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Happy Reading For Today

1)
New Pew Internet Data on Parents and Internet Use
Summary:

Teens who want to be safe are generally safe and that Teens whoindulge in risky behavior put themselves at risk.Teens are generally safe online and that the profile of a teen who isnot safe online is very similar to a teen that is not safe off-line.Teens who use social networks to flirt and encounter strangers, mayalso be using chat-rooms.We don't know If the survey differentiates between where strangercontacts were made.Stranger contacts attributed to social networking sites are actuallyattributable to chat-rooms.


The Pew Internet & American Life Project Report
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/225/report_display.asp
Parents view the internet less favorably than in
2004; Teens are more likely than their parents to
say tech devices are helpful Washington, DC -
Parents are engaged with their children's media
consumption, but have less positive views of the
internet today than they did in 2004.  A new data
memo issued by the Pew Internet and American
Life Project based on a telephone survey in
October-November 2006 found that 59% of parents
think the internet has been a good thing for their
children, down from 67% in 2004.
The majority of parents check up on their teens'
internet use-65% say that they check to see what
websites their teenagers visit.  An even larger
percentage of parents have rules about media
consumption; 77% of parents have some sort of
rule about what their regulated their teenage
children's media use.
The majority of parents also say that digital
technology makes their lives easier, but their
children are even more positive about the
benefits of digital devices.  88% of teens report
that information and communication devices make
their lives easier, compared with 69% of their
parents.


2)
CREATING A TELEVISION AD FOR AN INTEREST GROUP
http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_creatingad.htm

participants are asked to introduce the lesson plans, resources, andtechniques that have proven successful in teaching about Congress intheir classrooms. A 2007 participant, Gregory Stewart, WhitewaterHigh School, Whitewater, WI, presented his lesson entitled,

Background information for this lesson follows:

It is important for students to understand what they, as citizens,can do to become involved in the political process. In addition,students need to understand the way in which bias and stereotypingare used by various media and interest groups to influence popular opinion.In this lesson, students examine propaganda and media bias andexplore the ways interest groups get their message across through theuse of media campaigns. Following the development of their owninterest group, students develop an advertising campaign whichincludes the development of a radio and television commercial.


3)
Video Production Curriculum
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Arts/Video_Production_Curriculu.html
Educational Technology Curriculum
Scope & Sequence: Video Curriculum Grades K-8
Video Copyright Laws and Issues
HOW TO VIDEO YOURSELF WITH A WEBCAM

4)

The National Museum of the American Indian is pleased to announce thenew Visual and Expressive Arts Grants program.

The National Museum of the American Indian Visual and Expressive Arts
Grants program offers support to a wide range of arts activities with
the goal of increasing the knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of
contemporary Native American arts. The NMAI considers the recognition of
living artists of the Western Hemisphere to be of primary importance and
will direct support to projects that strengthen the scholarship in this
underserved field and create opportunities for new and innovative work.
Grant amounts will be from $7500 to $15,000.

Applications are accepted in two funding areas:

VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM <http://www.nmai.si.edu/vaeag/visual.html>
Exhibitions and Installations/Publications and Critical Writing

EXPRESSIVE ARTS PROGRAM <http://www.nmai.si.edu/vaeag/expressive.html>
Expressive and Performing Arts

Application receipt deadline:  January 15, 2008
Awards announced:  March 15, 2008
Grant period:  May 1, 2008-April 30, 2009

The NMAI is able to present this opportunity thanks to generous support
from the Ford Foundation's IllumiNation grant program
http://www.fordfound.org/newsroom/view_news_detail.cfm?news_index=203

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5)
Middle School Integrated Unit

Lesson Plans for Cross-Curricular Thematic Instruction
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/Cross_Curricular_Thematic.asp

For Ideas:
An Interdisiplinary Thematic Unit for the United States Virgin Islands
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/culdesac/USVI/usvi.html

A thematic reading module includes music, reading and technologyintegrated into the classroom.

http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/whatresearch7.asp

Virgin Islands Dutch Creole Language
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Linguistics/vi.html

Anansi, Tekoma, and the Cow's Belly Folktale
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/bhm/tekomastory.html
A Brother Anansi and Brother Tecoma Stories spoken in

Standard English and Negerhollands English - translated and spoken byDr. Robin Sabino.


Learn More American Virgin Islands Creole
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/aboutdialect.asp

Kwa is considered to be a language family. Kwa is not a language buta large cluster of more than one hundred languages spoken in south ofCote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Twi (Akan Ashanti...)is a Kwa language. All Kwa languages are tonal languages. Ijo, spokenin the delta of Niger, is also a tonal language.


What is a Tonal Language?
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/perfectpitch.html

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