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ARTIFACT #1: http://bankingi.wikispaces.com/ http://deasysmiddleschoolwiki.wikispaces.com/ I have implemented wikis in both my Banking I and Banking II classes and in my 7th Grade Computer Applications class. I use them collaboratively and also as a weekly homework assignment. For my Banking I and II classes, I pose a question based on readings, and students then post individually to the discussion tab associated with the topic. I like this use of the wiki even though I know it is not the wiki’s main intent. At the end of the week, we can discuss everyone’s responses as a class. In my 7th Grade Computer Apps class, we use the wiki to collaboratively give tips about how to be safe while online. I also use the 7th Grade Wiki as a weekly assignment posting board.

ARTIFACT #2: [] I have implemented a Banking Blog with my banking students. This was an assignment from the last VHS class. I will be opening up the discussion topics to the students now that the VHS class requirement is complete. Again, I use the blog to reinforce the student’s understanding of what is going on in the business and banking world. I think that if I don’t make a concerted effort to get them to pay attention to the news and the world around them that they will stay inside their comfortable box. ARTIFACT #3: http://federal-reserve-module-wiki.wikispaces.com/ This is a hybrid module developed during one of the VHS classes. It is a unit on the Federal Reserve System. I plan to use this hybrid wiki for the first time next fall when my Banking class looks at this topic. It is a combination of websites and projects that I hope will bring the Federal Reserve System alive for the students. ARTIFACT #4: ..\Banking and Finance\HISTORY OF MONEY TIMETOAST RUBRIC.docx This Banking assignment I have used for a few years but almost never in the same way. In this unit, the students are to follow the history of money and banking and be able to identify the key events that shaped our monetary supply. The first two times I did this project the students were broken into groups and did Powerpoint presentations on their time/history period. This past year, I had the students do the project using “timetoast” and make a timeline of their time/history period. We then used the Internet to view everyone’s presentation. It was a fun way to vary the assignment, and the students enjoyed doing it. ARTIFACT #5: ..\AP FINANCE\CRUISE THE NEWS This is an activity I do in my Finance class. It is called “Cruise the News.” Again, I am working on students becoming aware of the world events around them. Each day a student is assigned to do a “Cruise.” This means that in a given class, a student would “cruise” approximately twice a marking period. The student is to choose an article, newspaper clip, website, etc. that deals with the topic the class is studying. Right now, the Finance class is working on budgets so all the “cruise” topics deal with budgets. The students are to type out in proper format the opening, summarizing, and closing paragraphs for their article/website. Each student then presents his/herr article to the class in an oral summary…takes about 2 minutes at the beginning of class. I grade the student on their written response and their verbal response. In addition to helping the whole class learn more about our topics through “Cruising”, this activity helps the student become comfortable making oral presentations and the written portion of the assignment helps with CAPT preparation. ARTIFACT #6: ..\AP FINANCE\taxes\TAXES POWERPOINT.ppt This Powerpoint introduces the topic of taxes to my Finance class. I chose it because it has hyperlinks that take us right to the Internet during class. The presentation is done on the Smartboard and flows nicely. I use a “clicker” type device to advance the slides….the students think that is so cool! ARTIFACT #7: __ PODCASTS __ Although I have not yet done a podcast, I am going to include it in my artifacts list. I plan to do podcasts as soon as I have some time!!! I plan to do podcasts in my accounting class where I thought it would be neat to make several podcasts covering the basic concepts of accounting. The students could listen to the podcasts whenever they felt they needed some reinforcement. I find that students always struggle throughout the year with the concepts of debits and credits. Doing a podcast on this subject is a way for them to listen to the concept at home when they are stuck on a homework problem. I may even have my Accounting II students make podcasts that my Accounting I students could use for reference! ARTIFACT #8: [] This is a “Mixbook” I created from a Banking field trip to New York City’s Financial District. It captured the highlights of our trip forever and in a format that the students can access. We watched it in class…and everyone had a great time talking about the trip. We visited the New York Federal Reserve Bank and saw the “gold vault”. We saw the New York Stock Exchange and sat on the steps of the Federal Building for a group photo. We saw Ground Zero, Trinity Church where Alexander Hamilton (First Secretary of the Treasury) was buried and we climbed all over the “Bull” in Bowling Green! ARTIFACT #9: [] This is an Animoto movie I created about the highlights of my Banking course over a period of a year. The students enjoyed seeing it and reminiscing about our journey. The Banking Personnel at our affiliated bank also enjoyed seeing what the students did in the course. It is a movie I can use year to year to promote my program. It will be fun to make Animotos of each year and achive them like Yearbooks! ARTIFACT #10: httP://www.xtranormal.com/profile/1760613/?listid=10842725 This is an "xtranormal" mini-movie that I used as a review about special journals in my accounting class. The students watched this review while I walked around and checked homework. They laughed so hard and really loved it. Great way to start a class.