Teaching Economics

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Skype in the classroom creates global citizens

Skype is a great source of technology for students to use in the classroom. Skype essentially allows you to "travel" the world all at the click of a button. For example, someone in New York can talk to someone all the way on the other side of the world with this technology. It allows for live learning that a textbook or newspaper article cannot offer. I believe that this specific form of technology would be very useful for teaching economics in a Social Studies classroom. This is because in class the teacher could have a guest speaker come to class via Skype. They could invite expert speakers who are knowledgable on economics from anywhere in the world. This would be extremely useful for students because they would be able to learn from a different viewpoint and they would be engaged as well as excited. The technology of Skype also allows students to make connections with those outside of their own natural comfort zone, which is one of the biggest concepts of economics.

Resources in Economics:

There are three types of resources: natural, human and capital resources. A natural resource refers to elements or things found in the environment such as land, water, and minerals. Human resource refers to people, while capital resources refer to money, tools and equipment.

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Chapter 10 Digital Report - Connections to Economics

Essential Question - How do we effectively teach economics in the classroom?

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Brrr...Icebreaker Time!

Fieldwork Group 1: The Globetrotters Miss Maria, Miss Danielle, Miss Mary, Miss Kayla, & Miss Allison It's the beginning of fieldwork and I can't wait! Today, all 5 groups were able to introduce ourselves and play unique icebreaker games with the 4th grade students to get to know them better. After all, it is extremely important to get to know your students before teaching them! All of the students seemed to have a fun time playing each group's game and it was great to interact with them for the very first time. For my group, we created a game where a wheel was spun with each 4th grader's name on it. Whichever name it landed on was the one who answered the question at that time. After a name was chosen, a question was chosen after. Some of the questions that were asked were: - Sweet or Salty? - Do you have any siblings? - Dogs or Cats? My group did not have enough time to let every student answer a question due to timing, which made some students upset, but the

Models, Strategies, or Methods...Which one?

Models, strategies, and methods all play an important role in the lives of educators as well as their classrooms. However, they are not all the same thing. Although they do share some similarities, they also have many differences. To begin, models represent the broadest level of instructional practices and present a philosophical orientation to instruction. They are used to select and structure teaching the strategies, skills, and methods for a particular instructional emphasis. Within each instructional model, there are several different types of strategies. Strategies determine the approach a teacher may take in order to achieve learning objectives. Strategies can be broken down into five subcategories: direct, indirect, interactive, experiential, and independent. Methods are the most direct way of creating learning environments and specifying the nature of the activity in which the teacher/learner will be involved during the lesson to achieve the educational goal at hand. Some metho

Making History Come Alive

Engage: I have never seen the painting pictured above before now. Although I do not how whose paintings these are and the history of them, I can guess that they represent important people throughout history. I believe that the first painting is a man standing in a court room standing up for something he believes in while the people around him stare in awe. I think that the second one is some sort of religious representation as the lady with white hair is holding her hands together in a praying position with her eyes closed and the lady next to her is holding a rosary. The third picture looks like a family that is about to eat dinner while the mother/cook serves the food on the table. The last painting I believe is a mother and father tucking their child into bed. I am sure that all of these paintings have some sort of important historical significance and I would love to learn more about them. Explore: Making History Alive Using technology in the classroom can make lessons more interes

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