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Video Game Teaches Financial Literacy

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Posted: March 24, 2009

Check out the trailer for Celebrity Calamity, a video game from the D2D Fund that promotes financial literacy. Students practice paying off credit card bills, learn how much they really pay for items when they pay interest, and pick up a basic understanding of how to use credit. Early results show that playing the game also increases users' self-confidence in their financial skills. Could this be the future of financial education?

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We should do anything it takes to teach young adults about financial literacy.
I believe that we should have students tell us what delivery system they think is effective.
Technology is such that communication of concepts can be done quickly and can be adjusted as needed.
What is sad is that Finacial Literacy Month (April) went relatively unnoticed eventhough the Nation is in the grips of an economic crisis.
I saw more PSA's about the digital TV transition than financial literacy.
Joseph Russo Executive Director National Council for Financial Literacy
www.weTeachAboutMoney.org

Joseph Russo Executive Director National Council for Financial Literacy of NC @ May 06, 2009 21:46:17 PM

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