Two Weeks Until teachECON!

We are spending a lot of time this week putting resources together for the teachECON events in London and Manchester - the Manchester workshop is just a fortnight away and we hit London on the 18th of October - which is also my birthday! Ruth and I are working on starter and experimental economics exercises covering both micro and macroeconomic topics. Our aim is simple - to produce a day full of variety and a set of delegate resources and ideas that you can take away and use and develop in the classroom!

Some of the teaching topics we will be covering include:

Wage differentials
Minimum wages
Price discrimination in cinemas and in car rental markets
Economic effects of exchange rate changes
Income and cross price elasticity of demand
Assignments in transport economics
Externalities
Network effects
The impact of stimulus policies on a local town
Classic clips from films and documentaries to reinforce economic principles

Digital Tools for Reflective Assignments

The tools available for students to use ICT to research and deliver assignments as part of their learning experience change at a frightening pace. In this session we will be suggesting ways of giving economics students a variety of opportunities to develop their own narrative and deepen understanding of key concepts through the web.

We will put up some more snapshots of teaching resources as we slide them into the delegate packs! Further details of the teachECON events can be found here.

Final Speaker Line Up for the Economics Teacher Conference 2012 [15 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: 10 Key Revision Topics for EdExcel [7 May 2012]
Twitter - Help with Economics Revision [8 Apr 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Inflation and the Business Environment [6 Apr 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: How the Economic Cycle affects Businesses [6 Apr 2012]
AS and A2 Economics Revision Workshops in Spring 2012 (update) [16 Jan 2012]
Revision Presentation: Economics Evaluation Skills [10 Jan 2012]
AS and A2 Economics - 10 Ways to Improve Evaluation [4 Jan 2012]
UK Macro: Risks of a Double Dip Recession [12 Sep 2011]
Beyond the Bike - Video of the First Two Weeks [8 Aug 2011]
Economics 1 Manchester United 0 [20 Jul 2011]
Tech & Pop Culture in Teaching Economics [17 Jul 2011]
Beyond the Bike - Stuart’s Epic Economic Cycle [17 Jul 2011]
7 Reasons why Teachers should Blog [7 Jul 2011]
tutor2u June 2011 Economics Teacher Conference [18 Jun 2011]
Connecting to Digital Natives (and some great ads!) [17 Jun 2011]
RES Essay Competition 2011 - Shortlisted Essays [13 Jun 2011]
Economics Teachers on Twitter [6 Jun 2011]
AS Macro: Preparing for Unit 2 (May 2011) [25 May 2011]
Economics Resources & CPD - Your Suggestions Welcome [9 May 2011]
EU Enlargement - Evaluating the Impact [30 Apr 2011]
A2 Micro: EU Aviation - State Aid and State Ownership [28 Apr 2011]
Royal Economic Society Essay Competition [23 Apr 2011]
Tutor2u Visits Madrid! [4 Apr 2011]
Resources from the Business/Economics ICT event [5 Mar 2011]
Using Google Docs for Student Collaboration [28 Feb 2011]
Using Twitter - The Role of Hash Tags [15 Feb 2011]
Teacher Enrichment - Developing Your Own PLN [14 Feb 2011]
Tracking Commodity Prices - Free Chart Download [26 Jan 2011]
Using Visuals in Economics Teaching [23 Jan 2011]
Diagram Canvas for A2 Micro [7 Jan 2011]
A2 Economics Diagram Checklist [7 Jan 2011]
Growing a presence on Facebook [23 Dec 2010]
A Christmas Reading List in Economics for 2010 [9 Dec 2010]
A selection of economics revision presentations [1 Dec 2010]
Changes to AQA Economics Spec and other Animals [28 Nov 2010]
Keeping the Plates Spinning - the Success of the Goodwood Brand [11 Nov 2010]
Using Technology Creatively - Event Details [9 Nov 2010]
Extend and Enrich with EconoMax [29 Oct 2010]
Revision Presentation on Measuring Inflation [26 Oct 2010]
Revision Presentation on Unemployment in the UK [26 Oct 2010]
Open Web - Resources for Economics Teachers [19 Oct 2010]
Picturenomics (2) - Coalition Policies and a Local Town Economy [18 Oct 2010]
Jim’s Interview with Smarta [18 Oct 2010]
Tea with the Economist - Stephen King [13 Oct 2010]
teachECON 2010 comes into view! [3 Oct 2010]
The Rise of Micro Companies [21 Sep 2010]
Magic Whiteboards in the Economics Classroom [14 Sep 2010]
The Economics Blog on the iPad [14 Sep 2010]
The tutor2u Moodle Economics Course for 2010-11 [31 Aug 2010]
The Summer of 2010 - Economics & Business Quiz [29 Aug 2010]
Tutor2u on Facebook [24 Aug 2010]
Twitter Daily Newspaper [24 Aug 2010]
Lesson Worksheet - Income Elasticity of Demand [16 Aug 2010]
Lesson Worksheet - Price Elasticity of Demand [13 Aug 2010]
Lesson Worksheet - Market demand and supply [12 Aug 2010]
RES Young Economist 2010 - Winners Announced [10 Aug 2010]
Essential business reading for the summer! [5 Aug 2010]
Where next for the UK economy? [23 Jul 2010]
10 Ambitions for What Tutor2u Offers Online [12 Jul 2010]
teachECON 2010 - What We’ll Cover [6 Jul 2010]
Questions in behavioural economics - How can framing be used to influence public decisions? [27 Jun 2010]
Questions in behavioural economics - Why is the placebo effect important? [26 Jun 2010]
Revision Note: AQA Economics Unit 4 [23 Jun 2010]
Highly Commended Essays for the 2010 RES Essay Competition [21 Jun 2010]
Final Shortlist for the 2010 RES Essay Competition [21 Jun 2010]
Economics Teacher National Conference - 17th June [5 Jun 2010]
A selection of revision notes on monetary policy [4 Jun 2010]
A selection of revision notes on the balance of payments [1 Jun 2010]
The end of Newcastle Brown Ale brewing on Tyneside [21 May 2010]
Macroeconomic indicators - revision activity [18 May 2010]
Four Outstanding Speaker Authors [16 May 2010]
A2 Economics Revision - Practice Essay Questions for AQA Unit 3 and Unit 4 [15 May 2010]
Moodle 2.0 Test and Preview Site is now Live! [6 May 2010]
Economics Revision Resources [2 May 2010]
Reflections on the MoodleMoot [14 Apr 2010]
How to make a million before lunch [12 Apr 2010]
AQA Unit 1 (Micro) Course Companion [7 Apr 2010]
AQA Unit 2 (Macro) Course Companion [7 Apr 2010]
UK Economy Revision: UK Economy at a Glance [4 Apr 2010]
Economists on Twitter - And Using Twitter in Teaching [17 Feb 2010]
The Economics of a Changing World [16 Feb 2010]
Launch of the RES Essay Competition 2010 - Essay Titles Are Revealed [14 Feb 2010]
Slidefinder [8 Jan 2010]
Assorted Links (5 Jan 2010) [5 Jan 2010]
Economics Recommended Reading List [29 Dec 2009]
Macro at the Moller - Fresh Ideas for Teaching [9 Nov 2009]
IB Economics - Improving Evaluation Skills [30 Oct 2009]
New Edition of Etonomics [25 Oct 2009]
Experimenting with Forums [23 Oct 2009]
Classroom Activity - Economic Cycle in Pictures [20 Oct 2009]
Gathering Data about the UK Economy [14 Oct 2009]
Keep up-to-date with the Economics Blogs with our widgets! [17 Sep 2009]
Economics Categories Game [3 Sep 2009]
10 Great Ways to use Moodle in the Classroom [28 Aug 2009]
Result of the 2009 RES Essay Competition [11 Aug 2009]
The Scale of Moodle [3 Jul 2009]
Market Failure in Pictures! [21 Jun 2009]
A Date for Your Diary - Cambridge in November! [20 Jun 2009]
Embedding Video into VLE Courses [19 Jun 2009]

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