[ECP] K-12 Newsletters Nov 5th - Nov 8th
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- Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:51:14 -0500
Greetings
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best,
<Karen>
Thursday, November 08, 2007
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Opportunity+For+High+School+Students+To+Qualify+Online+For+GSNs+20072008+National+Vocabulary+Championship.aspx>Opportunity
for High School Students to Qualify Online for
GSN?s 2007/2008 National Vocabulary Championship
GSN Host Dylan Lane Discusses the Competition,
Prizes and Goals in New Cable in the Classroom
Podcast. About the ?National Vocabulary
Championship? GSN?s National Vocabulary
Championship (NVC) is a nationwide academic
competition that offers high school students the
opportunity to win money toward college tuition
through local and national events.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Souths+Schools+Swell+With+Poor+Kids.aspx>South's
schools swell with poor kids
In 11 states, over half of students live in
poverty. Standardized high school exit exams put states to the test.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Verizon+Business+Joins+Interent+11.aspx>Verizon
Business Joins Interent 11
Internet2 has today announced that Verizon
Business has joined Internet2 as a corporate
member. The company plans to engage the
consortium in several innovative ways, including
collaboration with the Internet2 community on
projects involving advanced optical networking as
well as in important areas of next-generation
content delivery and network security.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Another+Amazing+Video+About+Teaching+And+Learning.aspx>Another
amazing video about teaching and learning
The piece is called, ?A Vision of Students
Today,? and features a very large class of
college students, sharing short notes about their
personal and education learning experiences, and
the vast gap that exists between the one that
they have created (one that many of us remain
ignorant of) and the one that we inflict on them.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/CyberSquatting.aspx>CyberSquatting
Cybersquatting Legislation Anticybersquatting
Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) definition of cybersquatting
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/Find+Storytelling+And+Folktales+Classroom+Resources+For+Americans+And+The+Rest+Of+The+World+On+The+Educational+CyberPlayGround.aspx>Find
Storytelling and Folktales Classroom Resources
for Americans and the rest of the world on the Educational CyberPlayGround.
The Greenwood Library of American Folktales. 4
vols. Edited by Thomas A. Green. 2006. Westport:
Greenwood Publishing Group. 1592 pages. ISBN:
0-313-33772-1 (hard cover). This story of the
trickster trying to imitate another occurs in
other variants in the Southwest (See, for
example, the Jicarilla Apache, "Tales of Fox: Fox
and Kingfisher," p. 116). As in the tale types
designated by folklorist Stith Thompson as animal
tales, "The Coyote and the Woodpecker" offers a
moral lesson. The philosophy of acceptance and
noncompetitiveness is consistent with general
Pueblo worldview and morality. (3:109)
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/NECC+2008+Housing+Reservations+Now+Open.aspx>NECC
2008 Housing Reservations Now Open
The National Educational Computing Conference
(NECC) Presented by the International Society for
Technology in Education (ISTE®) 175 West
Broadway, Suite 300, Eugene, Oregon 97401 1710
Rhode Island Ave NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC
20036 neccinfo@xxxxxxxx ? 1.800.280.6218 ? http://www.iste.org/necc/
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/Standing+In+The+Shadows+Of+Motown+Who+Are+The+Funk+Brothers+WEBQUEST.aspx>Standing
In The Shadows of Motown - Who are the Funk Brothers WEBQUEST
Meet my friends The Funk Brothers ~ Karen Ellis
MORE #1 HITS THAN The Beatles, The Beach Boys,
The Rolling Stones and Elvis Combined HOW ALLAN
SLUTSKY GET THE IDEA FOR THE MOVIE? This film is
based on a book of the same title by Mr. Allan
Slutsky that won the 1989 Rolling Stone/BMI Ralph
J. Gleason Music Book Award. Mr. Slutsky a New
Jersey-based musician, author, and movie producer
who worked for 14 years in putting together the
movie, told me that after a theatrical run, the
film will go to cable and then be released on
tape and DVD. The documentary movie has already
played in Los Angeles for a week in December 2001
in order to qualify for next year's Academy
Awards, but that its official world premiere will
be in Detroit in January or February of 2002.
Produced by Paul Elliott and David Scott,
Executive Producers Allan Slutsky, Paul Justman,
Sandy Passman and Karen Ellis Founder and CEO of
the Educational CyberPlayGround, Honorary Funk Sister
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/How+To+Build+A+Web+Page+How+To+Build+A+Web+Site.aspx>How
to Build a Web Page, How to Build a Web Site
LEARN HOW TO BUILD A WEBPAGE AND LEARN THE BASICS OF DESIGN WITH FREE TOOLS
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/WEB+CAM+CLICK+TO+SEE+ALL+THE+FISHIES+LIVE+Very+Fun.aspx>WEB
CAM - CLICK TO SEE ALL THE FISHIES LIVE - very fun
It?s a 4-story coral reef exhibit featuring over
150 species. It?s accessible directly from the
NEA (with feeding times listed) or via this Earthcam page.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/For+College+Students+Time+Management+Is+The+Biggest+Research+Issue.aspx>For
College Students Time Management is the Biggest Research Issue
"Student researchers are keenly aware of the
importance of effective time management," says
John Law, ProQuest director of platform
development, who led the study of student
research habits. "They understand that their
academic success depends upon their ability to
find and synthesize a large volume of
information, judge its relevance, and incorporate
it into their academic experiences.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/NASA+Student+Opportunities.aspx>NASA
Student Opportunities
Registration is open for the 15th Annual Great
Moonbuggy Race. The Cassini Scientist for a Day
contest challenges students to be a NASA scientist studying Saturn.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Virtual+Exhibit+Launch+Dane+Wajich+Danezaa+Stories+And+Songs+Dreamers+And+The+Land.aspx>Virtual
Exhibit Launch: Dane Wajich- Dane-zaa Stories and Songs: Dreamers and the Land
The Doig River First Nation, an Aboriginal
Dane-zaa group from northeastern B.C., has
officially launched their virtual exhibit Dane
Wajich Dane-zaa Stories & Songs: Dreamers and the
Land. The exhibit showcases Doig River First
Nation oral traditions and teaches about Dane-zaa
history and culture through an exciting mix of
video and sound files, photographs, and text.
This online exhibit was developed in partnership
with the Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) at
virtualmuseum.ca, an initiative of the Department
of Canadian Heritage. The exhibit represents the
work of many people over several years.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Announcing+The+American+Folklife+Center+Online+Card+Catalog+Covering+Field+Recordings+1930+To+1950.aspx>Announcing
the American Folklife Center Online Card Catalog
Covering Field Recordings 1930 to 1950
The Library of Congress's American Folklife
Center (AFC) announces the release of its online
card catalog.. This tool will enhance access to
the most heavily used recordings in the American
Folklife Center*s collections -- field recordings
made primarily in the 1930s and 40s. It will be
available on the Library of Congress web site
starting on November 1, 2007. This new resource,
entitled Traditional Music and Spoken Word
Catalog, will provide researchers the convenience
of accessing AFC *s card catalog without traveling to the Library.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/SF+Chron+American+Kids+Dumber+Than+Dirt.aspx>SF
Chron: American kids, dumber than dirt
My friend often summarizes for me what he sees,
firsthand, every day and every month, year in and
year out, in his classroom. He speaks not merely
of the sad decline in overall intellectual acumen
among students over the years, not merely of the
astonishing spread of lazy slackerhood, or the
fact that cell phones and iPods and excess TV
exposure are, absolutely and without reservation,
short-circuiting the minds of the upcoming
generations. Of this, he says, there is zero doubt.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Washoe+A+Chimp+Of+Many+Words+Dies+At+42.aspx>Washoe,
a Chimp of Many Words, Dies at 42
Scientists had tried without success to teach
nonhuman primates to imitate vocal sounds when R.
Allen Gardner and Beatrix T. Gardner, cognitive
researchers, adopted the 10-month-old chimp from
military scientists in 1966. The Gardners,
skeptical that other primates could adequately
speak human words, taught Washoe American Sign
Language, encouraging her gestures until she made
signs that were reliably understandable.
Monday, November 05, 2007
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Social+Networks.aspx>Social Networks
OpenSocial announcement <> Social Web: Positive
side effect <> 2 new 'worlds' for kids 6+ <>
Ultimate photo-sharing on phones <> New mobile
'social networks' <> How YouTube stardom works
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/NSSE+Annual+Report+2007+Available+Experiences+That+Matter+Enhancing+Student+Learning+And+Success.aspx>NSSE
Annual Report 2007 available Experiences That
Matter: Enhancing Student Learning and Success.
NSSE is pleased to present the online edition of
the NSSE Annual Report 2007: Experiences That
Matter: Enhancing Student Learning and Success.
The 2007 report examines NSSE findings and
general themes, national benchmarks, and how
schools and stakeholders are using NSSE results.
Our online edition contains both the Annual
Report 2007 and technical reports related to the 2007 survey.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Inside+The+Mind+Of+A+9+Year+Old+FileSharer.aspx>Inside
the Mind of a 9 Year Old File-Sharer
Everyone knows that a significant number of
file-sharers are teenagers and young adults and
they get their share of press. But what about the
true kids - the under 10?s ? TorrentFreak makes
itself feel old trying to keep up with the agile
mind of a 9 year old file-sharer.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/What+Adults+Should+Know+About+Kids+Online+Networking+Apophenia+Making+Connections+Where+None+Previously+Existed.aspx>What
Adults Should Know About Kids' Online Networking
- apophenia :: making connections where none previously existed
db: There are sort of four properties and one key
practice that are fundamentally different online.
The key practice is that you have to write
yourself into being. To a certain degree we do
this offline as well, whereby you have a body
that you're working with that you then
accessorize to hell. Online you don't have a
body, you don't have a presence, you don't have
anything that sort of marks your existence. There
are four functions that are sort of the key
architecture of online publics and key structures
of mediated environments that are generally not
part of the offline world. And those are
persistence, searchability, replicability, and
invisible audiences. Persistence -- what you say
sticks around. Searchability -- my mother would
have loved the ability to sort of magically
scream into the ether to figure out where I was
when I'd gone off to hang out with my friends.
She couldn?t, thank God. But today when kids are
hanging out online because they've written
[themselves] into being online, they become very
searchable. Replicability -- you have a
conversation with your friends, and this can be
copied and pasted into your Live Journal and you
get into a tiff. That creates an amazing amount
of "uh ohs" when you add it to persistence. And
finally, invisible audiences. In unmediated
environment, you can look around and have an
understanding of who can possibly overhear you.
You adjust what you're saying to the reactions of
those people. You figure out what is appropriate
to say, you understand the social context. But
when we're dealing with mediated environments, we
have no way of gauging who might hear or see us,
not only because we can't tell whose presence is
lurking at the moment, but because of persistence and searchability.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Hearing+Loss+From+Ear+Buds+And+How+To+Protect+Children+And+Yourself.aspx>Hearing
Loss from Ear Buds and How to Protect Children and Yourself
"Parent's can Learn the basics of children's
health on the Educational CyberPlayground. My
wife, who specializes in music induced hearing
loss as part of her dual Audiology/Speech
Pathology certifications, is currently involved
in a research project that identifies the massive
upsurge in this sort of damage. Earbuds are
responsible for a large spike in significant
hearing loss. The tragic thing about this sort of
damage is that it can never be repaired, nor will it heal. It is permanent.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Why+Free+Music.aspx>Why Free Music
The framers of the US Constitution intended to
"promote the progress of science and useful arts"
by granting creative people temporary monopolies.
But I feel that of greater benefit to society
than copyright is that computers and the Internet
enable digital media formats to be copied
completely faithfully anywhere on Earth, and with near-zero cost.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/HOW+TO+Get+NetHappenings+K12+Newsletters+Network+Newsletters+And+General+Resources+IN+YOUR+EMAIL.aspx>HOW
TO Get NetHappenings, K-12 Newsletters, Network
Newsletters, and general resources IN YOUR EMAIL
LEARN HOW TO GET NetHappenings, K -12
Newsletters, Network Newsletters delivered TO YOU IN YOUR EMAIL.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Leopard+Upgrade+Woes.aspx>Leopard
upgrade woes
TIPS: Apple's upgrades have been flawless for so
many years that I've grown to expect smooth sailing. Not this time.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Internet2National+LambdaRail+Merger+Discussions+Terminated.aspx>Internet2-National
LambdaRail Merger: Discussions Terminated
Yesterday the NLR Board of Directors considered a
motion to approve the proposed Definitive
Agreement relative to the proposed merger with
Internet2. For the second time the motion failed
to pass, ending eight months of discussion.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/What+Is+Veropedia.aspx>What
is Veropedia?
REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS: INTERNET:
RESOURCES:Wikipedia: The Next Generation
Wikipedia: The Next Generation It's called
Veropedia. Its goal: To create something that students and teachers can rely on
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Scholarpedia+The+Free+Peer+Reviewed+Encyclopedia+Written+By+Scholars.aspx>Scholarpedia
the free peer reviewed encyclopedia written by scholars
Scholarpedia the free peer reviewed encyclopedia
written by scholars from all around the world.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/U+Of+Oregon+Says+No+To+John+Doe+Fighting+The+Recording+Industrys+Antipiracy+Lawsuits.aspx>U.
of Oregon Says No to John Doe fighting the
recording industry's antipiracy lawsuits
College librarians are leading a charge against
measures in the House and Senate that would grant
federal intelligence agencies great latitude in
gathering data on library patrons.
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