Monster HD Interviews – great tips for job interviewing, questions, etc.
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Monster HD Interviews – great tips for job interviewing, questions, etc. Leadership - Concordia University – Identify your core leadership values sort
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SCDF First Aid – look up first aid topics and how to treat
WebMD – symptom checker, conditions, drugs & treatments, first aid info., local health listings – good basic health info. HealthTap – SIGN UP – have to be online, can ask dr. questions, look up health answers to questions LOL for Health – shake your iPad, it will tell you how many calories you’ve burned and then a health type joke Better Health Channel – lots of info and fact sheets for a variety of health conditions, be aware it’s from Australia, so emergency info. would be for their country Health Tips – variety of health tips Everyday Health – health tips & info. on A-Z topics My Age – fun way of looking at lifestyle choices, series of questions and results are an age and your focus (don’t think it’s reliable as far as real age, but fun anyway) 3D Brain – look at the parts of the brain, lets you turn it and label it CDC – Centers for Disease Control – look at health articles, blogs and more QuitGuide – tips on how to quit smoking and the dangers of tobacco use Breathe2Relax – learn the effects of stress on the body and exercises to help manage and reduce stress, choose your own relaxation pictures and music and it will lead you through a breathing exercise and you rate your stress Loan Payoff Calculator – enter amount, interest, pymt or desired months til debt free
Consumer Recalls - all US consumer recalls CarZen – search for new/used cars RedLaser – scan a barcode and compare prices online and local stores CountingMoney – it gives you a total and you have to count the money to equal it, quizzes you and checks, gives you a grade, depending on the settings you put in ChoiceMaker – can’t make a decision, use this to tell you YES or NO ShopSavvy – scan a barcode and compare prices online and local stores www.agedwards.com/public/bma/frontpage.fcgi (A.G. Edwards) resources for teaching young children about money
www.aba.com/Consumer+Connection/Young_Adults_main_page.htm (American Bankers Association Education Foundation) resources for teaching teens and young adults http://www.bigchange.com/ (Big Change) an allowance game www.capitalone.com/credit101/ (Capital One) credit education resources http://money.cnn.com/ (CNN Money Site) resources for money issues http://www.consumerworld.com/ (Consumer World) consumer resources http://www.coolbank.com/ (Coolbank) resources include games and economic lessons for k-12 www.newsengin.com/neFreeTools.nsf/CPIcalc (Cost of Living Calculator) calculators http://dogandponyshow.server101.com/program.htm (Dog & Pony Show, LLC) describes program for young adults http://www.escapefromknab.com/ (Escape from Knab) money game http://www.cwpub.com/thefacts/ (The Facts) Free e-newsletter with classroom activities that can be downloaded and reproduced www.financenter.com/solutions/centers/home.fcs (Finance Center) an e-merchandising site for financial institutions with some interactive tools such as "how much do I need to be a millionaire?" www.firstunion.com/kids/capkids_home.html (First Union) games for teaching financial education http://www.fleetkids.com/ (Fleetkids) resources for teaching young children about money issues www.womensinvest.about.com/cs/teachingteens (Investing for Women) resources for teaching teens investing information http://www.insure.com/ (Insure.com) insurance resources http://www.kidsbank.com/ (Kidsbank) resources for teaching young children www.kidstock.com/en/default.asp (Kidstock) resources for teaching about money and investing http://www.kiplinger.com/ (Kiplinger magazine) financial resources www.lavamind.com/index.html (Lavamind) describes money games to purchase www.littlejason.com/lemonade/index.html (Lemonade Stand) a student activity for students to make as much money as possible "selling lemonade" http://loanlink.nelliemae.com/calc/howspend.htm ( Loan Link Nellie Mae) student loan information www.makingallowances.com/teenzone.htm (Making Allowances) games to download www.plan.ml.com/family/teachers (Merrill Lynch Family Saving Center) teacher resources for saving and investing http://www.moneycentral.com/ (Money Central) resources for money management and investing http://www.moneyminded.com/ (Moneyminded) resources for financial issues http://www.moneyopolis.com/ (Moneyopolis) a money game http://www.moneypaper.com/ (The Money Paper Company) information about DRIPS, direct investment plan accounts http://www.fool.com/ (The Motley Fool) financial information www.nelliemae.com/finman/ (Nellie Mae) budgeting, credit and tax information for college students http://www.netstock.com/ (Netstock Corporation) information about DRIPS, direct investment plan accounts http://www.paycheckcity.com/ (Pay Check City) calculators to determine various with holding amounts from pay checks www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php (Practical Money Skills) includes lesson plans, calculators and other resources for teachers and students http://64.66.148.254/ (Real Life Investing Guide) Moolera young investors network www.salomonsmithbarney.com/yin/home.htm (Salomon Smith Barney) young investors network www.thisisyourbank.com/future/index.html (State Bank of the Lakes) savings calculator www.cbc.ca/streetcents/ (Street Cents Online) http://www.strongkids.com/ (Strong Kids) interactive calculator and other tools for teaching investing http://www.studentcredit.com/ (Student Credit) resources for teaching credit www.yourmoney.cba.ca/eng/index.htm (There's Something About Money) from Canadian Bankers Association with resources for teaching goals, budgeting, credit and savings www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ (The U.S. National Debt Clock) visual illustration of national debt http://www.vanguard.com/ (Vanguard Group) resources for investing http://www.virtualstockexchange.com/ (Virtual Stock Exchanges) stock market game and other investing resources http://www.younginvestor.com/ (Young Investor) games and resources for teaching investing http://www.youngmonthly.com/ (Young Monthly) young investor's guide to the stock market www.usatoday.com/money/mfront.htm (USA Today) Money Section of USA Today www.choosetosave.org/tools/fincalcs.htm (Choose to Save) many financial calculators from American Savings Education Council and Employee Benefit Research Institute www.investoreducation.org/flash/savings_game.cfm (Investor Education from Alliance for Investor Education) savings game for students http://www.edwise.org/ (Ed Wise) loan management tool from California Student Aid Commission http://www.myvesta.org/ (Financial Crisis and Treatment Center) resources for helping consumers in excess debt www.fl2010.org/ (Financial Literacy2010) information for financial education teachers www.financial-education-icfe.org/children_and_money/index.asp (Institute of Consumer Financial Education) resources for teaching children and young adults http://www.italladdsup.org/ (It All Adds Up) Personal Finance Games and Teacher's Resources http://www.jumpstart.org/ (Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy) resources for teachers and students www.mpt.org/senseanddollars/ (Maryland Public Television-Sense & Dollars) games and resources for teaching and money and investing http://www.themint.org/ (The Mint) by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and National Council on Economic Education with interactive money sites www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources (Money Management International) financial tools and other online resources www.investoreducation.org/cindex.htm National Association of Securities Dealers) savings calculator to determine the value of dollars in the future www.natlconsumersleague.org/ (National Consumer's League) resources for consumer issues http://www.ntrbonline.org/ (National Endowment for Financial Education) Teen Resources Bureau�with musical introduction www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/moolah (NOVA) Online Secrets of Making Money www.ici.org/aboutfunds/addl_resources_young.html On Line Resources for Young Investors) resources for investment and savings for teens www.pbs.org/newshour/on2/budget.html (PBS) site for "Managing Your Money" http://www.smartmoney.org/ (Smart Money Magazine) financial resources http://www.smgww.org/ (The Stock Market Game TM) from Securities Industry Foundation for Economic Education http://library.thinkquest.org/3096/index.htm?tqskip1=1qtime=0502 (Think Quest) resources for teaching investing http://www.taxfoundation.org/ (Tax Foundation) answers questions about taxes www.wife.org (Women's Institute for Financial Education) financial resources especially for women www.northsalem.k12.ny.us/projects/sicheri/webquest.html (North Salem Family and Consumer Sciences Department) A lesson plan for "Spending Habits-Money in Motion"; assumes student is a financial planner from a family and consumer sciences teacher www.wdfi.org/links/fe.htm (Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions) links to financial education resources www.umsl.edu/~wpockets/ (Wise Pockets) parent, teacher and student resources from University of Missouri-St.Louis Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education http://www.bep.treas.gov/ (Bureau of Engraving and Printing) access to money central station on money factory; click on "BEP for kids" http://stats.bls.gov/ (Bureau of Labor Statistics) information about the consumer price index http://www.chicagofed.org/ (Chicago Federal Reserve Board) publications and teacher resources www.federalreserve.gov/publications.htm (The Federal Reserve Bank) publications and resources http://www.frbsf.org/ (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) curriculum materials, publications and other resources www.irs.gov/taxi (Internal Revenue Service) an online interactive program for understanding taxes with teacher's tool kit www.ssa.gov/retire2 (Social Security Administration) retirement scenarios www.ssa.gov/kids (Social Security Administration) Youth link for Social Security www.treas.gov/kids (U.S. Treasury) site designed for children www.publicdebt.treas.gov (U.S. Treasury Securities) information about savings bonds and other U.S. treasury savings http://www.adage.com/ (Advertising Age) advertising issues
http://www.consumerlawpage.com/ (The Consumer Law Page) resources on consumer legal issues http://www.eyeoncredit.com/ (Eye on Credit) includes credit card warnings and information about categories of credit cards http://www.equifax.com/ (Equifax) one of the three major credit-reporting agencies http://www.experian.com/ (Experian) one of the three major credit-reporting agencies http://www.the-dma.org/. (Direct Marketing Association) information about direct marketing http://www.tuc.com/ (Trans Union) one of the three major credit-reporting agencies http://www.scambusters.com/ (Internet Scam busters) information about internet fraud http://www.junkbusters.com/ (JunkBusters.com) information for reducing unwanted information in personal e-mail http://www.bbbonline.org/ (Better Business Bureau Online) information for using Better Business Bureau http://www.consumerexpert.org/ (Consumer Science Business Professionals) consumer business, experts and specialists http://www.consumerworld.org/ (Consumer World) consumer resources http://www.fraud.org/ (Internet Fraud Watch) from National Consumer's League http://www.identitytheft.org/ (Identity Theft) includes resources including links for identity theft http://www.naag.org/ (National Association of Attorneys General) http://www.natlconsumersleague.org/ (National Consumer's League) information about teen financial information http://www.fraud.org/ (National Consumer Leagues' Clearing House for Online Fraud) information about online fraud http://www.economicsamerica.org/ (National Council on Economic Education) links to teaching and other resources http://www.privacyrights.org/ (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse) Consumer Education links; San Diego-based http://www.citizen.org/ (Public Citizen) founded by Ralph Nader with resources for consumer issues www.wa.gov/ago/teenconsumer (Consumer Education for Teens) a resource developed by teens for teens http://www.ftc.gov/ (Federal Trade Commission) www.ftc. gov/privacy/index.html (Federal Trade Commission) information about government initiatives for consumer privacy www.healthfinder.gov/aboutus/privacy.htm (Health and Human Services) example of health care privacy policy http://www.ifccfbi.gov/ (Internet Fraud Complaint Center) from FBI and National White Collar Crime Center http://www.consumer.gov/ (U.S. Consumer Gateway) resources to federal consumer information www.consumer.gov/idtheft (U.S. Government's Website for Identity Theft) resources for teaching how to avoid identity theft www.usps.com/postalinspectors (U.S. Postal Inspectors) http://www.coolsavings.com/ (CoolSavings) on line shopping resources
http://www.costhelper.com/ (CostHelper) consumer advice and cost information www.fordcredit.com/creditdrivesamerica (Ford Motor Credit Company) credit education program http://www.intellichoice.com/ (IntelliChoice Car Center) for comparison of automobile purchase www.pricescan.com (Pricescan.com) comparison of various products with form for ordering www.cg.superpages.com (Super Pages) searchable product guide and product reviews; by Verizon http://www.autosafety.org/ (Center for Auto Safety) founded by Consumer's Union and Ralph Nader http://www.consumerjungle.org/ (Consumer Jungle) Young Adult Consumer Education Trust-a consumer education program for young adults with "camps" for teachers, students and parents http://www.consumerreports.org/ (Consumer Reports) some free information; some information requires a fee to access http://www.cspinet.org/ (Consumer Science in the Public Interest) http://www.jumpstart.org/ (Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy) includes 12 financial principles all young people should know and additional teaching resources http://www.zillions.org/ (Zillions) Consumer Reports for kids http://www.nice.emich.edu/ (National Institute for Consumer Education) includes mini-lesson plans on how to complain and comparison shop as well as full-text resources http://www.cpsc.gov/ (Consumer Product Safety Commission) http://www.epa.gov/ (Environmental Protection Administration) http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/ (Federal Citizen Information Center) information on many consumer issues http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) |
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