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My Notes from June 2 to June 4

Resources from Thursday morning:
 * Louisiana Purchase (series of 14 videos from UNO on iTunesU)
 * 60 Second Lectures (different subjects from U of Pennsylvania on iTunesU

tie into Kiva.org
 * Social Responsibility in World Geography & Free Enterprise**

Take a region of the world, take on the role of a villager. Start a business. Identify available resources.Identify the region's economic & political climate.


 * Phase One:**Introduce concept of social responsibility, microcredit and Grameen (Mohammed Yunus) - use various YouTube, iTunesU videos, etc.[]


 * Phase Two:**-Reserach using Google Custom Search, Google maps with resource widgets, etc. -ePal with a student from country or region to find out about culture, etc - write what you know about their region's economic & poitcal climate as well as resources on class wiki


 * Phase Three:** Come up with a business model for a business you want to open in the region, given economic & poitical climate and resources. -You have $X to start, take your gender into account.- present business model to ePal partner class and have partner class determine if it is viable for their region- use Jing, Photostory, Audcaity, etc to present projects


 * Phase Four**:- Now that they know what it takes to get a small business up and running in the region, find a small business person in the region, via Kiva.org, and individually or with a partner, find a business to support.- Write a reflection on the wiki about the actions you took and how you have helped to improve the life of someone else?