Credit Union Financial Education Game Related work

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• Articles about our project
  • http://websrv.ent.ohiou.edu/ENews/ViewNews.aspx?Item=Stories&ID=99
  • Credit Union Business, The Technology Issue, Feb 2008 Volume 3 Issue 2, "3D Web: Ready? Here it comes," pages 40-45.
  • The CEO Report, June 16, 2008, "My Virtual Mortgage: Second Life & the Future of CU Financial Literacy".
• Related Articles
  • New York Times: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/free-the-avatars/index.html?hp

• Financial Literacy Education standards
  • Indiana Financial Literacy Education Middle School Academic Standards (http://doe.state.in.us/octe/facs/IndianaFinLitEd-MiddleSchStandards.html)
    • Financial Responsibility and Decision Making
    • Relating Income and Careers
    • Planning and Managing Money
    • Managing Credit and Debt
    • Risk Management and Insurance
    • Saving and Investing
  • The Ohio Core – Personal Finance Requirements (http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=308&ContentID=40028&Content=48528)
    • Explain why incomes will differ in the labor market depending on supply and demand for skills, abilities and education levels.
    • Explain the role of individuals in the economy as producers, consumers, savers, workers and investors.
    • Explain the consequences of the economic choices made by individuals and the tools which they use to manage their financial resources including:
      • Budgets;
      • Savings;
      • Investments;
      • Credit;
    • Philanthropy.
    • Describe how interest rates affect savers and borrowers.
  • NEFE High School Financial Planning Program Unit Topics (http://www.nefe.org/HighSchoolProgram/tabid/146/Default.aspx)
    • Your Financial Plan: Where It All Begins
    • Budgeting: Making the Most of Your Money
    • Investing: Making Money Work for You
    • Good Debt, Bad Debt: Using Credit Wisely
    • Your Money: Keeping It Safe and Secure
    • Insurance: Protecting What You Have
    • Your Career: Doing What Matters Most
  • Some reading material for financial literacy
    • Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! (Paperback)by Robert T. Kiyosaki (Author), Sharon L. Lechter (Author) "I had two fathers, a rich one and a poor one..." (2000)
    • The Financially Intelligent Parent: 8 Steps to Raising Successful, Generous, Responsible Children by Ph.D. Eileen Gallo and J.D. Jon Gallo (Audio CD - 2005)
    • Silver Spoon Kids: How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children by Ph.D. Eileen Gallo and J.D. Jon Gallo (Audio CD - 2005)
    • Financial Literacy for Teens (Paperback)by Chad Foster (Author)

• Related sites:
  • A great resource for curriculum ideas as well as game concepts: http://www.360financialliteracy.org/
  • NEFE Evaluation Toolkit: http://www.nefe.org/eval/intro.html
  • Financial Literacy created by the presidential commission: http://www.mymoney.gov/default.shtml
  • http://wfefs.wellsfargo.com/jump/fin_ed.html
  • "The Treasury Department, which is spending billions of dollars in taxpayer money to clean up an economic mess brought on in part by all sorts of easy credit, recently started an advertising campaign inviting consumers to check into the “Bad Credit Hotel,” an online game that teaches the basics of maintaining good credit."
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