SIMULATION EDUCATION TOOLS PROVIDES SIMULATION-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

We believe that optimal learning occurs when students are engaged and see personal relevance to the content. Computer simulation technology allows for experience-based learning that enhances understanding of complex subject matters.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

WHY WE DO IT

  • “Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand.”

    - Chinese proverb

  • “Instructional simulations have the potential to engage students in "deep learning" that empowers understanding as opposed to "surface learning" that requires only memorization.”

    - Pedagogy in Action, the SERC portal for Educators

  • “When students become engaged within simulations based upon real world situations, they become immersed in practical examples of abstract theoretical constructs…. this form of teaching improves both knowledge retention and long-term student learning.”

    - Dr. V.K. Maheshwari, B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph. D

FINANCIAL
LIFE
SIMULATOR

THE FINANCIAL LIFE SIMULATOR

Personal Finance Literacy Program

Unlike other programs, students learn about personal finance by simulating life-like decision-making and learning the financial implications of such decisions.

Students simulate decisions about attending college, getting students loans, selecting a career, choosing a lifestyle and investing their savings, and learn how these life decisions impact their financial wellness.

Personal finance literacy is obtained in a highly personalized context, optimizing learning and understanding.

BLENDED LEARNING

Our Financial Life Simulator comes with companion instructional slides and classroom materials, activities and assessments. We believe teachers are the secret sauce to the learning journey of their students.

MODULAR & CUSTOMIZABLE

We partner with schools and teachers to customize a program that fits your students’ needs. Curriculum can range from week-long workshops to full year courses.

  • "Nearly two-thirds of Americans can't pass a basic test of financial literacy”

    - Fortune Magazine, 2016

  • "Financial literacy is a base requirement like spelling or reading"

    - Warren Buffett, 2014

  • "Consumer debt in the U.S. has reached its peak in 2017 at $12.725 trillion"

    - Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2017

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO SIMULATOR

In Development

ENTREPRENEURSHIP SIMULATOR

In Development

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the set for life team

ana tarpey

Founder & CEO

Ana brings her Columbia University B.A., Wharton M.B.A. and 3 years of PhD-level research expertise in cognitive processing and learning to the company. She has over 20 years of strategic marketing experience and an unwavering passion to make every student in America (and beyond) financially literate!

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PEDRO KONO

CFO

Pedro brings his finance expertise to operate the company and design all of the Personal Finance Wellness programs, curriculum and tools. He has over 30 years of corporate finance experience and 10 years of finance teaching experience at the undergraduate, graduate and executive levels.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

SUMMER LEE

Technology Advisor

LUIS KONO

Legal Advisor

LILLIAN SOLIS-SILVA

Curriculum Advisor

GED TARPEY

Strategic Advisor

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    Huffington Post – EdTech

    KQED News – MindShift

    NBC News – Education Nation

    THE Journal

    Council for Economic Education

    The New York Times – Education

    U.S. Department of Education

    U.S. Department of Education – Office of Educational Technology 

    U.S. News & World Report  – Education News