NHN: NETHAPPENINGS NEWSLETTER #27 Summary
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NHN: NETHAPPENINGS NEWSLETTER #27 SUMMARY
NEW THIS WEEK for NHN
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Dear Readers,
Net Happenings Newsletter, launched by the
Educational CyberPlayGround, features both news and resources.
Karen Ellis* Founder of the Educational CyberPlayGround invites
others to help sponsor NHN sent to members of the
NetHappenings Mailing List.
Written by Classroom Teacher Alan Haskvitz
1997 National Teacher's Hall of Fame
All USA Today First Team Teacher
Reader's Digest Hero in Education
Cherry International Award for Outstanding Teachers
1994 National Middle Level Teacher of the Year (NCSS)
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Edited by Karen Ellis Founder of ECP
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IN THIS ISSUE
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IN THE NEWS
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- School vouchers out in South Carolina....too much money.
- Seven myths of gifted education
- Committee of teachers and national testing experts recommended lowering
the passing score in math.
- Students could earn high school diplomas without taking a single math or
science class after their sophomore year.
- Republicans only on Texas finance committee
- Drexel University Boasts Country's Youngest Ph.D. Candidate
- Creationism: God's gift to the ignorant
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ECP INTERESTING UPDATES
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- Texas law about to change so they don't have to buy textbooks. The
Advantages of using DIGITAL Online Curriculum instead of books.
- How to Keep Your Child Safe on the Interent, latest problem & latest
solution.
- Buying Music Online for about $.12 a song. Labels, dot com's, and
countries don't control the borders.
- For the first time hear the quintessential cowboy song,"Whoopie Ti Yi Yo,
Git Along Little Dogies" and "Paddy Works On The Railway" (ca. 1835)
work song re-translated back into their linguistic roots in the Irish
language.
- U.S. and Foreign Universities Use Internet2's Advanced Network and Real
Time Video-Conferencing to Form an Online, Global Classroom
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SITES YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW EXISTED
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- Unusual wines
- Location of webcams around the world, and some in it.
- National Weather Service, Space Enviornment Center
- Citizen ICAM allows the public to query the Chicago Police Department's
database of reported crime.
- Cycles: African Life Through Art
- Melton Arts: Learning About Judaism Through the Arts
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FACTOIDS
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- What percent of Americans think public school teachers should be licensed
in the subject areas in which they teach?
- What percent feel teachers deserve increased salaries?
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As always thanks for reading,
Al
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