I:Corps: Interactive web-based gaming system for teaching financial literacy

I:Corps：用于教授金融知识的交互式网络游戏系统

• 批准号: 2050689
• 负责人: Robert DelCampo
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050689&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Interactive; web; based; gaming

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of an educational software platform for high school students designed to teach financial literacy. The proposed technology transforms any classroom into an interactive gamified environment with elements of chance, risk, strategy, competition, teamwork, advancement and rewards. In addition, the technology provides opportunities and incentives for teachers, schools and districts to partner with businesses for funding, provisions and services. These partnerships may update the classroom and provide relevance to students’ learning experience. Specifically, teachers aiming to increase student engagement and enhance their classroom experience will benefit and parents may use the platform to communicate with teachers and stay up to date with their child’s class progress. Schools and school districts will gain from the reports and analytics to evaluate teacher, student and school performance. This I-Corps project is based on the development of an interactive educational software platform to engage high school students and promote financial literacy. The proposed technology is a web-based game that simulates real-world decision making as it provides students with opportunities to earn, spend, and lose virtual dollars based on their engagement, initiative, and understanding. In addition, the platform is able to track student performance, understanding, retention, behavior and engagement and is designed to generate state-of-the-art reports and analytics for teachers and students. Students may learn valuable soft skills including responsibility, critical thinking and work ethic while they are introduced to financial literacy skills including online banking, investing, credit, budgeting and even cryptocurrency.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一个旨在教授金融素养的高中学生的教育软件平台。提出的技术将任何教室转变为互动的游戏化环境，具有机会，风险，战略，竞争，团队合作，进步和奖励。此外，该技术为教师，学校和地区提供了与企业合作提供资金，准备和服务的机会和激励措施。这些伙伴关系可能会更新课堂，并为学生的学习经验提供相关性。特别是，教师旨在增加学生的参与度并增强他们的课堂经验将受益，父母可以使用该平台与老师进行交流，并保持最新的孩子的班级进度。学校和学区将从报告和分析中获得评估教师，学生和学校表现的评估。这个I-Corps项目基于开发一个交互式教育软件平台，以吸引高中生并促进金融素养。提出的技术是基于网络的游戏，可以模拟现实世界中的决策，因为它为学生提供了基于他们的参与，主动性和理解的机会，从而为学生提供了赚钱，花费和损失虚拟美元的机会。此外，该平台能够跟踪学生的绩效，理解，保留，行为和参与度，并旨在为教师和学生生成最新的报告和分析。学生可能会学习有价值的软技能，包括责任，批判性思维和职业道德，同时将其引入金融扫盲技能，包括在线银行，投资，信贷，预算，甚至加密货币。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来支持的。