Class Activity Archives - PersonalFinanceLab

Comparing Two Companies In the Same Industry – Grading Rubric

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:15:30 +0000

Students can work in teams to complete this assignment. After logging into PersonalFinanceLab, they can go to the Stock Screener, in the Investing Research section to compare two companies from the same industry. Adjusting the Industry filter, they can compare any companies that trade on the US stock exchange. For example, students could choose Electronics/Appliances Read More...

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Personal Investing Strategy – Grading Rubric

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:01:50 +0000

For an 18-week class, we recommend that students write their own personal investing strategies that is separate from the group portfolio project. This allows each student to reflect on their current financial goals and how they intend to meet them. Students should choose one of the following financial goals: Based on their selection, students should Read More...

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Cell Phone Plan Research Project – Grading Rubic

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:49:37 +0000

In this project we will be asking students to conduct a comparison-shopping exercise. They will first look at their most-preferred smartphone, and what it costs. They also need to specify what exactly makes this their preferred smartphone. Next, students will need to identify cell phone service providers that support their phone. This is the bulk Read More...

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Budget and Stock Game Final Report and Presentation – Grading Rubric

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:41:46 +0000

At the conclusion of the class period, students will build a final report and presentation synthesizing their experiences from both the budget game and stock game. Students will work in the same teams that they used for the Stock Game project to build this report. The Stock Game freezes all student portfolios automatically at the Read More...

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Budgeting App Research Project – Grading Rubric

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:24:11 +0000

In this project, we will be asking students to investigate different budgeting “apps” and resources that people use to help manage their money. Student will be challenged to use critical thinking to address two primary concerns with budgeting apps: Students are asked to identify at least two different budgeting apps or online resources, and do Read More...

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Stock Game Investing Strategy Document – Grading Rubric

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:18:34 +0000

This project is placed towards the end of the Investing unit, after each student has already begun to place a few trades. Ideally you will also have organized students into Teams as well. From this point of the class onwards, students will continue to be managing their portfolio as a project in the background (just Read More...

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Stock Game Project – Grading Rubric

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:10:05 +0000

The stock game project utilizes PersonalFinanceLab’s stock game to teach students about investing. The key to a successful class stock game is making the game last as long as possible so students have exposure to the real markets and see how real-world news impacts their portfolio. Therefore, our course outline places the investing unit early Read More...

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Budget Game Midpoint Review – Grading Rubric

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:59:28 +0000

The second project of the budget game takes place after 7 months of play, immediately before beginning our unit on Careers. This timing is important – after 6 months, your students will have “graduated” from school in the game and begun their first full-time job, and so at this point students have gotten their first Read More...

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Stock Game Portfolio Project – Grading Rubric

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:47:16 +0000

Midpoint Check-In At this point students will be about 2/3 of the way through their stock game. The “Check-In” project is a short exercise for teams to evaluate how the group has performed so far, both relating to their original objective statements and how each team member has been fulfilling their roles. The primary objective Read More...

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Budget Game Project – Grading Rubric

Cassandra Wood — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:39:52 +0000

The Budget Game on PersonalFinanceLab is a long-term project where students will learn how to manage cash flow, savings goals, and credit over the course of your class. While the budget game is customizable for every class, for a 9-week course we recommend using a 12-month game (with each game taking 10-20 minutes to complete), Read More...

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