Come Experience the Future of Teaching Accounting

1. Come Experience the Future of Teaching Accounting

2. Accounting Counts Why take High School Accounting?

3. Accounting and Business Majors“by the numbers” • Four of the top ten most profitable college majors are business related Average Starting Salary • Accounting $46,000 • Economics/Finance $45,000 • Business Administration $39,000 • Marketing $35,000

4. Accounting and Business Majors“by the numbers” • 1 in 5 college students are business majors • 226,000 new jobs are expected over the next decade in Accounting • In 2007, CPA firms increased their hiring by 83%

5. Why the increased demand for Accountants? • Increasing number of new businesses • Changing financial laws • Corporate governance regulations • Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002

6. “Ripped from the Headlines”Forensic Accounting Wesley Snipes Gets 3 Years for Not Filing Tax Returns The increased focus on and numbers of financial crimes such as tax evasion, embezzlement, bribery, and securities fraud has increased the demand for forensic accountants.

7. Did You Know? • Phil Knight, Founder and Chair of Nike, is a CPA. • Donald Trump majored in Economics. • Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons is a CPA.

8. So what does this have to do with taking high school Accounting? • Business majors are required to take at least one, usually two, college accounting courses. • Studies show that students who take high school accounting are more successful in college accounting. • Decide if you are interested in business, finance and accounting before college.

9. What will you learn and do in high school Accounting? • Understand the language of business • Analyze business transactions • Prepare and analyze financial documents • Research business topics on the Internet • Use spreadsheet software

11. Online Working Papers • Students complete these worksheets online • Identical to the printed working papers • Automatically graded and entered into the Instructor’s Online gradebook – Saving you time! • Students receive instant feedback • You have accurate assessments of the student’s completed work and an instant sense of each student’s comprehension www.aplia.com

12. Aplia’s Online Working Papers Century 21 8e & 9e • General Journal (green) • Ch. 1-24 • Ch. 1-16 split • Ch. 17-24 split • Multicolumn (blue) • Ch. 1-24 • Ch. 1-16 split • Ch. 17-24 split • Advanced (red) • Ch. 1-24 • Fundamentals (purple)

13. Online Working Papers are Identical to Printed Working Papers Include • Study Guides • End of Lesson Exercises • End of Chapter Exercises • Reinforcement Activities • NEW! Chapter and Part Tests (Located in the Unassigned Folder)

14. What users are saying… “We use the Multicolumn Journal from South-Western with the Online Working Papers. I have been very happy both with the text and the working papers. This system has allowed me to pinpoint exactly what students are doing wrong, and I have the time to work one-on-one with them to assist them in understanding. I cannot say enough about how this system has improved my instruction.” Kathy H.Business Education Teacher, Wisconsin

15. What users are saying… “I am using South-Western’s Online Working Papers and love it.  It is great not having to grade accounting papers nightly and the kids love getting instant feedback on their homework and tests.” Katie G. Business and Information Technology, Wisconsin

16. What users are saying… “I cannot tell you how pleased I've been with Aplia Online Working papers. The automatic grading has been a life saver. The most impressive thing about Aplia is how much more engaged my students are compared to the traditional workbook. I am amazed at how much easier it is to keep them on task using Aplia.” Eric LottAccounting, Brandon High School, MI

17. What users are saying… 57% say that student performance has improved in their class since using the Online Working Papers!

18. By how much? 46% - students’ grades have improved by 6-10% 20% - students’ grades have improved by >11%

19. What users are saying… 65% say that after using Online Working Papers, their students are more likely to enroll in further study in accounting and/or other business education courses.

20. Let’s take a look inside… http://www.aplia.com/

21. System Requirements • All browsers on PCs and MACs • Internet connection • Flash Player • No proprietary plug-ins

22. Student View Announcements Current Assignments

23. Mirror the Printed Working Papers Identical to Printed Working Papers Learn and practice manual accounting in an online environment

24. Smart Text Entry Smart Text Entry decreases data entry errors and ensures accurate grading Misspelled word? Text changes to RED

25. Exercise Instructions The student sees the entire problem. No need to look back and forth from the accounting book to the working papers.

26. Practice Assignment Fill in the numbers and “check Answer.”

27. Students Receive Immediate Feedback Checked problem. Notice items that are incorrect “X.”

28. Students Receive Immediate Feedback Explanation allows students to view the correct answers

29. Practice VS. Graded Practice Assignments • Students receive immediate feedback • Students can view correct answers Graded Assignments • Students will not receive feedback until after the due date • Students will not be able to see the correct answers until after the due date *Instructor can change any assignment from “practice” to “graded” and vice versa

30. Grades Students can keep track of their own performance

31. Graded Assignments Graded Assignments assess student andclass progress NEW! Students can save partially-completed work and complete at a later date

32. Print Blank Worksheets Student doesn’t have a computer at home? No problem Print the exercise; complete it manually; Student enters amounts when there is access to a computer.

33. New & Improved Features • NEW! Chapter & Part Tests Included • NEW! Enhanced Navigation with Overlapping Tables • NEW! Save partially completed work

34. Instructor View Instructor Discussion Board provides a place for instructors to share ideas and ask questions

35. Instructor View – Course Home Page

36. Course Outline Aplia builds the course and distributes assignments based on your course length and syllabus The instructor has the ability to customize the assignment schedule and due dates

37. Edit Date, Scoring, Visibility

38. NEW! Chapter and Part Tests Included Test are located in the Unassigned Folder

39. Course Materials Upload additional course materials such as lesson PowerPoints, web links, articles, etc.

40. Grade Book As students complete assignments, their grades are imported directly into your aplia grade book View and download grade book in a simple spreadsheet (Excel-compatible)

41. View Class Performance on All Assignments

42. View Class Performance on a Single Assignment

43. View Student Performance on All Assignments

44. View Student Performance on a Single Assignment

45. View Student Work Instructor can view student work

46. Manage Announcements Add, Edit, Delete Announcements

47. Email Students Email a group of students or an individual student

48. Adjust Scores, Due Dates, and Time Limits for an Individual or Group of Students Manually overwrite grades and adjust due dates for an individual or group of students.

49. Save Time - Copy All Course Settings From One Year to the Next Assignment due dates, time limits, uploaded course material, and more can be copied from one year to the next

50. Outstanding Support Aplia support email and phone number located at the top of every screen