Friday, February 15, 2013

Cool Cat Teacher



With a background in real world business, this blogger bloomed later and didn’t become a teacher until later in her career. She is a Discovery STAR Educator, a Certified Google teacher, and also blogs for the Lifetime Channel’s “Balancing Act”. There are blogs, book reviews, updates on freebies and a fresh and upbeat outlook that is infectious.
 
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

10 Excel Keyboard Shortcuts You Can’t Live Without



Especially useful when analyzing data, making charts and formatting workbooks. Business and Finance teachers will use ALL of these.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

New York Times Explorer



Use New York Times headlines to create a timeline of an event. This site searches for the key word/words and goes back as far as 1981, and automatically generates a timeline.  Great for studying the banking crisis or real estate crisis or recent recessions.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Business Journals and Finance Magazines


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Your ipad or tablet should have no shortage of reading materials for your business or finance classes.  Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Fortune Magazine, and Entrepreneur.

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Monday, February 11, 2013

Graph and Diagram Builder



App Name: Grafio Lite 2.5.1

Build diagrams and graphs, labels and connections, 50+ fonts, with undo/redo/copy & paste, send via email. Compatible with VGA for presentations. Exports to PDF, Box.net and Dropbox.

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