{"id":2884,"date":"2012-01-20T14:40:30","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T22:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2012-01-20T14:40:30","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T22:40:30","slug":"online-simulation-helps-students-empathize-with-the-working-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/online-simulation-helps-students-empathize-with-the-working-poor","title":{"rendered":"Online Simulation Helps Students Empathize with the Working Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2885\" title=\"Spent\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spent-300x200.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Spent\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spent-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spent.png 656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If your students come from stable economic backgrounds, they might find it difficult to understand the plight of the poor. Often, students have a stereotypical view of those in poverty and fail to grasp just how difficult it is to live with a low income. Urban Ministries of Durham has created <a href=\"http:\/\/playspent.org\/\">SPENT<\/a>, an online simulation in which participants try to survive a month without going broke. After applying for a job, they must deal with health issues, cranky landlords, grocery bills, and more. At every step, pop-up circles inform you about how these different challenges take their toll on the working poor in America.<\/p>\n<p>Though it has its shortcomings (being locked into only a few choices, for example), overall it&#8217;s an effective learning tool. I&#8217;d estimate it would be appropriate for students in grades 5-12.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/playspent.org\/\">Give it a try<\/a> and let me know if you think it would be worth using in your classroom. And here&#8217;s a hint before you begin: brush up on your typing skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your students come from stable economic backgrounds, they might find it difficult to understand the plight of the poor. Often, students have a stereotypical view of those in poverty and fail to grasp just how difficult it is to live with a low income. Urban Ministries of Durham has created SPENT, an online simulation &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/online-simulation-helps-students-empathize-with-the-working-poor\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Online Simulation Helps Students Empathize with the Working Poor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[48,159],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-social-justice","tag-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-Kw","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2891,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions\/2891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}