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Thanks for visiting my cyberspace. You can learn about my research portfolio, teaching resources and causes I care about – social resonsibility, girls, and IT.
Made to Stick

How do you tell a good story? What makes people listen to your ideas? Researchers, teachers, parents, and managers are constantly trying to get people (big or little) to listen to them. What makes people listen?
This is one of the best books I’ve read recently about communication. The authors make a compelling case that principles of a good movie or commercial ad can be usefully applied to selling research ideas, or getting kids or employees to do what you want them to do.
As a researcher and teacher of business management, these messages come close to heart. As soon as I finished reading the book, I wanted to read it again!
Developing Financial Literacy
Previously trained as a developmental psychologist, I have a passion for kids. Given the current economic meltdowns and mortgage crisis, how we can teach children to become financially responsible and smart is an imminently important topic (http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/02/20/24finance.h27.html). It is also a topic that pertains to my interests in child development, business, social responsibility & technology.
This page shows a collection of resources available about the development of financial literacy.
Organizations
National Endowment for Financial Education
- Resources mostly for high-school students, college students and adults. Few resources for K-8.
Blogs
- Practical tips for K-8 education
Online Tools
NEFE financial planning for high school students
Johnny Money – an online game designed for teaching children about entrepreneurship/small business
http://www.nfib.com/page/YEFJohnnyMoney.html
Financial planning from Girls Inc.
http://www.girlsinc.org/gc/page.php?id=2.1.1
News Articles
9 tips about raising money smart kids from Bankrate.com
http://www.bankrate.com/yho/news/pf/19990507a.asp
Books
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Raising Money Smart Kids
Teaching Resources: Information Systems
IS cases
- MIT Sloan working papers http://mitsloan.mit.edu/cisr/papers.php
- http://www.espen.com/papers/glamox_a.pdf