Sep 27 2007
Adventure? Excitement? The teacher craves not these things…
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This will probably be my last post for a while. My wife and I are leading a group of 16 SAS juniors and seniors to Lucena City on the Luzon Island in the Philippines next week to build a house with Habitat for Humanity. The following week, we take another group of 24 sophomores to Chengdu in China’s Sichuan Province. I doubt I’ll be blogging much from these two places, however I am sure I’ll have a lot to blog about when I get back. Check back around October 15 and we’ll be back in full swing here at Shanghai American School.
In the mean time, if you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check out the new SAS Economists student blog where our AP and IB students have begun their careers as bloggers with much enthusiasm and several great posts have already appeared! These kids are amazing writers and some of their blog posts include analysis that goes way beyond what I would expect of them only 5 weeks into their Principles of Economics course! Way to go guys, keep it up and I hope some of you choose to post while I’m away on these trips.
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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:
- Introducing the SAS Economists Blog
- New tools for the Econ teacher and student: Social bookmarking Site, iPhone App and YouTube Review Videos
- Our Wiki – SAS Econ students help Mozambiquean Econ students learn!
- Welker’s Wikinomics nominated “Best Educational Wiki 2007″! – go cast your vote!
- A new year ahead on Welker’s Wikinomics Blog
Do you like what you read on this blog? The author is currently working on an Economics textbook that will be available to order in Spring 2011. For more information, click above.
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