On September 23, 2009 at the Clinton Global Initiative Visa announced a new FIFA World Cup™ branded educational video game as the centerpiece of a commitment to reach 20 million people worldwide with financial literacy information by May 1, 2013 known as Financial Soccer (and Financial Football outside the US). The game provides an innovative new approach for helping children and adults learn about personal finance through a free video game that combines the world’s most popular sport with an award-winning financial literacy curriculum.
I’ve now played the game twice. Once by myself (I won) and once with 27 students in the beginning accounting course I teach at Bridgewater State College. You can select the level of play: amateur, semi-pro or world-class which is determined by your age. Once in the game you can select the difficulty of the questions each time your team gets the ball. You “score” a point when you get a shot and answer the related question correctly. It was a lot of fun. I recommend you try it. You and you children can learn together.
While you’re there check out Visa’s Practical Money Skills for Life where you will find more financial literacy tools, games, calculators and other resources.
Let me know how you make out playing Financial Soccer or Financial Football…not just your score but what you learned. Score!
What a cool professor you are! I will check out the game and love that finance can be fun. Susan, keep up the great work.
Kathleen
KBK Money Connections
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