Credit Union Lesson Plan
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Suggested Curriculum Template
When adopting a new education platform it is very important to allow the students to acclimate them selves to the new medium. As with any new technology, users will need to learn the new tools, and how to interact with the new environment. Virtual Finance in the Teen Grid of Second Life is no exception. Additionally, our discussions with teachers highlights the need for control and focus, so we have devised an initial two day curriculum that will incorporate:
1. An engaging introduction to this new platform.
2. Some post classroom work to prepare for game play
3. A initial financial education curriculum to begin the financial literacy program.
These will allow you to get your class ready to use this new education platform for a variety of future financial lesson plans that will continue to be introduced in the future.
Thank you and Enjoy!!
When using Virtual Finance, you will realize quickly that the students will be engaged early, BUT they will also want to explore. We have devises a fun treasure hunt that will introduce them to everything they need to understand about this three-d simulation, and how to effectively interact with the world and the game. We recommend you allocate one class room session to this exercise. This will allow the students to enjoy the new concept and then, more importantly, get them prepared to focus more on the game in the second session.
Introduction to 3D Simulation Day 1
This link is a very good introduction to the concepts of Avatar Navigation and in world interaction. These videos are also embedded on the island, but you (the instructor) can acclimate yourself and your class before they are allowed on the game. This is up to your teaching preference.
Credit Union Island Second Life Tutorial
- Tutorial activities:
- Inventory Management
- Customize appearance (change avatar features, clothes)
- How to communicate
- How to navigate (fly, move around, sit)
- How to teleport
- How to zoom (zoom, mouselook)
- Create objects?
- Treasure Hunt
- Checklist for each student
- Survey
- Financial Pre Test
Homework
- Questions from:
- Videos
- Extra credit for inworld activities
Day 2
Credit Union Island Walkthrough
- Attach the HUD
- Decision about career or job
- Complete career/job quest
- Buy car
- Complete car quest
- Buy house
- Complete house quest
- Invest in 401k
- Play again with different life choices
- Game scores
- Financial post test
