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
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
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
My generous soul
Today during my Topic and Spelling lessons i was extremely generous with my "cash bonuses" that i was handing out. The kids really enjoy the cash aspect as it is the physical counting of their money a
To have Insurance or not to have insurance?
My students had many sessions discussing insurance(s) and the benefits and yet that it was an 'option'. I had some students who while they were renting their desks they decided to take all their conte
Police department with too much power
I have a Police department who would fine our students for offences - shoes on inside; talking when they shouldn't be; wearing their hat; and a few other things. Some of my police - which changed ev