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Love That Job!
TIE 2012
Tell Me About The Game…
Love That Job is designed to teach students:• Critical thinking skills in an authentic setting of
career choice and life budgeting• Scaffold of guided research• Reality check of needed life skills and decision
making
Academic Areas
• Math• Internet research skills• Writing• Technology:
Word processing with imported Internet graphics
Excel Using online sites and calculators
What It Looks LikeStudent Name:
Professional career:
Family:
INCOME Amount DescriptionMonthly Salary $0Life card 1 $0 What's my luck?Life Card 2 $0 What's my luck?
TOTAL Income $0What I have to spend for one month?
EXPENSES Amount
Necessities I can't do without these
Housing $0.00 Monthly Mortgage payment
Household Operation $0.00 Water, phone, electricty, gas,etc.
T ransportation $0
$____car payment (includes insurance and gas)
Marital Satus:
Sarah Snuffy Library Arts
October 30, 2010
Sarah’s House
$375,000 6 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 1608 Square Feet Two Levels No Basement
Will This Game Work For You?
• Skill evaluation:• Math vocabulary (budget, mortgage, income)• Math concepts of expense and income• Research skills• Technology: Excel spreadsheet, Word with imported Internet
graphics, Internet navigation
• Critical thinking skills:• To be a … I need to go to school for …• Is that an expense or income• If I buy that house, I can’t buy that car
TEACHER INFO
• Need Internet access• Need to allow time to teach basic tech info
Using Internet links Word formatting Saving documents and handing in virtually
• Need to allow time to teach ‘Budget’ concepts: income, expenses, education degrees
What does this look like in a “real” classroom?
Let’s play a mini-game
1. You will play using a practice budget: one professional and one technical.
2. Decide which house and which car as you assess your budget.
3. Answer this question:• What do I need to know to understand to
be able to make this decision?
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