Thursday, September 24, 2009

Still not IB Higher Level Economics....

What can I say, school year has started but I guess I'm still in 'summer mode'. So, neither is this (directly...) related to our course but I think it's worth posting as I just found out (thanks to my old student and friend Konstantinos L. and FB) that U2 have Athens in their plans. I've seen them many years ago in the Boston area and they do put on a good show, worth watching. Here's a clip:

Thursday, September 17, 2009

IB Higher Economics Class of 2011!!

Welcome, sweethearts!

We've already had a few classes and I think we'll have a good time together doing Economics (but, not only).

I mentioned today in class the TED site.

This is the Ken Robinon talk on creativity:


...and this one is the 'sixth sense' MIT Media Lab (Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry) presentation:


...and this Barry Schwartz on the Paradox of Choice:


Enjoy!

I guess the next post should be on IB Economics (or, should it?)