INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION PRESENTER : JACQUELINE PRESTER BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY TEACHER MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Jump$tart Teacher Training Program Economics Seminar

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Where to get tools? 3 1.Apply for grants 2.Partner with local businesses 3.Find free resources 4.Use what you have 5.Create your own Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics

Simulation 4 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics

Students “play” the game 5 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics graded progress questions throughout

Results can be fatal 6 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics characters can die from malnutrition

Activities are graded 7 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics grades are broken down by each activity

Life Scenarios by teachbanzai.com 8 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics budgeting lesson 4 stages integrate pre/post tests into SMART goals for evaluation

Graded pre/post tests 9 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics grades are given for : Life Scenarios Pre-test Post-test

Life Scenarios transactions 10 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics Students enter: categories accounts amounts balances are calculated

“The Game” 11 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics students play “The Game” to save $2,000 for college

WBZ “Eye on Education” story weaving technology and finance together 12 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics

Stock Market Competition 13 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics private classrooms are set up for students to compete against each other portfolio values are ranked by gain % students only see portfolio balances

Create Your Own Contest 14 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics Create the contest: start/end dates cash amount commissions stock markets NYSE AMEX NASDAQ OTCBB stock minimums

Students Maintain Portfolios 15 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics available cashcurrent portfolio value students see only their own investments

Budget Webquest 16 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics mrsprester.com/budget

Record actual expenses in Excel 17 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics

Create PSA for Personal Finance 18 Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics use animoto.com to create a 30 second PSA

Let’s Collaborate! 19 Share any technology tools that you are currently using. Please visit: tinyurl.com/techtoolsPF Jump$tart Teacher Training Program - Economics