Grades 9-12
Grade 9-12
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On-Demand Webinar
Spice Up Your Econ and Personal Finance Lessons
Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Amanda Stiglbauer
Objective
Teachers will be able to:
- Examine EdTech tools, games, and fun videos to use in Econ and personal finance lessons.
- Learn how to create their own GimKit games and NearPod interactive presentations.
Standards
Concepts
This video is available to view for EconEdLink members only.
In this webinar, you will learn how to make your lessons more interesting, relatable, and fun via some gamifying demos.
Description
In this webinar, teachers will be introduced to 6 fun resources to make their classes come alive! Come to learn and have fun, as we will not only play different modes in GimKit and arcade games but also learn how to create our own games and Nearpod interactive presentations for formative assessments. We will end the evening with links to awesome movie spoofs and short relatable clips about current economics and personal finance issues, which are great for bell ringers or to play at the end of class.
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