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4 Suggestions all from the Educational CyberPlayGround
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1.
MARCH IS NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/womenmonth.html

SPECIAL EDITION
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/womenspecialedition.html
Women In Science
Changing Girls' Attitudes About Computers
Educating Girls in the New Computer Age (2000)
HERSTORIES Classroom Project
Best Online Resources For Women and Minorities in Science and Technolgy
Computer Wonder Women
What you can do to help GRRLS get into technology!



2)
National Children's Folksong Repository
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/

The Educational CyberPlayGround recognizes the nation's
unknown culture makers through the

National Children's Folksong Repository
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/
A public folklore project where children record and submit their folksongs,
indigenous playground chants and songs into the online archive.
You may go to the NCFR URL above and click on the power point demo and
workshop document made for her presentation to Pennsylvania Educational
Technologists at the PETE & C conference last week to hear songs submitted
by participants.



3)
Standing In The Shadows of Motown 2x Grammy Winners The Funk Brothers
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/Stars/funkbrothers.html

Children to integrate literacy, music, and technology is with the
"Funk Brothers Webquest"
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/Stars/funkbrothers.html
Standing In The Shadows of Motown Grammy Winners where they get personal
advice from the Funk Brothers on why they should stay in school, and the
kinds of skills they needed to make in the music business.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/Stars/funkbrothers.html



4)
K12 Education, Technology, St. Patricks Day, Sports & Music Fans
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Linguistics/irish.html

K12 Education, Technology, St. Patricks Day, Sports & Music Fans:
MARCH 1913 at spring training for SF SEALS BASEBALL TEAM that the word JAZZ
first appears in S.F. Bulletin Newspaper sports columns of SPORTS REPORTER
SCOOP GLEESON. It appears as many as a hundred times that summer as only a
sports and baseball word.

Where does the word Jazz Come From?  It all starts with the Irish sports
writers and baseball. Ellis: "There have been many discussions and debates
over where the word Jazz comes from and we are now able to explain it's
origins."  Dan Cassidy, Director of Irish Studies at New College in San
Francisco, singer, author of 2 books: Irish Language influence on Poker and
American Gambling and The Tongue of the Saol Luim (slum) from University
press in Ireland due out in the fall of 2005, explains its roots.

Jazz Etymology: Irish American Vernacular English and the hidden influence
of Irish and Scots-Gaelic on what we call American English. The sanas of
jazz is explained in 7 articles with numerous resources.
The Pizzazz of Jazz:  The Sanas (Irish etymology) of Jazz, Fizz, Fizzle, and
Sizzle,
St. Bridget's House of Fire and The Secret Irish Traveller Bain-Fhile
(Woman-Poet) of
"Whoopie Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Dogies" is available.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Linguistics/irish.html

Karen Ellis
Teacher

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