RetireJapan

As for how much to put in, how many 'units' and so on... It's always nice when there's more material than you need--enough more so that you can pick and choose rather than having to do everything. And some things, or with some groups, some units go faster than others. If there isn't this kind of 'overage', then the teacher then has to come up with their own supplements.

How much more/extra would be an open question. And whether to kind of overfill each/every unit, or have more units than needed. E.g., 17 units for a 15 week course (assuming one per week), or six units for a 15 week course (assuming one per three weeks).

Besides the personal finance content, the four skills are still around. So I'd suggest that it also be acceptable within that framework. Will someone choose it for a discussion/oral class--speaking and listening? Or will it be a reading & writing text.

While a digital option is convenient for adding materials and updates, I have run into issues with getting students to buy subscriptions to services. There have been attempts to stock the uni bookstore with access cards, but that hasn't worked well either.

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 4:52 am

Kanto wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 4:25 am Why not both? Because students bear the cost of textbooks. I prefer to avoid them whenever possible.

Instead, for the same price, my students can get a yearly subscription to X-reading, or something with much more utility.

I meant the project will include both textbooks and free resources for teachers that can't/won't adopt a textbook.

Do you want it teacher lead or able to also stand alone?

You’re targeting young folks who are born with a screen in hand and a different attention span. I think smaller portions of content are more conducive to younger people. Maybe a teacher would use multiple units per class but I think if you want to encourage self usage, making more bite sized pieces would keep the eyeballs longer. It’s a wonderful idea. I’m thinking of it like the internet vs a book so that someone can just click away and disappear down the finance rabbit hole.

Not quite Captain Cook, but I just discovered a couple of templates for budgeting that are a part of Excel. Might be useful for students.

TJKansai wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:16 am Not quite Captain Cook, but I just discovered a couple of templates for budgeting that are a part of Excel. Might be useful for students.

Hi, mind sharing the link to those templates?
Would like to try them eventhough I'm no student anymore

pfdsa wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:01 am

TJKansai wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:16 am Not quite Captain Cook, but I just discovered a couple of templates for budgeting that are a part of Excel. Might be useful for students.

Hi, mind sharing the link to those templates?
Would like to try them eventhough I'm no student anymore

I would love to help you out, but I got an error message when I tried to upload them.
They are a part of Excel, so you may have them. Take a look under "more templates."