Last Week of Class

Go to the following website: http://www.360financialliteracy.org/

Go to the "college" age lifestages and read an article of interest.

List the topic and 5 tips that you picked up.

Comment on another student's posting.

Sense and Dollars

Visit the following website and complete one of the activities

http://senseanddollars.thinkport.org/games/home.html

Write 3 sentences...
What did you learn?
What did you already know?
Comment on one peer's posting

Hands on Banking - Wednesday

Visit the following website and complete the activities.
http://www.handsonbanking.org/htdocs/en/y/

What are two important money management techniques or suggestions that you learned from completing the activities.

Week 11 Credit Hotel - Monday

Go to the following website and enter the credit hotel.

http://www.controlyourcredit.gov/#

What did you learn about managing your credit?

List 2 facts and comment on one peer's posting.

Week 10 Thursday

Explore the following website:

http://studentcenter.ja.org/Money/Pages/default.aspx

Post one comment about what your learned and post one comment on a peer's posting.

Week 10: Wednesday

Explore the following website

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/mad_money_flash.html

Post one thing that you learned and comment on a peer's posting.

Week 11: What's Up In Finance

Explore the activities on this website and post something you learned. Also post one comment on another student's posting.

http://www.thirteen.org/finance/games/index.html

Johnny Money Week 10 - Monday

Go to the following website and sign up for an account:

http://game.johnnymoney.com/

See how well you can manage your business to make money.

Comment on your learning experience and comment on one of your peer's posting

Week 9 - Budgeting for a business

When thinking about a budget for a business, what are some unexpected costs that could arise? Post your thoughts and comment on one peer's posting.

Week 8 - Affluenza

Post your thoughts about the following topic after watching the documentary "Affluenza"

How do you think excessive consumerism effected the current economic situation? Think about the following:
Real Estate Values
Debt
Unemployment

Week 7 - Fistfull of dollars

Play the game Fistfull of dollars, a simulation of managing the finances of a company:
http://www.actonsims.org/games/wcgame/index.html

This game teaches the dynamics and challenges of managing working capital; accounts receivable, inventory and accounts payable

After playing, write 3 sentences about what you learned.

Week 7 - Business Simulation

Play one of the business simulation games at:http://www.123-games.net/online/business-games.

Explain what you learned about managing finances from playing this game. Comment on one of your peer's posting.

Week 6 - Sense and Dollars

Explore the following website:

http://senseanddollars.thinkport.org

What new money skill or fact did you learn? Post your reply and comment on one other student's posting.

Financial Games - Feb 24

What practical money skill did you learn from playing the games on the practical money skills web site? Everyone should have a unique posting.

Week 5: Credit Cards

What are the dangers of credit cards? Have you heard any stories from parents, etc. about problems that credit cards may have caused.

Week 4: Cell Phones

What are some of the things you are charged for on cell phones?

How do you plan to keep your cell phone down to a minimum?

Unique answers, please!

Week 3 - Car Buying Tips

Now that you have learned about purchasing cars, you can give some advice. If you had to give 2 tips to someone about purchasing a car, what would you tell them. Each person should have a unique posting.

Week 2: What is your latte factor?

What is something that you buy almost daily that you could probably give up without taking away from the overall quality of your life?

Figure out how much you spend on this item each week.

Go to the latte factor calculator online and see how much you could save in 30 years if you gave it up and invested the money in stock and received 10% interest.

Website: http://www.finishrich.com/free_resources/lattecalculator.php

Week 1: Welcome to Financial Management

Please introduce yourself and explain what you would like to get out of this course.