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Expanding your web horizons

Geoff Riley

21st July 2010

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There are so many useful and stimulating web resources out there now for teachers searching for stimulating enrichment and extension materials for their students. Here is a selection

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. The economics materials can be found here

National Repository of Online Courses (US)

Curriki free, high-quality curricula/education resources to teachers, students and parents around the world
The United Nations’ World Digital Library - six years in the making

Worldmapper - a collection of world maps where territories are re-sized according to the subject.

1400 videos on math, biology, chemistry, physics, money banking (at the Khan Academy) - the economics videos can be found here

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.