Lunch & Learn for April

"Money Life$avers:  What We All Need to Know About Money"
 

Friday, April 11, 2014

12:00 noon to 1:00 pm

Folsom Library Fischbach Room

 
 

Don Bell

Former RPI web learning consultant Don Bell's newly published book, Money Life$avers:  What Teens Need to Know About Money, aims to provide parents, grandparents, home school educators, teachers, tutors, and mentors with fun ways to teach teens  (or anyone!) financial literacy.  He'll talk about some of the ways to make a potentially dull subject--personal finances--engaging and fun.

 

 

According to Don, the present generation of teens and young adults are struggling to stay afloat financially and could greatly benefit from money lifesavers like his book to help them make smart money decisions and avoid common financial pitfalls.  The content is based on National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education (developed by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy) and Money As You Grow--20 Things Kids Need to Know to Live Financially Smart Lives (published by the President's Council on Financial Capability).  Don's book makes learning about money fun by using quiz questions (over 400!) and incorporating over 100 cartoons. (The ideas for the cartoons were envisioned by Don and the images were created by Randy Rumpf, who was a designer and illustrator for RPI for 15 years.) There are also plenty of noteworthy quotations, money trivia, and definitions of financial terms.  But most importantly, the book is loaded with essential money management advice that anyone can benefit from. 

 



Illustration by Randy Rumpf

 



Illustration by Randy Rumpf

Don has over 30 years of experience working   in education, media, and technology. He was employed as a special education teacher, computer trainer, and educational software marketer before joining the staff of Academic and Research Computing at the Institute.  In the early 1990s, Don started working on developing games to teach youngsters about personal finance.  In 2011 he developed a money quiz card game based on the Jump$tart Coalition's National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education.  A year later he converted the game into a book format. 


Adrienne Birchler
Coordinator
Friends of the Folsom Library