Creative Learning Exchange's Profile
Number of items: 106
Date joined: Jun 26 2016
Website: http://www.clexchange.org/
The Creative Learning Exchange was founded as a non-profit in 1991 by the progenitor of the field of ...Read more The Creative Learning Exchange was founded as a non-profit in 1991 by the progenitor of the field of System Dynamics, Jay W. Forrester, to encourage the development of systems citizens who use systems thinking and system dynamics to meet the interconnected challenges that face them at personal, community, and global levels. The Creative Learning Exchange encourages an active, learner-centered process of discovery for 3-19 year old students that engages in meaningful, real-world problem solving through the mastery of systems thinking and system dynamics modeling.
Creative Learning Exchange's Work
(Dollars & Sense II)
Dollars & Sense II - Lesson 3
Lesson 3: How Does A Credit Card Work?
An introduction to how credit cards charge interest on unpai
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Lesson 3: How Does A Credit Card Work?
An introduction to how credit cards charge interest on unpaid balances; Strategies for paying off a single debt; then, regular card use.
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⋮ 16 runs
Business
Economics
money
finance
savings
Dollars & Sense II - Lesson 4
An Introduction a variety of common installment loans (car loans, personal loans, mortgages) with sp
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An Introduction a variety of common installment loans (car loans, personal loans, mortgages) with specified payback periods and regular monthly charges.
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⋮ 2 runs
Business
Economics
math
finance
interest
Dollars & Sense II - Lesson 2
Lesson 2: How Can I Maximize Savings While Spending?
Incorporating savings interest with saving and
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Lesson 2: How Can I Maximize Savings While Spending?
Incorporating savings interest with saving and spending to achieve larger personal goals.
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⋮ 17 runs
Economics
money
finance
savings
college
Dollars & Sense II - Lesson 7
Lesson 7: Are You Ready to Be a Financial Counselor?
Applying earlier lessons in managing income, s
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Lesson 7: Are You Ready to Be a Financial Counselor?
Applying earlier lessons in managing income, spending, and interest (on savings and loans) to try and help others who find themselves in deep financial distress (due to poor management of savings, credit, and debt). Very Challenging!
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⋮ 20 runs
Business
Economics
Math
money
finance
Dollars & Sense II - Lesson 5
Lesson 5: Managing Credit With Savings and Spending
Exploring how interest payments impact on long-
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Lesson 5: Managing Credit With Savings and Spending
Exploring how interest payments impact on long-term savings and spending.
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⋮ 3 runs
Business
Economics
math
money
finance
Dollars & Sense II - Lesson 1
Lesson 1: Can Compound Interest Work For Me?
An introduction to the system of compound interest, in
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Lesson 1: Can Compound Interest Work For Me?
An introduction to the system of compound interest, involving a 7-day challenge; Interest on short-term savings; scenarios for long-term college or retirement saving.
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⋮ 40 runs
Economics
money
finances
saving
college
Dollars & Sense II - Lesson 6
Lesson 6: Compounding Your Interest in Loans
Adding realism with issues of changing value of the it
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Lesson 6: Compounding Your Interest in Loans
Adding realism with issues of changing value of the item purchased (appreciation or depreciation), together with changes in income.
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⋮ 5 runs
Business
Economics
Math
money
finance
Dollars & Sense II - Lesson 8
Lesson 8: Are You Ready to Manage Your Financial Interests?
Developing a plan for juggling all of t
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Lesson 8: Are You Ready to Manage Your Financial Interests?
Developing a plan for juggling all of the financial instruments from earlier lessons in a quest to build one's "Personal Balance Sheet."
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⋮ 3 runs
Business
Economics
Math
money
finance
Uploading a Bundle from Zip
Instead of creating bundles, categories, and assemblies one by one, you can upload a single zip file that contains all of your bundle's content. To create your zipped bundle, make a folder with your bundle's name and add subfolders with your categories' names. The folder tree should have the same structure that you want the categories to have in your bundle. Place your assembly .stmx files in the appropriate category folders, then zip your bundle folder and upload it using the Upload Bundle from Zip link above.
Assemblies, Bundles, and Categories
Assemblies are self contained models that demonstrate common ways to connect together building blocks and that can be used as parts of other models. This is analogous to using prefabricated wall and roof pieces to construct a house.
Bundles are groups of assemblies with a common use or theme. For example, a Health Care bundle might contain a variety of assemblies that aid in creating health care models. When you download assemblies from the isee Exchange™, you download an entire bundle, rather than individual assemblies.
Categories are subgroups of assemblies within a bundle. For example, a Health Care bundle might contain a Funding category for assemblies related to the management of hospital funds. All assemblies must be assigned to a category—they cannot be assigned to the root of a bundle.
Assemblies, bundles, and categories can be created and uploaded to the isee Exchange™ via the options on the Manage My Assemblies page. To learn more, visit our help pages, or take our assemblies tutorial.
Sim App (Sim)
An interface that allows users to interact with a model.
Sim apps allow users to interact with a model using buttons, sliders, knobs, tables, graphs, and storytelling. These interactions help users understand how parts of a system interact.
Interfaces are created by model authors in the Stella desktop software and can be uploaded to the isee Exchange™.
Model
A diagram that represents how elements in a system influence one another.
Models are mathematical representations of how elements in a system are connected and interact (e.g., ecosystems, organizations, supply chains). When running models on the isee Exchange™, results can be viewed in output devices like graphs and tables.
Models appear in the isee Exchange™ directory when authors upload them from the Stella® desktop software or create them with Stella Online™.
Causal Loop Diagram (CLD)
A map that represents the feedback structure of a system.
CLDs are high-level maps that represents the feedback structure of a system and easily communicate the essence of a model. They appear in the isee Exchange™ when authors upload them from the Stella desktop software or create them with Stella Online™.