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PowerPoint CD-ROMs
4 CD-ROMs packed with interactive PowerPoint Presentations. 1000 plus presentations including some 7000 plus slides! Excellent resource for your electronic whiteboard. The CD-ROMs include answers for teachers.
You may freely try out some of these presentations.
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Presentations best viewed using Microsoft PowerPoint version 2002 or later on your computer.
CDS01 - Interactive Learning and Teaching Resources to Promote Literacy
This CDROM includes 426 presentations which include some 2100 slides. It is divided into 2 sections, one for all Business Studies key words across 8 topics and the other section includes 16 interactive activities which help to promote students literacy in Business Studies. These activities are as follows.
Anagram; Association; Catch and Match; Classifications; Common mistakes; Describe; Missing words; Multiple Choice; Problem Solving; Spot The Odd One Synonyms; The right Word; Thesaurus; What am I; Where is the Mistake?; Word search.
CDS02 - Interactive Learning and Teaching Resources to Raise Achievement in Business Studies (part 1)
This CDROM includes 335 presentations which include some 2000 slides .
It is divided into 4 main sections:
- The first section (140 presentations) is for Business Studies key terms.
- The second section (115 presentations) includes ideas and suggestions on how to deliver and teach Business Studies topics using diagrams and interactive images and animations. Presentations cover the following areas.
Setting up a Business
Small business sources of finance
What you need to know about starting up your business
Your business's impact on the local area
Location
Distribution
Locational factors
Production
Factors of production
Market
Production function
Types of Ownership
Business objectives
Growth of firms
Private sector ownership
Business Structure and Decisions
Communication
Decision making
Organisational structures
Organisational chart
Stakeholders - The third section (62 presentations) includes interactive activities which are full of images and animations.
- The fourth section (18 presentations) includes short interactive case studies with charts, animations and interactive images.
Case studies handouts, Classroom notes and Lesson plans
146 Microsoft Word documents, each one linked to the relevant presentation.
Interactive quizzes
The CDROM also includes interactives quizzes which give students immediate feedback on their answers. Plus some have sounds to indicate if the answers is correct or wrong.
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CDS03 - Interactive Learning and Teaching Resources to Raise Achievement in Business Studies (part 2)
This CDROM includes 393 presentations which include some 2700 slides. It is divided into 4 main sections, Key terms (155 presentations), Teaching the topic (125 presentations), Activities (81 presentations) and Case studies (32 presentations).
Topics on this CDROM are:
- Marketing
- Finance
- Human resources (people at work)
- External Influences
The section dealing with how to teach a topic contains presentations covering the following areas.
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Marketing Acts and protection Introduction to marketing Marketing research Place Pricing strategies Product Promotional strategies Finance Balance sheet Breakeven Budgetary control Cash flow forecast Financial ratio analysis Profit and loss account Raising finance for businesses |
People at work Employment patterns Impact of new technology Industrial relations Motivation Pay Selection and recruitment Training External influences Business cycle Economic factors Environmental factors Legal factors Political factors Pressures on businesses Social factors Technological factors |
Case studies handouts, Classroom notes and Lesson plans
168 Microsoft Word documents, each one linked to the relevant presentation.
Interactive quizzes
The CDROM also includes interactives quizzes which give students immediate feedback on their answers. Plus some have sounds to indicate if the answers is correct or wrong.
to buyCDS04 - The Student's CD
This CD-ROM includes 400 plus interactive activities which are all student centred. Students work independently through the activities which give them immediate feedback - there is no need for teacher intervention.
to buyThese interactive resources aim at L1 and L2 students who are studying GCSE, BTEC introductory, BTEC First and GCSE in Applied business. The resources are also suitable for L3 students who are studying Business Studies at AS level. The new resources not only link to students' personal experience but also guide and support the process of reflection. The CDROMs provide an innovative way of using the processing power of PowerPoint image and animations to help students to move on to higher level learning outcomes in terms of application, analysis, and evaluation.
The visual capacity of the Power Point presentations is used to stimulate students' interest and understanding in topics and ideas. The materials also develop a resource-based learning environment to support the learning process.