Jibber Jabber !

1. Jibber Jabber! • Write a question on your index card • Find a person you do not know and ask your question • Answer their question. • Trade cards • Find a new person; ask new question

2. http://www.ieclass.com/jobs.php Please SilenceYourCell Phone!

3. Sponge Activities 2013 Betty Scott CTE Teacher, Aledo HS, Retired Texas FBLA State Adviser bttyscott@gmail.com

4. Sponge Activities Are… • Short, quick • Fill-in for short period or when many out • Lead-ins to lessons • Alternative classroom assignments • Discussion starters • Contests • Icebreakers and team building • Some useful as an assignment

5. Disclaimer! None of the Sponge Activities are original but are scrounged from many places—magazines, TV, and the Internet, etc. Only the applications and suggested uses are mine! Advice: Be a good copy cat and always ask for “that”!

6. Lots of Material for You! SpongeActivities.Weebly.com Link on the Texas FBLA Website fblatx.org

7. Stick-Out Photos in PowerPoint • Most students think they know all about PowerPoint! • Give advanced usage assignments for high-school students

8. Create a Gingerbread Scene • Someone was paid to create this ad • Can use Shapes Tools in Word/PowerPoint • Encourage students to figure out how to do it • Notice gradients, 3-D and shadows • Animate the snow and gumdrops!

9. October 30 • Fundraiser – count candy in jar • Posters: interesting facts, fundraising • Candy Corn Art – great Line Art practice!

10. Creating in PowerPoint Introduction

11. Text

12. 2 RING THREE 1 3 RING TWO RING ONE

13. Excel Art

14. There’s No Place Like Home Where is home for each of these? • The Simpsons • Clark Kent • Dorothy Gale • Peter Pan • SpongeBob SquarePants • Odysseus • Springfield • Metropolis • Kansas • Neverland • Bikini Bottom • Ithaca

15. Marketing

16. Bad Ads Placement is everything!

17. Bad Ads Placement is everything!

18. Bad Ads Placement is everything!

19. Bad Ads Placement is everything!

20. Corporate Logos

21. Man-Cans • 14-year-old from Marysville, Ohio • Candles in scents men like • $100 in start-up costs • Purchases soups; donates to Soup Kitchen, picks up empties, makes them into candles

22. Covert Cola Pick a product and redesign its label

23. Digital Hot Potato • First player - set timer for longest setting; start countdown • Point camera self, look goofy for a bit • Pass camera to person on left • Repeat until camera snaps a shot • “It” then gives info on self • Edit for a class or FBLA video

24. Mirror Image Use your imagination and Photo Shop (etc.) to create a “mirror image.”

25. Photo Shop a Peep!

26. Photo Timeline

27. Lawsuits • Kids sued their mother for sending birthday cards without gifts • Woman disagreed with a store over an 80-cent refund; sued for $5 million • Convict sued the couple he kidnapped for not helping him evade police • A woman sued a theater over a movie trailer, saying there wasn’t enough driving in Drive

28. Why would Snow White make a good judge? Answer: Because she’s the fairest in the land!

29. What kind of soapdoes a judge use? Answer: Trial size!

30. Counting Sheep The accountant came to work looking exhausted. After a while, his boss took him aside and said, "You look terrible! What's wrong?" "Sorry. I just couldn't get to sleep last night." "Why didn't you try counting sheep?" "That was the problem. I made a mistake and it took me the rest of the night to find it."

31. ComputerGender • Divide class into several groups • Consider grouping by gender • Remind students that in Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine • Ask them to decide if computers are masculine or feminine • Give reasons

32. Coming in Late Tom retired and started a second career. He just couldn't get to work on time, often 5, 10, or 15 minutes late. He was a good worker and sharp, so the boss was unsure how to handle it. Finally, he called Tom in. "Tom, I like your work ethic but you are late so often it is becoming quite bothersome." "Yes, I know, boss, and I am working on it." “Great! It's odd, this coming in late. You're retired Air Force, so what did they say when you came in late there"? "They said, 'Good morning, General.'"

33. Lost Jobs • If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn’t it follow that • Electricians can be delighted • Musicians denoted • Cowboys deranged • Models deposed and • Drycleaners depressed?

34. APPLICATIONS FOR QUOTES Project a quotation each day as students enter the classroom. Have students write a short essay on what they perceive the quote to mean and how it can be applied to their own life. Use the quote and put special text effects on the text to create an interesting yet simple poster. Use an applicable quote for a short class discussion. Ask students to use the quote and design a poster for it. Send a quote to a student assigned to In-School Suspension to write an essay based on the quote.

35. People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

36. Every person either adds to or subtracts from the happiness of those with whom he or she comes in contact.

37. Arrive Alive; don’t text and drive!

38. Thought Questions

41. Work Ethics - You Had One Job!

43. Buying On Credit

44. There. Their.They’re not the same. Him = Whom He = Who

45. Repurpose! Trivet Recipe Holder Photo Frame

46. Scratch-Off Cards • Cards • Coupons—use label feature of Word • Class incentives • Draw for an assignment topic • Teacher appreciation • Door prizes • Sell as a fundraiser Door Prize?

47. Scratch-Off Cards • Mix 2 parts metallic acrylic paint with 1 part dishwashing liquid • Paint onto clear side of clear Contact paper • Cut out and attach to card

48. Give Gold Stars • Everyone craves praise; most don’t get it • Praise sincerely • Praise the process, not the outcome • Find something less obvious • Praise those who get praise • Praise behind their backs, too

49. Duck On In!Teacher Appreciation Day Theme Invite them to “duck on in” for breakfast, lunch, or snacks. Write invitations on plastic ducks or use your desktop drawing program to write invitations inside the outline of a duck.