UV – Cyprus University of Technology. PDF Version: 5-YES3D-UV-CUT21.pdf
| WEEKLY PLANNING (Detailed) – Business English 3 – Lab Sessions | Deadlines | Output | |||||
| WEEK 1 | Fri Sept. 17 | ||||||
| W1: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Project | VE: Intro: Virtual Exchange & Social Entrepreneurship project & Motivem Ideas competition, Needs analysis survey. Pre-questionnaire, Ice-breaking questions: viewing partners’ profiles and introductory videos, reading & answering 4 questions from at least 4 people & posting introductory video. | Th Sept. 23 at 23.55 | 1) Filling in the Pre-questionnaire 2) Joining Google Class Stream, 3) Viewing other students’ profiles and answering their questions, 4) Creating profiles and posting 1-minute introductory videos. | ||||
| WEEK 2 | Fri Sept. 24 | ||||||
| W2: Becoming an Entrepreneur | “Becoming an Entrepreneur”: building a dream team for your new venture. Entrepreneurial mindset. Start-up fundamentals. VE: Creating Groups, Designing interview and interviewing the chosen NGO/businessperson/ entrepreneur (interview through videoconference/phone call). Kahoot! about foreign country. Coming up with questions to ask in 100mentors.org. Setting up a date and time (bearing in mind the time difference) with VE foreign partners for 1st synchronous meeting (use Google Calendar). | Th Sept. 30 at 23.55 | 1) Interview (design and conduct with chosen NGO or entrepreneur), 2) Setting up a date and time (bearing in mind the time difference) with VE foreign partners for 1st synchronous meeting (use Google Calendar). | ||||
| WEEK 3 | Fri Oct. 1 | ||||||
| W3: Market Research | “Market research”: Strategy and plan to get to market. Design thinking introduction. Determining whether a new product presents an opportunity in a market, strategies for and benefits of identifying an opportunity, means of conducting market research (informally and formally), surveys & questioning strategies. Designing a survey about the new product/service/initiative. VE: 1st synchronous discussion & writing 1st reflective essay about 1st synchronous meeting. | Th Oct. 7 at 23.55 | 1) 1st synchronous meeting with UV students on Spatial. 20 minutes, topic: chosen NGO & social challenge for the project; 2) 1st reflective essay about 1st synchronous meeting. | ||||
| WEEK 4 | Fri Oct. 8 | ||||||
| W4: Business Plan | “Business Plan”: Business models: innovation in value extraction. The VC Business model. Venture finance. Importance & basic components of a business plan (business description: product description and management and operations), giving information about the present and future of your business, designing a marketing plan (marketing mix, market research & competitive analysis) and doing financial calculations. Designing a business plan. VE: DST Brainstorming session: sharing information & the NGO’s website info, etc. Talking about things found and learnt about topic & decide on the product or social initiative which is going to improve a social challenge related to the topic dealt with the NGO or entrepreneur. Set up a time for the 2nd synchronous meeting. | Th Oct. 14 at 23.55 | 1) Brainstorm ideas & share information found for their DST 2) Decide product or social initiative for DST to be discussed in the 2nd synchronous meeting 3) Setting up a date and time (bearing in mind the time difference) with VE foreign partners for 2nd synchronous meeting (use Google Calendar). | ||||
| WEEK 5 | Fri Oct. 15 | ||||||
| W5: First draft of digital story script | “Digital story script” worksheet. Writing the fist draft of the script (450-500 words) for digital story COLLABORATIVELY, about social initiative/product/service/app, outlining technical aspects of idea (based on business plan), exchanging feedback. Introducing improvements to script based on teacher’s and classmates’ comments and uploading it. Choosing software and audiovisual resources for DST, compiling them in a shared folder. VE: 2nd Synchronous Discussion (HOME ACTIVITY): INSTRUCTIONS: 20 minutes. Discuss the findings & idea, choose the idea for your digital story & Writing 2nd reflective essay about the synchronous discussion. | Th Oct. 21 at 23.55 | 1) 2nd synchronous meeting 2) 2nd reflective essay 3) 1st draft of DST script. | ||||
| WEEK 6 | Thu 21 | Fri Oct. 22 | |||||
| W6: Final version of digital story script | VE: Main group project: A new product/social initiative: Writing the final version of the script 450-500 words (part 2/2) of your digital story in your local groups. Introducing improvements to script based on classmates’ comments and uploading ing final version. | Th Oct. 29 at 23.55 | 1) Exchanging feedback about your respective 1st drafts of DST script 2) Final version of DST script | ||||
| WEEK 7 | Fri Oct. 29 | ||||||
| W7: PROGRESS TEST & Digital story video sequence | PROGRESS TEST in Aula Virtual. VE: Creating the video sequence of your digital story and recording the voice-over. Finalising your digital story, introducing credits & subtitles, sharing it with your peers. | PROGRESS TEST IN CLASS | 1) Progress Test in AV 2) Digital stories: software and resources, video sequence & voice-over narration. | ||||
| WEEK 8 | Fri Nov. 5 | ||||||
| W8: Business pitches, Part 1 | “ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Business pitches”, Part 1: Pitching fundamentals. “Attracting Investors”: ways to get the capital needed to implement a business plan, traditional funding sources (bootstrapping, microfinancing and venture capital) & crowdfunding. “Pitching”: how to make a persuasive elevator pitch. Preparing your oral presentations Part 1: Common pitfalls & how to overcome them, structure of an oral presentation & useful vocabulary. | 1) Preparing visuals for oral presentations. | |||||
| WEEK 9 | Fri Nov. 12 | ||||||
| W9: Business pitches, Part 2 | “ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Business pitches”, Part 2: Kahoot about survival language, rehearsing, visuals, involving and responding to your audience, verbal and non-verbal communication, useful language. Finalising the digital stories, uploading them and sharing the link on Padlet. | Th Nov 18 at 23.55 | 1) Finalising & uploading visuals for oral presentations. | ||||
| WEEK 10 | Fri Nov. 19 | ||||||
| W10: Finalising your digital story | Finalising & uploading the digital stories: creating video sequene coordinating video sequence and voice-ove narration; adding credits, subtitles, etc.; importing the digital stories to a suitable format (mp4); uploading digital stories to a video streaming platform (Vimeo, Youtube, etc,); sharing the link to the digital stories in Padlet, together with a short introdutory message. Setting up a date and time for the 3rd and last synchronous meeting (interview). | Th Nov 25 at 23.55 | 2) Finalising the digital stories, uploading them and sharing the link on Padlet. 2) Setting up a date and time (bearing in mind the time difference) with VE foreign partners for 3rd synchronous meeting (use Google Calendar). | ||||
| WEEK 11 | Fri Nov. 26 | ||||||
| W11: BUSINESS FAIR | Business Fair: Delivering your oral presentations/business pitches & filling in the oral presentations assessment sheets. VE: 3rd synchronous meeting: interview & farewell: Interview your VE partner(s) using the interview questions provided and say farewell. Take notes and bring them to the next class. Fill in assessment sheet assessing at leat 4 digital stories. Write at least 4 comments on the forum on 4 digital stories. Vote for the 3 best digital stories by clicking on the link provided. Write a final reflection after having interviewed your VE partners. | PITCHES IN CLASS & Th Nov 25 at 23.55 | 1) 3rd synchronous meeting: final interview 2) Oral presentations’ assessment sheets 4) Forum comments on digital stories 5) Voting for best digital stories. | ||||
| WEEK 12 | Fri Dec. 3 | ||||||
| W12: FINAL REFLECTION | VE: Writing a comparative reflection using the notes from the interview. | REFLECTIVE ESSAY IN CLASS | 1) Comparative reflective essay. | ||||
| WEEK 13 | Fri Dec. 10 | ||||||
| W13: Project closing | VE:Filling in the Post-questionnaire. Participating in focus group interviews. Preparing farewell video, photos or boomerangs. Case Study: ‘Here today…’. | Th Dec 16 at 23.55 | 1) Post-questionnaire. 2) Foucs group interviews 3) Preparing & sharing Farewell surprise & award ceremony. | ||||
| WEEK 14 | Fri Dec. 17 | ||||||
| W14: END TEST | END-OF-COURSE TEST. | END TEST IN CLASS | |||||
| EXAM DATES SEMESTER 1: 1st call: 21/01/2022; 2nd call: X/06/2022 |
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