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New Features

New Features. Virtual Economics Version 4.0 is available as a CD-ROM. Virtual Economics is also available as a 1 GB USB Flash Drive. 20+ new publications. Playful Economics Financial Fitness for Life: K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 Student Workbooks and Teacher Guides Teaching Financial Crises

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  1. New Features

  2. Virtual Economics Version 4.0 is available as a CD-ROM

  3. Virtual Economics is also available as a 1 GB USB Flash Drive

  4. 20+ new publications • Playful Economics • Financial Fitness for Life: K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 Student Workbooks and Teacher Guides • Teaching Financial Crises • Civics and Government • What Personal Finance is About • What Economics is About • Economics & Entrepreneurship • Trading Around the World • Focus: Economics – Grades K-2 • And many more New Features

  5. Improved performance, primarily with searching • Faster searches • Number of lessons displayed • Online lessons automatically displayed • Offline message displayed for users without an internet connection New Features

  6. State standards updated and personal finance standards added • Users can easily switch between Economics and Personal Finance standards. • Date standards were updated is clearly visible. New Features

  7. Lessons open full-screen • Lessons open in a separate viewer, allowing users to view them at any size, print, or save any lesson they choose from their viewer. New Features

  8. Lessons can be saved to your computer or USB Flash Drive • Each lesson page has a Save button, allowing users to save the document in any folder on their computer or USB Flash Drive. New Features

  9. Updated content for many of the concepts • Content has been updated to provide updated data, graphs, etc. New Features

  10. Short quizzes added for each concept • Each quiz contains 5 multiple choice questions that pertain to the concept video. • Quiz results can be emailed from student to teacher with an internet connection. New Features

  11. Online resources integrated for each concept • Resources include links to online lessons and videos with similar concepts. • Many of the online resources come from EconEdLink.org, a free economics and personal finance resource for teachers, students, and afterschool programs. • New resources are added dynamically with an internet connection. New Features

  12. Concept Overviews, Tips, Lessons and Quizzes can be printed • The print box gives users the option to select individual sections of the concept that they want printed. New Features

  13. Concept videos can be viewed full-screen • The Full Screen tab at the bottom of the video box allows users to view both concept videos and quizzes full-screen. • The size of the application window can also be changed, making it easy to use Virtual Economics with a projector. New Features

  14. Time display added to all concept videos • The time display shows both current and total time, allowing users to easily navigate to specific points in each video. New Features

  15. For more information visitve.councilforeconed.org

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