Use for older kids
Community Review for FutureSmart
My Take
It’s a cute concept, but so cumbersome. You have to click and read over and over and over for 40 min at a time. The vocabulary used was far too mature as were several of the concepts. I could see this being used with older hs students, but def not 12 yr olds. It asks questions about investing one year before retirement, talks about revenue, and other more topics that are just far too advanced for the age. My 12 yr old found it boring and honestly a lot of it was a waste of his time because he won’t be able to recall this information in 10-20 years when much of it will be useful. I could see a teacher using parts of it on the smart board while teaching to the class, but never left as student based work. The checking/debit/credit card lesson was great for the age that this is advertised for., but overall I would not use the majority of it until much later in hs.
How I Use It
My child was assigned this program in FACS, because he was out sick I had a chance to see what he was working on. I was not impressed because many of the topics were too mature for the age it was assigned to.