resources that you have available to you to answer any question on this assessment. 

HOWEVER: You cannot use any printed material, nor answers from other students, whether given voluntarily or involuntarily.

Responses must be written in your own words, "CUT" and "PASTE" will be considered plagiarism, and you will automatically FAIL the assessment.

Take your time and answer the questions as thoroughly as possible. There is no length requirement, other than you should always write the exact amount to be certain that the reader understands your position and reasoning for it. The more content the more detail the better your score for each question.

At the end of the assessment you should return to your coursework and complete any assignments that are still outstanding. Including The BLOG forms for the Decision Making Process. Work quietly so that other student can have an environment that is conducive to their success.

Previously Submitted Test

Pirates of Silicone Valley

Stealing Windows
The Personal Computer--Apple, Windows, and Xerox



You are a Movie Reviewer: 
Write a Review of the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley" 

One Paragraph: Describe the movie and what takes place 
Second Paragraph: What you learned, what was new to you, what you thought, what surprised you about the people, and what was different than you originally thought about the people. 

This is to be written directly as a POST to your BLOG no need to write a paper and and embed it. Use whatever format you like--make it neat, and fun to read!

This movies edited for content and for length by Mr. Winkelman

Made for TNT Television