info on Visa's "Choices and Decisions" program

[Toby Zabinski <zabinski@PANTHEON.YALE.EDU>]

I had many requests for information on the Visa program called "Choices
and Decisions" offered free by Visa.

I went on line and found this information - hope it helps:

Visa U.S.A. is proud to partner with the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal
Financial
 Literacy to bring teachers, students and consumers Choices & Decisions:
Taking
 Charge of Your Financial Life, free of charge. This multimedia
educational program is
 designed to educate consumers of all ages on a number of personal finance
subjects,
 including budgeting, saving and investing, and the most recent
developments in
 e-commerce, on-line banking, the emergence of debit cards, Internet
resources, and
 other money management tools.

 High school and college teachers can integrate the curriculum directly
into their lesson
 plans for a one-time course or a year-long program. Choices & Decisions
includes:

 7 A 14-chapter lesson plan book, with overheads, activities and exercises
covering
 budgeting, saving, investing and how to recognize financial trouble-plus
resources to find
 solutions. 7 An interactive CD-ROM including a fun interactive game about
financial
 decision making, a quiz show to test students' fiscal savvy, a loan and
credit card
 calculator as well as a series of budget work sheets. 7 A teaching video,
that corresponds
 with the lesson plan designed to illustrate a variety of financial
situations and spark
 in-class conversation.

 Financial literacy is a priority for Visa and we are committed to
distributing thousands of
 copies of the interactive curriculum nationwide. In addition to the
Jump$tart Coalition,
 Visa worked with a team of advisors to develop the Choices & Decisions
curriculum,
 including the National Foundation for Consumer Credit (NFCC), the
National Coalition
 for Consumer Education and the National Consumers League.

 For a free copy of the curriculum please call (800) VISA-511, for the
CD-ROM please
 call (888) VISA-606. Visa's Internet address is www.visa.com

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     Toby Zabinski
     Media Specialist                        zabinski@pantheon.yale.edu
     Amity Regional Jr. H.S.                 Tel:   203 393 3102
     190 Luke Hill Road
     Bethany, CT  06524

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