UNIT 6: TASK 4: NEWSLETTER

I have share 3 web pages which use Newsletters related to the field of teaching Economics. From my point of view the most interesting one is econedlink.org, since it provides a very good source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic and personal finance lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students. This is approximately the level of students I am considering throughout this ICT course. Interestingly, they have a lesson plan finder and each of the lessons includes a teacher's version as well as a student's version. Each lesson is designed to be delivered in a variety of formats and classroom settings. This site allows educators to access and customise content that is relevant to individual classroom needs. When I subscribed myself to its newsletter, I found out that I could save and annotate lessons in my personal profile, get access to the student version of Virtual Economics and to a Quiz Builder Tool which I could customise. I also get alerts when new resources are available and get related lessons based on profile preferences.

The new lesson finder allows you to target economic and personal finance lesson by topic, grade level, state standards, common core standards, and more. The whole site is an initiative of the Council for Economic Education in the United States.

For example, there is a lesson where students will explore economic concepts in an unexpected place such as stories for kids: five Dr. Seuss’ books. Using books such as “Green Eggs and Ham”, “The Lorax” and “The Cat in the Hat” students reinforce their understanding of microeconomic concepts.

This is the link for this lesson: www.econedlink.org/e966