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'''[[Important message to visitors]]:''' If you wish to contribute to this wiki, please include the characters "ELT" in your account name when you create one. This will help us identify that you are not a robot. Thank you!
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'''[[Important message to visitors]]:''' '''We are sorry, but due to excessive spamming attempts, we have disabled the contribution feature. If you would like to contribute to the wiki, please send an email to the address at the bottom of the page, under the yellow "Atama-ii Books" logo. Thank you.'''
  
We've created this site as a wiki so that teachers could add their own pages with Widgets-related alternate lesson plans, ideas for extending or modifying the course, recommended links to online resources, prepared sharable files for others to download, and any other open and freely-sharable resource along those lines. Therefore, if you have a resource you'd like to recommend, please link to it below.  
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Note that we reserve the right to edit or remove contributions which we feel are not suitable for this wiki, or which do not fit with the Widgets course concept. Please read our [[User Guidelines]] if you are not sure what is appropriate.
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'''[http://zanifesto.com Zanifesto]''' '''(Stages 1, 3, 4, 6)'''
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Zanifesto is a simple online design infographic-making site. It's a great, simple tool to get your students to make business cards (Stage 1), posters for the poster presentation task (Stage 3), great looking infographic charts for the market research report (Stage 4), or attractive resumes (Stage 6). Free by sign up with email.
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The image on the right is a quick sample that we created in about 10 minutes, using images from the book. Thank you to Kevin Ryan for this recommendation.
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'''[https://www.indiegogo.com/about/what-we-do Crowdfunding sites]''' '''(Stages 2, 5)'''
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Indiegogo (title link) is a crowdfunding site which features thousands of product ideas which are continuously being pitched by aspiring entrepreneurs and small businesses. Another popular crowdfunding site is [https://www.kickstarter.com Kickstarter]. (In fact, Atama-ii Books, the publishing company behind Widgets Inc., [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atama-ii/atama-ii-books-multiple-path-stories-in-easy-engli was itself launched as a Kickstarter campaign] in 2014.)
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Some of the short product pitch videos that go along with each idea are excellent models for the Stage 2 Elevator Pitch or the Stage 5 Video Commercial tasks.  
  
  
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'''[https://www.indiegogo.com/about/what-we-do Indiegogo crowdfunding site]''' '''(Stage 2, 5)'''
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'''[http://www.widgepedia.com/index.php?title=File:Achievement_Certificate3.pdf Widgets Internship Certificate of Completion]''' '''(Stage 6, End)'''
  
Indiegogo is a crowdfunding site which features thousands of product ideas which are continuously being pitched by aspiring entrepreneurs and small businesses. Some of the short product pitch videos that go along with each idea are excellent models for the Stage 2 Elevator Pitch or the Stage 5 Video Commercial tasks.  
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Click on the title to download this editable PDF to print for your students at the end of the course.  
  
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We recommend using a color printer and card or premium paper stock for the best effect. Thank you to Marc Helgesen for this idea.''
  
'''[https://www.kickstarter.com Kickstarter crowdfunding site]''' '''(Stage 2, 5)'''
 
  
Another popular crowdfunding site is Kickstarter. It also contains many high quality videos and written product pitches which can help inspire your students. In fact, Atama-ii Books, the publishing company behind Widgets Inc., [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atama-ii/atama-ii-books-multiple-path-stories-in-easy-engli was itself launched as a Kickstarter campaign] in 2014.
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Latest revision as of 01:18, 24 March 2020

Important message to visitors: We are sorry, but due to excessive spamming attempts, we have disabled the contribution feature. If you would like to contribute to the wiki, please send an email to the address at the bottom of the page, under the yellow "Atama-ii Books" logo. Thank you.


Zanifesto.png

Zanifesto (Stages 1, 3, 4, 6)

Zanifesto is a simple online design infographic-making site. It's a great, simple tool to get your students to make business cards (Stage 1), posters for the poster presentation task (Stage 3), great looking infographic charts for the market research report (Stage 4), or attractive resumes (Stage 6). Free by sign up with email.

The image on the right is a quick sample that we created in about 10 minutes, using images from the book. Thank you to Kevin Ryan for this recommendation.


Indiegogo.png


Crowdfunding sites (Stages 2, 5)

Indiegogo (title link) is a crowdfunding site which features thousands of product ideas which are continuously being pitched by aspiring entrepreneurs and small businesses. Another popular crowdfunding site is Kickstarter. (In fact, Atama-ii Books, the publishing company behind Widgets Inc., was itself launched as a Kickstarter campaign in 2014.)

Some of the short product pitch videos that go along with each idea are excellent models for the Stage 2 Elevator Pitch or the Stage 5 Video Commercial tasks.


Student online CV sample (Stage 6)

This is a sample student job hunting portfolio page. Job hunting portfolios are a fairly new idea in Japan. But just having one will help you stand out from all the other candidates for a job. Shared by M. Helgesen, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University.


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Widgets Internship Certificate of Completion (Stage 6, End)

Click on the title to download this editable PDF to print for your students at the end of the course.

We recommend using a color printer and card or premium paper stock for the best effect. Thank you to Marc Helgesen for this idea.



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