Illinois students lead nation in Stock Market Game competition
Over 50 Illinois SMG teams of students are competing against more than 1000 teams across the U.S. for top prize in Capitol Hill Challenge.
As of the March 12 ranking, a new leader has emerged. A team from West Chicago Community High School, Don Zabelin, teacher, is in first place with an equity of $140,187. West Chicago also has the third place team as of the March 12 rankings. Read the full story ...
Econ Illinois is now part of the "social network"
Keep up-to-date on economic education and financial literacy programs, opportunities and news for Illinois teachers. Econ Illinois is now on Facebook! RSS Feeds are available for those who wish to be "fed" through their news aggregator without searching the web!
Click the Facebook and RSS Feed chicklets in the right column to subscribe! Don't be the last teacher in your building to learn the news. Be among the FIRST!
Fully funded teacher program to Galapagos Islands!
Applications are again available for the Toyota International Teacher Program in the Galapagos Islands November 20 - December 4. The goal of this professional development program is to advance environmental stewardship and global connectedness in U.S. schools and communities.
The deadline to apply is May 26, 2010. There is no participation fee. For questions, email toyotateach@iiee.org or phone toll-free: 877.832.2457. Read more ...
FUN lessons for elementary classrooms
EconEdLink.org is a resource featured previously in Tuesday Tips, for the different types of resource tools on its website. However, most elementary teachers do not use this online resource.
Lessons (for grades K-12) on this website have extension and multimedia activities, a printable glossary, suggested support lessons with links, and more! Titles include Mystery Workers, Shoe Shoemaker’s Tools, and I Can Dream Anything! Learning can’t get more fun than this!
For a list of the free K-2 lessons, click K-2 lessons. For a list of the free grades 3-5 lessons, click 3-5 lessons.
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Gen i Revolution (grades 6-12)
This new online personal finance game gives middle school and high school students the chance to learn important personal finance skills as they play and compete against fellow classmates.
The online program is designed for classroom use and complements the Learning, Earning and Investing (LEI) curriculum with links to the LEI website tools, but may be used with other curriculum as well. Check out Gen i Revolution!
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LifeSmarts (grades 9-12)
LifeSmarts is a flexible classroom or group activity that helps educators teach teens to be smart and responsible consumers and citizens. LifeSmarts is sponsored by the Illinois Consumer Education Association.
Five key areas of consumer knowledge are targeted: personal finance, consumer rights & responsibilities, health & safety, technology and the environment. An interactive learning game, online resources, and a state competition can supplement your classroom curricula. Visit Illinois LifeSmarts to log on and access the tools.
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