Looking Back and Ahead-

The Future is…

About Financial Literacy Education!

Resources Related to this Episode

ON THE ROAD

Upcoming Events by Kathy and Mark

• USF Faculty Presentation on Podcasting- Tampa, FL March 23, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• Dr. King’s Induction into Hall of Fame for International Adult and Continuing Education- Dr. King, Toronto, Canada, April 6-8, 2011
• NCEA Conference Presentation – New Orleans, LA, April 26-27, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• AERC-CASAE Conference Presentation- Toronto, Canada, June 9-12, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• ISTE Conference Presentation – Philadelphia, PA, June 26-29, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• International Technology Conference- Portugal – July 2011- Dr. King (not yet confirmed)
• Distance Learning Conference – Madison WI – Aug 2-4, 2011 Dr. King (not yet confirmed)
• Educause Conference -Dr. King (not yet confirmed)

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How well does

Talking Fin Lit Podcast

measure up?

Mark shares an exciting report from the floor of the conference from hundreds of  teachers, PDers, administrators and tech coordinators!

Financial literacy education is “in demand” more than ever as more scools and teachers have realized the extreme need.

The result? Teachers, staff developers and tech coordinators are scrambling to find quality resources.

At ISTE NECC 2010 the great news is they discovered (like you have!!) that Talking Fin Lit Podcast and website provides a storehouse of resources. But that is not all! Our podcast discusses the  value and application of those resources for  teaching and learning in specific content areas.

Join us to hear what was being discussed, questions posed and the resulting direction it provides for the series as we get ready for Year 3 of Talking Fin Lit!

Resources Related to this Episode

• Complete ISTE presentation in PDF Format

• ISTE Presentation Description

• More ISTE Teacher comments and conversations with Mark (Coming soon)

ON THE ROAD

Upcoming Events by Kathy and Mark

• USF Faculty Presentation on Educational Research- Tampa, FL Feb 23, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• USF Faculty Presentation on Podcasting- Tampa, FL March 23, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• Dr. King’s Induction into Hall of Fame for International Adult and Continuing Education- Dr. King, Toronto, Canada, April 6-8, 2011
• NCEA Conference Presentation – New Orleans, LA, April 26-27, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• AERC-CASAE Conference Presentation- Toronto, Canada, June 9-12, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• ISTE Conference Presentation – Philadelphia, PA, June 26-29, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• International Technology Conference- Portugal – July 2011- Dr. King (not yet confirmed)

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Author!   Author!

Join us for an insightful interview with Deborah Hopkinson, the celebrated author of children’s fiction and nonfiction.  Deborah discusses with us the inspiration for her new book, “Saving Strawberry Farm,” and the lessons it has embedded within it related to financial literacy.

• What’s this book about?
• What new projects is this author of more than forty books working on?

Tune in and turn it up to find out more about integrating financial literacy in literacy and other content areas

Resources for this Episode

• Ms. Hopkinson’s Website: http://www.deborahhopkinson.com/
• Publisher’s page on the book Saving Strawberry Farm
  http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/Saving-Strawberry-Farm/?isbn=9780688174002
• Penny Auctions (Living History Farm)
  http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_10.html
• Iowa Calls Halt to “Penny Auctions” http://newdeal.feri.org/timeline/1933c.htm
• Timeline: What’s a Penny Auction? http://newdeal.feri.org/timeline/1933c2.htm
• Dust Bowl History
  • http://dustbowlhistory.blogspot.com/2008/02/book-review-saving-strawberry-farm-by.html

• Middle and High School Appropriate Books by Deborah Hopkinson
  • Up Before Daybreak (Social History of Cotton)
    http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/tradebooks/editor/lsandell_april06.htm
  • Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York
    http://www.bookpage.com/0310bp/children/shutting_out.html

More Related Resources and Articles

• Rutgers University EconKids 
  • http://econkids.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=270&Itemid=155
• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Teachers Guide/Curriculum
  • http://stlouisfed.org/education_resources/assets/lesson_plans/StrawberryFarm.pdf

Meet Deborah Hopkinson!

Deborah Hopkinson is the author of more than 40 books for young readers including picture books, short fiction, and nonfiction. Her historical fiction picture books often illuminate the lives of ordinary people or forgotten figures in history. She has won the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for picture book text twice. A frequent speaker in schools and conferences, she works to help bring history alive and encourage young readers to practice critical thinking and historical thinking skills.

Deborah’s award-winning works include Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the 1994 International Reading association Award; A Band of Angels, an ALA Notable title which also won the Golden Kite Award and was a Jane Addams award honor book; Under the Quilt of Night, winner of the Washington State Book Award, Bluebird Summer, a Golden Kite Award Honor Book, and Girl Wonder, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award and a 2004 Jane Addams Award honor book

Her 2006 book, Sky Boys, How They Built the Empire State Building, was an ALA Notable and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor book, while Up Before Daybreak, Cotton and People in America, won a Carter G. Woodson Award and an ALA Notable book. Shutting out the Sky, Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924, was an honor book for the NCTE Orbis Pictus award, a Jane Addams Award honor book, an IRA Teachers’ Choice, and a James Madison Award Honor Book. Apples to Oregon won the Golden Kite Award and Spur Storytelling Award and was an ALA Notable book.

Sweet Land of Liberty was named an IRA Teachers Choice and a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2008 . Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, a Junior Library Guild Selection, published in Fall 2008, received three starred reviews and was an ALA Notable book and was named winner of the Comstock Award.

A three-time Oregon Book Award finalist, she won in 2009, receiving the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award in 2009 for Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-Discoverer of the North Pole. Also in 2009 Home on the Range, John Lomax and His Cowboy Songs, received two starred reviews and was a Junior Library Guild Selection, as was Stagecoach Sal, which was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2009. Other new books in 2009 included Michelle and First Family, both illustrated by AG Ford. In 2010 Deborah published The Humblebee Hunter, about Charles Darwin and his children, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.

Deborah received a bachelor’s degree in English at the University of Massachusetts and holds a master’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She lives near Portland, Oregon, where she serves as Vice President for College Advancement for the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

ON THE ROAD

Upcoming Events by Kathy and Mark

• TSEA Conference Keynote- Austin TX – Jan 27, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• FETC Conference Presentation- Orlando, FL, Feb 3, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• USF Faculty Presentation- Tampa, FL Feb 23, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• NCEA Conference Presentation – New Orleans, LA, April 26-27, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• AERC-CSAE Conference Presentation- Toronto, Canada, June 9-12, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• ISTE Conference Presentation – Philadelphia, PA, June 26-29, 2011- Dr. Kathy King

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Join us as we interview a unique educational team about the need for financial literacy in our communities and families. Susan McLean, Executive Director of Literacy Partners, along with Lucy, a financial literacy consultant,  join us for this interview. We learn their perspective and idea for the modern need for financial literacy.

What makes this episode different? For 35 years, Literacy Partners has provided high quality, free, community-based adult and family literacy programs to New York City residents.  Literacy Partners’ mission is to ensure that all community members have access to the education they need to realize their potential as individuals, parents, and citizens.  Literacy Partners programs include Adult Basic Education, Pre-GED, GED, ESOL, Family Literacy, Financial Literacy, Health Literacy and Employment Preparation.

More than 97 million Adults in America cannot read above the 5^th grade level, which includes 3.7 Million people age 16 and older in New York City.

(Information drawn from the Literacy Partners Fact Sheet)

Literacy Partners Website : http://www.literacypartners.org/

Literacy Partners is affiliated with the (McGraw Hill) Financial Literacy Now partnership: http://www.financiallitnow.org/index.shtml

Continuing the global conversation about personal

financial literacy for educators on

Talking Financial Literacy Podcast

Facebook page for Financial Literacy:

Welcome to the Talking Financial Literacy Community @ Facebook. We hope folks will join us to share links, photos, comments and discussion. But the discussion board will especially be a space to share resources, plans for integrating financial literacy in classes and support as all of us pose new ideas. ho will be first and second to share who

they are, their basic interests in this area and any needs or resources?

Invitation for Listeners to Participate in the Show

Listen to the details in episode 29 and then email Mark and Kathy about what you have to share. Email us at podcast ( at) talkingfinlit.org

ON THE ROAD

• Dr. Kathy King spoke at Westmoreland Community College in Youngwood, PA 8/16/10

Upcoming

• AAACE Clearwater, FL – Oct. 2010
  • - Dr. Kathy King presentations (several on technology)
• TSEA Conference- Austin TX – Jan 27, 2011- Dr. Kathy King
• FETC Orlando, FL -
  • Dr. Kathy King featured presenter Feb 3, 2011-

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Kathy and Mark welcome listeners back to Series II of Talking Fin Lit. They share many new developments including new features, a model for financial literacy integration and ways for listeners to potentially be part of the show. This is your personal invitation to be part of the Fin Lit Community- Let’s support educators.

Continuing the global conversation about personal

financial literacy for educators on

Talking Financial Literacy Podcast

Talking Financial Literacy Podcast featured in Business Week Sept 2009, Metro NYC edition. Click here to see entire article about unique financial literacy efforts and programs across educational contexts.

Facebook page for Financial Literacy:   

Welcome to the Talking Financial Literacy Community @ Facebook . We hope folks will join us to share links, photos, comments and discussion. But the discussion board will especially be a space to share resources, plans for integrating financial literacy in classes and support as all of us pose new ideas. ho will be first and second to share who they are, their basic interests in this area and any needs or resources?

Invitation for Listeners to Particpate in the show

Listen to the details in episode 26 and then email Mark and Kathy about what you have to share.  Email us at podcast ( at) talkingfinlit.org

 ON THE ROAD – Coming Events

• January 2010  –    Kathy at FETC 2010 (Orlando FL)
• April 2010 –  Kathy at NCEA 2010 (St Paul MN)
• May 2010  — Kathy at AERA 2010 (Denver, CO)
• June 2010 — Mark and Kathy at ISTE NECC 2010 (Denver, CO)

See Transformationed.com for full details fo speaking engagements and opportunites to meet Dr King and Mark.. we enjoy meeting our podcast community!

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• What were their surprises as they wrap up the first segment of the series?
• How can teachers best make use of the series?
• What needs and gaps did they uncover in the journey of exploring financial literacy resources?
• How has our world of economics and politics transformed during this 12-16 months?
• What could a sequel series of segments offer?

This episode becomes a fun, quick-paced recap of great resources, highlights and packs in more surprises for our listeners, both new and returning! Join us for this  comprehensive episode.

 Continuing the global conversation about personal

financial literacy for educators on

Talking Financial Literacy Podcast

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Our archive of illustrious guests and episodes     
  • Convenient: Available on demand:  24/7
  • Portable: Take use with you via MP3 player, iPod, cell phone or CD
  • Flexible: Use for teacher PD, student enrichment, parent and adult education classes

• We express a special thanks to the McGraw-Hill Companies who have so graciously sponsored this first round of the series as a philanthropic effort. Thank you for offering such a rich resource for teachers, students, community and parents.  ~~ Kathy & Mark
  

• We expect to be providing some more resources on this topic in the near future based on discussions with potential supporters. ~~ Kathy & Mark

• Keep this feed live in your feedreader and podcast reader (iTunes, etc) and check back to the site for updates and announcements!)
  

• We wish you all success in bringing financial literacy lifelong learning to life for your students!
  

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This episode features an interview with Ms. Beth Peller, Former Local Instructional Superintendent, New York City Department of Education. Beth Peller retired a year or two back from a very successful career with the New York City Department of Education. Over several decades she served the Department in a variety of capacities. After starting as a classroom teacher, she was tapped

to become a citywide Staff Developer for the Central Office. She moved on to become Head of Literacy for Community School District #15 in Brooklyn for a while and then served as a Language Arts Specialist in the Office of Performance Standards, a part of the central organization’s Division of Instructional Support. Finally, she served as a Local Instructional Superintendent until retiring. Speaking with the benefit of deep experience in the field of education, Beth shares some informed insights about the challenge of Financial Literacy Education.

Articles and resources discussed in this episode.

• U.S. teenagers lack financial literacy
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2006-04-05-literatcy_x.htm

• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Journal
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/list_by_topic.cfm?tid=18&sid=2&page7

• Stock Market Game

• http://www.smgww.org  

• Using the Stock Market Game in Twelve Easy Steps!

• http://www.econ.org/smg/smgintwelveeasysteps.pdf

• Federal Reserve of Education
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/FRED/?CFID=3751987&CFTOKEN=90095477

Continuing the global conversation about personal

financial literacy for educators on

Talking Financial Literacy Podcast

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Our archive of guests and episodes provides top notch learning and support which is 
  • Convenient: Available “on demand”: 24/7
  • Portable: Take use with you via MP3 player, iPod, cell phone or CD
  • Flexible: Use for teacher PD, student enrichment, parent and adult education classes

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You may contact Mark and Kathy by

• leaving a comment here on the blog/site

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Join us as we explore how to fill this gap in personal financial literacy learning across grades and settings. Examples include p-12 through GED and higher education, a not-to-be-missed episode! Entirely relevant, needed and 21st century literacy focused, from the only podcast series with professional development and resources for educators, students and lifelong learners.

Talking Fin Lit Podcast: Continuing the global conversation about personal financial literacy for educators

Resources discussed in this episode:

Articles:

• Student-Run Bank Branch Opens in New Jersey High School
  • Article
• Regulators Shutter Silver State Bank
  • Wall Street Journal article
  • Published: September 6, 2008 9:26 p.m.
• Agency’s Head Expects Banking’s Crisis to Worsen
  •   NY Times article
  • Published: August 26, 2008
• SEC Resource
  • Tips for Teaching Students About Investments
  • Website: http://www.sec.gov/investor/students/tips.htm
• Kidsbank.com
  • Website Kidsbank.com
    
• TOY ATM Machines
  • Children’s Touchscreen ATM Bank, Hammacher Schlemmer 
  • Details at Softpedia.com
• Preschool level Toy register ( ages 3-7 yrs)
  • From Amazon.com
•  Toy Cash Register
  
  • Click this link for example

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This is an action packed episode which highlights a one-stop shop for many resources which 

cover new dimensions of financial learning! 

From practical money skills to charity as part of the big picture.

Join Kathy and Mark for an exciting exploration of the financial literacy resources at HotChalk. The financial literacy materials we unearth will be sure to enhance any classroom and make the work of educators easier! From childhood to middle school, high school, and even adults, there are valuable lesson plans, activities, instructional articles, and games from which to choose.

Teachers, educators, educational leaders, (and parents) will find many resources to fit age groups and different settings. Items reviewed include not only HotChalk offerings on this topic, but also Karma Tycoon and The Practical Money Skills web-site.

Talking Fin Lit Podcast:

Continuing the global conversation about personal financial literacy for educators

Resources discussed in this episode:

Hotchalk Financial Literacy Resources

• financial-literacy-for-students-list
• Being financially-savvy is crucial to making the kind of smart money decisions key to ensuring quality of life. Help your students get up to speed on this important life skill with regularly updated K-12 lessons and other resources in this special sponsored section. [from the website]

Karma Tycoon:   

•  http://www.karmatycoon.com/
• Karma Tycoon rocks the gaming world by offering you a thrilling ride through the world of social entrepreneurship as you earn Karma in virtual communities across the US.  [From the website]

Practical Money Skills from Visa -

• http://practicalmoneyskills.com/english/index.php
• In addition to providing online tools and resources via www.practicalmoneyskills.com, Visa has created free classroom material that educators can use to teach personal finance. Available online or in a binder format, the classroom curriculum is free.
• It offers a teacher’s guide, student worksheets and quizzes and interactive brain-teasers that can be played by students via the Web or from a CD-ROM.
• Additionally, Visa donates computer labs, ensuring that schools in need have access to the equipment needed to take advantage of Practical Money Skills for Life. Learn more about Visa’s outreach program.  [From the website]

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Resources and Articles

Food Prices
• Hunger & Riots as Food Prices Soar (cover story)

• From IndyKids ( http://www.indykids.net/pages/issues )
• PDF of issue: http://www.indykids.net/issues/pdf/indykids_iss15.pdf

• “Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket” (article)

• From CNN.com online news
• Article with embedded video

• Why Does Food Cost More? Article North Coast Journal

• Article– click here

• Rising food prices take a bigger paycheck bite:

• Here’s what you can do about the escalating price of groceries
• Article from Wall Street Journal Digital – MarketWatch

Speculation

• “Speculation and World Food Markets”

• Report from International Food Policy Research Institute

Free Trade

• Free Trade Leaves World Food in Grip of Global Giants

• Article from Common Dreams.org

• Hoarding Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher

• Article for the NY Times

Bio Fuels

• AS GLOBAL FOOD COSTS RISE, ARE BIOFUELS TO BLAME?

• ARTICLE – CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

• Hardy Plant May Ease Biofuels’ Burden on Food Costs

• Article in National Geographic

Jatropha -

• Video clip 1 (Youtube)
• Video clip 2 (Youtube)

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