IDEAL FOR TEACHING: Sports Marketing, Sports Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship.
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Easy to Use for New and Current Users
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The Most Realistic Simulation of the Sports and Entertainment Business! "As a professional sports executive of more than 30 years holding executive-level positions with franchises in the NFL, NBA, NHL, and professional baseball, I want to compliment Knowledge Matters for their outstanding simulation, Virtual Business – Sports. This is truly the most realistic simulation of the sports and entertainment business on the market and a great introduction to anyone who is interested in getting into this fascinating business. Knowledge Matters has scored a game-winning touchdown with their simulation of the many phases of running a professional football franchise."Bob Burris, Sports and Entertainment Executive Ideal for Teaching:
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Virtual Business - Sports Sets A New Standard For Educational Materials
Virtual Business has set a new standard for educational materials and resources. The Sports version of Virtual Business motivates students, is integrated with Marketing Education curriculum content standards, is instructionally sound, and supports the Career and Technical student organization DECA.
The Sports version of Virtual Business (VBS) is a great motivational tool for my students. The lessons are presented using a projector, which engages the entire class. We go over the tutorial and then complete the Student Activity worksheet. The class is then given the opportunity, on their own, to complete the section "Number To Beat!" Rarely do students beat the number on the first attempt. That's when the discussion gets animated. It seems that every student has an opinion as to why they didn't beat the number. At that point, my role is as the facilitator. We try different approaches as suggested by individual students. Because VB-S can be run repeatedly, students can immediately see the results of their decisions. The "Number To Beat!" motivates the students to learn and apply what was covered in the lesson.
Because VBS is such a great motivational tool, I use it as an introduction to the Marketing Education curriculum content standards. For example; VBS Franchise Location is used as an introduction to the topic of Market Identification, Ticket Pricing introduces the lessons on Pricing, Promotion for Promotion, Sponsorship for Selling, et cetera. This approach helps students make the connection and application of Marketing Education curriculum content material to a simulated marketing situation.
Virtual Business - Sports includes those components that I look for in instructional materials and resources. Each lesson includes learning objectives, contextual vocabulary, a variety of learning activities, and assessments.
Virtual Business - Sports also provides all of my students the opportunity to participate in a DECA Competitive Event at the state, regional, and national levels. The opportunity to compete and compare their efforts with other schools is also a great motivation for my students.
In addition to motivating students, integrating Marketing Education curriculum content material, being instructionally sound, and supporting DECA, it just plain FUN to manage your own sports franchise.
Jack L. Gallegos, Ph.D., Marketing Teacher, Englewood High School, Englewood, Colorado
Standards
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Knowledge Matters, the creator of Virtual Business, understands that national and state standards are very important to today's educators, and we are dedicated to building educational simulations that meet these standards.
The Correlations are in PDF format and are viewable with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not see your state listed, please e-mail us a link to your state standards, and we will work on posting the correlation to our website. |
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Grading
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Assessment CD Features include: |
Lesson Worksheets Project Portfolios Multiplayer Action Journals |
Training
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All Virtual Business products come with the following resources to help you and your class get started quickly. Online Training Videos
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Onsite Training For county or metro area purchases, we often provide onsite training for groups of educators. The training may be free or at a negotiated discount based on the number of purchasing sites. These training sessions are always well received by educators and represent a strong reason to consider purchasing at the county or metro level. Call us toll-free at 1-877-965-3276 for details. |
Tutorial
ManualTour
This tutorial will take you through the main views in the simulation, then go step-by-step through the actions
students can control and the reports available to them.
The tour will be displayed in a separate window.
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Business - Sports is available exclusively to K-12 schools.
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