BizWiz is an interdisciplinary program from The BizWorld Foundation that teaches students critical thinking, collaboration and life skills -- all in alignment with Common Core State Standards. During the BizWiz program, teams of students:
Apply for jobs (Traders, Analysts, Controller, or Managing Director)
Set financial goals
Understand risk vs. return
Analyze various asset classes and risk tolerance
Invest in stock, bonds, venture capital, collectibles, real estate, CDs and insurance
Interpret economic forecasts
Graph market trends
Experience simulated market fluctuation
Engage in sessions with other teams
allows teachers to perform routine tasks like recording attendance and grades. Schoology also provides a platform for giving tests and other assignments online. The social networking aspect of Schoology lies in the interface for posting messages to a large community (whole school), to a smaller community (an individual class), or to individual students. The Schoology interface will look very familiar to anyone that has used Facebook.