Comments on: Financial Literacy and Games

Question: Financial Literacy and Games

blahblahblah — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:15:04 -0800

I am interested in teaching personal financial literacy (insurance, savings, credit cards, FICO scores) through games. I heard about this from Well's Fargo, but I was hoping for something more compelling. Does anyone know of any good financial literacy games out there? Does anyone have any good ideas for one?

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:24:22 -0800

A few more details: the goal is to teach mostly folks ages 16-18, and hopefully have it be something they would want to play at home for an hour or two, so it would ideally be engaging as well.

By: i love cheese

i love cheese — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:33:13 -0800

I don't know any specific examples, but you should check out the Serious Games community. There's an email list at their web site (or just visit the the site).

You may also want to check out Watercooler Games, a blog run by Ian Bogost, a games researcher. Among other things, he reviews all sorts of serious games (and may know of some for financial literacy).

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:56:14 -0800

Cash Flow by the RichDad/PoorDad guy.

By: Kibbutz

Kibbutz — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:31:14 -0800

You may wish to peruse the search function on this page from The Jumpstart Coalition.

By: Kibbutz

Kibbutz — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:36:19 -0800

Lemme try that again:

You may wish to peruse the search function on this page from The Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.

And now I must sleep.

By: falconred

falconred — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:58:35 -0800

Capitalism II is more about economics and business, but it's in the same ballpark.