Final Exam Project

By Dan Lemay on May 20, 2010 5:32 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Due Friday 5/28: What your talk is going to be about. Give me a title and a brief description on how it relates to Personal Finance.

You'll have class time 6/1, 6/2, 6/7 and 6/8 to complete and tweak your presentation. You'll do your presentation either on 6/9 or 6/10.

Here is a blank Open Office presentation containing 20 slides that auto advance every 15 seconds.

Ignite Slides.odp


Here is where you can submit a copy of your presentation. This is due by 2:30 pm June 8th. I need your name to award credit.

Student Created Jeopardy Games

By Dan Lemay on May 3, 2010 5:34 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
http://jeopardylabs.com/play/snaptastic-jeopardy

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/jeopardy-assignment

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/phils-huge-buck

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/lauras-jeopardy

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/myrrhandas-jeopardy

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/brown-chicken-brown-cow

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/lindseys-jepardy-lab



Jeopardy Labs Assignment

By Dan Lemay on April 11, 2010 5:09 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Jeopardy Assignment (100 point quiz grade and 1/3 of your Final Exam Grade)


You'll have two days of class time to create your Jeopardy Game out at


http://jeopardylabs.com


Use


oxbow


the password (lower case letters)


Email me the link to your game and to the edit page. dlemay@oxbowhs.org or use this link


Requirements:


4 categories - 5 questions per category


Each category must be from a different strand of ideas we've studied this semester.


Some ideas:

Earning money (pay check/ gross pay/net pay etc)

Taxes- Pay check with holding and Federal/State tax forms/return

Savings-Type of accounts Interest earned Simple and Compound

Loans and borrowing money

Credit cards

Automobile insurance


One-half (½) of your questions/answers must involve a calculation.


Here are a couple of examples:



This assignment is due by Friday 4/19 at the end of the day. You'll only have class time Wednesday and Thursday to work on it. Any other time needed is on your own. Quiz on Friday in class 4/19

Jeopardy Labs Assignment

By Dan Lemay on April 11, 2010 5:09 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Jeopardy Assignment (100 point quiz grade and 1/3 of your Final Exam Grade)



You'll have two days of class time to create your Jeopardy Game out at


http://jeopardylabs.com


Use


oxbow


the password (lower case letters)


Email me the link to your game and to the edit page. dlemay@oxbowhs.org or use this link


Requirements:


 Here is how you will be graded on this assignment. link


4 categories - 5 questions per category


Each category must be from a different strand of ideas we've studied this semester.


Some ideas:

Earning money (pay check/ gross pay/net pay etc)

Taxes- Pay check with holding and Federal/State tax forms/return

Savings-Type of accounts Interest earned Simple and Compound

Loans and borrowing money

Credit cards

Automobile insurance


One-half (½) of your questions/answers must involve a calculation.


Here are a couple of examples:



This assignment is due by Friday 4/30 at the end of the day. You'll only have class time Tuesday and Wednesday to work on it. Any other time needed is on your own.  No class time to work on this Thursday/Friday.

Jeopardy Game Links

By Dan Lemay on April 7, 2010 6:11 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Make your own game at http://jeopardylabs.com

I suggest that you word process your questions and answers and save the file. Then you can copy and paste your work into the game.

Make sure to use tthe password 

oxbow

when you create the game so we (I) can edit it if needed.

Here is a link to the example I showed in class:

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/pf-sample

and here is the link to edit it.

http://jeopardylabs.com/edit/pf-sample

Please email me both links:

either at dlemay-at-oxbowhs.org (replace the -at- with a @)

or use this link

Credit Card Bills

By Dan Lemay on March 26, 2010 4:47 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Discover Card User agreement

This Week's Work

By Dan Lemay on March 3, 2010 6:32 AM
Last Week's Work

Continue reading This Week's Work.

Banking Web sites

By Dan Lemay on February 3, 2010 10:45 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Wells River Saving Bank 










What will I get paid?

By Dan Lemay on January 30, 2010 10:48 AM
Here is a copy of this salaries in VT as listed on the Bureau of Labor and Statistics link

salaries.pdf
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