Upcoming Webinars from the CEE

From our friends at the Council for Economic Education: The Council for Economic Education is pleased to offer free professional development webinars for teachers nationwide. The webinars cover multiple topics on how to integrate personal finance and economics in the classroom and create a fun learning experience for your students. For a list of webinars …

Free Financial Literacy PD Course!

From our friends at the Cowin Financial Literacy Program at the Teacher’s College of Columbia University: REGISTER NOW:  Cowin Financial Literacy Program – Online Course REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 25th, 5:00 PM EST

One of my favorite projects – Copycat Magazine

Every year in Photoshop, I challenge my students to find a magazine cover layout (I have a collection of about 150 for them to choose from) that is more than just simple text and words. They have to evaluate the fonts (serif, sans serif, narrow, slab, script, etc.) to try to match them with free/open …

Professional Learning Opportunities for Computer Science

From our friends at code.org: Thanks to you, the global movement to teach computer science continues to accelerate, and in the U.S. an unprecedented number of schools, districts, and states are embracing this new subject. But, our schools need more CS teachers, and teachers need more support for every child to have equitable access to …

Feature a Teacher: Eric Swansburg

Name: Eric Swansburg ( email ) School: King Philip Regional High School, Wrentham, MA Job Title: Business Teacher Grade Levels: high school Courses Taught: Accounting, Business Management Why and/or how did you become a business educator? I worked in the healthcare and financial services industries for 25 years in a variety of roles, mainly selling and …