Real-Time Stock & Forex Tracker +Alert push notification /w etrade, mbtrading, google, & yahoo import

Stock Tracker (Real-Time Stock & Forex Tracker) is a comprehensive stock market app. With Stock Tracker, users are provided with live reports pertaining to the major stock indices, currencies, and commodities, which are accessible from the app’s home screen. Plus, users are able to monitor specific stocks, convert currency types, and read news articles about financial topics.

Instructional Ideas

1. When discussing a financial topic, teachers can project specific graphs and charts in this app to help them explain the topic. For example, when discussing exchange rates, teachers can input different amounts of USD for other types of currency, or they can show students the amount of money in which different currencies are being bought and sold.
2. As part of a project, teachers can assign students a stock to monitor for a period of time (e.g., a week, month, or semester), and they can have students provide updates on the stock. The updates can be a tweet on a class message board or a more formal presentation in which they argue if and why their stock should be bought or sold.
3. To build their understanding of current events, teachers can have students read a financial news article of their choosing that appears in this app. Next, students can be required to provide a summary of the article and its implications for investors.
4. As a class assignment, teachers can create a scenario in which students have a specific sum of money to invest (e.g., $100, $1,000, $5,000, etc.). Students would then have to decide where they would invest their funds, including whether it is stock, currency, or another investment. Finally, students would have to compose a written rationale justifying their choice. The rationale could be posted to a class website where students can respond if they agree or disagree with the investment.

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