This is about my business:
My business is going to be about teaching people advanced and beginner computers. Some of the things that I will be teaching include Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Windows Movie Maker. I would also teach a little bit of basic computer hardware. The economy is sluggish nowadays, and job competition is intense. Having “Proficient in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, and Movie Maker” on a resume will seriously bump you up in the eyes of an employer. During these times, it is good to upgrade your own skills so that you can blow away the competition.
My target audience will be anybody who is interested in getting a decent job. This therefore eliminates small children and people under 16 from my possible consumers. I think I may even continue to tutor computer programs for next year when many people will take BTT (I of course will have finished the course).
The reason that I did not focus on computer hardware is because it is usually harder to find jobs that require hardware knowledge, and because I am not an expert on it. My dad, however, is an expert on computer hardware. Some of the things that we could do involving hardware could include taking a computer apart, and identifying every part of it to the student.
I would start my teaching session by introducing them to the program and what it could be used for. Then I would go through the menubars, and the toolbars of that program. I would give my student two tasks to complete (write a short essay using Word, or list ten new things that you learned). If the student is interested, I may award him with a trial version of that program. I will then proceed to make a test for that student. When the student has completed a program course, I would award him with a certificate stating that he has done so.
I would teach a students by one hour each day depending on what they want to learn. Each course requires 5 hours of instructional time for it to be complete, except for Basic Hardware and Movie Maker which require 3 hours of instructional time. For one hour of Microsoft Word, I would charge $14. For one hour of Microsoft Excel, I would charge $14. For one hour of Microsoft PowerPoint, I would charge $14. For one hour of Adobe Photoshop, I would charge $15. For one hour of Adobe Flash, I would charge $15. For one hour of Adobe Dreamweaver, I would charge $15. For one hour of Windows Movie Maker, I would charge $14. For one hour of Basic Hardware, I would charge $16.
I would also have special combination offers. If the student wants to learn all three Microsoft programs, I would charge $200 (that’s five classes for each). If the student wants to learn all three of the Adobe programs, I would charge $215 (again five classes for each). If the student wanted to learn Windows Movie Maker and Basic Hardware together, I would charge them $130 (three classes for each). If the student wanted to learn everything, I would give them a value package of $530.
The maximum number of students that I could have at one time would be four students. This is because it would be hard for me to keep up with each of them.
There are some costs involved here. I will be working at my house so rent is not a problem. The students will come to me so transportation is not in play here either. Some of my costs would include the cost of the trial CDs. The cost of refreshments would also be a problem: water bottles and some chips (I want my students to come back). Another cost would be the cost of the paper and the ink to print the certificates and tests. I would also need to buy a small handbook or calendar to keep track of the days my students come and the money that I receive. The last of my costs would be advertisements: I would put up flyers everywhere (they cost money), and maybe host a website for my business.
Of course I would have some problems with this business. A possible problem could be me getting sick. In this case, I would put off my tutoring classes to a later date because I would not want my student to get sick aswell. Another problem could be the student not showing up to my classes. In this case I would arrange a later date for them to come here.
This is a working progress, and hopefully I will have more ideas for my business.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
A series of notes that I took today at BTT class:
*We are going to create basic idea plans for our businesses
*Some of the problems and obstacles that you will encounter include the cost, the way in which you will be making money, and if the idea is realistic
*The money that you get to use is called the gross income
* The net income is the amount of money that in the end you make (your profits)
*Capitol expenses are anything that you will have at the end of your business (you own it the end of your business should you decide to close it)
*You can break all other expenses into operational and consumable expenses (both of which you need to run your business)
*Even if you have a negative net income, you can use those capitol expenses for next summer
*The advantages of running you own business is the job experience, you're your own boss, and you might end up making a lot of money if things go well
*There is a high risk, but also a high reward if you choose to start your own business
*We are going to create basic idea plans for our businesses
*Some of the problems and obstacles that you will encounter include the cost, the way in which you will be making money, and if the idea is realistic
*The money that you get to use is called the gross income
* The net income is the amount of money that in the end you make (your profits)
*Capitol expenses are anything that you will have at the end of your business (you own it the end of your business should you decide to close it)
*You can break all other expenses into operational and consumable expenses (both of which you need to run your business)
*Even if you have a negative net income, you can use those capitol expenses for next summer
*The advantages of running you own business is the job experience, you're your own boss, and you might end up making a lot of money if things go well
*There is a high risk, but also a high reward if you choose to start your own business
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
This is a collective of notes from last BTT clash on businesses and the like:
*For the sumative, we have to create a lgeal and viable business in the province of Ontario
*Viability is if something can really happen and if it is realistic
*Jobs like car dealerships or petshops are not viable because a teenager would not be able to aquire such jobs
*Try to make as much money as possible with your business
*A level 4 project would be perfect: you can submit the paperwork and start a business the next day
*A wholesaler is someone who buys retail
*Wholesale is cheaper than retail
*You can buy wholesale from other countries but you have to pay for the Duty Tax and shipping fees
*Avoid retail and importing
*If you buy in bulk it is cheaper
*You also need to have stock and places to put the stock (you have to invest money into buying the stock first though)
*In the 1980s, companies just imprinted their logo on normal clothing from another company
*When you buy a shirt with a lgog, you pay four times as much to ADVERTISE for that company for free (that's the power of branding)
*The problems in creating a store include the rent money for the store, the insurance, the contract, any licenses, and the stock for your store products
*The problem of doing a business in your house is that no one would really know where you are
*Areas also have zoning laws that tell you what you can and can not do in any given area
*The problems with food businesses is that there are a ton of laws, licenses, and permits needed
*Even if you sell lemonade, you would still technically need a license
*It's good to have business cards for you business and advertise
*Run your idea through 3 people before you approve an idea
*Try to think of all the problems that you might run into
*There are 3 types of businesses: a sole-propriership, a partnership, and a corporation
* A sole-propriership is when a sole (only one) personn owns the business or store
*You can still have people work for you as employees in sole-proprierships
*A partnership is a business that has more than 2 owners in the business (usually equal share bu there may be exceptions)
*You buy people out to turn a partnership into a sole pro-priership
*Partnerships often end up badly (money brings out the worst in people)
*The third kind of business is a corporation: a corporation is a lgeal entity that is set up to exist by itself seperate from the owner
*You can tax a corporation differently that the owner
*There are a lot of tax benefits to having a corporation
*One of the problems of a corporation is that money made gets taxed for the corporation, the owner is given his salary, and then the owner's salary is taxed again
*Corporations are based on shares which people put in
*The company is split into shares and the value of each increases when the company generates more money (or profit)
*As people become intersetd in buying shares, the value of the company increases
*People try to sell their shares when something bad happens or they think something bad is about to happen (the value of the company decreases)
*If there is more supply then things are worth less, and if there is more demand then things are worth more
*Each share is woth a part of the comapny (a fraction)
*Splitting shares is when you divide the existing shares into more smaller pieces (but you don't increase the total value at all)
*A take-over is when half or more of the shares get bought by someone and that person gets to make all of the decisions for that company by way of voting
*Each share in a company is worth one vote
*For the sumative, we have to create a lgeal and viable business in the province of Ontario
*Viability is if something can really happen and if it is realistic
*Jobs like car dealerships or petshops are not viable because a teenager would not be able to aquire such jobs
*Try to make as much money as possible with your business
*A level 4 project would be perfect: you can submit the paperwork and start a business the next day
*A wholesaler is someone who buys retail
*Wholesale is cheaper than retail
*You can buy wholesale from other countries but you have to pay for the Duty Tax and shipping fees
*Avoid retail and importing
*If you buy in bulk it is cheaper
*You also need to have stock and places to put the stock (you have to invest money into buying the stock first though)
*In the 1980s, companies just imprinted their logo on normal clothing from another company
*When you buy a shirt with a lgog, you pay four times as much to ADVERTISE for that company for free (that's the power of branding)
*The problems in creating a store include the rent money for the store, the insurance, the contract, any licenses, and the stock for your store products
*The problem of doing a business in your house is that no one would really know where you are
*Areas also have zoning laws that tell you what you can and can not do in any given area
*The problems with food businesses is that there are a ton of laws, licenses, and permits needed
*Even if you sell lemonade, you would still technically need a license
*It's good to have business cards for you business and advertise
*Run your idea through 3 people before you approve an idea
*Try to think of all the problems that you might run into
*There are 3 types of businesses: a sole-propriership, a partnership, and a corporation
* A sole-propriership is when a sole (only one) personn owns the business or store
*You can still have people work for you as employees in sole-proprierships
*A partnership is a business that has more than 2 owners in the business (usually equal share bu there may be exceptions)
*You buy people out to turn a partnership into a sole pro-priership
*Partnerships often end up badly (money brings out the worst in people)
*The third kind of business is a corporation: a corporation is a lgeal entity that is set up to exist by itself seperate from the owner
*You can tax a corporation differently that the owner
*There are a lot of tax benefits to having a corporation
*One of the problems of a corporation is that money made gets taxed for the corporation, the owner is given his salary, and then the owner's salary is taxed again
*Corporations are based on shares which people put in
*The company is split into shares and the value of each increases when the company generates more money (or profit)
*As people become intersetd in buying shares, the value of the company increases
*People try to sell their shares when something bad happens or they think something bad is about to happen (the value of the company decreases)
*If there is more supply then things are worth less, and if there is more demand then things are worth more
*Each share is woth a part of the comapny (a fraction)
*Splitting shares is when you divide the existing shares into more smaller pieces (but you don't increase the total value at all)
*A take-over is when half or more of the shares get bought by someone and that person gets to make all of the decisions for that company by way of voting
*Each share in a company is worth one vote
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Today in BTT, we worked on our websites and we talked about our portfolios which will include all the best work that we have done this year. Aswell, we talked about our end of the year summative: we have to create our own business. Some possible ideas include tutoring, teaching people about the basics that we learned today, and lemonade stands.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
A post on all of the new things that we learned today.
*To use Windows Movie Maker, connect your digital camera via firewall or a USB
*You can "capture" videos by recording one on your camera and then it is played/saved onto the computer and the program
*You can also choose to import videos, pictures, or audio to your video
*Assets are things that you can use in your video (read above point)
*The timeline is at the bottom, the stage is on the right, and the well is in the centre
*You can add video effects such as blur, sharpen, or make the video look old
*You can add transitions in your video to seperate scenes
*You can add a title at the beginning of your video and even add transitions to that title
*Movie Maker is good for simple editing and it is found in every Windows XP
*You can cut, trim, or even replay clips
*You can save the file as a Windows Movie Maker Projects or MSWMM
*This file is only a set of instructions
*To publish the real movie you can go to Save Movie File>if you save on the E-Mail or Web the file will be lossy
*Save your video as the best possible format because you can always make it lower-quality later on
*DVAVI is a good high quality file but it takes up an enormous amount of space
*The more stuff you have on your video, the longer it takes to export it
*To turn DVAVI movies into Flahs videos, got to the Adobe Flash Video Encoder and turn it into an FLV video (one that you can control unlike the previous Flash animations)
*The framerate is the number of frames per second and the standard is 15 framerates per second
*The standard size for videos is 360 pixels (width) by 240 pixels (length)
*An FLV file is much smaller than and AVI file
*To make a widescreen video to put on your website, you need Flash CS3 and Adobe Dreamweaver
*In Dreamweaver, go to Insert, Media, and then Flash Video to insert a video
*A skin is the overlayer of the video
*To make a video widescreen, change all fullscreen "false" values into "true" values
*To make a new, custom skin go to Import, and then Library and then choose your picture
*You can choose your own skin and skin colors in Adobe Flash CS3
*Go to File and then Publish Settings and save it as an SWF file and an HTML file
*To use Windows Movie Maker, connect your digital camera via firewall or a USB
*You can "capture" videos by recording one on your camera and then it is played/saved onto the computer and the program
*You can also choose to import videos, pictures, or audio to your video
*Assets are things that you can use in your video (read above point)
*The timeline is at the bottom, the stage is on the right, and the well is in the centre
*You can add video effects such as blur, sharpen, or make the video look old
*You can add transitions in your video to seperate scenes
*You can add a title at the beginning of your video and even add transitions to that title
*Movie Maker is good for simple editing and it is found in every Windows XP
*You can cut, trim, or even replay clips
*You can save the file as a Windows Movie Maker Projects or MSWMM
*This file is only a set of instructions
*To publish the real movie you can go to Save Movie File>if you save on the E-Mail or Web the file will be lossy
*Save your video as the best possible format because you can always make it lower-quality later on
*DVAVI is a good high quality file but it takes up an enormous amount of space
*The more stuff you have on your video, the longer it takes to export it
*To turn DVAVI movies into Flahs videos, got to the Adobe Flash Video Encoder and turn it into an FLV video (one that you can control unlike the previous Flash animations)
*The framerate is the number of frames per second and the standard is 15 framerates per second
*The standard size for videos is 360 pixels (width) by 240 pixels (length)
*An FLV file is much smaller than and AVI file
*To make a widescreen video to put on your website, you need Flash CS3 and Adobe Dreamweaver
*In Dreamweaver, go to Insert, Media, and then Flash Video to insert a video
*A skin is the overlayer of the video
*To make a video widescreen, change all fullscreen "false" values into "true" values
*To make a new, custom skin go to Import, and then Library and then choose your picture
*You can choose your own skin and skin colors in Adobe Flash CS3
*Go to File and then Publish Settings and save it as an SWF file and an HTML file
Monday, April 20, 2009
I made an awesome cricket animation using Adobe Flash. The bat, ball, clouds, and even the sun moves. I might seriously start reconsidering my career as a graphic designer. Mr.Case says that the animations that are good will be featured in a digital art gallery for students. Aswell, an electrical computer engineer will be coming next week to talk to us.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Today is BTT class we worked on perfecting our pool table animations. Next week we will have to start creating our own animations (although it does not have to be very complicated; just enough so that Mr.Case can see that we have a basic grasp of Adobe Flash). If you want the stage to fit in the middlle perfectly, go to View and then Magnification and then Fit in Window. An FLA file is the Adobe Flash file and you can save it by going normally to file and then save or save as. An SWF file is the animation file and you can make one by going to File, Export As, and then video movie. An SWF file is similar to the JPEG files in Photoshop in that the information is compressed and it takes not that much space up.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
These are some of the notes that I took last BTT class:
*Flash is a program created by Macromedia
*Flash was the first interactive program in the World Wide Web
*Before this websites were "static"
*Flash is used for animation in websites and movies, encoding videos, etc
*The FLA stands for Flash Project File
*The FLA is a set of instructions
*An FLU is a video that you can play
*SWS is a shockwave or interactive program
*Action Script is the programming language embedded in Flash
*Action Script 2 is easy to play around with and user-friendl;y, but is is not as complex or powerful as Action Script 3
*A timeline, property inspector, color swatch, toolbar, and menubar is in Adobe Flash
*The Adobe programs are very similar to create a familiar setting
*The main area in the middle is called the "stage"
*The framerate for a digital video is 29.97 frames per second
*The framerate for cinemas is 26 frames per second
*The framerate is the number of still pictures per second
*The refreshrate is the rate at which the pixels refresh
*12 framerates per second is the website standard
*If you go to View and thhen Fit In Video, the stage will change itself to fit perfectly
*The Timeline is used for frames (the timeline of the frames)
*Add a new layer to not mess your background up if you happen to make a mistake
*The "Circle Tool" can be used to make a cueball that will eventually be animated
*By using symbols you save space because the computer is told to get the same picture
*It is important to double click the circle, otherwise the border does not get selected
*A keyframe is a frame where something importanat happens to your animation
*Flash allows us to use "tweens", which means inbetween frames
*Tweens save us a ton of time by allowing us to fillin the animation frames in between; the longer your tween the slower the animation and the shorter your tween the faster your animation
*Flash is a program created by Macromedia
*Flash was the first interactive program in the World Wide Web
*Before this websites were "static"
*Flash is used for animation in websites and movies, encoding videos, etc
*The FLA stands for Flash Project File
*The FLA is a set of instructions
*An FLU is a video that you can play
*SWS is a shockwave or interactive program
*Action Script is the programming language embedded in Flash
*Action Script 2 is easy to play around with and user-friendl;y, but is is not as complex or powerful as Action Script 3
*A timeline, property inspector, color swatch, toolbar, and menubar is in Adobe Flash
*The Adobe programs are very similar to create a familiar setting
*The main area in the middle is called the "stage"
*The framerate for a digital video is 29.97 frames per second
*The framerate for cinemas is 26 frames per second
*The framerate is the number of still pictures per second
*The refreshrate is the rate at which the pixels refresh
*12 framerates per second is the website standard
*If you go to View and thhen Fit In Video, the stage will change itself to fit perfectly
*The Timeline is used for frames (the timeline of the frames)
*Add a new layer to not mess your background up if you happen to make a mistake
*The "Circle Tool" can be used to make a cueball that will eventually be animated
*By using symbols you save space because the computer is told to get the same picture
*It is important to double click the circle, otherwise the border does not get selected
*A keyframe is a frame where something importanat happens to your animation
*Flash allows us to use "tweens", which means inbetween frames
*Tweens save us a ton of time by allowing us to fillin the animation frames in between; the longer your tween the slower the animation and the shorter your tween the faster your animation
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
These are some BTT notes from last Thursday:
*Alternate text is what pops if the picture doesn't load properly
*Sometimes it is better to use the "normal view" of Dreamweaver because it is faster
*"Google.ca" is the domain, but the index is the main page
*If you don't have an index, it makes it easier to hack your website
*Save your main page as "index.html"
*There is a small pinwheel in Dreamweaver which allows you to link just by dragging it
*CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets and it is a way of making HTML pages
*You can download "pagebreeze" for free which is similar to Dreamweaver (web-authorizing program)
*The bottom part of Dreamweaver is called the Property Inspector
*You can create tables by using percentages of that page
*By using tables, you can be a lot more creative when desingning pages for your website
*You could go down to the Property Inspector and add to or change the properties of basically anything that is selected
*Go to Insert Chart to add tables
*Use a table to create a navigational bar
*Select the text/highlight it and use the linking Pinwehel to drag to your link
*When you select something on it's normal view, it becomes highlighted in the HTML coding view
*You can copy and paste the navigational bar into all of your pages
*This saves a lot of time and your website is much easier to navigate
*Alternate text is what pops if the picture doesn't load properly
*Sometimes it is better to use the "normal view" of Dreamweaver because it is faster
*"Google.ca" is the domain, but the index is the main page
*If you don't have an index, it makes it easier to hack your website
*Save your main page as "index.html"
*There is a small pinwheel in Dreamweaver which allows you to link just by dragging it
*CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets and it is a way of making HTML pages
*You can download "pagebreeze" for free which is similar to Dreamweaver (web-authorizing program)
*The bottom part of Dreamweaver is called the Property Inspector
*You can create tables by using percentages of that page
*By using tables, you can be a lot more creative when desingning pages for your website
*You could go down to the Property Inspector and add to or change the properties of basically anything that is selected
*Go to Insert Chart to add tables
*Use a table to create a navigational bar
*Select the text/highlight it and use the linking Pinwehel to drag to your link
*When you select something on it's normal view, it becomes highlighted in the HTML coding view
*You can copy and paste the navigational bar into all of your pages
*This saves a lot of time and your website is much easier to navigate
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
This is just a series of notes that we took in class:
*Pirate Bay is a tracker that finds "hash" files by downloading things with a "peer to peer" network
*Adobe Dreamweaver is a web-authorizing program that is also closed-source
*the Url stands for Unifromed Resource Locator and it is the individual address for an individual page
*the web address also includes prefix such as www., etc, etc
*domains inlcude com, org, net, ca, or gc at the end
*a domain is liker your main, "big" address similar to your apartment in your address
*if the domain's author is changed, then he can actaully transfer that domain to another person
*the source code is the HTML page which can tell links to get videos, picture, or logos
*HTML is similar to a set of instructions that tell your server (Internet Explorer/Fire Fox) where to get the stuff from
*you cannot sned pictures, logos, or videos through HTML
*a font is also a program
*you must have a folder containing all of your pictures, logos, and videos
*a way around creating a folder is vy hosting your pictures on the internet and then linking from there (your stuff is already on the web
*In Dreamweaver, once you resize your pictures be sure to resample it aswell
*If your page is the Main Page of your website, save it as Index
*Pirate Bay is a tracker that finds "hash" files by downloading things with a "peer to peer" network
*Adobe Dreamweaver is a web-authorizing program that is also closed-source
*the Url stands for Unifromed Resource Locator and it is the individual address for an individual page
*the web address also includes prefix such as www., etc, etc
*domains inlcude com, org, net, ca, or gc at the end
*a domain is liker your main, "big" address similar to your apartment in your address
*if the domain's author is changed, then he can actaully transfer that domain to another person
*the source code is the HTML page which can tell links to get videos, picture, or logos
*HTML is similar to a set of instructions that tell your server (Internet Explorer/Fire Fox) where to get the stuff from
*you cannot sned pictures, logos, or videos through HTML
*a font is also a program
*you must have a folder containing all of your pictures, logos, and videos
*a way around creating a folder is vy hosting your pictures on the internet and then linking from there (your stuff is already on the web
*In Dreamweaver, once you resize your pictures be sure to resample it aswell
*If your page is the Main Page of your website, save it as Index
This is just a short series of notes on viruses:
*people used to write viruses to damage others' computers for the sake of making themselves feel better
*virus writers are often failed or rejected programmers
*nowadays virus writers often create viruses to make money by selling stolen information to others such as your email address, credit card number, or any other personla information
*most people now write viruses to use your computer for a greater goal
*viruses often trigger themselves on a specific date and time (the attack is fixed on a set date)
*an example of this would be everybody in the world who has the virus sending an email to one person on April 1st, cauing that person's account to shut down
*sometimes viruses can hide themselves from Anti-Virus, but it's best to update anyways
*virus-makers often hide viruses in things that people want to download like Adobe Photoshop, movies, or pirated software
*never, ever download a pirated version of Anti-Virus :(
*a way to avoid viruse is to run your clock two days behind so that the rest of the world gets the virus first, and you see what effect it has
*pirated softwares often have viruses hidden inside of them
*a virus could be seen as cyber-vandalism
*never turn your virus-checker off
*people used to write viruses to damage others' computers for the sake of making themselves feel better
*virus writers are often failed or rejected programmers
*nowadays virus writers often create viruses to make money by selling stolen information to others such as your email address, credit card number, or any other personla information
*most people now write viruses to use your computer for a greater goal
*viruses often trigger themselves on a specific date and time (the attack is fixed on a set date)
*an example of this would be everybody in the world who has the virus sending an email to one person on April 1st, cauing that person's account to shut down
*sometimes viruses can hide themselves from Anti-Virus, but it's best to update anyways
*virus-makers often hide viruses in things that people want to download like Adobe Photoshop, movies, or pirated software
*never, ever download a pirated version of Anti-Virus :(
*a way to avoid viruse is to run your clock two days behind so that the rest of the world gets the virus first, and you see what effect it has
*pirated softwares often have viruses hidden inside of them
*a virus could be seen as cyber-vandalism
*never turn your virus-checker off
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