Iowa Jump$tart Educators ConferenceJune 22, 2016

Beyond the Google Search Bar: Finding Free Personal Finance Resources

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What Are Teachers Saying?

“I have been teaching personal finance for 13 years and I am always looking for new ideas and activities. There are so many resources out there that I sometimes feel overwhelmed trying to sort through it all. I am happy to have finally found a "one stop shop."

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Content and Applied Learning

Teacher Development

Your Turn

Scavenger Hunt1. Lessons- What is the name of the lesson that demonstrates how interest makes your Savings grow?

5. Podcast - When did Laura Levine, President of the Jump$tart Coalition, appear on the NGPF Podcast?

2. Interactive Library: What interactive could you use to help your students manage a checking account?

6. NGPF Blog - What is a Question of the Day that you could use with your class?

3. Project - Which Career Project would you use to help students navigate the paperwork of their first job?

7. Webinar - What archived webinar would you watch to update your Checking lessons?

4. Case Study - List two NGPF case studies that would fit in your curriculum.

8. Data Crunch - Skim the Data Crunch list and name one that has a question that intrigues you.

Discussion

1. Share something you found during

the Scavenger Hunt that will be

useful to you or your students. Why

is it valuable?

Discussion

2. When you are evaluating online

content for your classroom, what are

the most important factors in deciding

whether to use it?

Discussion

3. When do you look for new resources

to make changes to your lessons? a. During the summer? Before the unit begins? Over

the weekend? The night before?

Discussion

4. Our recent survey found that personal finance

teachers want to expand their networks. We

recently created an online forum where

teachers can ask questions and provide

answers. How can we increase activity there?

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○ Sign up for our mailing list○ Take our monthly flash surveys○ Follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@NextGenPF)

● Slightly More Work○ Post and answer questions in our Q&A Forum○ Register for our May webinar on Savings○ Email Jessica with questions/feedback

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