How the Live Game Works

A Live Personal Finance Polling Game Built for Reasoning, Not Speed

Finance Faceoff is a free, teacher-hosted financial literacy activity. A teacher opens today’s question, students enter a six-digit room code and vote A or B, and the class uses the live results and discussion prompts to examine the reasoning behind both sides.

Start Today’s Faceoff

The teacher experience

Start today’s scheduled Faceoff. The homepage displays the released weekday question. The teacher selects “Start Today’s Faceoff”; there is no question-picker or lesson-building step.
Share the room. The host screen shows a six-digit room code, the join address derived from the current site, and a QR code.
Watch participation, not identities. The host sees a live response count. The current product does not display student names, a roster, or manual admit and removal controls.
Reveal and discuss. “Reveal Results” displays A/B vote totals, percentages, and the three published discussion prompts for the question.
Close or end the room. The teacher can close voting from the results screen, then select “Wrap Up Faceoff” to end the session.

The student experience

Join

Students open the join page, enter the six-digit code, and enter the active room. A valid room must still be open and unexpired.

Choose A or B

Students read the same two options shown on the teacher screen and tap one choice. The response is not a written submission.

Lock the vote

Each anonymous browser identity can submit one vote for that room session. After voting, the student sees the selected choice and waits for the class results.

Discuss together

The results are designed for the shared teacher display. Students use the class percentages and teacher-led prompts to compare reasoning.

What setup is actually required?

Teacher

A modern browser, an internet connection, and preferably a classroom display for the question, join code, and results.

Students

An internet-connected phone, tablet, or computer. Students are not asked to create a named account or download an app.

Preparation

No poll authoring is built into the current flow. Finance Faceoff supplies the scheduled weekday question and its discussion prompts.

A short classroom opener using a published poll

Saving

Which savings goal would motivate you more?

ABuild a $1,000 emergency fund first

BSave for something exciting first

Minute 1

Launch the room and give students silent time to read both choices.

Minutes 2–3

Students join and vote. Watch the response count to decide when the class is ready.

Minutes 4–8

Reveal the percentages. Ask why motivation matters, when an emergency fund feels urgent, and how someone might make progress on both goals.