Teacher Opinion: The Impact of Financial Literacy
Jaime Lolkema is a Family/Consumer Science teacher at Arlington Middle School in Poughkeepsie, New York. She has been teaching Family and Consumer Science for 15 years and has used ccTheRealGame* for 12 years. According to Jaime, "ccTheRealGame is the most effective tool [she has] used in the classroom. Students' comments and reactions far outweigh anything else [she has] used."
In this brief video, Jaime explains the importance of teaching financial literacy and shares some anecdotes from her classes. She says "I hear things from kids in my classroom like I am definitely going to college because I need a good education if I want to get a good job, or now I see why my parents can't buy me everything that I want..."
Watch the full video here to see how Jaime uses ccTheRealGame in her classroom to meet ELA objectives and the impact it's had on her students.
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*ccTheRealGame is used in more than 10 countries, over 50,000 classrooms and by more than 1 million students across the world every single year! See how it works!