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Entrepreneurship:
Creating Your Own Career

Self-Paced Course
participants will be mailed a CD containing course materials

Explore the exciting world of entrepreneurship through this SELF_PACED Course. Topics include:

Introduction
Lesson 1 – Oklahoma Entrepreneur Success Stories
Lesson 2 – What are My Resources?
Lesson 3 - What is in it for Me?
Lesson 4 – In Your Own Backyard
Lesson 5 – Competition and Market Structure
Lesson 6 – Legal Forms of Business
Lesson 7 - Ask Not What Your Government Can Do For You…Why Not?
Lesson 8 - I’m in Business, Now what do I Charge?

We will mail you a CD of the course once you have completed your enrollment on the Workshop Registration page Please be sure to include a correct email address in the registration! Registration is limited, so sign up today!

This program was made possible by the National Council on Economic Education through funding from the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. Workshop provided by the Federal Reserve Bank and the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education.


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	To register for a workshop, CLICK HERE or contact David at OCEE Phone: 405.974.5343 E-mail: drussell15@ucok.edu Fax: 405.974.3853
	Exploring Financial Markets through Math June 24 - SOTC, Ardmore 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. June 30 - Mid-Del Technology Center, MWC 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Introduce your students to the Math behind the Stock Market using the Oklahoma Stock Market Game™. Lessons will help students understand and apply real life mathematical applications of the Stock Market in grades 4 thru 12. Learn how other teachers use the Oklahoma Stock Market Game as project based learning in the classroom, student teams invest a hypothetical $100,000 in a portfolio of common stocks and mutual funds. Interacting with an online simulation students build and track stock portfolios, research stocks, study how financial markets work, and enter trades at real time prices. Students can participate in the OKSMG competition. Meets Oklahoma PASS in Personal Finance, Math, Social Studies, Business Education, Economics, Language Arts, Technology and more. This program is sponsored by the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education.	Using Newspapers to Teach International Studies June 12, 2008 9:00 a.m. to Noon The Oklahoman, OKC The Oklahoma Council on Economic Education and The Oklahoman’s Newspapers in Education Program is partnering to present a workshop that will provide K-12 teachers with tools to write lesson plans that will infuse international economic education and current issues reported in the newspaper into their classroom. Participants will receive *Connecting the Pieces: Building a Better Economic Lesson* curriculum. Registration is limited, so sign up today! Support for this program was provided to the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education by the National Council on Economic Education as part of the Cooperative Education Exchange Program (CEEP). The CEEP is conducted through the United States Department of Education, in coordination with the United States Department of State.	Entrepreneurship: Creating Your Own Career Self-Paced Course participants will be mailed a CD containing course materials Explore the exciting world of entrepreneurship through this SELF_PACED Course. Topics include: Introduction Lesson 1 – Oklahoma Entrepreneur Success Stories Lesson 2 – What are My Resources? Lesson 3 - What is in it for Me? Lesson 4 – In Your Own Backyard Lesson 5 – Competition and Market Structure Lesson 6 – Legal Forms of Business Lesson 7 - Ask Not What Your Government Can Do For You…Why Not? Lesson 8 - I’m in Business, Now what do I Charge? We will mail you a CD of the course once you have completed your enrollment on the Workshop Registration page Please be sure to include a correct email address in the registration! Registration is limited, so sign up today! This program was made possible by the National Council on Economic Education through funding from the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. Workshop provided by the Federal Reserve Bank and the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education.
	Ethics and Freedom June 26, 2008 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Oklahoman This workshop will focus on two unique and intriguing topics: Ethics in a Market Economy, which explores such issues as: What is the Difference Between Self-Interest and Greed? Is Efficiency an Ethical Concept? Do Businesses Have a Social Responsibility? What Are the Moral Limits of Markets? Education for Freedom - Lessons on the First Amendment. In this segment of the workshop, teachers are introduced to lessons designed to actively engage students in learning about the First Amendment. The lessons use a participatory approach that encourages students to discuss, role-play, conduct surveys, create projects and other activities that help them learn about the First Amendment. Sponsored by the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education, with funding from the National Council on Economic Education and the John Templeton Foundation.	Building Financial Futures: A Personal Finance Training for Teachers of Teen and Adult Women Self-Paced Course participants will be mailed a CD containing course materials Course objectives: • Provides educators with content and resources to teach basic personal finance concepts to teen and adult women. • Uses a variety of hands-on teaching activities to make learning practical and fun. • Offers trainers the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of personal finance and strengthen their teaching experiences. Teachers returning completed assessments will be eligible to receive a $50 stipend. Presented by the UCO Center for Economic Education and the Oklahoma Council for Economic Education. This course was sponsored by the Oklahoma Women’s Foundation.	Mini-Society® By Dr. Marilyn Kourilsky June 18 and 19 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. UCO, Edmond Special offer: $25 to $75 travel stipend available, depending on the distance travelled. Learning by doing is the key for elementary students who participate in Mini-Society® by Dr. Marilyn Kourilsky. Students learn about economics and entrepreneurship while having fun by building a market economy in miniature. Under the teacher’s guidance, students develop the ability to make choices and resolve problems faced in their own environment. The Mini-Society curriculum integrates with Oklahoma PASS requirements for language arts, math and social studies and incorporates character education, cooperative learning techniques, government, law, ethics, and citizenship. This workshop was made possible by the National Council on Economic Education through funding from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.