New York Fed RFP for game to teach the basics of macroeconomics and monetary policy to high school students

[Hannah]

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's education department is seeking
a game developer to create a high-quality online game portal to teach
the basics of macroeconomics and the role of the Federal Reserve in
monetary policy. The Bank is currently accepting proposals for
interested parties to design, develop, and implement this project.

We are looking to partner with a firm with a track record of designing
innovative, engaging, and effective educational games and digital
media. Creating a web portal for high school students and their
teachers in order to teach the basics of macroeconomics and monetary
policy is an opportunity to demonstrate how serious games and
simulations can help high school students develop systems thinking
skills and prepare them to understand and influence the world around
them.

If you are interested in receiving more information about the RFP,
please send your name, firm, and firm website to Jane Katz at
Jane...@ny.frb.org

[Hoby Van Hoose]

I don't think this RFP has any business being broadcast on this list. The point of this group is surrounding the activity of creating games that seek to improve the world, not perpetuating institutional oppression.

Banking is oppression. It imposes a belief that money has value to people and that lending of it is an activity worthy of demanding more in return than has been borrowed. By its very essence, it is a logic that sustains unfair advantages for the few who do nothing over the rest of the world who work to death in never-ending debt.

We should not be abusing technological innovation for the purpose of turning our children into the swindlers of tomorrow.

Hoby

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[Winston Wolff]

I disagree.

Winston Wolff
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[Skip]

While I agree that many bankers are oppressors, to say that banking is
oppression goes a bit far. Banking and fluidity of capital have allowed
mankind to advance to the point where billions of people can live mostly in
affluence and peace. Yes, there are problems, and our attention focuses on
those. This makes it is easy to forget what made our advances possible.

I could go on, but this fun/short video says it better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk

;-)

Best,
Skip

[lle...@newyork.bbb.org]

You're entitled to your opinion but I do not agree. Money systems are
a fact in our society and I see a public good in teaching kids about
how they work. Is that very different from teaching children about
how the court system works, the subject of another major game - one
that I hear is associated with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor? There is
plenty of room in the wide world of game development for these types
of programs, just as there is for games that might reflect your own
ideas about money and banking.

All games put forward some kind of point of view. Let's not try to
dictate to each other about what a "good" point of view might be -
please!

-Luana

On Jun 11, 3:59 pm, Hoby Van Hoose <t...@ihoby.com> wrote:
> I don't think this RFP has any business being broadcast on this list. The point of this group is surrounding the activity of creating games that seek to improve the world, not perpetuating institutional oppression.
>
> Banking is oppression. It imposes a belief that money has value to people and that lending of it is an activity worthy of demanding more in return than has been borrowed. By its very essence, it is a logic that sustains unfair advantages for the few who do nothing over the rest of the world who work to death in never-ending debt.
>
> We should not be abusing technological innovation for the purpose of turning our children into the swindlers of tomorrow.
>
> Hoby
>
> On Jun 11, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Hannah wrote:> The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's education department is seeking
> > a game developer to create a high-quality online game portal to teach
> > the basics of macroeconomics and the role of the Federal Reserve in
> > monetary policy.  The Bank is currently accepting proposals for
> > interested parties to design, develop, and implement this project.
>
> > We are looking to partner with a firm with a track record of designing
> > innovative, engaging, and effective educational games and digital
> > media.  Creating a web portal for high school students and their
> > teachers in order to teach the basics of macroeconomics and monetary
> > policy is an opportunity to demonstrate how serious games and
> > simulations can help high school students develop systems thinking
> > skills and prepare them to understand and influence the world around
> > them.
>
> > If you are interested in receiving more information about the RFP,
> > please send your name, firm, and firm website to Jane Katz at

> > Jane.K...@ny.frb.org

[Skip]

Hi All,

Did anyone on this list get the original RFP on the NY Fed Monetary
Policy Online Game?

If so, could you send me a copy? Please send it directly to
skip...@gmail.com

I know its late in the day, but as I read more about this opportunity,
I really want to get to help out on it.

Thanks!
Skip

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