TCEE Participates in SAISD Social Studies 2010 Winter Conference

The Texas Council on Economic Education (TCEE) participated in the San Antonio ISD Winter Social Studies conference. The conference was held at Brackenridge High School on Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 8:30AM - 11:45AM with over 100 participants from grades 1 through 9.

The TCEE held two 90 minute presentations: Lessons for Teaching Economics Using the Play Dough Economics Publication and the Virtual Economics tools. One session targeted 3rd grade teachers while the second session targeted 4th and 5th grade teachers. Participants in the TCEE presentations learned how to apply economics to everyday situations using Play Dough to stimulate discussion and analysis of economic terms and concepts.

The TCEE would like to thank and recognize Janet Mansmann, Senior Social Studies Coordinator, Cynthia Hernandez, Elementary Social Studies Specialist and all of the other SAISD staff for organizing this professional development event focusing on economic education.

If you are an educator and would like to obtain a copy of the Virtual Economics CD with 1200 lessons, 79 publications and 500 economic terms, click here: http://bit.ly/98JMdm

To obtain PDF versions of the PowerPoint presentations used at SAISD, click here: http://bit.ly/9hZhVt

Texas Council on Economic Education - January Newsletter

The Texas Council on Economic Education has released its January Newsletter. It includes a letter from the President, Laura Ewing, as well as upcoming activities and events.

Please visit us at www.economicstexas.org to subscribe to our email newsletter. Click Here To Download the PDF version of the newsletter.

Why Economic Education?

This video highlights the efforts of the Council for Economic Education (CEE) to improve upon economic education through K - 12 teacher professional development. On a national level, the CEE reaches 150,000 teachers annually with potentially 15 million students affected. The Texas Council on Economic Education (TCEE) averages over 5,000 teacher contacts a year potentially affecting over 500,000 students.

The Texas Council on Economic Education is proud to be a strong contributor toward our vision of a nation of individuals who possess the knowledge and skills to make informed economic decisions.

Learn more about the TCEE at www.economicstexas.org.