Become an Entrepreneur and Build a Business Website (SEM 14-18)

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Class Review:
“Katelyn is an amazing teacher. She is fun, creative, patient, inspirational and connects well with the students.  My son absolutely loves this class and looks forward to working with Katelyn every week and has asked to take some of her other classes. It makes me so happy to see him light up with enthusiasm.  Highly Recommended 5 star teacher offering a great selection of classes.” -Lisa M.

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*This class will not be canceled if only one student is enrolled for class.
*Many students take this class for STEM or Technology credit, Business credit, and/or general Elective credit, and may request a grade at the end of the semester for school credit. 
*To become a master entrepreneurial website builder, it is best to enroll in this class, then, spend the year building your website in the follow-up classes: Blog on your Business/Organization Website: Creative Writing 107 and then, Creative Writing: Become a Consistent Blogger. Classes are scheduled out for the year to help parents plan. These classes may also help with yearly school credits for STEM, Technology, Business, Elective, English, Writing, and/or Career Prep.

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Have you ever wondered about owning your own business? What will you sell? What will you do? Will you own a hair salon or restaurant? Will you own a tech company or sell video games? What about providing a service to those in need? What kind of organization could you create to help others? 

In this course, your 14-18 year old will learn how to create a basic business/organization website through the free version of WordPress. (No coding experience is required. This class will not cover coding but basic website page builders.) Your student will learn the importance of website building and how websites help businesses and organizations grow. Students will dream up a business/organization of their choice and use that to build their own fictitious business/organization website. Presentations of these businesses/organizations and their website will be presented in the last class. Teacher feedback on writing as well as web page building will be provided to all students.

Website building is an important entrepreneurship skill. It drives business communication and sales. Websites help customers to know who a business is, what a business does, and why it does it.

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Week 1
*Introductions
*Expectations
*Student introduction activities
*Introduction to business and organization websites
*Naming of Business/Organization 

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Week 2
*Setup website

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Week 3
*Create about us page and business/organization mission statement

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Week 4
*Create services page

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Week 5
*Create contact us page
*Create business/organization blog page

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Week 6
*Create social responsibility page

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Week 7
*Create home page

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Week 8
*Presentations of student business/organization websites

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Example of student business/organization websites created in this class:
https://rmcreationsdotblog.wordpress.com/
https://madewithlovebakeshop.wordpress.com/
https://fictionfiled.wordpress.com/
https://coppockcreekfarm.wordpress.com/

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What is WordPress?
WordPress is one of the largest used website building platforms that professional website developers use. In my own marketing business, we use WordPress to build websites for business and organizations. WordPress is an easy to use platform that requires very little coding knowledge. Students in this course will not need to know coding to build their own website. Students may learn a few basic coding techniques. 

During class, students will set up a free WordPress account to create their own websites. Creation and setup of WordPress will be taught in this course. 

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What is the structure of this class?
During the first half of every lesson, teacher instruction will be provided on how to complete that day’s activity. The second half of every lesson will allow the students to build their business/organization websites. 

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What’s your teaching style and how will you teach?
I like to have fun in my classes. I am thorough in execution but joyful in presentation. I do expect students to follow instruction and do the assignments, and I welcome every question a student may ask. I will use slides to help present my lessons and hands-on work to engage student learning. I love having students bring in their own learning styles and ways of participation. Since this is a small class, I do expect to interact with all students. I want to learn about my students and what they are experienced in.

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