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General Teaching resources (toolkit, lesson plans, activities and Plenaries. Using Web 2.0 in the classroom (resources) [|Ipad and tech tools in the classroom] AFL Resources:

= Report Writing and smart Targets =

** Specific teaching resources for new ** ** IB Economics curriculum: **


 * Blogs and Economics Websites: **


 * Jason Welker and other co-authors - [|www.economicsinplainenglish.com]
 * The Economics of Seinfield - [] /
 * Greg Mankiw - blog and US textbook author []
 * Jim Riley and Geoff Evans - [|www.tutor2u.net]
 * Freakeconomics – Tim Harford []


 * Videos: **


 * JodyEconGirl - Harvard PhD student and lecturer. “Economists Do it With Models” [] - great videos! and graphs about Demand Curve Algebra and Prisoners Dilemma for Game Theory.
 * PajHolden - youTube Channel - IB focused short 5-10 min lessons. []
 * Economics in 60 seconds - [] a little bit crazy for me.
 * Cartoons about Economics concepts. []
 * Boom and Bust - Keynes and Hayek - Classic youTube.
 * The Commanding Heights - 3 DVD’s Google Video / Stageview. [|www.PBS.com]


 * Revision and content websites: **


 * Economics Today - regular magazine, download as PDF files from [|www.anforme.co.uk/et/online.html]
 * Economic Review - great resources for - back page is great resource for development economics. []
 * BizEd Resources - virtual worlds for development and Zambia. [|http://www.bized.co.uk/learn/ib.htm#economics]
 * Triple A Learning - pay to view website and course documents for economics.
 * S-Cool UK - Very good and clearly links to IB content [|http://www.scool.co.uk/alevel/economics.html]
 * Welker Wikinomics - StudyGuides and Notes: very comprehensive, but need to pay per copy to download. Author of upcoming Pearson Textbook. []
 * Mathematics for Economics and Business – book available on amazon []


 * Practise Questions: **


 * ** AP Examinations ** - AP Central - American economics examinations. Available on the following website. Suitable resources for game theory questions and assessment ahead of the new curriculum changes. []


 * ** NCEA ** – [|www.nzqa.govt.nz] New Zealand Certificate of Assessment - examination papers from the New Zealand syllabus. Great set of questions in PDF’s to scaffold students towards extended writing questions. Very NZ centric but adaptable. Lots of questions to support typical HL P3 quantitative questions. []

[|Recommended reading list.] Particularly good for Oxbridge candidates.