2014 Financial Literacy Design Thinking Workshop

Facilitators: Carmen James & Ching-Fu Lan

Goals 1)  Help teachers develop creative confidence about teaching financial literacy.

2) Help teachers flatten the hierarchy and engage students in their lesson planning & teaching.

‘Flatten Hierarchies’’ comes from Design Thinking and means here encouraging students

and teachers to engage in collaborative inquiry around financial literacy.

Warm-Up/Discovery

https://vialogues.com/vialogues/play/16335

Design Thinking 101 ‘Flatten Hierarchies’’ comes from Design Thinking and means here encouraging students

and teachers to engage in collaborative inquiry around financial literacy.

Design Thinking in Action

https://vialogues.com/vialogues/play/13442

Design Thinking in Action

https://vialogues.com/vialogues/play/13442

Today our question is… …How do we engage our students to generate new creative possibilities around teaching or

learning financial literacy?

Brainstorming

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Brainstorm

If there are no barriers, what kinds of experiences could you do with your students to get them thinking and learning about financial

literacy?

Pedagogical Tools For " Teaching Financial Literacy

Simulation

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Simulation

Spent

(Virtual) Field Trip

United States Mint

Google Glass Field Trip

Video Games

Generation i Financial Soccer

Visualization

Mint Personal Finance App

Data Literacy

From: Tuva Labs

Data Literacy

From: Tuva Labs

Online Videos

Online Videos & Discussions

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Recall the central question… …If there are no barriers, what kinds of experiences could you do with your students to get

them thinking and learning about financial literacy?