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This online interactive game is geared toward second graders in the hopes of introducing and reinforcing economic concepts. Students begin by creating their bakery and selling items. They soon begin to realize that to sell an item they need the materials to make it. To get the materials, they need money to purchase them. The game is highly engaging, however, a several discussions on the economic concepts are needed before students begin to grasp them concretely.

When most of us hear the word A simple picture book such as Similarly, economics, we think of either our present precarious financial circumstances, or of world financial issues far beyond our own understanding, let alone the understanding of our students.

Google Expeditions are field trips with a virtual reality twist. Last spring, Hector Camacho guided his high school economics class on comprehensive tours of the New York Stock Exchange, Federal Reserve banks, and the Treasury Building. Students swept their eyes up countless Neoclassical columns before heading inside for a detailed look -- all without leaving the library of their Mountain View, California school.

This article demonstrates how tablets impacted education.

The Khan Academy website offers a free online collection of more than 3,600 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, healthcare, medicine, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, economics, cosmology, and organic chemistry, American civics, art history, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and computer science.

This American Life is a weekly public radio show broadcast on more than 500 stations to about 1.7 million listeners. I use pieces of some of these in my economics and government classes. I often tell my students I learn more from these than most other outlets, they are excellent.

Great little site with financial literacy lessons for students of all ages. Good tips for teachers as well.

This is a good site because kids love to finds ways to make and save money. I have done this with play money and the kids love it. Thanks for the site!

I am totally going to use this in my math classes! Thanks!

Great for economics teachers but also for critical listening skills. Ever wonder where all the hitchhikers have gone, or why taking a quarterback in the first round of the draft is so important? Freakonomics can tell you.

Educators who work in low-income schools understand technology could help them understand student needs better and create more engaging learning experiences. But tight budgets make some of the more ambitious schemes, like one-to-one computer access a distant dream. Yet it's precisely the schools with under-served student populations that stand to gain the most from technology.

"GoAnimate is a way to easily create animations" and share these animations with others. Great way for students to create digital stories.

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