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You asked for it and you got it! Live virtual guest speakers from NAF's business partners are coming this October. Lenovo will be kicking off their Virtual Guest Speaker Series on October 6 with professionals talking to students about career pathways, diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and much more. Check out our Resource of the Week for all the topics they'll be covering! 
Resource of the Week
Lenovo Virtual Guest Speakers Series
We’ve got live virtual guest speakers for your classroom every Tuesday in October, as part of Lenovo’s Global Month of Service. These work-based learning events are free for any student. Share this one-pager or check out the details in the registration links below. 


Can’t attend live? We’ll be posting the recording on our website after each event
Finance & Business Curriculum
This week we are featuring MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses that are free and available for anyone to enrollTo prepare students for post-secondary learning, many high school teachers are turning to MOOCs, which are offered by universities around the world, to expose students to higher-level coursework.

Finance: UPenn’s Introduction to Financial Accounting helps students master the technical skills needed to analyze financial statements and disclosures for use in financial analysis and learn how accounting standards and managerial incentives affect the financial reporting process.

Accounting: Start your students’ accounting journey with Financial Accounting: Foundations, which provides a general overview of what financial accounting information is and the main financial statements. Students will learn how to code financial transactions in financial accounting language. 

Business: With Effective Business Communication, students will learn how to apply the basics of effective written and oral communication in a business scenario.

Entrepreneurship: Are you a social entrepreneur? In Business and Impact Planning for Social Enterprises, students will learn how to articulate their potential impact, theory of change, and plans to scale with a global community. This course is run by Solve, an initiative of MIT that supports social entrepreneurs solving the world’s most pressing challenges.
HOW WE'RE TEACHING ONLINE 
Want to record video instructions for your students? Check out Loom, one of our favorite free edtech tools. You can easily record your screen along with a video of you talking, and add simple edits like drawing on screen or trimming out parts of your recording. Then review these tips to make sure you look and sound your best on your video calls. 
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING - RACIAL EQUITY IN PRACTICE
Use this workbook to learn about the four elements of a culturally competent classroom and assess your cultural competence and responsiveness. And invite your students and alumni to join “Youth Voice on Voting” an interactive discussion on October 8 at 4:30 PM ET. Participants will talk about the importance of voting, how you can get involved in your community, and the issues that matter the most to them.
WHEN WORK-BASED LEARNING GOES VIRTUAL 
Check out these instructions on how to use Google maps to identify local businesses. This is a great project for students to support outreach efforts and develop understanding of the businesses in their local community. Then learn how to engage employers for work-based learning and service on advisory boards
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