The document describes a game called "Love That Job" which is designed to teach students critical thinking and life skills like budgeting and decision making through having them research different career options and the education and expenses associated with those careers in order to choose a simulated career path and lifestyle. The game covers various academic areas like math, research, writing and technology and is meant to provide students with a realistic experience in career and financial decision making.

1. Love That Job!
TIE 2012

2. Tell Me About The Game…
Love That Job is designed to teach students:
• Critical thinking skills in an authentic setting of
career choice and life budgeting
• Scaffold of guided research
• Reality check of needed life skills and decision
making.

3. Academic Areas
• Math
• Internet research skills
• Writing
• Technology:
 Word processing with imported Internet
graphics
 Excel
 Using online sites and calculators

4. Student Name:
What It Looks Like
Professional career: Sarah Snuffy
Library Arts
Family: October 30, 2010
Marital Satus:
Sarah’s House
INCOME Amount Description
Monthly Salary $0
$375,000
Life card 1 $0 What's my luck?
6 Bedrooms
Life Card 2 $0 What's my luck?
3 Bathrooms
What I have to spend for one month? 1608 Square Feet
TOTAL Income $0 Two Levels
EXPENSES Amount No Basement
Necessities I can't do without these
Housing $0.00 Monthly Mortgage payment
Household Operation $0.00 Water, phone, electricty, gas,etc.
$____car payment (includes
Transportation $0 insurance and gas)

5. Will This Game Work For
You?
• Skill evaluation:
• Math vocabulary (budget, mortgage, income)
• Math concepts of expense and income
• Research skills
• Technology: Excel spreadsheet, Word with imported Internet
graphics, Internet navigation
• Critical thinking skills:
• To be a … I need to go to school for …
• Is that an expense or income
• If I buy that house, I can’t buy that car

6. TEACHER INFO
• Need Internet access
• Need to allow time to teach basic tech info
• Using Internet links
• Word formatting
• Saving documents and handing in virtually
• Need to allow time to teach ‘Budget’
concepts: income, expenses, education
degrees.

7. What does this look like in a
“real” classroom?

8. Let’s play a mini-game
1. You will play using a practice budget:
one professional and one technical.
2. Decide which house and which car as
you assess your budget.
3. Answer this question:
• What do I need to know to understand to
be able to make this decision?