May 09 2007
AP Economics in the blogosphere
Published by Jason Welker at 11:20 am under
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WikipediaNow that the year’s winding down and the experiment in Wikis and blogs has proven successful, I’m starting to wonder how many other AP Econ teachers are using similar tools in their classes. I sent an email out to a group of AP Econ teachers telling them about our Wiki experiment, and have begun to hear back from a few about their own use of Web 2.0 tools like blogs. Here’s a link to a cleverly named blog sent to me from a teacher in Iowa:
So, if anyone reading this blog knows of other interesting AP Econ blogs or Wikis out there, please post your comments below with a link to the blog. My hope is to create a new link list for my AP students next year with links to all the other AP Econ blogs out there. I’m sure countless teachers are using blogs in their classrooms! Many college professors use them, including perhaps the most famous prof, Greg Mankiw of Harvard. Mankiw’s text is one of the most widely used AP Econ texts out there, so this blog is a great resource for AP students, college econ students, and teachers of economics alike! Check it out here:
Again, if you know of any other interesting Economics blogs, specifically those by AP teachers or students, I’d love to hear about them, so post your comments here!
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About the author: Jason Welker is a teacher at Zurich International School in Switzerland, where he teaches Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Economics. In addition to maintaining numerous online resources for economics student and educators, Jason developed the online version of the IB Economics course for Virtual High School and is currently authoring a textbook for IB Economics students for Pearson Baccalaureate which will be available in Spring of 2011. His economics student wiki won the 2007 "Best Educational Wiki" award from the "EduBlog Awards". Related posts:
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Our AP Economics classes here in Marietta, GA have an economics blog (http://walkereconomics.blogspot.com/) that has been going strong for 2 school years now.
I’m glad to see other schools take advantage of the great blogs and information that are out there.
Michael Arjona
AP Economics and AP Statistics teacher
The Walker School
Marietta, GA
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We’ve got a fine economics blog in Maryland as part of the Dulaney High School AP Economics classes: davidprudente.wordpress.com