If you’ve been thinking about incorporating generative AI into your accounting courses but aren’t sure where to start, I have a resource for you. AI in Accounting Education: A Practical Guide for Educators and Students is a free PDF book you can use immediately in your classes. It includes 28 chapters that span financial, managerial, […]
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Want to include AI in your accounting course? Free AI in accounting teaching materials
July 27, 2025 
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Ch 01 Financial statements, Ch 01 Introduction, Ch 02 Building Blocks, Ch 02 Transaction analysis, Ch 03 Accrual income, Ch 03 Job Costing, Ch 04 ABC, Ch 04 Internal control and cash, Ch 05 Process Costing, Ch 05 Receivables and revenues, Ch 06 Cost behavior, Ch 06 Inventory & COGS, Ch 07 CVP, Ch 07 PP&E and Intangibles, Ch 08 Current liabilities, Ch 08 Short-term Decisions, Ch 09 Budgeting, Ch 09 Long-term liabilities, Ch 10 Performance Evaluation, Ch 10 Stockholders' equity, Ch 11 Standard Costs and Variances, Ch 11 Statement of cash flows, Ch 12 Capital Budgeting, Ch 12 Financial statement analysis, Ch 13 Stmt of Cash Flows, Ch 14 Financial Statement Analysis, Ch 15 Sustainability, Data analytics, Financial accounting, Managerial accounting, Miscellaneous
Announcing “Accounting Explained,” a new podcast for introductory accounting featuring Professors Jill Mitchell and Wendy Tietz
November 8, 2024 0 Comments
Greetings! I am excited to announce that Professor Jill Mitchell and I have teamed up to create a series of podcasts for introductory financial accounting. Our podcast is called “Accounting Explained.” Accounting Explained podcast episodes will generally be short (eight to ten minutes) and are designed for students in introductory accounting. Additionally, the podcast is […]
Continue readingWebinar: Getting Ready for Fall Classes
August 11, 2023 0 Comments
Join us Tuesday, August 15th, 1 – 4 pm Eastern, for Getting Ready for Fall Classes offered by the AAA’s Management Accounting Section as part of the CGMA Teaching and Practice Symposium sponsored by AICPA & CIMA. In this webinar, you’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable insights and practical knowledge in six 30-minute sessions […]
Continue readingPoll: How important are journal entries for introductory financial accounting?
July 9, 2023 14 Comments
Greetings! I am working on developing a new project for introductory financial accounting and I am trying to decide whether to include journal entries as part of the project, or to focus on understanding and the use of the information. The project I am working on would apply to several topics within introductory financial accounting, […]
Continue readingNew book! Teaching with Microsoft Teams: Student Engagement Strategies
November 27, 2022 0 Comments
In January 2023, my new book “Teaching with Microsoft Teams: Student Engagement Strategies” is being published! In this book, I share several techniques for using Microsoft Teams to increase student engagement – both in synchronous online classes and asynchronous classes. Some of the chapters in the book include: Update 11/29/2022: Thank you to everyone who […]
Continue readingFree webinar: “Low Man on the Totem Pole – How I Became a White-Collar Criminal”
September 26, 2022 9 Comments
The Akron chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is sponsoring a webinar on white-collar crime – “Low Man on the Totem Pole – How I Became a White-Collar Criminal.” The webinar is on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, from 6:30 – 8 pm Eastern. Registration is at this link. I cannot emphasize enough what […]
Continue readingWould sweetFrog use job costing or process costing in calculating the cost of a customer’s cup of frozen yogurt and toppings?
September 6, 2022 8 Comments
sweetFrog is a frozen yogurt restaurant franchise with over 300 locations in the United States and several more international locations. Customers select the flavor of frozen yogurt they want and fill their cup from the self-serve machine with the desired amount of the frozen yogurt. Next the customer will proceed to the toppings bar, where […]
Continue readingTeaching Tip: How can a Stream Deck help with your synchronous (live online) class sessions?
August 16, 2022 1 Comment
One of my favorite pieces of hardware for teaching live online is the Stream Deck. The Elgato Stream Deck is a small control panel with 15 customizable physical buttons that be easily set to do a variety of tasks. The Stream Deck plugs into a USB port and will work with Windows or Mac operating […]
Continue readingWhat information can be calculated from Wendy’s 2021 trial balance?
August 8, 2022 0 Comments
The Wendy’s Company (NASDAQ: WEN) is a fast-food chain and is a publicly held corporation. Wendy’s fiscal reporting periods consist of 52 or 53 weeks ending on the Sunday closest to December 31. Wendy’s 2021 fiscal year ended January 2, 2022, and its 2020 fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. To follow is a condensed […]
Continue readingWhat do you think of the new blog post format that includes a tutorial video?
March 28, 2022 30 Comments
Earlier today, I shared a new blog post (How does Amazon’s stock split impact its stockholders’ equity? link.) In this blog post, I experimented with a new blog post format. I started with the story about Amazon’s stock split as I have done in the past. Next, however, I included a short explanatory video about […]
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