Algonquin Connections – 2009

Time	Activity
8:45 am	Student Pickup from Gym – Jeremy
9:00 – 9:30	Welcome – Jim Kyte Intro to ‘The Game’ – Harold - What will we be doing? - Who will I be working with? - What can I contribute to my team?
9:45- 10:00	In teams (with mentors): - choose name for your team - choose item to 'sell' & discuss potential product
10:00-10:20	Brainstorming and concept mapping presentation - Jeremy
10:20-10:50	In teams (with mentors): - use brainstorming to define product - decide on a creative name for the product Use Powerpoint to build the first page of your Web presentation: - at this point, show simply your team name and product name - be as creative as you like in choice of background, font, etc. - save the file as a web page called default.htm Use Internet Explorer to upload your work to the Web server - first ensure that Passive FTP is not checked in your browser - server is at ftp://algonquinstudents.com - userid is wce0005n@algstudent where n represents your team number - password is Algonquin5n where n represents your team number - upload the default.htm file and the associated default_files folder - place these in the folder called wwwroot on the server Check that your page is visible to the world: - address is http://www.algonquinstudents.com/wce0005n - n represents your team number
10:50- 11:10	Web marketing presentation – tips and hints – Chris/Norman
11:10- 11:45	Use brainstorming, web research, etc to plan: - USP’s, target market, logo, price, marketing strategies etc. Update web site to show your plans & forecasts - use graphics, spreadsheets, prices, pictures, video etc.
11:45- 12:30	LUNCH – pickup food in gym and come back to work!
12:30 – 1:30	In teams: - finalize web site - plan presentation to ‘sell’ web marketing idea to ‘investors’
1:30 – 2:20	Team presentations of Web sites/ Photos
2:20 – 2:40	Award ceremony & Question Period – Dave Donaldson
2:45	Departure P.S. don’t forget to show off your web site to your family and friends! http://www.algonquinstudents.com/wce0005n