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An Innovation Grant funded by the Georgia Department of Education |
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Bill Jordan, Instructor |
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Online Shopping: The Cure for "Mall-itis" |
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| Objective: In this assignment you will investigate
the potential of on-line shopping. . |
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Vocabulary: You have seen much of the vocabulary
in this lesson previously.
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| Background Information: How many TV commercials
have you seen lately that include a company's URL. During the early years,
the Internet was mostly used for government and education purposes. Commercial
activities (buying and selling things) were prohibited, or at least strongly
discouraged. One of the major changes that has taken place with the growth
of the World Wide Web is the use of the Internet to conduct business. Today,
on-line advertising and sales are common for all types of businesses ranging
from billion dollar corporations to individuals doing business from a spare
room in their home.
With thousands of things for sale on the World Wide Web, it is also
possible to do comparison shopping from the comfort of your own home. Pets,
cars, vacation homes, clothes, specialty foods--you name it, and you can
probably find it for sale on-line. Companies are happy to charge any purchase
you want to make to your credit card. |
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Assignment: Do you like to shop? First you have to find a place to
park. Then you have to fight the crowds. There are so many sales, you often
have to go from store to store looking for the best deal. And sales clerks...they
always seem to mess up my credit card. My wife is convinced I have "mall-itis"...a
fear of malls. I don't know if that is true, but with the World Wide Web
I can do most of my shopping completely on-line.
Have you ever daydreamed about owning something really fancy--like a Jagaur? I don't even know how much one costs. Let's do some comparison shopping to find out! If you are a student, you may be looking for your first car. If you are a parent, you may be driving a car that is older than your children! In either case, in this assignment you will do some cost comparison for a couple of cars (or trucks) and send me the results via e-mail. In this assignment, you may run into several features that you have
not seen before. You might want to print this page so you can follow the
instructions more easily. The web site you are going to visit will ask
you to make several choices in order to identify the types of cars you
want to compare. If you carefully follow the instructions, you can't go
too far wrong.
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| Homework Assignment: Your assignment is to compare two cars
(or trucks) of your choice, and e-mail me the results. The diagram below
is a link to the site I want you to visit--so just click on it and you
are off! When you enter the web site make the following choices to get
to the comparison page. Happy shopping!
New Cars | Compare Vehicles |
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| Competencies: This assignment gave you some experience with
the possibilities of on-line comparison shopping. If you ever decide to
purchase anything online, use common sense. Only deal with reputable, established
businesses that offer secure exchange of credit card information. Note: No endorsement of this site, or any products referenced through or at this site, is implied by its inclusion in this lesson. This is an educational exercise only. Please don't buy a car or a truck without checking with your parents first!
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Send comments to Bill Jordan Thomasville City Schools 915 East Jackson Street Thomasville, GA 31792 |
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