I:Corps: Interactive web-based gaming system for teaching financial literacy

这个I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是为高中生开发一个教育软件平台，旨在教授金融知识。拟议中的技术将任何教室都变成一个互动的游戏化环境，其中包含机会、风险、战略、竞争、团队合作、进步和奖励等元素。此外，该技术还为教师、学校和地区与企业合作提供了机会和激励，以获得资金、供应和服务。这些合作伙伴关系可以更新课堂，并为学生的学习体验提供相关性。具体来说，旨在提高学生参与度和提高课堂体验的教师将受益，家长可以使用该平台与教师交流，并随时了解孩子的课堂进展。学校和学区将从评估教师、学生和学校表现的报告和分析中获益。这个I-Corps项目是基于开发一个互动教育软件平台，以吸引高中生并促进金融知识。这项提议的技术是一个基于网络的游戏，模拟现实世界的决策，因为它为学生提供了基于他们的参与、主动性和理解来赚取、花费和损失虚拟美元的机会。此外，该平台能够跟踪学生的表现、理解、保留、行为和参与度，并旨在为教师和学生生成最先进的报告和分析。学生们可以学习有价值的软技能，包括责任、批判性思维和职业道德，同时还可以学习金融知识技能，包括网上银行、投资、信贷、预算甚至加密货币。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of an educational software platform for high school students designed to teach financial literacy. The proposed technology transforms any classroom into an interactive gamified environment with elements of chance, risk, strategy, competition, teamwork, advancement and rewards. In addition, the technology provides opportunities and incentives for teachers, schools and districts to partner with businesses for funding, provisions and services. These partnerships may update the classroom and provide relevance to students’ learning experience. Specifically, teachers aiming to increase student engagement and enhance their classroom experience will benefit and parents may use the platform to communicate with teachers and stay up to date with their child’s class progress. Schools and school districts will gain from the reports and analytics to evaluate teacher, student and school performance. This I-Corps project is based on the development of an interactive educational software platform to engage high school students and promote financial literacy. The proposed technology is a web-based game that simulates real-world decision making as it provides students with opportunities to earn, spend, and lose virtual dollars based on their engagement, initiative, and understanding. In addition, the platform is able to track student performance, understanding, retention, behavior and engagement and is designed to generate state-of-the-art reports and analytics for teachers and students. Students may learn valuable soft skills including responsibility, critical thinking and work ethic while they are introduced to financial literacy skills including online banking, investing, credit, budgeting and even cryptocurrency.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.