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Our Vision Students leaving school prepared for their economic roles as workers, consumers, citizens, and lifelong decision makers in a globally interdependent world. Our Mission To help teachers teach those students in the public and independent schools of Georgia. Where Georgia economics teachers come first Thank you for visiting the Georgia Council on Economic Education's Web site. We're working hard to be the resource of choice for K-12 social studies and economics teachers across the Peach State. Here you can review programs, register for workshops, order teaching materials and talk to other teachers through the message board. 30 Years of Bulls and Bears in Georgia This year the Stock Market Game in Georgia is 30 years old. The Georgia Stock Market Game has seen soaring markets and deep declines in 30 years. What will spring 2010 bring? The action started February 1 as the spring trading session began and continues through April 9. Stock Market Game teachers- be sure to make a trade by February 19 to activate your team numbers. Winners announced in April will be invited to join those from the fall 2009 trading session at the Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon on May 4 in Atlanta. Good luck to all Georgia Stock Market Game teams across the Peach State! Fall Stock Market Game Winners The results for the fall 2009 Stock Market Game are out! Westminster is the statewide champion, with Mountain View in Gwinnett finishing second. You can read about the winning teams here. Congratulations to first-place finishers in school systems around Georgia. New workshops are here- sign up soon! GCEE is offering a winter and spring full of workshops around Georgia, like Virtual Economics 3, Georgia Economic History, and Economics in World Studies. With nearly 50 workshops scheduled for locations around the state, any teacher can quickly get up to speed on the latest lessons correlated to the Georgia Performance Standards while gaining the understanding needed to deliver content confidently in the classroom. GCEE workshops often fill up quickly because teachers can register at no cost, materials are included, and substitute reimbursement is offered with most workshops. Don't wait to register! GCEE named 2009 GCSS Program of Excellence GCEE has been named the 2009 Program of Excellence by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies. GCEE will receive the Program of Excellence Award during the Georgia Council for the Social Studies Awards Reception on Friday, November 13, at 3:00 p.m. in Grand Ballroom E of the Omni Hotel in downtown Atlanta. GCSS will be meeting in conjunction with the 46th Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies. The GCSS Program of Excellence Award is given to educators and programs that go beyond state and local requirements, use innovative methods of teaching, support meaningful social studies instruction, and enrich the lives of students in many ways. Profiles in Economics Dwight Lee, formerly the Ramsey Chair of Private Enterprise in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, and wife Cynthia Crain have collaborated on a series of books on great figures in the history of economics. Written for students in grades 8 through 12, the "Profiles in Economics" biographies cover Adam Smith, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman. The new "Profiles in Economics" series is published by Morgan Reynolds Publishing. Dr. Lee, who also served briefly as director of the Center for Economic Education at the University of Georgia, now holds the William J. O'Neill Chair of Global Markets and Freedom in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. He has previously authored books on economics like "Common Sense Economics" and other titles. A world of economics International trade, trade restrictions, and the strength of the dollar are concepts students see in the headlines every day. Most people know little about these essential ideas, but for Georgia sixth and seventh graders it's a different story. The Georgia Performance Standards focus on economic systems, economic growth and development, and international trade. GCEE's newest workshop, Economics in World Studies, teaches basic knowledge and principles about international trade and finance, giving teachers insights into the world of international trade with materials that support the GPS. With no registration fee, reimbursement for substitute teachers included, and instructional materials provided that support the GPS, Economics in World Studies is everything a teacher needs to gain insights into how the world of international trade works. The last Economics in World Studies Workshop for this semester will be on November 10 in Dahlonega. Teachers can register online today. A Center Director's view Dr. Gregory Brock, director of the Georgia Southern University Center for Economic Education, shared his views on economic education recently in Business in Savannah, a publication of the Savannah Morning News. In his column, Dr. Brock discusses the impact of the current economic downturn on the teaching of economics. You can read it here. A message to you Check out the new GCEE Message Board! If you're a novice economics teacher or if you've taught the course for years, you can learn about the newest economics content, ask questions of experienced professionals, or share practical tips on teaching economics with colleagues. The upgraded message board features email alerts on new posts, with each forum led by an experienced professional well-versed in that topic. Click here to join the new GCEE Message Board. GCEE now on Facebook For economics teachers who can't get enough of social networking, Program Manager Mike Raymer has set up a GCEE page on Facebook. You can network with other economics teachers, discuss economics lessons from the headlines, and check out links to relevant Web sites (like GCEE's Web site and Blog!). To visit the GCEE Facebook page, you must first have a Facebook account. You can set one up here. A word about "The Word on Economic Education" With some teachers retiring and others moving, GCEE has updated the mailing list for "The Word on Economic Education." Some teachers may have inadvertently been dropped from the new mailing list. If you are no longer receiving "The Word on Economic Education" and would like to have it mailed to you, please click here and let us know and GCEE will add your name to the list. 2008-2009 Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon Video GCEE held the 2008-2009 Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon on May 5 at the Georgia Freight Depot, where about 550 students, teachers, parents, and business leaders gathered to honor winning student teams from school systems around the state. Georgia School Superintendent Kathy Cox called the Stock Market Game "by far, one of our state's most successful and engaging programs" and hailed the student winners "who wish that $100,000 was real." Special thanks to Economic Empowerment Initiative, Inc. President and CEO Samuel T. Jackson for emceeing the Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon again this year. Economic Empowerment Initiative, Inc. (EEI), an Atlanta-based non-profit that helps high school and college students understand how to manage their finances, build entrepreneurial success, and create wealth, once again joined with GCEE for this year's event. EEI produced this video, which also featured GCEE Chairman Milton Jones, President of the Bank of America in Georgia, and Gary Alexander, Managing Director of Investments at Wells Fargo, in an illuminating conversation on contemporary economics, from the current recession to what young students will need to know about finances in the future. Economics lessons from the real world Looking for some real world economics lessons right out of the headlines, or some fun ideas for bringing economics to your classroom? Whether you teach kindergarteners or high school students, check out the GCEE Blog, where former Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year and GCEE Teacher in Residence Mike Raymer and Starr's Mill High School economics teacher Michael Melvin take a look at the headlines and pull out economics lessons you can put to work in your classroom now. Jumping from the NCAA Final Four college hoops brackets to Austin Powers to Ben Bernanke, Mike and Mike blog about economics in the news with a teacher's perspective, constantly searching for fun topics and practical examples of economics at work here in Georgia, across the country, and around the world. So, if you've been teaching economics longer than Tim Geithner has been alive, or just got assigned economics as a subject this semester (and aren't really sure what to do!), the GCEE blog is an easy way to pick up some quick and useful ideas. You can visit The Georgia Council Blog here. Stock Market Game in the News WXIA 11 Alive News in Atlanta profiled one Stock Market Game team as they researched stocks, crunched numbers, and invested in stocks during the fall 2008 session. Education reporter Donna Lowry followed the team as they made their way through treacherous economic circumstances during the ten-week trading session. You can see the story here. EconomicsAmerica: a resource for school systems Joining the EconomicsAmerica network is easy, and has advantages for participating school systems like: Priority when registering for teacher training workshops. Many GCEE workshops are offered at no charge with materials included- but they can fill up fast! Support staff development. Curriculum directors and key administrators can learn about the latest progams in economic education. In-service workshops. GCEE provides professional learning units for teachers with in-service workshops, including reimbursement for substitute teachers so classroom teachers can attend. Easy access to a complete menu of resource materials, including a variety of special programs designed to help make economcis an exciting subject to study.
To participate in EconomicsAmerica, click here to get started.
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News and Announcements
Feb 1, 2010
The Word on Economic Education- Winter 2010
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Fall 2009 Stock Market Game Winners
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The Word on Economic Education- Fall 2009
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