First term using Banqer + Class Online Auction
As a first time user of Banqer on a Year 6 class, I have enjoyed seeing the enthusiasm from my students as they have obtained a basic income from class attendance and job income. I used the regular jo
Set up your Classroom Economy
Want to teach your students about financial literacy? Want to reinforce the importance of working hard to be successful in life? Want to have some fun with your class? Consider setting up a full blown
Property Guru Fail
Here we are day one of our second L3 Covid-19 lock-down (for Auckland at least). It's 9:30am and my students are already emailing me about their bank accounts. Almost daily I have a few students with
Stolen funds
As part of my Banqer lessons I regularly "steal" money from my student's accounts. Some times all of them and sometimes just some of them. I do this to see who is really checking their accounts and ta
Need some new company ideas to prevent gambling
Here is something my students came up with: - bath bombs - fishing flies - art - helping hands They are amazing and the kids love them!
Looking for fun retirement ideas
Hi Jess, Can you please active the invite to Lenny as a teacher in MAT 8B
Online Banqer Security - Impromptu Lesson
So in my journey of teaching my students about online banking and financial literacy, i explained that if they left their accounts logged in they were leaving themselves open to theft. I therefore gav
Realisation about owning vehicles
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Trigger disasters in the classroom
I also like to have them relate to the world or national events, tieing the Banqer world to the real world. So if there is a major flood or storm there will be one in the Banqer world too. The stude
Student input with setting up income and expenses
Our class has just started using Banqer this term. Having researched the minimum wage and student wages they have agreed to a weekly wage of $378 being $12.60 p.hr for a 6 hour day (no lunch payment).
Setting up Banqer, and rewarding leadership
We're in the process of setting up Banqer in our 7/8 class, where I've been quite open about using it to not only learn about financial literacy but also as an incentive scheme. Very quickly the class
Banqer -Maths and Motivation
We love Banqer. We get paid $300 to successfully engage in and complete our tasks every week. We give out bonuses for going over and above the expectation and we accrue debts for incompletion of tasks