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social responsibility, girls & IT

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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.

Written by Rachel Chung

October 5, 2008 at 3:18 pm

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Made to Stick

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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!

Written by Rachel Chung

October 19, 2008 at 3:47 pm

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Developing Financial Literacy

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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.

Money Smarts by Girl Scouts

Blogs

Raising Cash Smart Kids

- Practical tips for K-8 education

 

Online Tools

NEFE financial planning for high school students

http://hsfpp.nefe.org/home/

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

Written by Rachel Chung

October 19, 2008 at 3:10 pm

Teaching Resources: Information Systems

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Written by Rachel Chung

October 19, 2008 at 2:52 pm

Posted in Teaching Resources