Rita Johnston

Continual formative assessment, with prompt feedback, is a must to determine if students are engaged and learning financial concepts.  Making the instruction career-specific will help with engagement and retention.  There were many tips about including taxes, continuing education, certifications, insurance, that I will incorporate.

As others have mentioned, Bonzai is one I have never heard about and will envestigate.  I like the idea of engaging the students in a virtual enterprise as a team.  

The links given in this training compile many resources of real-world examples, apps, case studies and simulations.  Some I have already used.  I am going to investigate EverFi's online workshops with industry professionals, as we are remote and do not have many local businesses/partners.

I am reminded how important it is to understand the students' diverse backgrounds, including their prior knowledge and experience with finance.  Initial assessment of familiarity with terms needs to be done.  To engage them, I need to understand their future plans and the financial requirements to achieve those dreams.