Digital Finance and Life Skills
In the second issue of our project website, we present the final collaborative activities of “Future Ready: Digital Finance and Life Skills”. Students explored budget management, created a common financial literacy glossary, displayed their work in school, completed the final survey, and shared the project results with the school community.
Budget Management
Students took part in a budget management activity to improve their financial literacy and life skills. They received their weekly allowance in advance and tracked their daily spending during the week. Through this activity, students identified where they saved money, reflected on their financial choices, and understood the difference between needs and wants in real-life situations.
Students’ Reflections
At the end of the week, students wrote short reflections about their experience. Some students realized that part of their spending was not necessary, while others managed to save money by delaying a want. The activity helped them build responsible money management habits.
Collaborative Glossary
Students from all partner schools worked together to create a common A–Z glossary about Financial Literacy and Digital Skills. The glossary includes key terms explored during the project, such as budget, savings, needs, wants, AI and phishing.
Each partner school created pages for specific letters of the English alphabet. Students wrote simple definitions in English, added translations in their native language, and included a small visual or icon to represent each term.
Project Visibility Board
Each partner school created a physical or digital project board to make the project visible within the school community. The boards included the project logo, the aims of the project, photos, posters, and visuals from the monthly collaborative activities.
Our project board helped students and teachers follow the progress of the project and see the creative work produced by all partner schools.
Final Survey
As part of our eTwinning project “Future Ready: Digital Finance and Life Skills”, students completed a final survey about their spending and saving habits, their experience with digital finance, and their favourite project activities.
A total of 45 students from partner schools participated in the survey. The results showed that students became more aware of responsible money management, the importance of saving, and the difference between needs and wants.
The final survey helped us evaluate the impact of the project and understand what students learned through the activities. Students highlighted saving money, making better financial decisions, and learning about digital safety as some of the most useful outcomes.
• 84.4% of students said that it is important to distinguish between needs and wants.
• 66.7% of students said they now feel very confident about managing their money.
• The most popular project activity was creating digital games
Dissemination at School
The project was shared with the school community through different dissemination activities. Students displayed posters about safe internet rules, created a collage with the activities and products of the project, and presented their work to other students and to the school principal
A collage with photos, activities, and students’ creations was placed on the school notice board to present the progress of the project.
Students displayed posters at school to promote safe and responsible internet use
Presentation to the School Community
Students presented their work to other students and to the school principal, sharing what they learned about financial literacy, digital skills, saving habits, and online safety.