What is the Gen i

Revolution??http://www.genirevolution.org/

orfacebook.com/genirevolution

Gen i Revolution is a suite of FREE

interactive, Web-based computer games

designed to teach students the basics of personal finance and investments

games designed to be playable as stand-alone missions

even more effective as a supplement to your classroom instruction.

THE STORYLINE People are losing

confidence in their ability to save and invest.

This confusion is called “the Murktide.”

The mysterious Monique founded her movement, the Gen i Revolution, to fight the Murktide.

Students take on the role of operatives in Monique’s movement.

THE THREE GAMES

1. (The original) Gen i Revolution, 15 missions, full classroom support

2. Beyond the Mission, 6 independent, stand-alone missions (start here!)

3. Murktide Invasion, a single stand-alone game

BEYOND THE MISSION

Interactive game with full tablet and Facebook support

You are an advisor to your peers – make good recommendations!

Two voice characters will also advise, but one is a double agent for the Murktide

BEYOND THE MISSION

To win, make the right recommendations every time.

Even one wrong choice along the way will, at the end, return you to the start.

Bonus points if you identify the double agent!

TO START THE GAME:

If you have a Facebook account, go to facebook.com/genirevolution

If not, go to www.genirevolution.org

In either case, click on this little patch:

MURKTIDE INVASION

Interactive game with full tablet and Facebook support

This game is just a 100-question quiz on personal finance

Wrapped in a strategy game that rewards skillful play

MURKTIDE INVASION

The Murktide has taken over large areas and turned them red.

Our side’s areas are green. You get a turn to answer

five questions. Every correct answer gives

you one more agent (contact).

MURKTIDE INVASION

Deploy (“reinforce”) your agents in a green area bordering the red.

You want greater numbers. Now attack that red area! As the invasion continues,

you push back the Murktide to the ocean.

TO START THE GAME:

If you have a Facebook account, go to facebook.com/genirevolution

If not, go to www.genirevolution.org

In either case, click on this little patch:

AND, FINALLY:

The classic Gen i Revolution game has full support for teachers and in-class teams.

Developed in reaction to stock market simulations’ rewarding of speculative and gambling strategies.

But the game is hard.

OBJECT OF THE CLASSICGEN i GAME

Accumulate as many points as possible by correctly answering questions and giving good financial advice to contacts.

Gen i Revolution has a companion print volume:

Learning, Earning, and Investing for a New Generation

To see the game as if a student:

Go to genirevolution.org and register as a student, class code 578f1a

Teacher Set Up

1. Register as a Teacher2. Create a class3. Once created, you will

receive a class code.Your students will use that code to log in.

Student Set Up

Students can self-register using your class code but they need an email address.

An email is sent to the student to activate the account so have students register BEFORE you want them to use the site in class.

Student Set Up

If student email is a problem the teacher can register students individually.

How to Play

http://www.genirevolution.org/demonstration.php

Click on class name to see info for that specific class.

Econ and Personal Finance – Bell 4

Let’s Play Mission #2

http://www.genirevolution.org/demonstration.php

1. Sign in 2. Pick Mission #23. Pick operatives4. Click on Start

Mission

www.genirevolution.org

Hints: Keep a calculator and

notepad handy If you are demonstrating

the first lesson in class – start with Mission #2

Students find navigating the game very easy

Hints:Students tend to get

stuck in two places:1.After they log in (they

should go to the map)2.After choosing a team

and hearing the mission briefing (start with the 411)

Hints: The answers are out

there. Concerned?use a computer lab where the game can be monitored

test the information in class and average the grades

give only a participation grade

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