Nearpod and EconEdLink for Beginners

Time: 60 mins,

Presenter: Dr.Ruben Rivera

Teacher Version

Objective Standards Summary Description

Objective

Teachers will be able to:

Develop Nearpod optimized lessons.
Deliver fun and exciting content to students, teachers, staff, and other stakeholders using its technology.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Incentives, Technology

This video is available to view for EconEdLink members only.

In this economics webinar, teachers will learn the basics of Nearpod, an interactive learning platform, via EEL sample lessons.

Description

We are proud to announce a collaboration between the Council for Economic Education and Nearpod. We will teach you how to create Nearpod sessions with your own existing lessons, or with lessons sourced from EconEdLink. This is the first of a two-part series. Learn the basics, and improve your online and in-person engagement strategies through this fun and unique EdTech tool.

Subjects:

Grades 9-12

Can You Be Fashionable and Ethical?

Students “produce” blue jeans and make business choices about production to simulate the decision of changing from more expensive, but...

Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incentives, Marginal Analysis

60 mins

Lesson

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Grades 6-8

Dinner Discussions at Maggie Walker's House

Students study historic objects, photographs and documents, research influential members of the African American community and role-play a dinner party...

Key Concepts: Incentives

3 class periods

Lesson

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