A lesson about how entrepreneurs identify sources for new business ideas, recognize different business opportunities and identify their own personal goals for starting a business.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment
Students use the 5 Ws (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to evaluate an information source and determine if they would cite it in a paper. This assignment is used as an information literacy exercise at the University of Tennessee Libraries, where students are given a New York Times column to read before completing the assignment in groups. For a copy of this resource as it was originally given to students, go to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0vtrPDaeiV6VFJUYUNzRGlfb00/view?usp=sharing. Results of the use of this activity were shared in an article published in the journal Reference & User Services Quarterly 53, no. 4 (Summer 2014): 334-347.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment
This is a list of fake, false, or regularly misleading websites that are shared on Facebook and social media. Some of these websites may rely on “outrage” by using distorted headlines and decontextualized or dubious information in order to generate likes, shares, and profits. These websites are categorized with the number 1 next to them. Some websites on this list may circulate misleading and/or potentially unreliable information, and they are marked with a 2. Other websites on this list sometimes use clickbait-y headlines and social media descriptions, and they are marked with a 3. Other sources on this list are purposefully fake with the intent of satire/comedy, which can offer important critical commentary on politics and society, but have the potential to be shared as actual/literal news. They are marked with a 4.
Material Type: Reading
In this lesson, students will be able to view and analyze both good and bad interview techniques. The learners are people who's education may have been interrupted for various reasons. The lesson will provide practical exercises on using the techniques presented. Learners will be exposed to proper and improper interview techniques.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Diagram/Illustration, Interactive, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy
In this session you will be introduced to the methods and dynamics of relevance for health promotion on social media with specific focus on the role and impact of fake health science . The exercise is based on a simulation game where students will join an already established secret Facebook group.
Material Type: Lecture, Lesson
Find and use all relevant information to fill out a job application.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Interactive, Reading
Learn the latest methods for finding a job including searching online, networking and using social media.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture, Reading
Acquire essential skills for producing professional work with the Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture, Reading
Learn the very basics of managing money as well as strategies for saving, budgeting, retirement and more
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Interactive, Lecture, Reading
Learn all about writing resumes, browse our sample resumes, and write your own using a trusted resume template.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Reading
This resource can serve as a teaching module, student self-study material, or evaluation of understanding. It explains and evaluates the concepts and calculations regarding simple and compound interest. It was developed by Martha Donnelly of Lone Star College.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson
This Google Sheet was created to support a Time Management module in a Strategies for College Success course. The plan is for the instructor to share one copy of the Sheet with each student for an assignment lasting 2 or 3 weeks. Students estimate the time they spend each week on common daily tasks, such as sleeping, working, or attending class. Space is provided for students to enter up to three custom tasks. After estimating how they spend time, students track their time spent for a full week. Through the magic of spreadsheet formulas, time spent per task is color-coded to help visualize large and small blocks of time. Time for the week is tallied on the summary tab, where a warning message appears if less than 24 hours are logged for any given day. After comparing their estimated hours to their actual recorded hours, students propose changes they can make in how they spend their time to increase their scholastic success. A tab with five questions is included for student reflection. Instructions for how to use the Sheet are provided for faculty on the Info & LIcense tab. Cell formulas are editable only by the document owner; students cannot accidentally overwrite. Colors are selected from a palette known to be perceivable by people with most forms of colorblindness. Author contact information is available on the Info and License tab.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment
Short explanation with graphical quiz to check understanding, on the changes in aggregate demand, short run aggregate supply and long run aggregate supply and the things that can change them.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration
This video on comparative advantage also discusses absolute advantage. Both are defined and examples are provided. This will aid in the mastery of standard EPF. 9 (a) (b) and (g).
Material Type: Lecture
Economics is built on the premise that humans act rationally, but everyone behaves irrationally some of the time. Is it possible that human irrationality nullifies economic theory? Join Professor Antony Davies of Duquesne University and Erika Davies of George Mason University as they take you on a crash course of behavioral economics, discussing topics like rational choice, heuristics, nudging, and public choice economics.
Material Type: Lecture
This video is 8 minutes long. It will explain the importance of specialization in regards to trade. This video will aid in the mastery of standard EPF. 9 (a) and (g)
Material Type: Lecture
Americans make up around four percent of the world population and yet they control over 25% of the world’s wealth. If that wealth were shared evenly across the globe, couldn’t we solve the problem of global poverty overnight? In this video, Professor Matt Zwolinski of the University of San Diego explores how best to end poverty for good.
Material Type: Lecture
Introduction to collateralized debt obligations (to be listen to after series on mortgage-backed securities. Created by Sal Khan.
Material Type: Lesson
This video is a 14 minute video where students can see a 1040EZ tax form filled out. This video will aid in mastery of standard EPF. 16
Material Type: Lecture
