Karen Richel
Latah County
Extension Educator
Personal Finance Websites
& NEFE Resources
http://www.nefe.org/
CashCourse ®
•Financial Education for
Every Stage in College Life
•Available to Non-profit
Colleges and Universities
•Abbreviated Versions
available at
www.cashcourse.org/lite or
www.cashcourse.org/prep
Spendster
•Social Media Outlet for
Students to Share
Spending Habits with
Others
•Also includes Polls, Tips
and Resources
•www.spendster.org
Other NEFE Resources
http://www.financialworkshopkits.org/nefe-tools.aspx
Economic Survival Tips
Life Values Quiz
My Retirement Paycheck
NEFE Financial Education Evaluation
Toolkit
NEFE High School Financial Planning
Program
Retirement TLC
Smart About Money
http://jumpstart.org/
http://www.nolo.com/
http://www.nolo.com/
http://jumpstart.org/reality-check.html
http://www.handsonbanking.org/en/
http://www.handsonbanking.com/htdocs/en/t/
http://www.handsonbanking.com/htdocs/en/y/
www.practicalmoneyskills.com
http://www.nolo.com/
http://www.pract
icalmoneyskills.
com/games/train
ingcamp/ff/play/
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/money
smart/index.html
http://www.360financialliteracy.org/
http://www.nolo.com/
https://www.citicards.com/cards/wv/html/c
m/student/index.html
http://www.theabcsofcredit.com/#/Home01-00/
Saving and Investing
SaveandInvest.org
http://www.saveandinvest.org/
FINRA
http://www.finrafoundation.org/resources/education/le
arning/
Feed the Pig http://www.feedthepig.org/
America Saves http://www.americasaves.org/
Motley Fool http://www.fool.com/
Financial Games
Lemonade Stand
http://www.primarygames.com/socstudi
es/lemonade/start.htm
Stock Market Game
http://www.smgww.org/
http://financeintheclassroom.org/passport/
Financial Simulations
University of Idaho Prosperity Quest
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/sl/simulations.html
D2D Financial Entertainment
http://financialentertainment.org/
NM State University Learning Games Lab
http://www.learninggameslab.org/
Using Virtual World Technology to Educate
Students to be Financially Capable
Learning in the Virtual – Applying Skills in Real Life
.
How Well Do You
Know Your Financial Institution?
Learning experience takes place in an immersive simulation on the
University of Idaho virtual campus of Idahonia in Second Life®.
Users participate in:
• Making real world choices in a virtual setting
• Gaining experience through virtual trial and error
• Exploring career options
• Relating how levels of education influence career options
• Understanding the impacts of daily financial choices
Everyone Takes A Financial Journey…
Is This A Financially Savvy Choice?
University Of Idaho Virtual Campus
Team
…Are You Making Good Choices?
Virtual Worlds Are Versatile
• Both traditional and informal virtual
classroom spaces for small to large groups
• Content delivery using slides, video, and/or
streaming desktop over internet
• Easily accessible, cost effective experiential
learning through simulation
Virtual Worlds Reduce Limitations
• Use as an educational and training
tool in private and public sectors
• Connects students and communities
across Idaho, the nation, and the
world
• Can access Second Life® from any
broadband connection
Where Would Your Financial Capability
Goddess Guide You?
Creators
Karen Richel • K.D. Hatheway-Dial • Lori Wahl
C. Brian Cleveley • Joey Peutz
Financial Calculators
Dinkytown http://www.dinkytown.net/
Bankrate http://www.bankrate.com/calculators.aspx
Yahoo Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/calculator/index/
Cost of Living Calculator
– BestPlaces http://www.bestplaces.net/col/
Many, Many More
Questions???
Karen Richel
Extension Educator
University of Idaho
Latah County Extension
220 E. 5th Street, Room 336
Moscow, ID 83843
krichel@uidaho.edu
(208) 883-2241