Is College Worth It?

For those of you teaching economics and personal finance,  here is a great WashPost article on the value of a college education as opposed to just a high school education.  

Flipping, flipping, flipping!

All three of my preps this year are being flipped so I am really getting into it which is good after four years of practicing the "craft."  Today we are having a tech in-service at Hayfield Secondary where I teach and I am teaching two sections of how to flip one's classroom.  If you aren't a teacher at Hayfield and want to watch how to do flip, above is an eight minute video detailing all of the steps and what to do in the classroom after you have done your flipped lecture.

Here is an example of a flipped video, the actual Google form we used and the interactive assignment that followed in class. 

Elasticity & Amazon.com

Most people know that Amazon.com has been in a price war with independent book dealers, but according to their blog and this article it's all about elasticity.  Make the price too high and people will not purchase as many books.  Lower the price and book sales go up.  It might make for an interesting article to show your students to make what they are learning more relevant. 

Cross Price Elasticity

Short that it is, this is very well explained for cross price elasticity.  

The World's Shortest Video Definition of Micro and Macroeconomics

Revenue & the Internet in Real Time

Click above to view the full version [h/t PennyStocks.la].
If you have been listening or reading interviews this week with Jack Ma or Alibaba, you know he sounds a lot like Jeff Bezos when he was starting Amazon.  Both saw a change in the market and jumped on it.  That might be something your students can relate to what you are teaching in class.  While you are doing that, the images above might help your discussion. 

My Book Can Now be Pre-Ordered

We now have a definitive early January release date for my book, whose name has changed to "Deeper Learning Through Technology: Using the Cloud to Individualize Instruction."  The name pretty much says it all as I relate research, examples and explanatory tutorials to show you how to effectively use technology for both primary (technology being used in ways similar to paper and secondary (more of the book and ways to allow you to do things you cannot do without technology).   There are also five "teacher challenges" per chapter so that you and your PLCs could set goals for your teams to integrate the techniques into your classrooms and school.