Introducing "Gen i Revolution," a free online personal finance game
for middle and high school teachers and their students.
"Gen i Revolution" is based on the 'Learning, Earning and Investing'
Program, as well as content from 'Your Credit Counts' and 'Financial
Fitness for Life.'
The website is www.genirevolution.org
About the Gen i Revolution
Working with Mission leader Monique -- and their teachers, of course!
-- students undertake 15 daring Missions to fight the "Murktide," an
insidious lack of personal finance knowledge that is creeping across
the country.
Middle and high school teachers join Gen i Revolution, and assign
their students to teams at http://www.genirevolution.org/join.php.
Students then strategically select their Operatives, explore the game
and earn points as they work to complete each crucial Mission.
Teacher Support Materials
A Teacher's Guide integrates key lessons from 'Learning, Earning and
Investing' and 'Your Credit Counts,' and helps teachers prepare their
students for each Mission.
Teachers have access to an online interface that allows them to:
assign and organize teams; track their students' progress; toggle
specific Missions on-and-off to control what their students work on;
quiz their students via a Mission Briefing Review; and post messages
to their students via email.
Teachers can use Gen i Revolution to add a personal finance component
to their courses, an extra credit assignment, homework, and for team
and individual competitions.
Geni i Revolution website
See who else is fighting the Murktide on Twitter
More What's New!
Upcoming Programs
This contest encourages teachers and students to learn about the economy while having fun doing it! The posters illustrate basic economic concepts identified in the Indiana Social Studies Standards, including Opportunity Cost, Consumers and Producers(both in one poster), Capital Resources, Entrepreneur, Trade
Productivity, Interdependence, and Spillover . The annual contest is open to students from second through eighth grade. Students are encouraged at an early age to understand these concepts through contests, curriculum and training made available through the Indiana Council for Economic Education. Posters are due in the ICEE office by April 1, 2010 to be included in the contest.
The 12 winning economic posters will appear in the ICEE Economic Concept Calendar, which will be published for 2010 through the generosity of Printing Partners, Inc. of Indianapolis. The students also win a $50 savings bond.
The Indiana Economics Challenge is an opportunity for teams of four high school students to demonstrate their knowledge on a broad array of economics topics and subjects. This competition is not only fun but offers an opportunity to meet other students in an atmosphere where economics knowledge is tested and recognized.
Students must be enrolled for credit in a qualifying high school course at some time during the 2009-2010 academic year, (taught by a secondary teacher) are eligible to complete in the Indiana Economics Challenge.
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