http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:42 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:42 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83482 Playing Accounting Monopoly gives students an opportunity to complete most of the accounting cycle using documents they create as well as practice writing checks and keeping a check book as a sole proprietor. Contents include: game rules, teacher instructions, and all the forms and worksheets required to implement the activity. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89105 A Power Point presentation on The Time Value of Money. The interactive teaching tool covers basic financial concepts, including present value, future value, and annuities. It also contains sample story problems with solutions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88876 Be a financial professional at Tanro, Inc. a lawnmower manufacturer, and plan the introduction of a new electric mower line. But be careful: you must break even within 2 years. Teaches basics of performing a break even analysis.There is also a Simulation Tutorial available that shows step by step how to build simulations like Break Even. It includes a sample simulation with full source code. See the other contribution titled:״Tutorial: Developing eLearning Simulations for the Web" http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=292601 Break-Even Analysis is a financial tool that allows marketing managers to estimate how many units of a product a company needs to sell in order to break even, assuming a given cost and price structure for a product. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=241855 Found in the Teacher Resource Exchange repository, this flash-based interactive simulation helps introduce students to the concept of business costs and break-even. Supporting notes and a worksheet are available to help guide students through the simulation. Materials appear to be designed for the United Kingdom. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=524254 This module is an internactive FinSim produced by McGraw-Hill Irwin. It creates charts that emphasize future value and present value concepts. A quiz feature also exists. Copyright is 2005. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76702 This cash flow calculator allows the user to input values for cash generated and used for Operations, Investment and Financing. The interactive graph demonstrates the beginning and ending amounts. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=374019 An article about howErnst & Young developed a 3-minute Second Life video which teaches new hires how to conduct the inventory court aspect of an audit. As associates move through the warehouse for a manufacturing company they are faced with real life issues. The mirror site provides a link to the article, "Ernst & Young Uses Avatars to Test Use of Virtual World as a Way to Enhance Training for New Auditors," by Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Editor of Oursourcing Journal. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85649 Cash Flow simulation provides an understanding of the main principles surrounding the issue of cash as it applies to British accounting. The module illustrates positive, stable, and negative cash flows through clever animations. Finally, users are given the opportunity to manage the cash flow of a company for a year by playing the PotArts Ltd. game. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78912 This is one of 14 tax simulations/tutorials from the IRS Understanding Taxes web site that teaches individuals how to complete Form W-4. At the time of this update, the module covers 2011 tax law.