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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Hi all,<BR>
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Some of your students maybe wondering what is happening in the<BR>
news financially.<BR>
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Here are some resources that you may find helpful enough to use<BR>
in your class. Two are video based and the last two are audio podcasts of<BR>
This American Life radio show from NPR. The NPR clips also have a downloadable<BR>
transcript that can be looked at while listening. Please review before using, as I have<BR>
not listened to these all the way through. They come as recommendations from collegues.<BR>
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Note: They seem to be for higher level students due to vocabulary<BR>
and speed of delivery.<BR>
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>From Charlie Herbert:<BR>
“</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Monaco, Courier New">They both are helpful for seeing the big house of cards that we're seeing tumble around right now. <BR>
Also good examples of how low-tech, simple, and very low-key <BR>
presentation can be combined with 'hi-tech' to illustrate complex subjects.”<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Monaco, Courier New">video with hand-drawn illustrations on whiteboard<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://consumerist.com/5061365/what-are-collateralized-debt-obligations-watch-these-champagne-glasses">http://consumerist.com/5061365/what-are-collateralized-debt-obligations-watch-these-champagne-glasses</a><BR>
that</U></FONT> one, though using champagne as the metaphor, is sober and simple<BR>
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this one is humorous but clear and helpful. it's a hand drawn collection <BR>
of powerpoint slides.the sub-prime primer:<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/guesta9d12e/subprime-primer-277484/">http://www.slideshare.net/guesta9d12e/subprime-primer-277484/</a><BR>
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>From Ren Volpe:<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Monaco, Courier New">I’'ve been reading everything I can about the economy, but Ira Glass does the best job explaining what's going on. Listen to these 2 radio programs for a thorough and understandable explanation of the current financial meltdown. “<BR>
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You can listen online from NPR, or go to iTunes and download the podcasts and listen on your iPod. It's worth listening to both of them, in sequential order.<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Monaco, Courier New">This American Life: Episode 355 - 5/09/08 <FONT COLOR="#0400EF"><U>The Giant Pool of Money<BR>
</U></FONT>This American Life: Episode 365 - 10/03/08 <FONT COLOR="#0400EF"><U>Another Frightening Show About the Economy<BR>
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AKIRA KAMIYA<BR>
Adult Literacy Resource Institute<BR>
Computer Field Technologist - Greater Boston<BR>
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Tel 617-287-4075<BR>
The people have the power... to wrestle the earth from fools<BR>
-Patti Smith<BR>
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