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For 2011-2012, The USF Stavros Center Presents...
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Using the NEW Virtual Economics 4.0
Free Materials Workshop Integrate Economic and Financial Literacy into every subject area and grade level on one flash drive-Virtual Economics 4.0
Last opportunity in 2011
When: December 13, 2011, 5:30-8:30 p.m. (Includes a light dinner)
Where: USF Stavros Center in Tampa
Audience: All teachers, Grades 6 through 12 who would like real-world ideas and lesson plans. This is a fantastic resource for any new teacher and a must for new teachers of Economics (This version published in 2011)
To Reserve: Phone the Stavros Center: (813) 974-2175 or e-mail StavrosCenter.coedu@usf.edu <mailto:StavrosCenter.coedu@usf.edu>
About the Workshop
The workshop will provide an overview and introduction to the various features of the Virtual Economics 4.0 CD-ROM. Produced by the Council for Economic Education, this is one of the most powerful instructional resources you can use to integrate economics with social studies, reading, communication, mathematics, and science. The lessons effectively challenge students to participate in critical thinking activities demonstrating rigor of thought and relevance to real-world issues. The CD-ROM makes it possible for you to choose from among 79 curriculum books containing 1,480 lessons in economics and personal finance and search for them by key economics concept, key word, national economics standards, grade level, and the revised Florida economics standards. All lessons may be printed for classroom use. In addition, there are 51 economics and personal finance concept presentations organized into five categories. Each concept contains an overview, featured lessons organized by grade level, teaching tips, and a multimedia demonstration of the concept. A glossary containing over 500 terms is linked to the concept overviews.
Each teacher who attends the workshop will receive a free copy of the Virtual Economics 4.0 CD-ROM. The CEE list
price for this item is $110.
Virtual Economics Workshop is sponsored by a generous grant from State Farm and the Council on Economic Education
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Cash Course:
The Stavros Center introduces the USF Stavros Center Cash Course. Help your high-school students and college students understand financial literacy through the activities on this site. Thank-you to Cash Course for providing this free service!
Yumonomics: Using Children's Literature to Teach Economic Concepts
Workshop Blog: Subscribe to http://yumonomics.com/ to access materials from the 2010-11 Yum-onomics Workshops. These workshops were generously funded by a grant from the Council for Economic Education.Stay tuned for more Fall 2011 dates.
Financial Literacy Strategies
These workshops are designed to provide useful information on topics such as: identity theft, successful investing, financial planning, and managing risk. For all teachers K-12. Stay tuned for dates and times.
Providing an Economic Perspective on American History Courses
Investigates the role of economic incentives in decision-making throughout Amnerican History. Stay tuned for dates and times.
Using Video Clips to Teach About Markets
Using clips from John Stossel, Biz Kids, and other sources stimulate student discussion about markets. Then, learn how to help students make videos to illustrate their learning about markets. Stay tuned for dates and times.
Florida Stock Market Challenge
The STock Market simulation sponsored by Raymond James and the Florida Council allows students to develop and manage a $100,000 investmetn portfolio. The STock Market Challenge begins in September and continues to December. To register visit: http://www.fcee.org
NEWS!
Stavros Center Advocacy Board Member Hosts Show on WEDU
Geoff Simon, Advocacy Board member of the Stavros Center is Senior Vice President with Simon Johnson Stanger Wealth Advisors of Raymond James & Associates. Mr. Simon is also Chairman of the Florida Council on Economic Education. On his show, Geoff meets our area’s best businessmen and women and interviews them about the triumphs and inspirations that shaped them into the successes they are today. To view past episodes of Suncoast Business Forum with Geoff Simon, click here.
Here is the Tribute to Gus Stavros Video:
Listen to these podcasts by Dr. Gus A. Stavros..
Download free quicktime player and iTunes player to listen and view.
An American Entrepreneur: A Global Background
Dr. Stavros gives a great example of Opportunity Cost
Gus Stavros provides a real-world example of Entrepreneurship
You can subscribe to our podcast on iTunesU.
Map & Directions to the Stavros Center
Here's a map, to make sure you can find your way to the USF Stavros Center in the quickest, most stress-free manner possible. Click here for our printable map. For written directions with information on where to park with a Daily Permit, click here.
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Resources From Workshops!
Paul Heyne YouTube: Using Storytelling to Teach Economics
In this video, Paul Heyne discusses the economic way of thinking by using storytelling to understand how the social world works.
PACED: Decision-making Model
The PACED Decision Making Model is often used in our workshops. This is an economic decision-making model to use with the six principles of economics.
It's ALWAYS About Economics: Six Principles of Economics
Using this simple list will help students understand the thought processes behind many "mysterious" decisions (e.g. why selling more artificial Christmas trees means fewer evergreens survive).Sometimes called the Handy Dandy Guide, this list presents the key to why economics is an everyday skill and also why it integrates easily into so many subject areas.
1. People economize. People choose the alternative that seems best to them because it involves the least cost and the greatest benefit.
2. All choices involve cost. Cost is the second best choice. It is what people give up when they make their first choice.
3. People respond to incentives. Incentives are actions or rewards that encourage people to act. When incentives change, people's behaviors change in predictable ways.
4. Economics systems influence individual choices and incentives. How people cooperate is governed by written and unwritten rules. As rules change, incentives change and behavior changes.
5. Voluntary trade creates wealth. People can produce more in less time by concentrating on what they do best. The surplus goods or services they produce can be traded to obtain other valuable goods or services.
6. The consequences of a choice lie in the future. The important costs and benefits in economic decision making are those which will appear in the future. Economics stresses making decisions about the future because it is only the future that we can influence. We cannot influence things that have already happened, i.e. the past.
Entrepreneurial Self-Evaluation
When students think entrepreneurially, they likely have a forward focus, they can be more easily motivated, and they are often quick to make connections. What educator doesn't value students with those qualities? Here's a quick, easy, and fun way to introduce your class to entrepreneurial thinking. Taking this self-evaluation quiz from the National Council on Economic Education will help each student assess their own entrepreneurial qualities: Entrepreneurial Self-Evaluation Activity.
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