Description: This assignment helped me to give students differentiation for their tailored needs whilst still giving them the full experience of this simulation. This assignment gave my students an introduction to the college experience between balancing a budget, social life, and health. Along with the simulation was a worksheet that provided feedback from the experience and takeaways.

Connection to Illinois Learning Standard: This simulation gave students a real life experience regardless of their college plan post high school. For our students who weren't sure about college being the route for them, we told them to take what they may be interested in post-high school and apply it to a relevant major. This gave a tailored experience for each student and allowed them to attempt the simulation more than once if they had time. What was key was my need to "understand the appropriate role of technology, including assistive technology, to address student needs, as well as how to incorporate contemporary tools and resources to maximize student learning" from knowledge indicator 3E. I knew this would push my kids to continue to try and learn from "mistakes."

Self-evaluation: I loved this activity because my students were so invested in it. More times than not my students wanted to go through the simulation again to learn from mistakes. Many students left with takeaways like possibly wanting to go to a public 4 year university instead of a private one or going to a junior college first.

Description: This lesson, similar to our college budgeting simulation, gave students a look into real life checking and savings accounts. This provided another chance to teach a simulation and use to help differentiate for all students. This allowed students regardless of their backgrounds to be able to learn the skills to successfully manage a checking and saving account.

Connection to Illinois Learning Standard: This lesson connects directly to standard 3 because it allows hands on learning that accounts for differentiation. This simulation comes with a worksheet and steps to follow but also gives room to explore different aspects of these accounts. With this it allows students to make errors in a simulation as opposed to with their real money. Many students realized the extent in which over draft fees and other fees could grow. This was relevant because many said they had a checking or savings account but weren't clear on the fees included, this simulation "incorporates experiences into instructional practices that relate to a student’s current life experiences and to future life experiences" as stated in performance indicator 3K.

Self-evaluation: In this lesson I felt as though there was a lot to learn prior for me to best present and effectively make sure my students were getting the most from the simulation. Moving forward I may carve out time on a 3rd day to allow them to navigate the app on their own and see what mistakes they could make or avoid. Overall, I thought this lesson was effective and ran a lot more smoothly than the college budgeting simulation since we had used simulations multiple times before.