Personal+Finance+Projects

__**Prezicast or Glogster Assignment (Fall 2012) **__ For your project you will research and become a finance expert about one aspect of personal finance. You will inform others about this __one__ key aspect, financial strategy, or money management tip. We will spend class periods in the computer lab designing our Prezicasts or Glogs. //Glogster projects must be completed independently, but the prezicasts you can do with a partner or on your own. //

As you do this project, keep in mind the main purpose of this Prezicast or Glogster: you must explain some aspect of personal finance and money management. Your project must meet the following criteria: Criterion #1: **Description **: As part of this discussion, you should BRIEFLY explain to the viewer the purpose and function of this money management tip. Supporting information helps the viewer understand the importance of this aspect of personal finance and money management.

Criterion #2: **Explanation ** of personal finance and money management tip: Your Prezicast should provide an ACCURATE description of this aspect of money management. You will have to accurately and thoroughly describe the money management. Criterion #3: **Analysis ** of the Big Picture: Your Prezicast should conclude with a discussion of the SIGNIFICANCE of this personal finance tip. You should demonstrate an understanding of the importance. Why do this? What does it avoid? What does it accomplish?

Student Projects Grading Rubric:
 * || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; text-align: center;">4 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; text-align: center;">3  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; text-align: center;">2  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; text-align: center;">1  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Describes & Explains || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Clearly and articulately demonstrates understanding of concept taught  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Informative  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Confusing or unclear of concepts  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Information is incorrect  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Visual Presentation || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Visual presentation of project is clear, informative, and creative  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Visual presentation of project is clear, direct, and informs  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Visual presentation is direct and offers simple information  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Visual presentation is messy, unclear, and or incomplete  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Analysis || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Connects personal finance tip to larger personal financial responsibility throughout project  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Makes connections to personal finance responsibility at the end of project  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Does not make clear connection made to personal financial responsibility  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">No connection how related to personal finance responsibility  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Screencast Presentation || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Speaks clearly, confidently with conversational approach  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Speaks with clarity and confidence.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Speaks with clarity to the audience.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Inconsistent clarity, hard to understand, background noises distracting  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Use of class time || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Student on task every day to complete project; works efficiently  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Student on task mostly every day and used class time effectively  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Student needed reminders to stay on task  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Student used class time to play games, socialize with peers, and used time outside of class to complete project  ||