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"Economics in the Elementary Classroom posted Sep 3, 2010 6:31 PM by lezlie harris [ updated Sep 3, 2010 6:50 PM ] I am so convinced that little children learn more by pretending and playing. I recently found a role-playing economics unit on the Scholastic site. During this unit, the teacher creates a community in the classroom where children apply for jobs, keep time sheets for those jobs, tally their wages, receive a pay check, cash it at the bank, and shop in the class store. Wow, how powerful is that! Think of all the concepts that can be taught within this unit! I can teach data, charts, graphs, money, persuasive writing, and many social studies standards. Since I am always trying to convert classroom activities into elearning activities, here is a Google Template for submitting job applications. My 2nd graders have loved submitting these applications. Their responses are so sweet! I may copy them to include in my parent conferences."

Very cool templates

"Sometimes you just use Word to write or make a table or chart. Other times it just to ​make something like a sign or a paper. Some people might need Word to create a table or to write something for their jobs. Some people used Word by going in the program and just writing something and checking the size of the typing. Sometimes they need help and that why we have these tutorials!!! These tutorial helps you by showing you how to do something in Word like a table or change the header. I hope these tutorials help you to become better at doing Word. Here are the tutorials: "

Sometimes you just use Word to write or make a table or chart. Other times it just to ​make something like a sign or a paper. Some people might need Word to create a table or to write something for their jobs. Some people used Word by going in the program and just writing something and checking the size of the typing. Sometimes they need help and that why we have these tutorials!!! These tutorial helps you by showing you how to do something in Word like a table or change the header. I hope these tutorials help you to become better at doing Word. Here are the tutorials:

Like everything else on the Internet, trying to find images is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Without the right tools for finding science and math images on the web it is often an impossible, or at least mind-numbing, task. What is needed are search engines which make the job easier. This is where the tips and tricks provided below help this seemingly impossible task by using the top search Web 2.0 search engines and tools available today. These are valuable resources for both you and your students when trying to find just the right image for lesson or project involving digital media.

Slideshows are one of the most popular ways to integrate technology into education. Now that there are several free sites that let users create amazing slide shows, it's no longer necessary to have a program such as iPhoto or Power Point for the job.

In this post I thought I would share some tutorials for the program done by my son, along with some of the projects he created with it. I hope this will give you some ideas for your own students on how to incorporate Animation-ish in your classroom. Kestrel had just turned 13 when I had him come teach my college class: Math For Elementary Teachers, how to use Animation-ish. He did an amazing job and my future teachers had their eyes opened to the fact that the students they will be teaching will have more computer skills than most of them!

ElectroCity is all about balance and planning. You need to balance your city's growth with its environmental impact. Your citizens need electricity and jobs, but they also love their clean green image. So you get to decide whether that forest should be made into a national park or logged and turned into an aluminum smelter.