Apr 30, 2015
Kim Holder is an economics educator from the University of Western Georgia and teaches principles of macro and micro. Kim is passionate about economics, music, media, pop-culture and sports and loves using technology and social media in the classroom to get her students excited about learning. Kim is founder of Rockonomix, an inter-university contest held in the USA that encourages students to compose economic-themed lyrics to a popular song.
Find Out:
- how Kim Holder uses music to assess her students taking micro and macro classes.
- about Kim's passion for economics and how she uses sports to explain economic concepts.
- how you can become an ‘Economic Rockstar’ in the annual Rockonomix contest.
- how to motivate students to study economics.
- how selfies and memes can make students aware of economics around them.
- about Kim’s decision to study economics because of true love.
- about Kim's summer course ‘Economics Is Everywhere’ which introduces you to micro and macro, as well as personal finance.
- about the Centre for Economic Education at University of West Georgia and how it is for the wider community and not just for students.
- how K-12 teachers can avail of the workshops put on by the Centre for Economic Education at University of West Georgia.
- about Pop Econ and why more should be done to introduce it to students at a principles of micro and macro level.
- why students should be pushed to seek out economic themes in movies.
- how to use Twitter for the classroom and the best practices to communicate with students.
- what Kim’s top 3 movies are that contain economic themes.
- the importance of financial literacy for students who are faced with taking out college loans.
- how Kim Holder escaped poverty through education.
- and much much more.
To access the shownotes and all the links mentioned in this episode visit www.economicrockstar.com/kimholder
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