Introducing Producing Ohio

by David Benson, Educational Technology Consultant

Producing Ohio: Creating Our Economy, a collaboration of WCET and the Greater Cincinnati Center for Economic Education, is a multimedia economics curriculum for Ohio's 5th- and 6th-grade students. A dynamic learning tool, Producing Ohio encourages students to explore economic concepts through video, video streaming, the Internet, and hands-on and print materials. The cross-curricular lessons help teachers provide their students with the tools and knowledge necessary to succeed on the Sixth-Grade Proficiency Test.

Students across Ohio are getting to see how economic principles are applied in the business world around them and in products they use every day. Students learn from professionals at a variety of large Ohio-based companies.

Available to educators in March 2002, the Producing Ohio kit includes a curriculum guide, five instructional videos, lesson supplies and a companion Web site at http://www.producingohio.org.

To help you use Producing Ohio, plan to participate in one or both of the free professional development workshops:

Introduction to the Producing Ohio: Creating Our Economy Resource Kit

Monday, March 18, 4 pm - 7 pm (PBS 45/49 in Kent)

Tuesday, March 19, 4 pm - 7 pm (McKinley High School in Canton)

Thursday, April 11, 4 pm - 7 pm (Memorial High School in Campbell)

Producing Ohio: Teaching the Economics Content

Thursday, March 21, 4 pm - 7 pm (Barker Center for Economic Education, University of Akron)

Wednesday, April 10, 4 pm - 7 pm (Youngstown Satellite Program for Economic Education, YSU)

To register for one of these free workshops, choose one of three options:
Visit http://www.producingohio.org/

E-mail

Call 1-.

The resource kits and workshops are free for 5th- and 6th-grade teachers in low-wealth Ohio public school districts. They are available for $65 to all other interested teachers or schools.