Workshops at Michigan Council for the Social Studies Conference Give Teachers Access to 21st Century Economic Education Tools

New York, NY (PRWEB) February 15, 2008 -- Today the National Council on Economics (NCEE, www.ncee.net) announced its workshop schedule at the Michigan Council for the Social Studies Conference (www.mcssmi.org) in Dearborn on February 18-20.

Teachers will discover ways to meet the new economics course requirement, as well as develop a program that meets the online learning experience mandate. There are also workshops on teaching economics to elementary students and globalization to middle and high school students. Attendees will receive sample lessons, handouts, door prizes and other resources that they can take back to their classrooms.

"The global economy is obviously top-of-mind in Michigan today," says Troy D. White, Director of Product Marketing and Sales. "Now, teachers will have practical, hands-on lesson plans that make it easy to teach their middle and high school students about the impact of globalization, both good and bad."

Online Experience, Economics and Civics Course Requirement Track

Kathy Miles, NCEE's Teacher Support Specialist, will lead a workshop entitled Using Technology to Teach High School Economics on Monday, February 18 and an encore session on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Miles will detail how teachers can harness technology to infuse economics into their classroom with computer- and web-based resources. She will also demonstrate ways to use online resources to meet the Online Learning Experience.

Globalization Track

On Tuesday, February 19 and Wednesday, February 20, John Noling of the Michigan Council on Economic Education (www.mceeonline.org) will present Teaching Trade and Globalization in Middle and High School. This timely workshop reveals teaching strategies that help teachers easily introduce globalization and trade into their curriculum.

No Elementary or Middle School Teacher Left Behind

It isn't just high school teachers that get to have all the fun teaching economics. Elementary and middle school teachers will explore fun and easy ways to teach economics with sculpting clay and popular children's stories. Melinda Dickinson, 2007 Social Studies Teacher of the Year, will lead the workshop Using Play Dough to Teach Powerful K-8 Economics and Civics Concepts with Children's Literature on Tuesday, February 19.

Economics in U.S. History

No social studies conference is complete without a good dose of economics and its influence in U.S. history. Mrs. Miles will show teachers how to incorporate standards-based economics content into their U.S. history courses during Understanding Economics in U.S. History on Tuesday, February 19.

Exhibit Hall and Learning Lab

In the Exhibit hall, NCEE will showcase its newest economics publications and hold an iPod Shuffle drawing at booth 225. Further, teachers can qualify to win a complimentary Starbucks coffee card and additional prizes at the NCEE Learning Lab in booth 227. During the Learning Labs, attendees will preview popular NCEE multimedia products like Risky Business, Virtual Economics, Thinking Economics and EconEdLink.

The exhibit will take place on Monday from 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.; Tuesday from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Wednesday from 7 a.m.-11 a.m.

Detailed Workshop Schedule

Monday

Using Instructional Technology to Teach High School Economics

1:15 - 2:15 p.m.

Bugatti

*Note: this workshop will detail ways to meet the new Economics, Civics and Online Learning requirements

Tuesday

Teaching Trade and Globalization in Middle and High School

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Arrow

Understanding Economics in U.S. History

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Room B

Using Play Dough and Children's Literature to Teach Powerful K-8 Economic and Civics Concepts

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Room A

Using Instructional Technology to Teach High School Economics

2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

Steamer

*Note: this workshop will detail ways to meet the new Economics, Civics and Online Learning requirements

The Stock Market Game

2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

Room G

Wednesday

Teaching Trade and Globalization in Middle and High School

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Royale

About the Presenters

Kathy Miles taught business, marketing, economics at Lakeview High School, OR. She currently works as a Teacher Support Specialist for NCEE and conducts teacher training in school districts around the country.

John Noling is an Educator Associate with the Michigan Council on Economic Education. He taught Economics and Social Studies over a thirty year public school career, and is currently training K-12 teachers throughout Michigan.

Melinda Dickinson is a 5th grade teacher at Sheridan Road Elementary School in Lansing. She is chairperson for the Elementary Social Studies Steering Committee and Lansing's Social Studies Specialist, and teaches 5th grade. She was honored as the 2007 Michigan Social Studies Teacher of the Year. Her son, Tom Berriman, lives in North Carolina and also teaches Social Studies.

For copies of workshop materials, contact Troy D. White at twhite@ncee.net or call 212-730-1791.

To learn more about NCEE at the Michigan Council for the Social Studies Conference, visit http://www.mcssmi.org/annual-conference.html?Itemid=0

About the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE, www.ncee.net)

The NCEE (www.ncee.net) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving economic, financial, and entrepreneurship 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 over 150,000 K-12 teachers and more than 15 million students each year.

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