Teaching Economics and the Web John Sloman Director, Economics Network.

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Teaching Economics and the Web John Sloman Director, Economics Network

Economics Network Website Main site – Official documents and syllabuses (including SQA) – UK University Economics Departments – Reflections on teaching – Free open-access online data – Online sources –

Economics Network Website (cont.) Sources of Advice on Teaching and Learning – Online learning and teaching materials – Topic index – Other Economics Network sites Why Study Economics? – Studying Economics – The Internet for Economics –

News sites Using Google News search – Sections on the BBC site – Go to Business and then Economicshttp://news.bbc.co.uk – Country profileshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles – Special reportshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth – Stephanie Flanders blog (Stephanomics) Guardian – Economicshttp:// – World news sourceshttp:// Online Newspapers – Select country or regionhttp://

Two of my own sites (free open access) News blog – Hotlinks to over 200 sites –Linked from above School Economics sites Bized – Tutor2U – Council for Economic Education (USA) –

Other useful sites Intute (Economics) – Bank for International Settlements links to Central bank sites – Bank of England site – OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web – Blinkx: the Google of video clips! –