I currently teach FACS, which stands for family and consumer sciences. Our curriculum focuses on teaching workplace readiness and life skills. I found a number of very useful podcasts that directly relate to my curriculum at the following site:
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/resources/podcast.php
This site is full of podcasts that teach money skills. If you want to learn about taxes, retirement, debit, credit, or spending money wisely, this site has a podcast for you.
All of the podcasts are short, and would easily hold a high school student's attention. There are several podcasts that will help teach students about how to responsibly use debit cards and the importance of establishing good credit. I often have students visit assigned websites and gather information as part of their lesson. These podcasts will be a great resource to enhance personal finance lessons. I think the students will enjoy listening the experts talk for a little while.
I believe it would also be advantageous for students to learn to create podcasts themselves. One of the best ways for students to learn is to have them teach lessons from time to time. Students in my class could collaborate on group podcast projects, teaching themselves and their classmates about important aspects of personal finance.
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