My Economics class in High School was difficult for me. The teacher actually offered--tongue in cheek--to send me to the senior lounge with a "C" since it would guarantee peace and quite from this confused and bored (read under-motivated, re-read "lazy") student. Of course, I made it out and have come to a greater appreciation for economics as a metanarative of much of what happens in history. (Not all though--Thank you Marx for unleashing such a stupid idea.)
Despite this, the nitty-gritty of economics still escapes me. I think it is often confusing because students in a social science class are desperately trying to marry the knowledge that Humanities courses are way more important than Math and Science courses, so why does Math keep intruding in a Humanities course? That's just one theory any way. Many a course may appear to "cunfuse in such a fashion and others have probably faced it too! But, the advent of the internet gives more neat little tools to solve this dilemma than ever before. Seek and you will find, so very easily, on many video hosting sites, decent, if not great, little vignettes that help. Don't just look at YouTube as well, there are many more! (I know it is shocking.) Also, a little tip, try to find links that actually let you download the video and keep it. This eliminates the need to stream the video and slow down your internet, and better yet, makes it yours to use whenever, even if they take it down from YouTube, etc.
For example: Looking for a great (but short--short is almost always good) video to explain the current credit crisis? Head over to Jonathan Jarvis' site and watch this great little flick in HD! Watch it in its entirety below as well! (Obviously, this demonstrates a great way to put it on your website too.)
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Despite this, the nitty-gritty of economics still escapes me. I think it is often confusing because students in a social science class are desperately trying to marry the knowledge that Humanities courses are way more important than Math and Science courses, so why does Math keep intruding in a Humanities course? That's just one theory any way. Many a course may appear to "cunfuse in such a fashion and others have probably faced it too! But, the advent of the internet gives more neat little tools to solve this dilemma than ever before. Seek and you will find, so very easily, on many video hosting sites, decent, if not great, little vignettes that help. Don't just look at YouTube as well, there are many more! (I know it is shocking.) Also, a little tip, try to find links that actually let you download the video and keep it. This eliminates the need to stream the video and slow down your internet, and better yet, makes it yours to use whenever, even if they take it down from YouTube, etc.
For example: Looking for a great (but short--short is almost always good) video to explain the current credit crisis? Head over to Jonathan Jarvis' site and watch this great little flick in HD! Watch it in its entirety below as well! (Obviously, this demonstrates a great way to put it on your website too.)
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
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