What is it?
How much does it cost?
What’s different about this game from others on the Web?
What do I need to know about investing?
What will students get out of the program?
Can teachers play?
GET STARTED
How do I register?
What kind of support is there for teachers participating for the first time?
How much paperwork is involved?
What do I do with my administrative teacher/advisor log-in account?
LEARNING WITH SMG
Why should my class participate?
How do I make time for the Georgia Stock Market Game in an already full curriculum?
How much class time does it take?
What concepts and skills can the Georgia Stock Market Game teach my students?
How can I measure how well my students are doing?
For what grades is the Stock Market Game appropriate?
COMPUTER ISSUES
What technology is required to play?
Do I need to be computer-proficient?
Do I need computers in my classroom?
If I register, is the information I enter distributed elsewhere?
What about student passwords?
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| What is it? |
The Georgia Stock Market Game is an interactive, interdisciplinary educational program you can use to help students learn about economics, finance and the American economic system. During the 10-week simulation, teams of up to five students invest a hypothetical $100,000 and manage their portfolios in the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ.
Teams are ranked based on their performance, and regional winners are invited to a spring luncheon in Atlanta. The game is offered twice each year in Georgia, every fall and spring.
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| How much does it cost? |
$7 per team. For a team of five students, that’s less than a dollar and a half each. Contributions from businesses and foundations allow the Georgia Council to offer one of the lowest fees in the nation for the Stock Market Game.
GCEE provides workshops and materials at no charge to teachers to introduce you to the game with instruction from experienced educators and insights from stockbrokers.
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| What’s different about this game from others out on the Web? |
The Stock Market Game is the only market simulation endorsed by the Council on Economic Education and the Georgia Council on Economic Education. It is correlated to voluntary national standards in math, economics and business education. No other stock market simulation offers the insight and expertise of The Foundation for Investor Education, an affiliate of the Security Industry Association and the national provider of the Stock Market Game.
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| What do I need to know about investing? |
Teachers must attend a Georgia Council workshop to be a classroom advisor for the Stock Market Game. This workshop gives teachers the grounding they need to get started. The game teaches basic investing skills, so students and teachers learn as they go. The Georgia Council also offers “booster” workshops, curriculum guides, and supplementary materials.
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| What will students get out of the program? |
Primarily designed to help students learn and understand the stock market and the costs and benefits involved in investing, the Stock Market Game can be used across the curriculum to teach many different lessons and subjects. Students can learn problem-solving, risk assessment, cooperation and teamwork – capabilities that will last a lifetime.
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| Can teachers play? |
Yes. Teachers are encouraged to participate and many do so. There's even a separate category for teachers to compete.
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| How do I register? |
Register online here. You'll receive an account number and password to participate.
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| What kind of support is there for teachers participating for the first time? |
The Georgia Council on Economic Education provides workshops throughout the year where you can learn to make the most of the Stock Market Game in your classroom. GCEE also offers classroom materials and other programs for teaching economics and financial literacy. And the staff of the Georgia Council is here to help.
To add to the "real world" element of the game, the Georgia Stock Market Game coordinator can put you in touch with a securities industry volunteer to talk to your class.
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| How much paperwork is involved? |
The only paperwork is sending your team fees. Once your teams are registered, students receive daily transaction updates over the Internet.
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| What do I do with my administrative teacher/advisor log-in account? |
You can monitor team portfolios and access useful instructional resources online with this feature. Teachers registering one or more team account are provided a log-in account free of charge, so they can access team portfolios even as students use them. The log-in account can also be used to change your password and log-off.
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| Why should my class participate? |
The Stock Market Game is a realistic, hands-on way to help students understand economic concepts and important life skills such as budgeting, decision making and personal finance.
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| How do I make time for the Georgia Stock Market Game in an already full curriculum? |
The Georgia Stock Market Game can be integrated into subjects including social studies, mathematics, business, language arts and economics. It can also be used in school clubs, after-school programs and gifted activities.
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| How much class time does it take? |
You need three or four class periods to introduce your students to the Georgia Stock Market Game. When the game starts, students need at least one opportunity per week to make trades. You choose how much or how little class time to devote to the program.
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| What concepts and skills can the Georgia Stock Market Game teach my students? |
Depending on the grade level, the Georgia Stock Market Game can be a tool to teach: Mathematics
Ratios, decimals, estimating skills, fractions, monetary transaction, basic computation, percentages, graphs and charts
Economics
Financial markets and institutions, supply and demand, profit and loss, opportunity costs, stock and capital markets
Life Skills
Budgeting, decision-making, personal finance, and consumer education
Social Studies
Citizenship, economics, government, world history, U.S. history, geography, behavioral sciences, current events
Language Arts
Journalism, spelling, reading, research, vocabulary, writing skills
Business Education
Decision-making, understanding the securities industry, business organizations, record-keeping, interpersonal skills, information processing, marketing, finance, and comprehension of financial statements
Technology
Computer proficiency, Internet research, data entry, e-mail communication, keyboarding skills, online financial transactions
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| How can I measure how well my students are doing? |
Please visit this page for many ideas on how to assign a grade for the Stock Market Game.
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| For what grades is the Stock Market Game appropriate? |
The Stock Market Game is designed for use grades 5 through 12. Gifted-program students in earlier grades have played successfully. It's not unusual for students to participate several times in different grades, with different learning objectives for different grade levels. Grades 4-5
- reinforce math skills, such as converting fractions to decimals and vice versa
- introduce children to the value of investing and saving for their future
Grades 6-8
- motivate students and to increase their proficiency in mathematics and online research
- teach students about foreign countries' economic systems, how they work, and their effect on the US market
Grades 9-12
- learn about advanced economics and other related business concepts
- conduct more advanced stock selection research at this level
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| What technology is required to play? |
You need an active e-mail address, Internet access, a current Web browser, a computer and a printer.
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| Do I need to be computer-proficient? |
Only very basic Internet and Web-surfing skills are needed.
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| Do I need computers in my classroom? |
Teachers will need some access to a computer or computer lab to participate. Many teachers with limited access to computers have found creative ways to participate, through an extra-curricular activity, during lunch or after school, for example.
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| If I register, is the information I enter distributed elsewhere? |
No. Information provided for the Stock Market Game is never given to third parties or used for commercial purposes.
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| What about student passwords? |
It's important to stress to your students the need to safeguard their IDs. Every team ID is set up for an individual team and all IDs and passwords are secure on the Stock Market Game system. However, if someone outside a team learns its ID and trades without permission, the trade cannot be reversed.
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