Tagxedo.com

I found the following website during my Summer vacation.  I plan to use it in my computer class :)

http://www.tagxedo.com/

I learned about a cool website called "The Stock Market Game" while watching PBS Biz Kids. 

 I look forward to using this awesome program with my upper elementary and junior high students!

"Welcome to the Iowa Stock Market Game™ Program - Celebrating Over 30 Years!


The Stock Market Game program has worked for over nine million students by appealing to their desire to gain financial independence and experience a little competition. It`s very easy to implement, reaches across the entire curriculum, and is fun to teach.

The Stock Market Game ™ program transports students into real world investing while learning academic concepts that relate to their entire core curriculum. Students (grades 4-12) buy into the entire process through active involvement. Students work in teams practicing leadership, organization, negotiation, and cooperation. As they work to grow their $100,000 virtual cash accounts into a top-performing portfolio, they develop strong interests in the daily events that shape our world and barely realize how much math, business, economics, language arts and social studies they’re learning. Students compete against their classmates as well as other schools so kids see the program as "fun."

No prior knowledge of the stock market is needed! The Stock Market Game program provides lesson plans that teachers weave into their existing plans, giving difficult concepts an easy-to-understand, real-life spin. For only an hour or so a week, or however long teachers choose, students retain more. On-line training materials are provided and teacher-training workshops are available.

Thanks to a generous grant from the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education, the program is offered at no cost! Simply skip the billing information section on the registration page!"