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Alittle bit about them:

Established in 1914 and funded through federal, state, and county partnerships, the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) provides non-formal educational opportunities to rural and urban youth and adults of all economic levels and ethnic backgrounds. County-based advisors in 63 local offices are linked with research programs and expertise through Cooperative Extension Specialists who are members of the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources on the Berkeley, Davis, and Riverside campuses. Part of UCCE's mission has always been to develop culturally-sensitive outreach programs in family and consumer sciences, specifically targeted toward lower- and moderate-income families and toward those who are first- and second-generation Americans. A broad spectrum of financial topics has traditionally been an essential component of UCCE programs designed to improve the economic well-being and quality of living for all Californians. This web site was developed by the UCCE Money Talks Workgroup with outside funding from the JP Morgan Chase Foundation's Financial Literacy Program. We wish to thank the JP Morgan Chase Foundation for their generosity and their concern about the future of today's youth.

My favorite!!! Great for all ages and interactive modules

This is what they offer:

Personal Finance For Everyone

Wherever you are in life, developing strong money management skills is important for your future. Practical Money Skills and What’s My Score are Visa’s financial education programs that help consumers of all ages tackle the essentials of personal finance. Explore some of the topics to get started.

• Credit and Debt Basics
• Saving & Spending
• Planning for Life Events
• Financial Calculators
• Interactive Games
• Money Guides
• Expert Advice

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One of the biggest resources of Personal Financial Literacy - Very Informative

Jump$tart is a national coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the financial literacy of pre-kindergarten through college-age youth by providing advocacy, research, standards and educational resources. Jump$tart strives to prepare youth for life-long successful financial decision-making.

Laugh and Learn about Personal Finance - Check it out!

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Funny, check it our

Interested in Spending, Saving, Owing, Tracking, Giving, Investing, and Safegaurding

The Mint, a comprehensive website designed to let kids, teens and adults play financial games

Here is an except from one of the activities that this website has about Spending:

"Spending comes easy to all of us, so you may think you don’t have anything to learn. Use this section to learn ways to track what you spend and to spend your money more wisely. Good spenders are careful with money and make smart  decisions. They can make the money they have go farther. Who doesn’t want to learn how to do that? Start with Buy It Or Not? or take the Spending Challenge."

Website designed for teens concerned with their financial future

It all adds up

Common Craft Financial Videos making learning personal finance fun

Common Craft Financial Videos

What it Teaches

This pack of 6 videos makes financial basics fun and effective to learn for people of all ages. It creates a solid foundation for responsible decision making across a number of real world topics. It teaches:

• Banking - Saving with compound interest, borrowing responsibly
• Investing - Understanding risk, stock market basics
• Insurance - Recovering when bad things happen
• Retirement - 401ks and saving a little over a long time

The official 4MAT Logo created by Ryan McCann

The 4MAT logo was designed with several goals in mind.  Initially it had to convey a "hip" look to appeal to our customers- high school students.  We avoided the use of stodgy old fonts and stale color combinations.  The blazing yellow represents the enlightenment of the information provided and the blue represents the dependability of our "true blue" approach to instruction.

Our goal is financial education or "money management matters most."  Hence the 4 M.  Our winged M shows how the knowledge gained from using the 4MAT site can improve a person's personal freedom by helping them learn to make their money management work for them.

Lastly, the Academic Technologies portion of the name was used to convey the fact that 4MAT is on the forefront of using technology to support academics, not to replace it. 

Great Blogs to visit created by the members of 4MAT

Show Me the Money Blog about Personal Finance

Focus on Finance Blog about Financial Responsibility

TechNet Blog a Technology resource

Business Education Blog, student/teacher resource

Welcome to the world of 4M Academic Technology

Thank you for visiting our Interactive Blog.  We hope that you find the information on this blog useful. 

- 4MAT Team