DREAM TEAM (7TH)
DREAM TEAM-PREGAME
Instructor Memo-Dream Team (pg 12)Before you can begin creating your dream team, it needs to be approve d by the league commissioner (Mr. Larsen). To begin the process, you will be completing a planning form to help organize your ideas about your new team. Once you have made some decisions about your new team, you will create a memo to inform your instructor on what you have decided and why. Only after the instructor approves your team choice, can you continue with this simulation.
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Dream Team Info SheetAfter typing up your instructor memo, download the file:
RIGHT CLICK > SAVE LINK AS > NAVIGATE TO DOCUMENTS FOLDER Open the document and fill out. Be sure to "enable" document. |
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Team Logo (pg 16)All sports teams should have a recognizable logo that fans can identify with, and your team is not different. In this project, you will develop a team logo to use with different documents throughout this simulation, one that fans will recognize and immediately connect to your team.
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Team Roster (pg 18)Now that your team as been approved and your logo is complete, it is time to create a roster of the players that you would like on your dream team. In this project, you will use the Internet to research all of the players you will have on your team.
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DREAM TEAM-MICROSOFT WORD
Team Letterhead (pg 22)Business stationery (fine paper) usually consists of letterheads and envelopes. This professional stationery almost always includes the company logo and important contact information. IN this project, you will create your team's letterhead so that you can project a professional image when you communicate with employees, tickets holders, vendors, and others.
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Team Envelope (pg 24)It is important for your team's letterhead stationery and the envelope design to be consistent and project a professional image. In this project, you will create your team's envelope to coordinate with the letterhead stationery you already created. you will use this business envelope when you mail documents to employees, ticket holders, vendors, and others.
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Equipment Inventory List (pg 34)As the owner, it is important to make sure that the players' training facility is fully equipped with proper training equipment for the players to use. In this section, you will generate a list of training equipment for the team's training facility and the quantity needed of each item.
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Letter to the League (pg 26)Business have a social responsibility to the community around them. Whether it is signing autographs or making monetary donations, your team will play an active role in the community. In this project, you will write a letter to the league commissioner (your instructor) describing the local charity events and fundraisers your team will participate in.
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Player Personnel Form (pg 36)A personnel form is used by organizations to collect vital data about their employees. In this project, you will design a personnel form to collect important information about each of your players.
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Press Release (pg 30)A press release provides the media with information that is useful, accurate, and interesting. It is a free way to advertise what is going on in the area. In this project, you will create a press release to give to the media outlets in your city to announce the new players on your team.
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DREAM TEAM-MICROSOFT EXCEL
Team Roster-Sort and Organize (pg 42)A spreadsheet is a good way to keep track of records and organize a large amount of information. In this project, you will use a spreadsheet to create a team roster with the players you chose for your team. The roster will be used in many of the team's publications, such as the programs sold at the games, on the Web site, and in other promotional documents.
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Average Salary (pg 46)A spreadsheet is a good way to keep track of records and organize a large amount of information. In this project, you will use a spreadsheet to create a team roster with the players you chose for your team. The roster will be used in many of the team's publications, such as the programs sold at the games, on the Web site, and in other promotional documents.
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Season Schedule (pg 48)After the league coaches' meeting, team owners were left to determine their schedule for the upcoming season. In this project, you will create a schedule for the first 10 games of the season. Half of the games will be played at home and the other half away.
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Projected Revenue from Ticket Sales (pg 50)A spreadsheet can be used to calculate values to help a business determine how well a product is performing. In this project, you will create an Excel spreadsheet to project the revenue (sales) that your team will receive from ticket sales. The projections will help the team with budgeting during the season.
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Top 5 Salaries (pg 52)Now that you have organized your roster and players' salaries, it is important to compare your top five paid players with other players in the league. In this project, you will us an Excel spreadsheet to sort and illustrate your top five players' salaries.
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DREAM TEAM-MICROSOFT PUBLISHER
Business Card (pg 56)A business card is a small, printed card usually containing a person's name, business affiliation, job title, address, telephone and fax numbers, and email/Web site addresses. In this project, you will create a business card for yourself as the owner of your dream team. Since you will be talking to and meeting with a lot of people in the community, you will need something to give them so they will remember you and your new team, as well as your contact information.
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VIP Pass (pg 60)A VIP (Very Important Person) pass is a special ticket that allows the holder access to premiere locations within a facility. One of the many benefits of being an owner of a professional sports franchise is that you get a luxury suite to watch all of the games. your task is to create a VIP pass for your guests. The VIP pass will allow your guests access to your luxury box suite for a game game of your choice.
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T-Shirt Design (pg 64)Any type of T-Shirt that includes a company logo and slogan offers business a walking form of free advertising. In this project, you will design a T-Shirt for your team to be sold at your stadium as well as in local department stores. The design should include a catchy slogan that really sets your fans apart from all others in the league.
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Magazine Advertisement (pg 68)With the beginning of the season not too far away, the next step before your team can take the field is to attract more fans to attend the games. To accomplish this, you will design a magazine advertisement that announces your team's home game opener. The advertisement will be strategically placed in regional and local publications.
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Cereal Box Design (pg 72) (No video yet)Your sports league has an advertising deal with a cereal company to showcase each team in the league on the back of a box of cereal. This is a great opportunity to build the team's fan base with younger fans. In this project, you will design the back of a cereal box to appeal to fans of all ages.
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Three-Panel Brochure (pg 76)A brochure is a small pamphlet often containing promotional material or product information. And, because brochures are two-sided documents, they can communicate a large amount of information in a relatively small amount of space. In this project, you will create a brochure that will be mailed to your team's fans to communicate information about your team, tickets, schedule, and much more.
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Newsletter (pg 80) (No Video Yet)A newsletter is a periodically published document containing news and announcements about a subject or theme. The purpose of a newsletter is to provide highly specialized information to a targeted audience. Staying in touch with your fans and ticket holders is important because it builds fan loyalty. In this project, you will create a team newsletter to send to fans and season ticket holders.
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DREAM TEAM-MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
Meet the Team (pg 84)To help promote your team to the public, you will create an informative presentation. Your presentation will tell the public what your team is all about and why your team will be successful in the professional league. This presentation will be shown on large screen TVs inside and outside of the stadium during games and other high-visibility times.
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