NBC WeatherNet http://www.la4web.com/apply/apply.htm This was something that was put in my box at school....might be interesting for some schools to apply for. "It is a network of weather stations that will automatically report 27 different weather observations, in "real time." NBC 4 WeatherNet is an integral part of NBC 4 weather reports and has played a key role in monitoring the effects of El Nino. NBC 4 WeatherNet stations will be placed at schools where students will gain first-hand experience in monitoring and even predicting Southern California's sometimes-wild weather." Hope some of you look into this...sounds like a good thing for those who apply and get accepted. I don't know if there will be an interest at my school. Good luck! Ellen in CA eferrin@primenet.com ---------------------------------------------------- Teacher-2-Teacher Postings is sponsored this week by: AIRWEAR STUDIO: Teacher T-shirt Designs http://www.airwearstudio.com ---------------------------------------------------- TO POST A MESSAGE: mailto:postings@teachnet.com SUBSCRIPTION INFO: http://www.teachnet.com/contact.html QUESTIONS: mailto:staff@teachnet.com ---------------------------------------------------- ********************** Winter Olympics Here are the messages that I received about the Winter Olympics. Enjoy! Tami Little 1. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson050.shtml Take a Trip to Nagano -- Home of the Olympic Games! Welcome to Nagano, Japan! Come -- explore! Use the Internet to "bring home" Nagano to your students! Included -- classroom activities for all grades: Speak Japanese. How much is a yen? Read a map. Nagano symbols and stats. 2. We did a unit on the Olympics and had a trivia contest. Questions were posted around school. The first student from the participating classes to report the correct answer to the teacher won a homework pass or some small treat (candy etc.) It really went over really well. The kids had to research to find the answer. (example What is the age of the oldest Olympic medal winner?) D. Smith SMITHD@cchs.ncsc.k12.ar.us 3. The latest issue of Yahoo( the magazine) has an article all about web sites related to the Winter Olympics - addresses, and descriptions. Hope this helps. Chris Swerling- elem. librarian, Mason Rice school, Newton Centre Ma. swerling@meol.mass.edu 4. The latest Sports Illustrated for Kids gave lists of web sites and also mentioned that they have a newstand issue Kids Guide to the Winter Olympics. Hope it helps! Elizabeth Buenning 5. PBS cyberschool says that it's a "comprehensive Web site that helps students, parents, and teachers combine the Olympic Games with interactive, cross-curricular, cross-cultural learning..." http://www.ibm.pbscyberschool.org Susan Webreck Alman 6. Under www.nagano.com/ there is a middle school classroom from Nagano that will be sending out reports on the Olympics in English. It might be fun for the class to follow those. Jim Shults 7. This information was recently posted on LM_NET, so you can go into the archives and get the complete posting if you would like: Subject: ANOTHER WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES SITE (WOW). http://www.nagano.olympic.org/ http://youtholympic.coa.ca/ Britannica Online's Winter Games feature will be available until March 1 http://winter.eb.com/ Winter Olympics 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah http://www.infowest.com/olympics.html BMcelfish 8. To all Olympics fans and history buffs try this site. They have compiled many Olympic related sites here. http://winter.eb.com/winter/menus/internetres.html Sandy Kelly 9. The address is: http://ibm.pbscyberschool.org I had a hard time getting in the first time, and then couldn't get to the challenges but tonight what I needed came up fine. Melissa A. Malcolm mmalcolm@mtabe.k12.vt.us 10. Tami, Here are the Olympic sites I have in my files: A link from the Manitoba School Library Association, A comprehensive site on the up-coming Olympics - Go Elvis!!! http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~msla/text/olympic.html An excellent collection of ready scripted activities and accompanying linked sites worth taking a look at. Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games begin next month in Nagano, Japan. The Official Website is one of several excellent online resources, with information about the host country, the events, participants, Olympic History, and even pages to print out and colour. You'll also find instructions for building the "snowlet" mascots using the ancient paper folding techniques of origami. 1998 Winter Olympic Games: http://www.nagano.olympic.org/ The "Youth Program Online", sponsored by a coalition of Canadian telecom companies, has both a general and 'teacher only' area in English and French. If you're a teacher who wants to feature the Olympics as part of a unit in (or with a focus on) Media Literacy, Japan and Japanese culture, Canadian Winters, or Olympic Values (Leadership, Excellence, Respect, Peace, Human Development and Fun), then this site will provide a wealth of ideas. Youth Program Online: http://youtholympic.coa.ca/ (main web site) http://youtholympic.coa.ca/teachers/ftohome.html (teachers) Note that Britannica Online's "Winter Games" feature will be freely available until March 1, and has very comprehensive information about the history and current status of the Olympics. Brittanica Sporting Record: http://winter.eb.com/ Finally, you might want to be prepared for the Olympics four years from now, when they will be in Salt Lake City, Utah: Salt Lake City hosts 2002 Olympic Winter Games: http://www.infowest.com/olympics.html CBS sport coverage well worth a look! http://cbs.sportsline.com Real News http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/usskiteam/columns/090497alookatnagano.htm Wide selection of preview stories collected from mainstream US media sources, focusing on competitors and a look at who's in line for medals. Home Team Fanzine http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~khori/latest/nl.html An overview of news and features from leading sources offers plenty to read on the way to a well-rounded list of links to Winter Olympics-related sites. News http://search.nando.net/newsroom/sports/oth/1995/oth/oly/feat/oly.html Olympics sports news headlines and links. Pat Elliott 11. Manitoba School Library Association site that contains Olympic sites as well as classroom lessons and activities. Possibly others may be interested in checking them out. http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~msla/text/olympic.html#Sites From: Michelle Grynol 12. Don't forget about the math!!! Olympic scores, spreadsheets, statistics, averages, etc. would be a great curriculum infusion. Sherry Wilk 13. Hi Tami - maybe this is not exactly what you want, but the most exciting day for the intermediate pupils (11-13 yrs) at a school I worked at last year was a mini summer Olympics. The children chose a country to represent, made the flags, and "entered" the "stadium" behind a flaming "torch". Many of them came in costume, voluntarily. They had an opening ceremony (where one class presented a dance), flag raising, the Olympic oath (slightly modified), and then went on to various events. The events were not all Olympic sports, but they had things like javelin, a "marathon", long jump - the sort of thing a school can cope with! Once each team finished each sport, they had a medal ceremony - the medals were cardboard on ribbon - and as each country received the medal they played the national anthem of that country just like the real Olympics. The only difference was the national "anthem" was a song like Chariots of fire... because they didn't have a tape of the real national anthems. The kids loved it! Participating in an event like this seems to me a great way to capture the children's enthusiasm and interest. I don't know if you have snow in your part of the world at the moment, but maybe this idea could spark off another... Also - I don't know how old sixth graders are so some of these ideas might be too old/young for them. - choose a particular event (Eg. ice skating) and investigate the development of the sport over the history of the winter Olympics. - pick a current Olympian at the games and follow their progress - safety at the Olympics - design a medal Penny Dawson 14. *Yahoo Pick's* just sent this to me: YIL: Wire & Ice http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/mag/9802/olympictoc.html Yahoo! Internet Life's coverage of the Winter Olympics, with links to online news, the wired Olympians, a Winter Games guide, and oh so much more. For the idea and execution we score it: 10, 9, 8.5, 9.5, 7.5, 8 Judy and George Stanton 15. The sixth graders need to learn a bit about the original Olympics. Of course since everything was done sans clothing and in Greece, winter games didn't exist. It would be an interesting assignment to find out first what were the original events, and then develop a bit of history as to when different events were added and why. Denise Nova 16. I was previously at an elem. school that held an all-school Winter Olympics. Each class picked a country that would be represented. They made a flag, and researched that country. On the day of the celebration, the classes marched into and around the gym, carrying their flag or banner, for the Opening Ceremonies. The banners were then hung in the gym for display. Many classes dressed in the colors of their country and wore paper banners or medals identifying their country. The national anthems were played. (I know these can be found on many cd-rom atlases). I think the whole thing was held during one afternoon. They had events such as Oreo-stacking, turtle scooter relays, and the kids rotated to different areas. One year they painted the Olympic rings in the snow on the hill by the school. Sue Passarelli spassare@esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us 17. A great BigSix research idea I came up with is for teams of students to research what the next winter Olympics site should be. I have assigned each team a different area of the world and they need to be THE committee that presents to " the powers that be" why their site should be selected. There are a number of good sites out there, one of which traces the route of the torch - which would make a good mapping activity. One good site that is already designed for students is from Canada. Its URL is http://www.youtholympic.coa.ca/cgi-bin/telco-test.pl Jamie Boston 18. For a comparison of the ancient Greek Olympics with the modern Olympics how about trying tufts university's page http://olympics.tufts.edu/ Also Yahoo Internet Life has a site up. Check out: http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/mag/9802/olympictoc.html Adele Gamble ********************** Search engine lesson plans Here are the responses to my request for lesson plans on search engines. Thanks to all who responded-sorry I kept forgetting to save the respondents' names so there is just a list. http://wms.luminet.net/staffdev/handouts/Beyond_Surfing.html http://daoes.tec.il.us/davea/engines.html http://searchenginewatch.com http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html http://fromnowon.org/jan98/searching.html http://www.learnthenet.com http://www.monash.com/spidap.html http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html or Savvy Search: http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~dreiling/smartform.html Betty - I found what I think is a great lesson plan in the Nov/Dec 97 issue of *Book Report* on pp 18-19. She does it with MS students, but I think I'd like to try a modified version in the HS (probably next year). Another article is the Sept 97 issue of Technology Connection, pp 14-15. Betty Klein Librarian The Avery Coonley School Downers Grove, IL 60515-4828 email kleibet@averycoonley.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For more help see LM_NET On The Web: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ********************** IRC chat communities for kids/teachers/parents Hi everyone, I produce an online IRC chat communities for Kids, Teachers, and parents within an online community called Talk City. One of the areas I coordinate is called YouthOnline and we just soft launched our new web site. Kids ages 7-16 are primarily responsible for all the content we create for our web site as well as our chat rooms and I hope you will all take a peek and tell us what you think so far. Thanks, Debbie Debbie Blailock Debbie@liveworld.com Community Manager: Kids, Education, and Family http://www.talkcity.com 408.871.3208 The Future Belongs to Those who Believe in the Beauty of Their Dreams. E. Roosevelt If you need to unsubscribe to the list please send a message with "UNSUBSCRIBE k12-webdev" to macjordomo@mail.lr.k12.nj.us ********************** "Bill Nye the Science Guy" Teacher's Guide. thanks to a major grant from the Intel Foundation, every fourth-grade teacher in the United States will soon be receiving a free copy of the new 1997-98 "Bill Nye the Science Guy" Teacher's Guide. Major funding for the Teacher's Guide was provided by the Intel Foundation. Additional funding for "Bill Nye" outreach was provided by the National Science Foundation and The Boeing Company. This week, approximately 140,000 copies of the guide are being mailed to fourth-grade teachers at public and private schools across the country. The Teacher's Guide expands upon the theme of each of the 15 new "Bill Nye" episodes airing on public television stations and commercial stations this year, providing step-by-step instructions for "Do It Yourself Science" activities and imparting a variety of intriguing science facts. The guide also includes information about the series (educational taping rights, how students can get in touch with Bill Nye, etc.), highlights major concepts covered on the series from 1994 through 1998 and lists additional resources that are available to students and teachers. The creators of the 1997-98 Teacher's Guide worked with an experienced team of science education writers, curriculum consultants and the "Bill Nye the Science Guy" advisory board to develop hands-on activities aimed at helping educators at the K-4 grade levels use Bill Nye" programs as effective teaching tools in their classrooms. Funding projects that help K-12 science teachers is a major focus of the Intel Foundation. "One of the primary objectives of Intel's contributions program is to advance math, science and technology education," said Peter Broffman, executive director of the Intel Foundation. "`Bill Nye the Science Guy' does a very effective job of introducing basic science concepts to young students throughout the country. Intel is happy to support the national distribution of a classroom guide that helps teachers reinforce the science concepts introduced by the show." On "Bill Nye the Science Guy," "stand-up scientist" Bill Nye keeps kids -- and adults -- engrossed by cracking jokes and doing "whatever it takes" to prove scientific theories, rather than just lecturing. "I want people to get more excited about science, so in the future, we'll have more scientists," Nye said. "If we don't have a scientifically literate society, this is a formula for disaster." Each episode features do-it-at-home experiments and is jam-packed with Bill's "Sounds of Science" music videos, flashy graphics, special effects and crazy camera moves -- all aimed at piquing the interest of young minds. This season, Bill visits Los Alamos to check out a particle accelerator, goes spelunking in Carlsbad Cavern and explores the ocean depths in the Alvin submersible. "Bill Nye the Science Guy" has been honored with an impressive array of awards, including six Daytime Emmys, a Television Critics Association Award, three Parents' Choice Awards and a National Education Association Award. "Bill Nye" airs weekdays on public television stations and on commercial stations on the weekends (check local listings). Major funding for the "Bill Nye the Science Guy" 1997-98 Teacher's Guide was provided by the Intel Foundation. Additional funding for outreach was provided by the National Science Foundation and The Boeing Company. "Bill Nye the Science Guy" is produced by McKenna/Gottlieb Producers Inc. and KCTS for PBS and Buena Vista Television in association with Rabbit Ears Productions Inc. Major funding for "Bill Nye the Science Guy" is provided by the National Science Foundation, The Boeing Company, the Intel Foundation and PBS. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of personal computer, networking and communications products. Additional information is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. Note: Third party marks and brands are property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Intel Corporation Jennifer Atkins, 408/765-1310 jennifer-atkins@ccm.sc.intel.com ********************** Useful website for teachers and students "Think: Opinions, Ideas and Commentary" (http://www.opinion-pages.org) There you will find searchable indexes updated daily of newspaper and magazine opinion/editorial pages. Since some websites don't permit robots, or change their op/ed page URLs every day, there are pages that list op/ed and letters to the editor hyperlinks by geographic location. This website is the best way -- perhaps the only way -- to keep up-to-date on what media pundits are saying about current events. I've found no other search engine that can offer this functionality on a daily basis. Sincerely, Monty Kersell -------------------------------------------------------------- A service of the Global SchoolNet Foundation. Mail questions to owner-k12opps@gsn.org - To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@gsn.org with: unsubscribe k12opps email@address.whatever in the body of the message. Web archive at http://archives.gsn.org/k12opps/ -------------------------------------------------------------- This list is DIGESTED! Send email to majordomo@gsn.org and include subscribe k12opps-digest to subscribe. ********************** High School Internet Project - free! TIES is sponsoring a free Internet curriculum project which will give high school students the chance to be the experts in an open discussion. Every two weeks, a topic will be presented on the web site and classrooms will be invited to investigate, debate and draw conclusions through the listserv. The aim of the project is not just to have students discuss topics but also arrive at a real life action. Whether that be writing to a public official or calling a local organization to become more involved. The World Wide Forum project is a free pilot project which is open to all high school students from around the world. Classrooms will be presented with a scenarios. Sample Scenario: During the twenty minute home room period many students have appointments to meet counselors, take makeup tests, and accomplish other tasks. However, many students use the time to meet with friends, sneak a smoke, or just walk around the building. Teachers complain that it's difficult to take attendance with so many students missing and insist that a system of passes is needed to keep track of students. Students will be asked to take on different perspectives of the issues presented. During each two week period the students will debate the issue, and work on developing ideas and plans on what actions they can take on the topic. This project will support the skills in the Graduation Standard: People and Cultures Content Standard: Institutions and Traditions in Society- Understanding the Interaction among Individuals, Groups and Institutions Performance Package - Diverse Perspectives Specific skills addressed in this project: * describing points of view concerning an issue * investigating reasons for identified points of view * investigating reasons for alternative viewpoints World Wide Forum will be free on-line from Feb. 23 to April 3, 1998. To join the project send an email to Lyne Motylinski at motylin@ties.k12.mn.us In the email include: 1. Your name 2. Your school 3. Your district 4. Your US mailing address 5. The email address the class will be using to connect with the listserv. To learn more about the project call the Project helpline at 612-604-4468 or email Lyne Motylinski at motylin@ties.k12.mn.us Thank you! The World Wide Forum Project Team Lyne Motylinski motylin@ties.k12.mn.us ********************** Bilingual Educational Site ¡Hola! Les escribimos para pedirles que tengan la amabilidad de agregar nuestro Evita site como un link. Nuestro sitio es el sitio oficial de la familia de Evita, se ofrece en inglés y español, se mantiene al día, y contiene fotos de la familia de Evita que no se han publicado en otras partes. Desde ya les agradecemos su consideración. Fundación de Investigaciones Históricas Evita Perón http://www.infoteam.com/nonprofit/eva/s_index.html Hi! I am writing to ask if you will add the following Evita site as a link. This site is maintained by the family of Evita Peron, is available in both Spanish and English, is updated on a regular basis, and contains many rare family photos. Your consideration is most appreciated. Thank you! Evita Peron Historical Research Foundation http://www.infoteam.com/nonprofit/eva ********************** Math Search engine Search a collection of over 90,000 documents on English-language mathematics and statistics servers: http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/MathSearch.html This is a very, very nice resource. E.g., using three keywords probability, tutorials, online, brought up 100 documents. To show just one: http://archives.math.utk.edu/tutorials.html Another test brought: http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/statistics.html What a snap math is, these days :) :) Cecilia http://www.kmike.com/cecilia/ ********************** Kids Only http://expage.com/page/kidsonly Kids, fun games, internet, play adults too ********************** Kids stuff - Kids Domain I posted this before, and I think other members also posted it, but it's got even better. World Village just made it Family Site of the Week. "On line games and activities, as well as downloads for off line use. Reviews are all over the place, not only of products, but safe surfing sites, holiday activities, educational programs, links to other sites, the list just goes on and on. One nice feature is the sections on safe surfing" http://www.kidsdomain.com This is a nice safe site to use if you're baby-sitting, or have a sitter who's into computers. ********************** Net-Mom News N E T - M O M N E W S February 15, 1998 Volume 2 Number 6 ================================== Welcome back! This week we visit the Tooth Fairy home page, learn about the E-rate and NetDay, and take our virtual hats off to Judy's Rat. We'll also mention a new CD ROM about Net Safety, invite you to enter CyberFair 98, and find out the average May temperature in Edinburrrrgh, Scotland. Remember: Net-mom's book, The Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages, Second Edition, is carefully maintained. When a site moves, we look for it on the Net, and update our database. If you own a copy of the book, and find out that something we've listed doesn't work, you can search for recent changes here http://www.netmom.com/ikyp/updates.htm. 1. Net-mom's Nice Site of the Week 2. This Week's Net News for Parents 3. Ask Net-mom 4. Here at Pollywood Farm ================================== 1. Net-mom's Nice Site of the Week ================================== Did you know February is Children's Dental Health Month? We have two sites to recommend on this topic. The first is produced by a family dental practice in California. They give free dental advice via e-mail in the "Ask the Dentist" section, but check the extensive subject searchable archive of 500+ questions and answers first. Lots of pediatric dental questions are answered! You'll be able to download free educational dental software (for both Mac and Windows) and view a virtual reality tooth demonstration, among other things. We also love the Tooth Fairy, and she has her very own website . Her page has stories for children as well as info for adults, do explore this page with your kids! ================================== 2. This Week's Net News for Parents ================================== Mom! Dad! Need Homework Help? ================================== A new resource offers high schoolers online help in English, Math, Science, and English as a Second Language. They hope to sell it as a subscription service later this year, but right now you can explore it free. You'll find some interesting uses of multimedia, with brief video clips as well as Real Audio pronunciations of vocabulary words. Here's a blurb from the press release: "By using the latest in video and audio streaming technologies, students are personally guided through lessons on a variety of subjects such as: Why Metrics?, Draw Nice Math Graphs by Hand, and How to Start Your English Paper. Experts present each of these lessons, using graphics and still images for support and material review. In the near future, the addition of interactive quizzes will give students the opportunity to test their understanding of subjects in real time. The quizzes will be designed with a multiple-choice interface enabling the individual to get immediate feedback should they choose the incorrect answer. All these applications will incorporate age appropriate language geared to making learning easy as well as fun." The pay version will launch March 2; for $9.99 a month you'll get all the tutorials plus chat areas, galleries, clubs, and much more. Will it be a success? A lot of this is available for free elsewhere on the Net, but the multimedia is a nice touch. Visit the site and look around now, while the preview is available--see what you think. Remember, for younger kids, Freezone offers free homework help! Visit . Kids can post questions to a team of peer experts! A special Home Work Help chat is also provided Monday through Thursday at 4pm Pacific Standard Time . FreeZone's chat, and other interactive areas, are safe and fully monitored. Egad, it's the E-Rate! ================================== President Clinton's commitment to get all schools and libraries hooked up to the Internet by the year 2000 is creeping ahead, but it's about to get a turbo charge via special discounts for telecommunications services. The money will come from what is known as the Universal Service Fund, and the deal for schools and libraries is known as the "E-rate." Naturally, the nice people from the government don't just mail you the cash. You have to apply, and you have to have a technology plan among other things. Don't worry, there are lots of resources online to help you figure out what to do! The organization charged with administering the Fund is called the Schools and Libraries Corporation (what, no acronym??) To help educators and librarians through the E-rate application process, the SLC has just released an updated list of services eligible for discounts under the Universal Service Fund. The list includes more than 50 items under the broad categories of telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal connections. E-rate discounts can range from 20% to 90% depending on a school or library's concentration of low-income children and its rural or urban location. The SLC Web site includes three areas: one where schools and libraries can submit their applications, one where service providers can review them, and a reference area with background information on the program. The reference area includes a feature that will tally how much E-rate funding the SLC has already committed. Once the first 75-day filing window is over and the SLC begins committing funds, this feature will enable schools and libraries to monitor how much of the $2.25 billion E-rate funding pool remains to be distributed. You may also call the toll-free SLC customer service line 888-203-8100. Will YOU be Wiring Schools March 28? ================================== The E-rate may take care of paying for the Net to be brought to the school's front door, but what happens then? Does the school have a local area networK? Many do not. The last couple years there has been an effort to get school buildings wired via an electronic barn raising known as NetDay. Although local "NetDays" can be held at any time, there is a coordinated national NetDay scheduled for March 28. There's a NetDay Technology Resource Kit available for free to all K-12 public and private schools throughout the country. "The kits are funded by national corporate sponsors Anixter, AT&T Learning Network, Cisco Systems, and Kellogg's and also contain official information from the Schools and Libraries Corporation (SLC) on the Universal Service Fund (E-rate). These materials provide information to schools and libraries about the application process for receiving the E-Rate from SLC and assistance to educators in making informed decisions about their school's access to and use of the Internet and the World Wide Web," the press release reports. For more information on NetDay, including volunteer information and instructions on how to organize a NetDay event in a school, visit the Web site . Those without Internet access can receive faxed information about NetDay through a fax-on-demand service provided by MCI. The toll-free number is 1-888-786-3897. Hire This Rat ================================== Need a little help figuring out how to get cable through the school walls? This rat can help. She has been trained to pull wire via the shortest route from classroom to classroom, and she works for candy gummi bears! We are not making this up. This is a very cute site, you'll be a fan of Judy's Rat right away! Be sure to check out the theme song . New Internet Coach for Net Safety CD from Our Friends at APTE! ================================== We haven't yet seen this product, but we bet it's a winner, based on our experience with their other Internet Coach CD-ROMs. You don't have to be online to use them; they teach the ins and outs of both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer, and there are CDs for all age groups. Now there is a new one aimed squarely at giving kids and adults cyber safety tips. The press release says, "The adult section of Internet Coach for Net Safety has an engaging interface that makes finding information easy for even first-time computer users. Extensive information is given on avoiding common problems such as unwanted mail, financial scams, downloading viruses, offensive sites, and password thefts. The program contains many valuable resources for classroom teachers and parents, such as a list of important Web sites, a safety pledge, information about Acceptable Use Policies (AUP), a test for Web safety issues, and much more." "The children's section of Internet Coach for Net Safety...is not just a list of do's and don'ts. The program uses a game, Pizza Panic, to engage the imagination and intelligence of the child. This learning adventure challenges the player to find a lost pet monkey. To make it easy for adults to discuss safety issues with children, the CD-ROM also includes an annotated version of Pizza Panic, called Pizza Panic Plus. Designed as an interactive guide, Pizza Panic Plus helps adults relate the game to real dangers of the Web." The Internet Coach for Net Safety CD-ROM lists for $28.95, and is available by contacting APTE by telephone at: 800 494-1112 or by mail at: APTE, Inc., 1840 Oak Avenue, Suite 320-S, Evanston, Illinois 60201.. Did Your School Register for the CyberFair Yet? ================================== Net-mom's friend Yvonne Marie Andres reminds us that the deadline is approaching for Cyberfair 98 entries. She says, "Showcase your local community, learn about the World Wide Web and win prizes for your school!" International Schools CyberFair 98 is sponsored by Cisco Systems, GTE, and the Global Schoolhouse. For complete details see Here are the deadlines: =>Schools must register by February 28, 1998 =>Projects must be completed by March 31, 1998 =>Peer review takes place April 6 - April 24 =>On-line Awards Event on May 13, 1998 CyberFair is a school-based, global learning project for all grade levels (K-12). Students do research about their local communities in one of eight different categories and then publish their findings on the Web. EVERY school that participates receives "thank you for playing" prizes, and Grand Prizes are awarded the to best entries in each of the eight categories. Grand Prizes Include: 8 Apple eMates, 40 Cisco Microweb Servers, and many more items. EVERY School will receive AT LEAST one of the following: Career Explorer Subscription, Microsoft FrontPage, Apple Web Construction Kit. Yvonne reports,"We are pleased to announce there are currently registrations from 18 countries and 31 US states, but we're still looking for entries! Please help spread the word about the fantastic NEW Global Schoolhouse membership program. Membership is open to all educators for **FREE**. To register and learn more visit http://www.gsn.org/join/." ================================== 3. Ask Net-mom- YOUR question could be answered here soon! ================================== A reader writes: "I saw your memorial page for the children of Dunblane, Scotland . Do you have anything on people born there? My grandfather was born in Dunblane. I hope to visit there in May this year, can you tell me what the weather is like?" Net-mom says: It's been almost two years since the tragic murder of those schoolchildren in Scotland, 3/13/96. We'll be updating our links this week, but we're saddened that many Dunblane memorial pages have gone away. Net-mom's will stay as a permanent memorial to these kids and their community. Dunblane is fairly close to Edinburgh, The Weather Channel gives current weather data for that city here but there is lots more here including a live weather cam on top of one of Scotland's highest peaks. A quick look at the historical climate data here will tell you that the highest temperature in May was 82, while the record low was 27! The average May high is 57 while the average low is 43. Net-mom says, "Dress in layers!!!" For general info on Scotland, we like The Gateway to Scotland . They also offer resources and links on tracing your Scottish ancestors here . For more travel info, you may want to look at the Scottish Tourist Board's pages which offer a fascinating list of answers to frequently asked questions, such as "where are the famous Scottish battlefields?" and "where can I buy bagpipes?" Don't miss Edinburgh's own page either. Send your Net-mom a postcard if you get there, and let us know about the weather! ================================== 4. Here at Pollywood Farm ================================== We've had some gloriously sunny days here at the farm. We've seen robins, and there are fox tracks all over the yard. For Net-mom the first sign of spring is the Red-Winged blackbird and the first crocus, but we have yet to spy either one. This morning the creek had the most interesting icy lace on it, while colder spots featured featherly ice crystal plumes reaching for each other. If they can grasp "hands" they will form another ice layer. In the pond we see the goldfish drift under the clear ice, slow-waltzing their way towards a thaw. Once the water temperature warms to 50 degrees, their metabolisms kick back in and they will be ravenously hungry! But for now---- Attention everyone, the Internet is closing! Please go play outside! Jean Armour Polly, Net-mom mom@netmom.com 4146 Barker Hill Rd. Jamesville, NY 13078 +1 315 469 8670 -4 UTC http://www.netmom.com/ west coast mirror: http://www.well.com/user/polly Author, The Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages, 2nd Edition Osborne McGraw-Hill (June 1997) Net-mom is a Registered Service Mark of Jean Armour Polly. ********************** JustForKidz http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/9077/ kid stuff, penpals, games, links, cyberpets, scavenger hunts... ********************** Dr. Seuss's Birthday Bash March 2 is the birthday of the late, great Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel). In honor of his contribution to childhood education, the National Education Association is sponsoring Read Across America Day on Monday, March 2. The NEA asks as many adults as possible to read to a child Monday evening. The Cat in the Hat is the official mascot for Read Across America. Random House Children's Publishing is also marking Dr. Seuss's birthday with a re-launch of Seussville -- Dr. Seuss's home on the Web . Seussville is populated with characters we've all come to know and love: The Cat in the Hat, Horton and the Whos, The Lorax, Sam I Am, Yertle the Turtle, and many others. It's also loaded with tools to help young readers, such as: * Six interactive Shockwave games -- plus five regular games -- with new games added every month. * A monthly Dr. Seuss Trivia Contest with wubbulous prizes. * A calendar of Seuss events, and a catalog of books, videos and CD-ROMs. * A new series of board games based on Dr. Seuss characters. "Random House has had an overwhelming response to the Seussville site over the past two years," said Mark Dazzo, director of marketing, "and the traffic is still building. We believe that this re-design of the site will bring children and adults even more exciting ways to enjoy Dr. Seuss." We invite you to review the new Seussville web site, and we hope you'll share this news with your audience. If you would like to speak with a Seussville spokesperson, or need any other information, simply reply to this e-mail. Thank you! ********************** Math on-line Have a Math question? Check the archives here and/or Ask Dr. Math http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/ Plus a few terrific link sites: WBAY-TV Homework Helper http://www.wbay.com/homework/math.html MEGAlinks! for Teachers http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/mathlinks2.htm Major Internet Math Providers http://forum.swarthmore.edu/major.providers/index.html Cecilia http://www.kmike.com/cecilia/ ********************** RUSSIA: Schools on Internet Institute of Microelectronics of Russian Academy of Sciences presents new non-commercial project SCHOOLS ON INTERNET http://www.imras.yar.ru/~korn/school Go to IMRAS home page Web master: Nikita V.Kornyakov E-mail: korn@imras.yar.ru ********************** new yucky stuff ANNOUNCE: THE YUCKIEST SIT ON THE INTERNET: NEW CONTENT AREAS Jersey City, NJ -- March 2, 1998 -- Dandruff, zits, funnybones, and snores--ever wonder about about what makes you get them? For the past three months, kids have been flocking to Your Gross and Cool Body, The Yuckiest Site on the Internet's latest feature, to find out all the why and hows of yucky body science. Visit http://www.nj.com/yucky/body and check it out! The newest installments of the Body site--all about dandruff, zits, sweat, and funnybones--launch today and offer children the same high-quality information as previous installments. Hosted by Dora, a real girl, and Wendell the Worm, the Internet's most inquisitive worm reporter, Your Gross and Cool Body gives kids a chance to find out more about their yucky body functions --and even play great multi-media sounds as they interact with the text. Susan Mernit, the Yuckiest Site's editorial director, says, "Yucky offers children a great way to laugh and learn-- and our newest content--all about dandruff, zits, funnybones and sweat--helps children and pre-teens learn more about their bodies in a safe, age-appropriate way." The Yuckiest Site on the Internet was launched in 1995. The site offers science information for kids ages 8-15 and is hosted by Wendell, the Internet's Ace Worm Reporter. Cockroaches, worms, and the reasons why we burp, snore, belch and more are some of the areas covered on the site. Ask Wendell, a science Q&A answers children's questions on a bi-weekly basis. More than 300 children submit questions every week. The Yuckiest Site on the Internet is the unique science entertainment site, named one of the Top 50 Web sites by FAMILY PC magazine, one of the Top 100 web sites by NetGuide Magazine, and one of the best sites of '97 by The Web Magazine. Featured on The Eisenhower Clearinghouse for Math and Science's resource web pages, Yucky is popular with teachers as well. A classroom- ready Teacher Center will be launched in mid-March. This specialty site for kids is created by New Jersey Online (www.nj.com),one of the leading local Web sites in the United States. New Jersey Online is New Jersey's busiest Web site, with over 900,000 monthly viewers, and is one of the Top 10 Internet news sites according to the November1997 PC Meter report. American Journalism Review named NJO one of the top 10 news sites this past month. New Jersey Online is the first full-scale online venture of Advance Publications Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Mernit Editorial Director America's Best Online Newspaper New Jersey Online 1996 NAA Digital Edge Awards 30 Journal Square http://www.nj.com Jersey City, NJ 07306 phone: (201) 459-2887 One of the Top 10 News Sources on the fax:(201)418-7686 Web--AJR NEWSLINK, 1997 smernit@nj.com Subscribe to What's New, NJO's free weekly update. Send email to majordomo@nj.com with the subject line blank, and the words subscribe whatsnew (your name) in the body of the message. Send a Yuckiest Site Ecard! http://www.nj.com/yucky/ecards ********************** Send Your Kid's Name to Mars SEND YOUR KID'S NAME TO MARS! ----------------------------- The nice folks at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration want to send your kid's name to the surface of Mars. As a way of promoting the planned 1999 launch of the Mars Polar Lander, NASA is collecting the names of school children from all over the world. These names will then be stored on a CD-ROM that will be shot into space as part of the Mars Polar Lander's payload. Adding your name to the list is pretty easy (and, best of all, it is totally FREE!). Just point your Web browser to http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/mars/home.htm Then, click on the words "Sign Me Up!" at the bottom of the page. The rest of the instructions are pretty self-explanatory (type in your name, and then click on the "Add Me" button). Now for the cool part. After you add your kid's name to the list of other names being sent to Mars, NASA automatically forwards you to a page where you can view, download, and even print a certificate showing that your kid's name is now part of the payload of the Mars Polar Lander. Three version of this certificate are available: 1. A screen version (that looks GREAT but may be hard to see on small screens); 2. A print version (which looks okay, but uses your browser's less than spectacular default font -- usually Times or Times New Roman); and 3. A blank 87Kb Adobe Acrobat version (you have to have Adobe's free Acrobat reader to view this file; once you open the file, you need to highlight the words "Type Name Here" and then type in your kid's name -- and make sure you press the "enter" key before you print the certificate). All three versions of the certificate are pretty impressive, but the best results come from printing the PDF version on a high-quality color printer. The certificates' message is also pretty cool: Thank you for participating in this historic event. The Mars Polar Lander and future missions to Mars will help us unravel many of the mysteries surrounding the red planet. One day we hope to send space explorers to Mars and beyond. You could be that future explorer, but only if you stay in school and study hard, especially in the areas of math, science, and computer technology. Remember to keep your eyes on the skies because your name is now part of the cosmos! My favorite part of this message, of course, is the part that says "stay in school." ___________________________________________________________________ John Reese Quincy Illinois mailto:jtreese@riverbnd.com http://www.virtualquincy.com/ - Virtual Quincy Directory http://www.shopmidwest.com/music/ - Music Emporium ___________________________________________________________________ ********************** Read Across America Today! Today, March 2, is "Read Across America Day"! Sponsored by the National Education Association, "Read Across America" is a celebration of the joy and knowledge that come from reading. The NEA is asking as many adults as possible to read to a child tonight. Today, March 2, is also the birthday of Dr. Seuss! The NEA has honored him by making The Cat in the Hat the official mascot for Read Across America. Dr. Seuss has helped generations of Americans learn how to read. Now the master of merriment has a new, improved web site loaded with tools to help young readers. Features of the site include: * Six interactive Shockwave games -- plus five regular games -- with new games added every month. * A monthly Dr. Seuss Trivia Contest with wubbulous prizes. * A calendar of Seuss events, and a catalog of books, videos and CD-ROMs. * A new series of board games based on Dr. Seuss characters. Seussville features all the Seuss characters you've come to know and love: The Cat in the Hat, Horton and the Whos, The Lorax, Sam I Am, Yertle the Turtle, and many others. Built by Random House Children's Publishing, Seussville is free and open to kids of all ages. You'll find it at: http://www.seussville.com ********************** 700+ Great Sites for Children: Network Nuggets When it's time to browse the web with children, you might want to start with a large collection of links selected especially for that purpose by people who know kids and really care about them. The American Library Associations's Children and Technology Committee has created such a collection, including sites that are "amazing, spectacular, mysterious and colorful." The suggested age range is preschool to age 14. Categories include arts and entertainment, science and technology, planet earth, literature and language, and more. ALA's 700+ Great Sites for Children: http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html At the "Famous Mistakes" link in the Science and Technology section, I learned that "Liquid Paper" (typewriter correction fluid) was invented by a bad typist who also happened to be the mother of a rather famous rock star (are you old enough to remember the Monkees?) ############################################### . <@> . We send out these announcements to subscribers on CLN's .@@@a@@@. Network_Nuggets-l to let them know about educationally ;@/^/^/@' valuable resources on the Internet. We want to point @@ * * @@ out potentially useful resources -- but we are not @@@ " @@@ guaranteeing that the resources described will be .@ U @. valuable and without frustrations. Network Nuggets is a \___/ service of the Community Learning Network & Open School. Elizabeth Wellburn (ewellbur@cln.etc.bc.ca) CLN, Open School, B.C., Canada, phone:250 953 7431 fax:250 953 7444 Open School http://www.openschool.bc.ca/index.html Community Learning Network http://www.etc.bc.ca/tdebhome/cln.html Network Nuggets Archives: http://www.etc.bc.ca/lists/nuggets/home.html subscribe/unsub info: http://www.etc.bc.ca/lists/nuggets/join.html Permission is granted to redistribute the above message provided that credit is given to the source and no fees are charged. ********************** Safe Search Engine - Ask Jeeves for Kids Ask Jeeves for Kids, a fast, easy, safe way for children to find answers to their questions on the Internet. http://www.ajkids.com/ Try it with some questionable searches, then try it with some searches your kids might need to make. Then, perhaps make a shortcut to it on your kids' desktop, and ... voila 8^) Best, Cecilia ********************** U.S. School Web Site Survey Educators' Study of U.S. School Web Sites Gives Less Than Passing Grade While more and more schools throughout the U.S. are developing their own World Wide Web sites, few site developers seem to have a clear understanding of what they want to accomplish and how best to accomplish it, say three professional educators. Their findings, based on a random sampling of the nation's more than 7,500 school sites, are presented in a pilot study, "What's on the menu? School Web sites in the United States, 1998," published by teacherzone.com. The study was commissioned by teacherzone.com in association with the Ed's Oasis Web project, and developed with students in a Pepperdine University graduate program. (The full report, with graphic analysis and links to a number of school Web sites labeled "noteworthy" by the authors, can be found on the teacherzone.com Web site at http://www.teacherzone.com/specialreports/onmenu/index.html The authors say they found that while many educators and students know how to create Web sites for their schools, few seem to know "why." And, if they do know why, there is a lack of knowledge as to how to achieve that goal. "Unfortunately," the authors say, "the impetus to create school Web pages has preceded the development of a theory governing their contents. So...many school Web sites are not the robust education community resources they should be." The study researchers note that basic teaching skills are not necessarily those needed for effective Web usage in the classroom, and certainly not the skills needed to design and maintain Web sites. (The researchers' vitae are presented at http://www.teacherzone.com/specialreports/onmenu/onmenuauthors.html "To make the most of the Internet and the World Wide Web, we need to know how to find resources, organize them, introduce our students to them, and help students manage the information they find there," the researchers say. "Another set of skills comes into play when we are asked to create the school's Internet presence." The report also notes there are few role models to pattern school sites upon, there is a lack of "expert" resources to call upon for help, and too many schools rely upon the use of students, volunteer staff, or parents to create and manage the site. Carl E. Carlson Swan Communications, Inc. Telephone: 904.772.1074 Telefax: 904.779.9010 http://www.swaninc.com http://www.teacherzone.com ********************** Internet Tips for the One-Computer Classroom The March OnlineClass e-mail newsletter contains tips on how to use the Internet in a classroom with only one computer - either for research or for on-line collaborative projects. If you'd like a copy of this free newsleter, send an e-mail to me at . Cathy de Moll, OnlineClass producer, ********************** Kids, the Net, and the First Amendment Title: Children's First Amendment Rights Lost in The Filtering Debate Source: New York Times (CyberTimes) Author: Carl S. Kaplan Issue: First Amendment Description: Behind the controversy over the use software filtering systems to prevent children from accessing "indecent" material on the Internet in schools and libraries is the question: "Do children have a First Amendment right to obtain indecent materials?" Legal experts say that the answer to this question is incredibly important because the stronger a child's right to access a wide range of indecent materials, the more difficult it is for the government to justify the use of filtering software in places where children gather, like schools and children's computer terminals in libraries. Andy Carvin WWWEDU Coordinator and Moderator andy@gsn.org ********************** Free Easter Craft Ideas For Kids There is a great site that features free and postage only craft supplies for Easter. Great ideas and how-to's. Perfect ideas to work with your grandkids too. This site is at http://www.ppi-free.com/easter.htm Enjoy! ********************** 1000+ Newspaper Links This site offers over 1,000 links to online US and International newspapers, college newspapers and media resources. http://www.writenews.com/newslinks/ ********************** Am I A Crook? Copyright and the Net This seems like a good place to pitch an upcoming PBS ALSS teleconference: Am I A Crook? Copyright Issues on the Internet Thursday, April 2, 2:30 - 4:00 "Get a timely clarification of these and other sticky copyright issues in this not to-be-missed interactive seminar! By participating, you will: Understand the rules governing fair use and cyberspace law; Get trustworthy information from qualified authorities who have already sorted through the legal morass, so you don’t have to; Be free to create online and electronic teaching material without anxiety about copyright issues, because you’ll know what you can and cannot do! If you use or plan to use the Internet in instruction-particularly if you are creating or teaching an online course-you need to be informed. Tune in with your colleagues on April 2 for a clear explanation of the facts!" For more info: http://www.pbs.org/learn/als/programs/live/crook/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------- A service of the Global SchoolNet Foundation. Mail questions to owner-k12opps@gsn.org - To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@gsn.org with: unsubscribe k12opps email@address.whatever in the body of the message. Web archive at http://archives.gsn.org/k12opps/ -------------------------------------------------------------- This list is DIGESTED! Send email to majordomo@gsn.org and include subscribe k12opps-digest to subscribe. ********************** Am I A Crook? Copyright and the Net This seems like a good place to pitch an upcoming PBS ALSS teleconference: Am I A Crook? Copyright Issues on the Internet Thursday, April 2, 2:30 - 4:00 "Get a timely clarification of these and other sticky copyright issues in this not to-be-missed interactive seminar! By participating, you will: Understand the rules governing fair use and cyberspace law; Get trustworthy information from qualified authorities who have already sorted through the legal morass, so you don’t have to; Be free to create online and electronic teaching material without anxiety about copyright issues, because you’ll know what you can and cannot do! If you use or plan to use the Internet in instruction-particularly if you are creating or teaching an online course-you need to be informed. Tune in with your colleagues on April 2 for a clear explanation of the facts!" For more info: http://www.pbs.org/learn/als/programs/live/crook/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------- A service of the Global SchoolNet Foundation. Mail questions to owner-k12opps@gsn.org - To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@gsn.org with: unsubscribe k12opps email@address.whatever in the body of the message. Web archive at http://archives.gsn.org/k12opps/ -------------------------------------------------------------- This list is DIGESTED! Send email to majordomo@gsn.org and include subscribe k12opps-digest to subscribe. ********************** Math Links I find these in a 'To Bweb' folder, but I think I may have sent them already. If so, here they are again :) History of Mathematics archive http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html Lessons, Tutorials and Lecture Notes http://archives.math.utk.edu/tutorials.html Topics in Mathematics: Statistics http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/statistics.html MathSearch (Including stat) http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/MathSearch.html Regards to all Cecilia http://www.kmike.com/cecilia/ ********************** filtering information sites David, I have a list of filtering information sites at http://www.moultonborough.k12.nh.us/ma/mediacenter/libinfo.html#filter the most informative for comparing is Schneider's site http://www.bluehighways.com/tifap but check out the others listed. -- Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out. Cardinal Wolsey (1475?-1530) La Maroon lmaroon@moultonborough.k12.nh.us Moultonborough Academy New Hampshire http://www.moultonborough.k12.nh.us/ma/ma.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST * NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= ********************** NASA Spacelink - Our Mission to Planet Earth: A guide to teaching Earth System Science Now available on NASA Spacelink "Our Mission to Planet Earth: A Guide to Teaching Earth System Science" for grades K-4 includes activities such as setting up a terrarium as an Earth System model to demonstrate the water cycle, the greenhouse effect, and the difference between global warming and cooling. They can also create their own models of instruments and satellites and learn about careers in Earth System Science. The guide is available on NASA Spacelink at the following address: http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/NASA.Educational.Products/Ou r.Mission.to.Planet.Earth/ Note: You received this message due to your subscription to the NASA Spacelink EXPRESS mailing list. If you wish to unsubscribe, go to Spacelink at the address shown below and read the instructions under the EXPRESS option. ------ Spacelink Staff http://spacelink.nasa.gov ********************** Cub Scout Pack 1954 Home Page http://www.bignet.net/~suds/pack1954.htm Cub Scout Pack 1954 Home Page ********************** Explorers of the West New Zealand Presentation For those of you who have been following the Explorers of the West Sketchbook Project I thought you might be interested in knowing that a copy of the sketchbook on explorer James Hector containing the work of some 300 North American students was last week presented to students at the KeriKeri Primary School on the northern tip of New Zealand. James Hector, later Sir James, was part of the first scientific expedition of western British North America in the 1850s. Later, he explored and became one of New Zealand's leading citizens. The project is an effort to help children discover our global connections. Students and teachers wishing to participate in this years sketchbook which will be presented in Ireland are invited to check out the home page at http://upanet.uleth.ca/~haig/ -------------------------------------------------------------- A service of the Global SchoolNet Foundation. Mail questions to owner-k12opps@gsn.org - To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@gsn.org with: unsubscribe k12opps email@address.whatever in the body of the message. Web archive at http://archives.gsn.org/k12opps/ -------------------------------------------------------------- This list is DIGESTED! Send email to majordomo@gsn.org and include subscribe k12opps-digest to subscribe. ********************** teacher resources This is a large list of teacher resources, including software for schools, at: http://www.web-savvy.com/ed/biglist.html ********************** [Clasroom Connect] International Student Journalist Contest International Student Journalist Contest Secondary Schools $3,000 in Awards AFF's is proud to announce the International Student Journalist Contest. About the Sponsor AFF is a secular, not-for-profit, tax-exempt research center and educational organization founded in 1979. AFF's mission is to study psychological manipulation and cultic groups, to educate the public and professionals, and to assist those who have been adversely affected by a cult experience. AFF encourages research and writing on the cult phenomenon. AFF publications and preventive education resources promote research-based and balanced study of cultic groups and psychological manipulation. Prevention AFF's 1998 Student Journalist Contest contributes to preventive education by rewarding student research, writing, and reporting on various aspects of the cult phenomenon. AFF's 1998 Student Journalist Contest aims to: promote preventive education to decrease cult-related abuse encourage journalistic writing support the teaching of critical thinking This year's topic Any Journalistic examination of the cult phenomenon or manipulation in religious, commercial, political, or psychotherapeutic groups. Awards to students and schools Student winners receive scholarship money for outstanding journalistic writing. Schools of winning students will receive preventive education resources in acknowledgement of the teaching of critical thinking. Awards to students First Place $250 fellowship/scholarship award (one winning entry) Second Place $100 fellowship/scholarship award two winning entry) Third Place $50 fellowship/scholarship awards (five winning entries) Awards to schools (eight winning schools) Award to the schools of the winning students is a $224 collection of preventive education resources. Contest Support Resources Online (http://www.csj.org) AFF staff and volunteer professionals have assembled an outstanding collection of online resources to support contest participants. Writers Internet Resources Dictionaries, Grammar, Quotations, Research, and Style Journalism Associations and Schools Student Journalism Support Associations, Student Associations, Journalism Schools, Investigative Reporting, and Journalism Contests Legal Resources Student Journalism Law Resources, Copyright Law, Reprint, and Fair Use Ethics in Journalism Journalism Ethics and Code of Ethics Topic Resources Cultic Studies, Critical Thinking, Journalism Conspiracies, Examining Legends, Hoaxes and Fraud, Popular Press, Academic Publications, and Educators Class Experiment Eligibility Requirements Eligibility of Student Must be a currently registered, full-time or part-time secondary school student. Eligibility of School Contest is open to all public, private, and religious secondary schools. Eligible Publications Qualifying publications are English language, and school-affiliated newspapers, magazines, and literary publication. Eligibility of submission To qualify for submission: articles must be first published in an eligible secondary school-affiliated publication during the 1997/98 school year. Application for Enrollment Complete the online Student Journalist Contest Enrollment Application -- http://www.csj.org follow the link to Student Journalist Contest Home Page. ______________________________________________ Patrick Ryan Director, AFF's Information Services Editor, AFF News Thought Reform Consultant Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2520, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Phone:(215) 339-0040 Fax:(215) 551-9739 E-mail: freemind@pond.com ____________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Classroom Connect Mailing List is a free service run by the staff of Classrooom Connect, Inc. Send posts to: crc@listserv.classroom.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Archives of past CRC posts can be found here: URL: http://www.liszt.com/read/crc/ URL: ftp://ftp.classroom.com/Classroom-Connect/crcposts/ ------------------------------------------------------------ ********************** can we afford to keep computers Title: Schools May Get Computers, But Can They Afford to Keep Them? Source: New York Times (CyberTimes) Author: Pamela Mendels Issue: Education Technology Description: According to a recent report, "School Technology; Five School Districts' Experiences in Funding Technology Programs," once computers are in place in a school, officials often lack the funding for other technology necessities, such as teacher training, computer maintenance and the replacement of equipment that is out-of-date. Susan J. Lawless, one of the authors of the 77-page report, published by the General Accounting Office, said: "Looking forward for the ongoing costs of technology -- staffing, training, recurring costs of upgrading and replacing equipment -- the districts have not been able to put together a stable funding source." Moreover, Lawless said, schools are facing the problem of being financially strapped and having to pay for more pressing needs. "Well, gee, do you hire someone to fix the computers when they break down or do you hire more teachers?" Lawless said, summarizing the dilemma that school officials confront. "Naturally, the choice is to hire more teachers." The report focused on a cross-section of ordinary school districts -- from urban Seattle, Washington, to rural Roswell, New Mexico, to suburban Columbus, Ohio -- and how they have attempted to wire their classrooms. "Hopefully the message of the report is some insight into the real-life issues confronting schools and school districts as they are incorporating technology into their curriculums," Lawless said. Andy Carvin WWWEDU Coordinator and Moderator andy@gsn.org ********************** Clip Art for/of Kids From: MICHELLE TE GROOTENHUIS I have found the "Billy Bear" site a wonderful source for kid-like clip art. Their server is down at the moment, but should be back up this weekend. It's worth checking out!! http://www.billybear4kids.com -Michelle Te Grootenhuis MOC-Floyd Valley Schools ********************** Free Educational Resource FREE EDUCTIONAL MATERIALS! Satellite Tracking Program on the Internet provided by the Sea Turtle Survival League Dear Internet Teachers and Net Educators, As sea turtle nesting season begins from North Carolina to Mexico, the big question is- where will the hatchlings of Xiomara, Debbie and Meghann be born? These female turtles are from different parts of the world, but are each fitted with a satellite transmitter that allows researchers to monitor their migrations from space. Female sea turtles typically migrate to the beach where they were hatched (their natal beach) to nest, after which they migrate back to their primary feeding grounds, perhaps thousands of miles away. The turtles generally remain there for two or three years until they are ready to nest again. Less is known about male turtle migrations, but scientists are hopeful their tracking experiments will help answer numerous questions about their migratory habits. To help integrate this innovative program into the classroom, the STSL will send teachers a free 40-page "Educator's Guide" which includes handouts, student activities and directions for accessing the migration maps throughthe internet. STSL's web page (located at http://www.cccturtle.org) contains a wealth of information about sea turtles, a bulletin board to post questions and answers and a registration form for the Educator's Guide. Visitors to the web site are invited to "adopt", for a $25 contribution, one of the satellite-tagged turtles to help raise funds to support the STSL's many conservation projects. For more information, call the STSL at 800-678-7853. Adopt-A-Turtle is a great cause for a school fund raiser! ********************** Distance Calculator - Geography Tool Here's a nifty online geography education tool! - Anton How far is it? http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server. ==================================================================== Anton Ninno, AskLN Coordinator AskLN@ericir.syr.edu 4-194 Center for Science & Technology anton@ericir.syr.edu Information Institute of Syracuse 800.464.9107 toll-free Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY 13244-4100 315.443.3640 New York State ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Got a question about using technology in the classroom? AskLN!" AskLN stands for "Ask The AT&T Learning Network" and is made possible by the AT&T Learning Network as part of AT&T's 150 million dollar commitment to education. Teachers - visit our website soon! Send your educational technology questions to: AskLN@ericir.syr.edu AT&T Learning Network website: ==================================================================== =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST * NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= ********************** China NetDay 2000 - MIT Students Wire Chinese Schools to the Internet MIT Students Wire Chinese Schools to the Internet Twenty-five MIT undergraduates will travel to China this summer as part of the MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (MIT-CETI) program. Interns will go to ten high schools in four cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, and Hangzhou. Over the course of six weeks, these students will help Chinese high school students and teachers learn to use the World Wide Web and Internet as a teaching tool and medium for international communication. Participating schools include High School Attached to Fudan University, High School Attached to Tsinghua University, and High School Attached to Beijing Normal University. The program is the result of a project started a little less than three years ago to foster better understanding of the Chinese people and culture while improving technology in Chinese high schools. The belief is that cultural gaps can be bridged through the collaborative and constructive use of technology. In the summer of 1996, for instance, two MIT graduate students traveled to Shanghai, setting up the first Web server for a high school in China while gaining a deeper understanding of the Chinese people and culture. In 1997, thirteen MIT undergraduates traveled to five high schools throughout Shanghai, Beijing, and Xian, accomplished even greater milestones. They connected a high school to the Internet via wireless technology, organized the first China NetDay with Sun Microsystems, and hosted conferences in Shanghai, Beijing, and Xian to bring together students, teachers, government officials, and corporate sponsors to address high school education and the use of the web. MIT-CETI is made possible by funding from the MIT-International Science Technology Initiative (MITSI) and corporate sponsors. In 1997 donations from Accton Technology(http://www.accton.com), Anixter(http://www.anixter.com), Delta Electronics (http://www.addtron.com), Microsoft Corp. (http://www.microsoft.com), Northern Telecom (http://www.nortel.com), Proxim (http://www.proxim.com), Sun Microsystems Inc. (http://www.sun.com), and Zi Corporation (http://www.zicorp.com), totaled over a quarter million dollars. While the program has significantly expanded in the past several years, the program is a largely a grass-roots organization based on a large amount of time committed by volunteers. If you are interested in helping with this project, please send a note to ceti-info@MIT.EDU. You can also locate our web site at http://web.mit.edu/mit-ceti for more information. ********************** ELEMENTARY TEACHERS HOME PAGE - Surfaquarium http://www.interserf.net/mcken/ The One and Only Surfaquarium is a website devoted specifically to elementary teachers, their students and parents. The highest quality links on innovative teaching, parenting, and specific content areas. Designed by a career elementary educator and educational consultant, the Surfaquarium ( http://www.interserf.net/mcken/ )is a family-friendly site that encourages getting the most out of the web. 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Check it out: http://home.thezone.net/~stratton/ ********************** Gore backs flexible Net filtering Title: White House Backs Flexible Requirement For Internet Filtering Source: Telecom AM Issue: Universal Service/Internet Regulation Description: The White House endorsed legislation that would require schools and libraries receiving federal subsidies for Internet wiring to develop plans to protect children from inappropriate content, Vice President Al Gore said. But he said the Administration supports a version that "will empower schools to make decisions based on local values" rather than taking "a one-size-fits-all approach." Andy Carvin WWWEDU Coordinator and Moderator andy@gsn.org ********************** Free Bees for everyone! olony is a great place for finding relevant and up to date information about EVERYTHING. There are thousands of forums, each one has its own web listings (you can submit your site), search, chat, and bbs, all for free. 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Colony http://194.74.10.10/colony ********************** Children's websites I've published my bookmark of my favorite Children's websites on the following webpages: Children's Literature websites: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/sites/lit.htm Fun and Games http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/sites/fun.htm Kid's Education http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/sites/kided.htm Tammy ********************************************** Tammy Payton First Grade Teacher and Web-Editor for Loogootee Elementary West Loogootee, Indiana 47553 http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/west.htm mailto:tpayton@dmrtc.net ---------------------------------------------------- Teacher-2-Teacher Postings is sponsored this week by: Airwear Studio T-shirt Designs for Teachers http://www.airwearstudio.com ---------------------------------------------------- TO POST A MESSAGE: mailto:postings@teachnet.com SUBSCRIPTION INFO: http://www.teachnet.com/contact.html QUESTIONS: mailto:staff@teachnet.com ---------------------------------------------------- ********************** Subject Links pages Dear LM_Netters, I have been working for some time on some local "starter" pages for my teachers with links by subject areas. See the results by going to http://204.219.82.3 and then to the Info Center and then click on the book with a door. Hope these prove useful to someone, Dana Pope Dana Pope, Heidelberg High School, popeda@heidelberg-emh2.army.mil =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST * NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= ********************** web page design Hi, I've developed a section on our website called "Developing School Webpages" at this URL: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online.htm I'm in the middle of revising my whole website, so the webaddress will be changing to in a few days. I'll be adding more to this section later... In this, I've begun with discussing Copyright Issues that you should know before publishing student work (or any work!). Then I go into what kinds of webpages that you can develop. This is the section that I want to add more to....right now, all I have is a brief description of the kinds of webpages and examples of those webpages to see how others have created them. Then I go into 6 steps for creating your website. Following that are suggestions on how to announce your publication on the Internet. Take a look, and I hope that it helps you! Tammy ********************************************** Tammy Payton First Grade Teacher and Web-Editor for Loogootee Elementary West Loogootee, Indiana 47553 http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/west.htm mailto:tpayton@dmrtc.net **********************