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Connecting

Students and

Technology

for Enhanced

Learning

 

IntroductionKathy Miles

• Economics, marketing, and business teacher at Lakeview High School in Oregon for 10 years

• DECA Advisor – 9 years

• Teacher Support Specialist – NCEE

Issues... • More and more schools are requiring teachers

to incorporate technology into the curriculum at all grade levels.

+• Diverse learning styles create a need for

alternative teaching methods.+

• Students expect visual, hands-on learning.

...Opportunity

How comfortable are you with technology?

1. Connect all 9 dots 2. Use ONLY 4 lines 3. Don’t lift the pencil from

the paper 4. Don’t retrace the same

line

Quiz -9 Dots

Answer!

End Here

Start Here

How Do You Use Technology?

• Attendance• Grades• Assessment• Teacher and Student Research• School and Professional

Communication (e-mail)

• Instruction

Virtual Economics 3.0

CD-ROM contains more than 1,200 lessons for K-12

Multi-media concept demonstrations

Detailed information on 51 key economic concepts

Glossary with 500+ terms

State standards correlations

• CyberTeach – A comprehensive guide to teaching economics using

the Internet, including model lessons and templates for creating effective lesson plans on your own.

• Current Events – Understand what's happening in today's world

economy with the latest economics news and related EconEdLink lesson plans.

• DataLinks – Access up-to-date macroeconomic data for

classroom use, including primary source materials, charts, and simulations.

• WebLinks – Internet resources for the K-12 educator. Curricular

activities and economic data in easy-to-use formats.

www.EconEdLink.orgFREE K-12 Economics and Personal Finance Lessons

Financing Your Future DVDA DVD that includes:

• 5 video segments and 15 in-class activities (3 for each video segment)

• Brief summaries of the videos

• Correlations of the lesson plans to national educational standards in economics, personal finance, and mathematics

• Glossary of key terms

• Test bank of questions to assess your students' understanding of the concepts

Thinking Economics: A Complete Curriculum

Package

Chapter 4.6 Wise Use of Credit

Let’s go through the program to see how easy it is to teach your students about credit.

Sample Assignment from Thinking Economics

Sample lesson from www.thinkingeconomics.net

Advantages of Advantages of Incorporating Instructional Technology, Software and Web-Based oftware and Web-Based

Resources Into Your CurriculumResources Into Your Curriculum

• Familiar delivery method for students• Differentiation• Interactive • Instant feedback/assessment• Manageable sections• Connection with real-world applications

Connecting

Students and

Technology

for Enhanced

Learning...

...an OPPORTUNITY

to lead!