If I were asked to pick one of my favorite educational websites, I wouldn't necessarily pick that education mega-site that has cataloged the latest educational apps or technologies. I also would not necessarily pick the website of that cool tech app such as Scratch which allows Kindergarteners on up to code their own interactive stories and games (not that I don't want to be cool by pointing out coolness).
My favorite would have to be what my intuition tells me others are least likely to think about. My guess is that this educational website would be a topic that is not excessively addressed or stressed (from the students' perspective) in school. Grade level matters in the context of what would be the most useful educational site if I were to equate useful with favorite for my purpose. Ask a high school teacher what his or her favorite educational site is and I would wager that one of the last subjects the site would be associated with is money. Ask a Special Ed teacher and a money site might be one of the top picks.
I happen to aspire to be a Special Ed teacher, so I will pick moneyinstructor.com. I choose this site not only because Special Ed students often struggle with money math skills, but all students seem to have been neglected overall financial/money education by our educational system. How could something so important be overlooked? Well, I suppose traditionally it was hard teaching about something you had no knowledge of. Is it still that way for teachers? Less so? Getting better? We're optimistic at least. Well, I am. Lest we get off topic, my next point is that with the advent of the internet and the shared wealth of experiences and knowledge at our fingertips, we can teach our students what we ourselves have no or little knowledge of, at least originally.
What I like about moneyinstructor.com is that it has a wealth of resources for K-12. You have a plethora of worksheets such as those that teach counting money and a few clicks away you have tutorials that explain concepts of investing or skills such as balancing a checkbook.
You can also learn about credit, debt, and money management. Perhaps if all of this were taught in public school, we the people would be better off? Who is to say for sure? I suspect we might. If only Tom Cruise's line would have been "Show me the moneyinstructor.com!" I am not a paid spokesperson for the website.
Nevertheless, I will show you the:
My favorite would have to be what my intuition tells me others are least likely to think about. My guess is that this educational website would be a topic that is not excessively addressed or stressed (from the students' perspective) in school. Grade level matters in the context of what would be the most useful educational site if I were to equate useful with favorite for my purpose. Ask a high school teacher what his or her favorite educational site is and I would wager that one of the last subjects the site would be associated with is money. Ask a Special Ed teacher and a money site might be one of the top picks.
I happen to aspire to be a Special Ed teacher, so I will pick moneyinstructor.com. I choose this site not only because Special Ed students often struggle with money math skills, but all students seem to have been neglected overall financial/money education by our educational system. How could something so important be overlooked? Well, I suppose traditionally it was hard teaching about something you had no knowledge of. Is it still that way for teachers? Less so? Getting better? We're optimistic at least. Well, I am. Lest we get off topic, my next point is that with the advent of the internet and the shared wealth of experiences and knowledge at our fingertips, we can teach our students what we ourselves have no or little knowledge of, at least originally.
What I like about moneyinstructor.com is that it has a wealth of resources for K-12. You have a plethora of worksheets such as those that teach counting money and a few clicks away you have tutorials that explain concepts of investing or skills such as balancing a checkbook.
You can also learn about credit, debt, and money management. Perhaps if all of this were taught in public school, we the people would be better off? Who is to say for sure? I suspect we might. If only Tom Cruise's line would have been "Show me the moneyinstructor.com!" I am not a paid spokesperson for the website.
Nevertheless, I will show you the:
There isn't a whole lot to show off on the website. The site design is old school and low tech, but the content is comprehensive. You can't fault the worth of good content. Also, it is nice being able to access the information on all sorts of devices due to the low tech nature, but it would also be great if the site were upgraded with attractive flash animations to engage learners and draw them into presentations and tutorials. To accomplish that, we can ask our tech savvy students.
The moneyinstructor.com website can serve as a source for interactive games about money that students can craft. We'll leave the crafting to be done with technologies such as Scratch programming.
The moneyinstructor.com website can serve as a source for interactive games about money that students can craft. We'll leave the crafting to be done with technologies such as Scratch programming.