A conversation with teachers on personal finance education and the economy...

Recently, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke conducted a Teacher Town Hall meeting where he met with approximately 60 teachers from around the nation who teach economics or personal finance. Here is a video recap of the town hall meeting:

As an educator, I believe such interactions with key political and government officials are of utmost importance if we are to ensure key educational programs receive the proper support and funding and lead to better educational outcomes for all Americans.

A special congratulations to Brian Page (@FinEdChat), a fellow blogger and financial literacy educator, who had the distinct honor of attending this town hall meeting and sitting just three seats from Chairman Bernanke to his left! Thank you, Brian, for representing Ohio and all financial literacy educators at this important event.

Stay tuned to Personal Finance and Social Media in Education as we embark on a new school year! I am committed to bringing my followers another year of news, tips, ideas, and professional development opportunities.

Here we go...preparing a presentation on bringing social media into the business classroom!

Well, followers...among all my other activities coming up this fall, I've agreed to present at the 85th Annual Professional Development Conference of OBTA--An Association for Business Technology Educators (http://www.obta-ohio.org). I'll be presenting on ways to bring social media into the business classroom. This presentation will provide information gathered from a recent social media in the classroom study as well as ideas for using social media platforms with students to expand their awareness of social beyond just friends and socialization.

Continuing my summer of professional development, stay tuned to the OBTA Website for more details about "Flying to New Heights with Business Technology Education!" Conference registration is open to all OBTA members and registration information will be available on the website around August 15th.

I hope everyone is having a great summer! I'm looking forward to a new and exciting school year and to sharing many, many more tips and ideas on personal finance education and social media in the classroom!