West Virginia Social Studies Teachers Discover How to Use Technology to Teach Economics and Personal Finance
New York, NY (PRWEB) July 24, 2006 -- The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE, www.ncee.net) will demonstrate a host of instructional technology resources for West Virginia K-12 social studies teachers at the '2006 Summer Institute for Civics, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Geography' conference being held from July 24 to July 27 in Charleston.
Over 200 social studies teachers from across the state will discover new, low-cost ways to harness the power of technology to strengthen their social studies curriculum and meet West Virginia content standards in Economics and Personal Finance.
On July 26, John LeFeber, NCEE's Online Curriculum and Instructional Designer, will deliver a keynote presentation that introduces West Virginia teachers to a number of easy-to-use technology resources that seamlessly infuse economics and personal finance into the social studies curriculum. The session will focus on integrating standards-based economics concepts into history, geography, civics, government and entrepreneurship classes. Mr. LeFeber will profile resources from EconEdLink.org, Virtual Economics, and Thinking Economics.
"There are a variety of inexpensive technology resources that help West Virginia teachers cover state content standards. We’ll look at a mix of online, digital and print resources that teachers can easily weave together to meet their instructional needs," says John LeFeber. "It's never been easier to integrate economics into the classroom, and give students crucial computer-literacy skills at the same time."
After the keynote session, Mr. LeFeber will chair 4 breakout sessions of 25 teachers each. Attendees will receive a complimentary copy of the Virtual Economics CD-ROM and explore ways to use the features and resources of Virtual Economics in their daily lesson planning and long-term curriculum development.
* Information on NCEE Technology Products
For more information on Virtual Economics, a CD-ROM with over 1,200 K-12 supplemental lesson plans for teaching economics and personal finance, visit http://ve.ncee.net.
For information on EconEdLink, a source for classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students, visit http://www.econedlink.org.
For information on Thinking Economics, a computer-based high school economics curriculum, visit http://www.thinkingeconomics.com.
*About the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)
The NCEE (www.ncee.net) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving economic and financial literacy. Both directly and through its unique nationwide network of state Councils and more than 200 university based Centers for Economic Education, NCEE’s programs reach more than 150,000 K-12 teachers and over 15 million students in more than 70,000 schools each year.
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