These slides were presented at the 2014 Council for Economic Education National Conference as a part of a session on speaking convincingly to school administrators and superintendents about the positive impact of the SIFMA Foundation's Stock Market Game program.
Lecture presented by Dr. Jessie S. Barrot at PAARL's Summer Conference on the theme "Library Analytics: Data-driven Library Management", held at Pearl Hotel, Manila on 20-22 April 2016
This presentation discuss various methods of qualitative data analysis. it further digs various methods used in qualitative data analysis in some Ph.D. thesis i.e. practical part
Data is a source of great information which can enable informed decision making for businesses. Data is divided into Quantitative Data and Qualitative Data. Qualitative data refers to those non-numerical, explanatory data. Herein, we will have a detailed look into the various methods of qualitative data analysis.
Lecture presented by Dr. Jessie S. Barrot at PAARL's Summer Conference on the theme "Library Analytics: Data-driven Library Management", held at Pearl Hotel, Manila on 20-22 April 2016
This presentation discuss various methods of qualitative data analysis. it further digs various methods used in qualitative data analysis in some Ph.D. thesis i.e. practical part
Data is a source of great information which can enable informed decision making for businesses. Data is divided into Quantitative Data and Qualitative Data. Qualitative data refers to those non-numerical, explanatory data. Herein, we will have a detailed look into the various methods of qualitative data analysis.
2014 NYSE Teacher Workshop PresentationVincent Young
The Stock Market Game is an investor education program developed and distributed by the SIFMA Foundation through its national network of partners. Students work in teams to invest a virtual $100,000 in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Teachers impart essential academic and life skills through the program's Teacher Support Center.
Effective Education Through The Stock Market GameVincent Young
These are the slides to the Saturday morning session of the same name at the 2014 Council for Economic Education Annual Conference where participants were given an introduction to the objectives and implementation of the SIFMA Foundation's Stock Market Game program.
InvestWrite 2015 Common Core CorrelationsVincent Young
These are the Common Core ELA correlations to the 2015 InvestWrite essay contest questions. Visit the InvestWrite site for more information: www.investwrite.org.
Getting to the Core: Integrating Technology into Common Core StandardsShawndra Bowers
The Common Core standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success. We will explore what technology tools and resources can help you begin addressing these new standards in real and relevant ways.
These slides were presented during a webinar held 7:30PM, February 9, 2015. The webinar introduced teachers to the SIFMA Foundation's national essay contest, InvestWrite.
Part II of our series on the impact the Common Core State Standards will have on science instruction in the middle grades. In this session, we’ll explore the writing standards for grades 6-8. Learn about the standards themselves, discover resources that can help you modify your instruction to meet them, and join the emerging conversation with other educators. You’ll get the most out of the seminar if you’ve browsed these standards ahead of time. Go to http://corestandards.org/, click on English Language Arts, and scroll to the Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 6-12.
Nice Things: Capital Markets Driving Innovation and Improving Quality of LifeVincent Young
Presentation to visiting Global Travel and Tourism students on the role capital markets play in fostering innovation and increasing standards of living.
August 25, 2016 presentation to Russian student winners of the digital innovation competition addressing how the capital markets support entrepreneurship and help small companies grow to internationally recognized names.
The Math Behind the Market (Hostos Community College)Vincent Young
This Stock Market Game slideshow Math Behind the Market was used for as a part of a day-long "Living Mathematics" workshop for students at Hostos Community College on April 5, 2016
This presentation was made to after school line staff and administrators at the 2015 PASE@Pace Conference. It describes the importance of financial literacy in the 21st Century and how the SIFMA Foundation's educational programs provide opportunities for youth financial literacy
This presentation on how the capital markets nurtures entrepreneurship and innovation was given to visiting Russian students as a part of a US Russia Foundation program
There's An App For That: Getting to the Core with The Stock Market GameVincent Young
Created by Vincent Young, AVP of Curriculum Initiatives, these slides introduce the launch of a new Stock Market Game site and address the impact of the debate on Common Core assessments on The Stock Market Game program. They were presented by Melanie Mortimer, Executive Director of the SIFMA Foundation, to attendees at the 2013 Council on Economic Education Conference.
Written and co-presented by Vincent Young, Director of Curriculum Initiatives, and Karla Helgans, Assistant Director National SMG Program, on January 29, 2013 to teachers participating in a workshop conducted by the Center of Economics and Financial Education at Florida State College. This slideshow describes how the SIFMA Foundation Stock Market Game program engages classrooms in meaningful real world applications of Common Core Standards and life skills.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Thinking of getting a dog? Be aware that breeds like Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds can be loyal and dangerous. Proper training and socialization are crucial to preventing aggressive behaviors. Ensure safety by understanding their needs and always supervising interactions. Stay safe, and enjoy your furry friends!
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
Delivering Micro-Credentials in Technical and Vocational Education and TrainingAG2 Design
Explore how micro-credentials are transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with this comprehensive slide deck. Discover what micro-credentials are, their importance in TVET, the advantages they offer, and the insights from industry experts. Additionally, learn about the top software applications available for creating and managing micro-credentials. This presentation also includes valuable resources and a discussion on the future of these specialised certifications.
For more detailed information on delivering micro-credentials in TVET, visit this https://tvettrainer.com/delivering-micro-credentials-in-tvet/
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
MATATAG CURRICULUM: ASSESSING THE READINESS OF ELEM. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS I...NelTorrente
In this research, it concludes that while the readiness of teachers in Caloocan City to implement the MATATAG Curriculum is generally positive, targeted efforts in professional development, resource distribution, support networks, and comprehensive preparation can address the existing gaps and ensure successful curriculum implementation.
MATATAG CURRICULUM: ASSESSING THE READINESS OF ELEM. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS I...
Helping School Administrators Understand The Stock Market Game
1. Helping School Administrators
Understand the Impact of The
Stock Market Game Program
Vincent Young,
AVP Curriculum Initiatives
SIFMA Foundation
Lisa A. Donnini, Ph.D.
Financial Education Consultant
SIFMA Foundation
2.
3. Teams of 3 to 5
Virtual $100,000
Stocks, Bonds, &
Mutual Funds
+
The Stock Market Game™
7. American Institutes for
Research Study (2009)
• The Stock Market Game has a positive impact on
– Student math achievement
– Student financial literacy
– Teacher investment behavior
• 90% of Elementary students like playing The Stock
Market Game.
• 78% of Middle and High School students like playing The
Stock Market Game.
http://www.learningpt.org/smg/SMG_Study.pdf
10. “Of the list, the only
activity that shows a
positive and significant
relationship with test
scores was participation in
a stock market game...”
(Walstad & Buckles, 2008)
11. Since the data were first
collected in 2000, it has been
consistently clear that a full
semester’s course in money
management does not improve
financial literacy while playing a
stock market game boosts
financial literacy significantly.
(Mandell, 2008)
13. 21st
Century SMG Skills
Work in
teams of
2 to 5
Take on
leadership
roles
Create and
Manage a
$100,000
investment
portfolio
Suggest
investments
Evaluate portfolio
performance
Enter trades
Look up
stock quotes
Read stock
charts
Read market
news
ELA
Math Economics
Financial
Literacy
14. 21st
Century Learning
"A big choice for us is: we have this very flexible
tool, much more like a Swiss army knife than a
hammer. What do we want to use it for?" says
Christopher Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in
Learning Technologies at Harvard University's
Graduate School of Education.
Source:
http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/feb11/vol53/num02/Can-Mobile-Devices-Transform-Education%C2%A2
22. CCR Reading Anchors
• Key Ideas and Details
1. Read closely to determine what the text says
explicitly and to make logical inferences from it;
cite specific textual evidence when writing or
speaking to support conclusions drawn from
the text.
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text
and analyze their development; summarize the
key supporting details and ideas.
3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and
ideas develop and interact over the course of a
text.
• Craft and Structure
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used
in a text, including determining technical,
connotative, and figurative meanings, and
analyze how specific word choices shape
meaning or tone.
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how
specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger
portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter,
scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the
whole.
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes
the content and style of a text.
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in
diverse media and formats, including visually
and quantitatively, as well as in words.
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and
specific claims in a text, including the validity of
the reasoning as well as the relevance and
sufficiency of the evidence.
9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar
themes or topics in order to build knowledge or
to compare the approaches the authors take.
• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10. Read and comprehend complex literary and
informational texts independently and
proficiently.
23. CCR Writing Anchors
• Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments to support claims in an
analysis of substantive topics or texts, using
valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient
evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine
and convey complex ideas and information
clearly and accurately through the effective
selection, organization, and analysis of
content.
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined
experiences or events using effective
technique, well-chosen details, and well-
structured event sequences.
• Production and Distribution of Writing
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which
the development, organization, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by
planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a
new approach.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to
produce and publish writing and to interact and
collaborate with others.
• Research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained
research projects based on focused questions,
demonstrating understanding of the subject
under investigation.
8. Gather relevant information from multiple print
and digital sources, assess the credibility and
accuracy of each source, and integrate the
information while avoiding plagiarism.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational
texts to support analysis, reflection, and
research.
• Range of Writing
10. Write routinely over extended time frames
(time for research, reflection, and revision) and
shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or
two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and
audiences.
11. Note on range and content in student writing
24. CCR Speaking & Listening
Anchors
• Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Prepare for and participate
effectively in a range of
conversations and collaborations
with diverse partners, building on
others’ ideas and expressing their
own clearly and persuasively.
2. Integrate and evaluate information
presented in diverse media and
formats, including visually,
quantitatively, and orally.
3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view,
reasoning, and use of evidence and
rhetoric.
• Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
4. Present information, findings, and
supporting evidence such that
listeners can follow the line of
reasoning and the organization,
development, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and
audience.
5. Make strategic use of digital media
and visual displays of data to
express information and enhance
understanding of presentations.
6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts
and communicative tasks,
demonstrating command of formal
English when indicated or
appropriate.
25. Standards of Practice
• Make sense of problems
and persevere in solving
them
• Reason abstractly and
quantitatively
• Construct viable
arguments and critique
the reasoning of others
• Model with Math
• Use appropriate tools
strategically
• Attend to precision
• Look for and make use of
structure
• Look for and express
regularity in repeated
reasoning
26. NextGen
• Scientific Investigations Use a Variety of Methods
– Students use various sources and research methods to
build their portfolio.
• Scientific Knowledge is Open to Revision in Light of New
Evidence
– Students rebalance their portfolios based on economic,
business, and market news.
• Scientific Knowledge Assumes an Order and Consistency in
Natural Systems
– Students consider trends and cycles in selecting.
• Scientific Knowledge is Based on Empirical Evidence
– information that is acquired by observation or
experimentation.
27.
28. Upcoming Webinars
• 4PM ET, Tuesday, October 21
The PNC Christmas Price Index – SIFMA
Foundation SMG Challenge
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/295502152
• 5PM ET, Thursday, October 23
SMG Stock Research Worksheet 201
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/856991888
• 5PM, Thursday, November 6
SMG and the Danielson Framework
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/965520905
29. SMG Curriculum Director’s
Channel
• Introduction Videos
– SMG 2.0
– InvestWrite
• Curriculum Training Videos
– Stock Research Worksheet
– Super Bowl Project
• Professional Development Videos
– It’s Your Company Too
– Buy or Bail
30. Thank You & Stay in Touch
https://www.facebook.com/sifmaFoundation
https://twitter.com/SIFMAFoundation
https://plus.google.com/110729834042312553884/posts
Editor's Notes
It is sometimes easy to forget the broader purpose of school. I believe in David Labaree's vision of schools:
to prepare children for their place in the economy
to achieve democratic equality
to nurture social mobility
David is a professor of education at Stanford University who writes about the history and sociology of American education. Eduwonkette summarized his position well in her post at Sharp Brains: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/03/14/schools-what-should-they-do-and-for-whom/
Abbott and Costello illustrate the importance of financial literacy in this clip from One Night in the Tropics.
The SIFMA Foundation's acclaimed Stock Market Game™ program is an online simulation of the global capital markets that engages students grades 4-12 in the world of economics, investing and personal finance, and prepares them for financially independent futures. More than 600,000 students take part every school year across all 50 states. The Stock Market Game has reached 15 million students since its inception in 1977.
InvestWrite is a highly successful extension of the Stock Market Game program designed to help students sharpen critical thinking skills as they compose essays on investment related topics. The program builds a bridge between classroom learning and potential real-world investments decisions. Students are provided a topic and an investment scenario, which requires them to assess, research, and then formulate possible solutions based on their own findings, logic and ideas.
The Capitol Hill Challenge (CHC) is a special edition of The Stock Market Game™ (SMG) program offered every spring. CHC matches Members of Congress with students, teachers, and schools benefiting from SMG in their respective district or state. Student teams manage a hypothetical $100,000 online portfolio and invest in real stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. The classroom learning focuses on the dynamics of the global marketplace and the importance of long-term saving and investing. The CHC acknowledges the accomplishments of the top 10 student teams and their teachers with a trip to Washington D.C. to meet their Members of Congress and tour financial landmarks and national monuments.
Since its inception in 2004, CHC has made over 1,700 matches of U.S. Representatives and Senators with schools, encompassing more than 45,000 students across the country.
Invest It Forward™ (IIF™) is an industry-wide financial education and capital markets literacy campaign convening hundreds of financial firms that are committed to giving young Americans a solid understanding of the capital markets system and the invaluable tools to achieve their dreams. Complementing the SIFMA Foundation’s critically acclaimed national Stock Market Game™ program, volunteers from industry firms will personally offer exciting, multimedia in-school and afterschool lessons to help our nation’s youth better prepare for their own futures as financially capable and engaged citizens.
(p11) Most students reported that they enjoyed playing, and learned from, The Stock Market Game. Most students indicated that they enjoyed, and learned about, the aspects of finance addressed by the game, such as choosing which company to invest in and trading stocks on the computer. Nearly 90 percent of younger students (grades 4-6), and 78 percent of older students (grades 7-10), reported that they liked playing The Stock Market Game.
(LPA ONE PAGER) Learning Point Associate year-long study found that elementary school students in Grades 4–6 who played The Stock Market Game scored on average above the 55th percentile on the mathematics tests, while students who did not play the game scored on average above the 43rd percentile. Students in Grades 7–10 who played the game scored on average above the 54th percentile, while students who did not play the game scored on average above the 46th percentile.
(LPA ONE PAGER) Students who played The Stock Market Game also significantly outperformed their peers in their knowledge of financial concepts. In tests to measure investor knowledge, elementary school students who played the game scored on average above the 68th percentile, compared to an average score above the 42nd percentile for students who did not play the game. Students playing the game in both middle and high school scored on average above the 58th percentile, while their peers scored above the 42nd and 40th percentiles respectively.
The 2012 NAEP Economics test results demonstrated improvements from the first NAEP Economics in 2006. In “The National Assessment of Educational Progress in Economics: Findings for General Economics” by William B. Walstad and Stephen Buckles from the American Economic Review published by the American Economic Association (May 2008), the authors cite numerous in-class and afterschool that students participate in. They point out the particular benefits of stock market games like SMG. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.98.2.541
The 2008 national Jump$tart survey of high school seniors was the sixth such biennial survey and completed the first ten years of measuring financial literacy in the United States. In 2008, the Jump$tart Coalition also conducted its first national survey designed to measure the financial literacy of college students.
Since the data were first collected in 2000, it has been consistently clear that a full semester’s course in money management does not improve financial literacy while playing a stock market game boosts financial literacy significantly.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills – Not really a trend but something that other trends point to or refer to when speaking about their programs.
Mobile – from punch cards to the internet in the palm of your hand, teachers are asking do we or don’t we in terms of allowing smart phones and tablets in their classrooms.
Gamification – it’s a term you’ll hear again and again and will come a term that risks being mucky and convoluted because everyone is using it. (from Wikipedia) “Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems. Gamification techniques strive to leverage people's natural desires for competition, achievement, status, self-expression, altruism, and closure.” It’s like mom telling your sister and you “let’s have a competition to see who can do their chores the fastest. In econ you call it incentivizing.
Common Core – What’s left to save? We are correlated to the national ELA and math (up to grade 7). People are complaining, they are unfamiliar with the teaching. It over complicates blah blah blah. It’s like a math teacher telling me he’s been teaching math for 30 years this blah blah
Next Gen Science Standards/ STEM – In 2007 the National Science Board released a report about how US students are lacking in science careers since then there’s been a huge push to engage students in science. We don’t teach science but we do teach habits of inquiry
Danielson Framework
The actions involved in playing the Stock Market Game engage many 21st Century Skills.
Life and Career Skills: Today’s life and work environments require far more than thinking skills and content knowledge. The ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to developing adequate life and career skills.
Learning and Innovation Skills: Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as the skills that separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
Information, Media and Technology Skills: People in the 21st century live in a technology and media-suffused environment, marked by various characteristics, including: 1) access to an abundance of information, 2) rapid changes in technology tools, and 3) the ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale. To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills related to information, media and technology.
Core Subjects: Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential for students in the 21st century. Core subjects include: ELA, Math, Economics, History, Government and Civics. In addition to these subjects, we believe schools must move beyond a focus on basic competency in core subjects to promoting understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects: Global awareness, Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy, and Civic literacy
Christopher Dede is referring to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. The article’s author, Rick Allen, goes on to say, “Compared to laptops and computer workstations, mobile devices are cheaper, more portable, and physically less obtrusive, especially during collaborative work.”
Dede goes on to say, “Kids like working together with their cell phones in front of them more than their laptops. If you sit around a table and they all have their laptops, there's a sense of a wall.”
The Stock Market Game is best played in teams because it helps students practice 21st Century Skills in Communication and Collaboration.
The SMG mobile app removes the “wall” that Dede speaks about and provides student with opportunities to collaborate outside of the classroom.
The ease and convenience of access could potentially create a “financial literacy” habit as students pursue research outside of the classroom, outside of their team, and after The Stock Market Game.
The SMG App provides access to Account Summary, Enter a Trade, Transaction Notes, Pending Orders, and Market News.
The mobile app does not replace the SMG team portfolio website. However, it enhances the SMG learning experience as a whole by providing additional convenient access to the portfolio and research.
One night a student hears a story about Pepsi developing a new bottled water called “Om” on the evening news. It sounded interesting.
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She quickly checks her team’s Transaction Notes to confirm her team has attempted to purchase 600 shares of Pepsi.
The next day, before class she meets with her SMG team. They talk about what she saw. One teammate confirms the trade they entered went through, another checks the market news, another index performance, and another prepares to enter a trade for more shares or sell some shares based on what the team decides.
This is an example of what the mobile app could potentially produce in terms of student engagement, out-of-class time, and seeding a “learning habit” (learning outside of a structured school environment).
From the 2011 ASCD’s newsletter, Education Update: “At the cutting edge of mobile education technology research, K–12 students are using mobile devices to access digital information that overlays or infuses the real world around them; hence the term "augmented reality" (AR) to describe this model.” Source: http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/feb11/vol53/num02/Can-Mobile-Devices-Transform-Education%C2%A2.aspx
Describe how SMG is a simulation and the social issue (the lack of saving and investing) that it tries to solve.
The Oregon Trail is widely acknowledged as the first real fusion of education and video games.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/beyond-screen-time-what-a-good-game-like-minecraft-teaches-kids/361261/
Minecraft is an “open world” so players establish rules and regulations. In Minecraft players also build complex physical structures in addition to social structures and through a teacher with a guided lesson learn potentially sophisticated processes. Economic and financial learning simulations like The Stock Market Game do the same.
http://playmakers.instituteofplay.org/minecraftedu/
A veteran computer teacher, Joel Levin’s first instinct was to get his students back on task. But then he thought, “This is great. This is good. This should be happening.” So instead he opened a discussion with the whole class. The students began to compare physical and digital worlds, online and offline communities, and the behaviors suitable to each. Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at a pretty sophisticated understanding of what it means to be a good digital citizen, something Levin and others at the school had been trying and failing to get across for some time. “That was my a-ha moment.”
http://www.instituteofplay.org/about/
The Institute of Play - The real work of a 21st century education is to spark the passion for lifelong learning that our kids will need to navigate their way to a promising tomorrow.
The Institute of Play creates learning experiences rooted in the principles of game design—experiences that simulate real world problems, and require dynamic, well-rounded solutions. We support teachers and other learning leaders in making learning irresistible—creating for students a powerful need to know, and a hunger to learn more. We believe in making learning relevant—to the technologies that shape our kids’ lives, the passions that fuel their ambitions, and the demands of life in the 21st century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ect-kgxBb4M
Do you remember Susan singing “One of these things”?
It’s an example of an educational game. Not all educational games require an app or an Internet connection.
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Did you guess which thing was not like the others?
Did you guess which thing just doesn't belong?
If you guessed this one is not like the others,
Then you're absolutely...right!
Highlight how SMG is most effective meeting standards 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
SMG achieves Standards 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
To build a foundation for college and career readiness, students need to learn to use writing as a way of offering and supporting opinions, demonstrating understanding of the subjects they are studying, and conveying real and imagined experiences and events. They learn to appreciate that a key purpose of writing is to communicate clearly to an external, sometimes unfamiliar audience, and they begin to adapt the form and content of their writing to accomplish a particular task and purpose. They develop the capacity to build knowledge on a subject through research projects and to respond analytically to literary and informational sources. To meet these goals, students must devote significant time and effort to writing, producing numerous pieces over short and extended time frames throughout the year.
SMG achieves standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Note on range and content of student speaking and listening
To build a foundation for college and career readiness, students must have ample opportunities to take part in a variety of rich, structured conversations—as part of a whole class, in small groups, and with a partner. Being productive members of these conversations requires that students contribute accurate, relevant information; respond to and develop what others have said; make comparisons and contrasts; and analyze and synthesize a multitude of ideas in various domains.
New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. Digital texts confront students with the potential for continually updated content and dynamically changing combinations of words, graphics, images, hyperlinks, and embedded video and audio.
Students do this every time they meet to discuss strategies and make trades.
Source: http://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/ngss/files/Appendix%20H%20-%20The%20Nature%20of%20Science%20in%20the%20Next%20Generation%20Science%20Standards%204.15.13.pdf
NextGen Science standards seek to set benchmarks for STEM. Students participating in the Stock Market Game employ skills comparable to some of the recently published Next Generation Science Standards’ (NGSS) “Understandings about the Nature of Science” (Appendix H):
Scientific Investigations Use a Variety of Methods (Investor Research uses a variety of methods)
Scientific Knowledge is Open to Revision in Light of New Evidence (Students rebalance their portfolios based on economic, business, and market news).
Scientific Knowledge Assumes an Order and Consistency in Natural Systems (Investments are impacted by various cycles and trends).
There’s one missing: Scientific Knowledge is Based on Empirical Evidence (information that is acquired by observation or experimentation).