Using Technology To Learn Money Management (And Have Fun)

Below are a couple of photos of folks living in the Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome playing a game designed by University of Colorado engineering students as a fun way to develop money management skills.

Here's how the game is played: Players push a button and a light starts going around a “Wheel of Fortune” (seen in the picture with John), then push the button again, making the wheel stop on a spot that corresponds with a coin. The players mark that coin on a score card. Everyone gets five turns. At the end of the game, players add up the coins marked and answer questions about what they can buy with that much money, how many quarters are in a dollar, what they would do if they had a million dollars, and other questions designed to get players to learn while having fun.

By all accounts, the game was indeed fun – the players had a great time playing.

John presses the button to stop the “Wheel of Fortune.”

Lana and Rebecca watch the wheel closely.

In case you missed it, here’s a video of the CU Students explaining how the technology for the “Wheel of Fortune” works.

 

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