Jeff Rubin - "The End of Globalization"

For those who have not heard of him, Jeff Rubin is the former Chief Economist for CIBC (it is rumoured he lost his job for this book), and got recent attention for his latest book, "Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller." This work forecasts that the price of oil will reach $225 a barrel by 2012, and he postulates taht this oil scarcity will lead to the end of globalization. He is known for a book he wrote in 2000 in which he predicted oil prices would hit $50 a barrel by 2005, predicted the residential real estate market bust in the early 1990s. He was named Canada's top economist a number of times according to the Globe & Mail.

As business teachers, you should be aware of his recent work. For an interview and a review, see
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/ask-jeff-rubin/article1141087/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/why-your-world-is-about-to-get-a-whole-lot-smaller-by-jeff-rubin/article1148668/

PBS Frontline - Assorted

Please browse the video resources at PBS Frontline - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ - these can be viewed online, and there are many teacher resources available to support them. Some interesting topics include:
- Marketing and Ethics - The Persuaders, Merchants of Cool, and Is Walmart Good for America - deal will many salient issues.

- Finance - in the 2009 collection, quite a few on the financial meltdown; plus "Can You Afford to Retire" is interesting.

Marketing - Merchants of Cool

PBS Frontline - Merchants of Cool - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/

This is a great video which can be viewed online free of charge.
It can be used for many different business courses - but has a good connection to marketing.

Note the additional features - interviwes, written information, and so forth.

Brain Research

While still in relatively early stages, brain research can be applied to education and learning. Understanding where students are in their physiological development can help us both understand some student behaviour, and help us structure lessons so that they are developmentally appropriate. This research is also useful for parents!!
Here are some resources I particularly enjoy.

(1) "Please excuse the mess" was originally publised in the Globe & Mail. It's available at: http://www.educ.uvic.ca/epls/faculty/rowles/please.htm
My favourite part of the article is the finding reported that "while being shown the face of a man in fear [,] The part of their brains that lit up the brightest as their minds worked to make sense of the image was not the prefrontal cortex, the centre of rational judgment used by the adult brain to sort out complex nuances of emotions. It was the amygdala, an almond-shaped knot in the middle of the brain that is one of the key areas for instinctual reactions such as fight or flight, anger or "I hate you, Mom."" So, as a teacher, I must remember that a teen may not accurately interpret my facial expression, so I should also articulate what my facial expression attempts to covey (e.g., "That's funny").


(2) PBS Frontline - inside the teenage brain - watch it for free, or read about the research at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/

(3) Time Magazine's "Secrets of the Teen Brain" - a great article, loaded with practical tips that can be applied to the classroom. http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101040510/
To me, a particularly useful finding was that teens are unable to internalize long-term goals - so a statement like, "This is good for your future career" is meaningless at their developmental stage. They understand the sentence, but they canot internalize this. Rather, focus on short-term goals or consequences to be effective. See examples in the article.

(4) "Mind Tricks" (an article in New Scientist) describes some simple experiments you can do to understand how your own brain processes certain types of information. See http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19526221.300-mind-tricks-six-ways-to-explore-your-brain.html?full=true

OBEA - Conference November 7 Newmarket

OBEA's Fall Conference will be held at Newmarket High School on November 7, 2009.
Details at http://www.obea.ca/

Personal Finance

Investor Education Fund – Fair Play and Taking Stock in Your Future, Funny Money, SmartMoney Management Program, and many more resources Hard copies of some resources included. Order additional materials from:
http://www.investored.ca/en/TeachersResources

Bank of Canada
 Counterfeit detection kit
 Poster
 Financial comic book Order all from
http://bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/education/index_schools.html

CFEE materials http://www.cfee.org/cgi-bin/go.cgi?lang=en&file=/en/reslearn.shtml

Understanding your Consumer Rights and Responsibilities CD Included – order from Ministry of Consumer and Business Services
Marketplace Standards and Services Branch, (416) 326-8800 or 1-800-889-9768

Software Resources

Professor Teaches Not a free resource, but very cost effective from Staples.ca. See http://www.professorteaches.com/ to view

Microsoft Lessons and Tutorials http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorials.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/government/education/default.mspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/school/FX102781621033.aspx

Accounting

ICAO Teacher Colleague Program Binder (for all units) One copy included. Order from
www.guidetorulingtheworld.ca/tcp/Teacher7_0.aspx
or Jennifer Diebolt jdiebolt@icao.on.ca

Quickbooks – free software and teachers’ guide One copy included. Order a class set from
https://www.quickbase.com/db/bc68qrxqs?a=GenNewRecord

Simply Accounting – free software and teachers’ guide Order a class set from jaclyn.ng@sage.ca


CMA Teacher Materials
 Accounting Modules (SAM)
 DVD
 Brochures
 Posters Order from
http://www.cga-ontario.org/contentfiles/high_school/teacher_tools.aspx?order=101

Revenue Canada Teaching Taxes Program Order teacher manual and student workbooks from: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/tchtx/menu-eng.html

QuickTax in the Classroom CDs and Teacher’ Guide Order from
https://www.quickbase.com/db/96ezw62w?a=dbpage&pageID=20

Entrepreneurship

Here are some online resources for entrepreneurship...

Future Entrepreneurs (Ontario government)- Future Entrepreneurs kit including the Teacher’s Guide and interactive business simulator CD included. Email request to future.entrepreneurs@ontario.ca with number of English-Language kits and mailing information Ideas and Opportunities;


Developing and Completing a Venture Plan; Venture Concept; Preparing for Start-up
GoVenture CD IdeaBook and Simulations Included – see CD for details; www.goventure.net


Ontario Government’s Summer Company program (up to $3,000 grants per person) http://www.ontario.ca/summercompany

Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre – free guides and servies
http://ww.canadabusiness.ca/ontario
http://enterprisecanada.ca/ontario


Canadian Youth Business Foundation – online tests and tools http://www.cybf.ca/

International Business

Business, Trade and the Economy, Factors Influencing Success Internationally
Biz/Ed (UK) has a number of resources. Download from
http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/external/index.htm

Marketing - BMI

Marketing Fundamentals, Marketing Mix, Trends in Marketing,
The Marketing Plan - lots of resources from Biz/Ed (UK)
Download PowerPoint slides and lesson materials from

http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/marketing/index.htm

Leadership - BOH

Foundations of Management - Biz/Ed (UK) overview of HR, Leadership, Motivation, Recruitment, etc. Download PowerPoint slides and lesson materials from
http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/hrm/index.htm

Leading Leadership styles lesson plans. Download from http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/hrm/lesson/leadertypes.htm

Management Challenges, Planning and Controlling, Organizing - Biz/Ed (UK), Download from http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/external/index.htm

Retailing curriculum resources

Educators in the UK have produced some wonderful workbooks and lessons - valuable since Ontario lacks a textbook for this course...
http://www.bized.co.uk/
http://www.retailito.org.nz/resources.html

The Retail Institute of Canada has some useful slide presentations: http://www.retaileducation.ca/cms/sitem.cfm/Educators/

Ontario Justice Education Network

Look at the curriculum resources from the Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN)
 Charter Challenge (online simulation)
 Judge for a Day (teachers shadow a judge)
 Classroom Visits
 Courtroom Visits
 Law Symposia
 Cases online for students
…And many, many more resources, all free of charge

http://www.ojen.ca/eng/

"The Corporation" lessons

"The Corporation" is a really interesting video - it begins with the legal definition of a corporation as a "person," and goes on to make the claim that corporations exhibit behaviours that would classify a human as a psychopath. It includes many interviews with prominent business leaders and media pundits.

A teachers' guide, fully correlated to the Ontario curriculum, is available at http://www.tvo.org/thecorporation/

CBC Archives - free lessons, media

This link will allow you to look at lesson packs related to various themes - including business studies topics. Each lesson pack includes an assessment instrument, organized according to Ontario Assessment & Evaluation.

http://archives.cbc.ca/for_teachers/