Virtual Business Personal Finance Simulation

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New! Virtual Business^Ž - Personal Finance 2.0

Š2012 ˇ Version 2.0
Grade 9 and up

This product is available in Web-based format only. A valid email address is required at the time of order. Account activation will be sent via email.

Virtual Business - Personal Finance 2.0 is a total solution for your need to teach financial literacy. Your students will learn key personal financial skills and demonstrate competence in an online simulated world. All course work is assessed, tracked, and easily monitored online. The simulation and content are always current and up to date, including tax rates, laws, and regulations.

What's new in 2.0: 100% online delivery, over 100 pages of online content with integrated reading and math quizzes, ability for students to work at school or from home, teacher tracking of student grades and progress from any computer with Internet access, no installation required, compatible with Windows and MacOSX, and more.

Ideal for Teaching: Personal Finance, Financial Literacy, Career Skills, and Life Skills

Lessons Include:

Budgeting & Saving
Choosing & Balancing a Checking Account
Getting a Credit Card
Fixing Your Credit
Education & Advancement
Using Online Banking
Paying Your Taxes
Intro to Investing
Time Management and Health
Finding a Job
Finding an Apartment
Buying a Car
Shopping
Risk vs. Return
Diversification
Investing for Retirement
Buying a Home
Insurance

Grading:

Virtual Business - Personal Finance comes with a complete suite of teaching tools designed specifically for high schools. The assignments and projects are all online, allowing for extensive student tracking. Students' progress and grades may be easily monitored online by the instructor. There are even charts and reports to help compare a student's progress to other students within his/her class.

There are also plenty of assessment tools to make sure you and your students understand how they are doing. Students are quizzed as they proceed through all assignments and projects, and are automatically graded. The hands-on portion of the simulation is also auto-graded. The students' grades may be seen inside the simulation, so students know how they are doing. All students' grades may be viewed online by the instructor. There is even an actions journal that logs every action and decision that a student has made, with a timestamp.

Teaching Tools Include:

Student Tutorial
Step-by-Step Student Instructions
Topic Focused Lessons and Projects
Student Grade and Progress Tracking
Detailed Student Comparison Charts
Certificates of Completion

Assessment Includes:

Built in Reading and Math Quizzes
Over 100 Pages of Content
Auto Grading of Student Simulations and Quizzes
Student Actions Journal
Student Grade and Progress Tracking
Exportable Grading Information for use in Learning Management Systems

Virtual Business^Ž - Personal Finance Simulation Software
Item #	Description	Price	Order Online
SS-VBPF-E-5	Up to 5 Concurrent Users License*	$595 ea.
SS-VBPF-E-LAB	Up to 30 Concurrent Users License*	$1,095 ea.
SS-VBPF-E-SITE	Unlimited Concurrent Users*	$1,595 ea.
*License is valid for five years from account activation date. Updates and upgrades are free during the license period. Licenses are non-transferable. Virtual Business is a registered trademark of Knowledge Matters, Inc.

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Member: (NBEA) National Business Education Association ˇ ISTE (International Society for Technology Education)