[Beta Institute Co., Ltd.] Started offering Beta Investors+ financial education for project-based learning at Saitama City Omiya
International Secondary School
*Beta Institute Co., Ltd.*
Press release: August 13, 2024
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Saitama City Omiya International Secondary School begins offering Beta Investors+ financial education for project-based learning
* Learn history and change the future with time machine trading! * Saitama City Omiya International Secondary School begins offering Beta Investors+ financial education for project-based learning
Beta Institute Co., Ltd. (Hon), which develops financial education apps using AI and provides financial education services.
Company: Ota-ku, Tokyo, Representative Directors: Yasuhiro Kawakami, Yohei Okamoto) is an experiential financial education program “Beta” at Saitama City Omiya International Secondary Education School. Investors+ is now available.
(Saitama City Omiya International Secondary School)
At Omiya International Secondary Education School, we emphasize the three G’s of Grit (the ability to persevere), Growth (the ability to continue to grow), and Global (the ability to expand one’s horizons to the world) in a well-balanced manner throughout the six years. For 6 consecutive years, we have developed “true academic abilities” such as “the ability to continue learning on your own throughout your life” and “the ability to think through things on your own and create new value,” which means continuing to understand and research diversity from an international perspective. It is nurtured in sexuality.
At Omiya International Secondary School, the entire school is engaged in exploratory learning based on concepts that do not end with the acquisition of knowledge, and project-based learning activities based on individual interests and problem awareness. “Learner” is a time for students to produce their own learning, held every other Saturday. Directed
At “Time,” students practice a variety of learning that is not bound by the traditional school framework, such as holding various workshops and participating in fieldwork outside the school.
We recently introduced Beta Investors+ financial education for “Learner Directed Time.”
At Beta Institute, we believe that “thinking and making decisions for yourself” is the essence of financial education, and we hope that experiential learning through simulations will be an opportunity for deeper learning. We sincerely support the policies of Omiya
International Secondary Education School, and we are very happy to be able to assist in financial education at Omiya International Secondary Education School.
I believe that education is currently at a major turning point, with the aim of “more independent and deeper learning.” We are “Beta We will continue to work hard to make “Investors+” an opportunity for deeper learning to “understand history and change the future,” and to make it a fun investment education service that allows you to comprehensively learn about economic mechanisms and investments.
Our simulation app “Beta”
At “Investors”, you can learn about asset formation in an
experiential manner through “Time Machine Trading” (*). 『Beta Investors+” program is in Beta
A financial education program powered by the Investors app that teaches you to understand how the economy works, predict economic trends, and adjust your investment portfolio based on various indicators. In addition, after the simulation, we will also provide an “AI investment behavior diagnosis” that has been verified with universities in the United States. “AI Investment Behavior Diagnosis” analyzes students’ investment behavior habits and provides points for improvement.
Through the “Beta Investors+” program, we will support students to make their own investment decisions in the future.
In addition, our company Beta Institute Co., Ltd. is a member of the EdTech Innovator Support Program (Edvation
Open Lab: EOL).
We hope that other educational institutions, such as high schools and junior high schools, will also participate in the experience-based financial education “Beta” in order to provide deeper financial education.
We hope that you will take advantage of Investors+.
For inquiries, please contact “info@beta-research.jp”.
* “Time Machine Trade” is a trademark of Beta Institute Co., Ltd. (Registration number No. 6801793)
* About the investment simulation app “Beta Investors” *
“Beta” used in “Beta Investors+” classes
The biggest feature of the “Investors” app is “Time Machine Trading.” Users can return to past stock markets as if they were time travelers, experiencing the actual conditions of the past, and through trial and error using not only past stock prices but also various indicators such as financial indicators and financial results announcements at the time. You can learn while doing it.
Beta Investors makes financial education experiential.
“Beta Investors” is intended to be used as part of an educational program.
About the financial education program “Beta Investors+”
The “Beta Investors+” financial education program offers “Beta We provide a set of “Investors” app and educational materials for its use. The lessons for each frame are expected to be in the following order.
We will explain how the economy works and provide historical background on actual events in the past related to the concepts we have learned. On top of that, Beta
Experience the simulation with the Investors app. After the
simulation, we will improve investment behavior using AI investment diagnosis. By repeating these PDCA cycles at high speed, you will be able to experience investment one after another based on the perspective of economic mechanisms.
“Beta Investors+” offers “Beta Investors+” that is used during classes. We will adjust the simulation data of the “Investors” app, select the economic environment in advance, and plan the lesson design for review after the simulation in advance with the teachers.
By using it scenario-based in Project Based Learning initiatives, you can also use it during comprehensive study time.
Example scenario:
Scenario 1. Spread of new coronavirus infection and lockdown Scenario 2. Birth of the Trump administration in 2017 and its aftermath Scenario 3. US interest rate hike phase
We also offer the following two options for “Beta Investors+” in which we provide classes as external instructors.
– “English de Finance” package
– “Japanese de Finance” package
At “English de Finance,” you can learn about the connection between economics and investment using English as a tool, using teaching materials written in English.
By taking advantage of “English de Finance” and taking classes at the same time as schools overseas, you can learn about finance while having international exchange.
*Please refer to the following page for details on the costs associated with the above optional packages.
https://beta-research.jp/beta-investors-plus-details/
Overview of Beta Institute Co., Ltd.
Company name: Beta Institute Co., Ltd.
Head office location:
1-57-6-302 Kitasenzoku, Ota-ku, Tokyo 145-0062
Established: August 2019
Business content: Development of financial education apps using artificial intelligence, provision of financial education services, etc.
Website: https://beta-research.jp/