Net Happenings Newsletter #4 November 9, 2004
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NHN: Net Happenings Newsletter #4
NEW THIS WEEK for November 9, 2004
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Dear Readers,
Welcome to the Net Happenings Newsletter, launched by the Educational
CyberPlayGround, this newsletter features a new format with the emphasis on
both news and resources. Karen Ellis* Founder of the Educational
CyberPlayGround will continue to carry the sponsorship of Net Happenings
Newsletter which is published to all members of the NetHappenings Mailing
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Written by Classroom Teacher Alan Haskvitz
1997 National Teacher's Hall of Fame Inductee 1999 All USA Today First Team
Teacher
1994 National Middle Level Teacher of the Year (NCSS)
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In This Issue
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Valuable Sites,
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IN THE NEWS
Messages to Soldiers in Iraq.
Here is an opportunity to help out by simply having your students put
together small cards and paper roses to be sent to the soldiers in Iraq. I
great service, costs the school nothing but postage, and gives students an
opportunity to express themselves as well as doing community service. Put
together by my friend and fellow National Hall of Fame Teacher and cancer
survivor Dr. Larry Baran. For more details write projectrosebuds@xxxxxxxxx
Have a "Secret Method" in the classroom
Edutopia, The George Lucas Educational Foundation's new magazine, is looking
for comments to feature in an ongoing department called Sage Advice, another
way to share good ideas. (ED, NOTE. I have tried to contact this
organization in the past about resources and ideas to no avail, but you
could have better luck.) Send 100- to 300-word replies to sage@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Armed Forces Schools Looking to Paperless Learning
Joe Tafoya, the Department of Defense Education Activity director, sees
paperless classrooms as the future. Students will use their own terminals, a
library of CD/DVDs and high speed Internet access to promote learning, he
ventured. ed. note As a classroom teacher, I have noted that middle school
students frequently do not know how to look up a person in an encyclopedia
because they use the individual's first name only. The Internet has made
alphabetical order nearly meaningless. If the Department of the Defense has
this system in place I wonder what the results might be?
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=3D104&article=3D25301
How Old is Too Old?
This might be the answer in Canada as a School District 47 in British
Columbia spokesperson said that seven-years-old is too old. The District may
be looking at an attractive off-lease program of three-year-old computers
supplied by the ministry of education for $175 each. Now that is a
government that cares.
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=3D1998&dept_id=3D221583&newsid=3D132=
78156&P
AG=3D461&rfi=3D9>
Global Webcast Discussing International Education and Technology
This is an opportunity to take part in an interactive talk with one of the
Undersecretaries at the Department of Education and iEARN coordinators from
Africa and Asia about project-based learning and online collaboration. It is
scheduled for November 19. Log on to www.kidzonline.org/iew and click on
webcast.
Children don't exercise enough at preschool
By Nanci Hellmich of USA TODAY writes that children aren't even exercising
two hours a day and this may be the cause of a heavy (you read that
correctly) increase in overweight children. The report she quotes indicates
that 10% of children ages 2 to 5 are overweight; another 12% are at risk of
becoming so. More than half of 3- to 5-year-olds go to preschool. One very
interesting insight was that even at this young age the focus of is on
cognitive skills such as preliteracy, premath skills without as much
consideration given to social, emotional and physical development, according
to the Gerber sponsored study.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-11-01-preschool-exercise_x.htm
VALUABLE SITES
These two sites deal with interesting trials in history. Makes you wonder if
one isn't based on the other site. I like the law buzz one best.
<http://www.awesomestories.com/famous_trials/index2.htm>
<http://www.lawbuzz.com/static.htm>
You Gotta See This
This site gives you the graduation rates of colleges plus the costs and
percentage of transfer students. A great source of information. For example,
the University of Southern California, a private school in Los Angeles,
costs $40,182 per year, and a four-year graduation rate of 56.8%. Its rival,
UCLA costs $19,824 per year, has 46.9% four-year graduation rate, but nearly
a 85 percent six year graduation rate. Which means that you can take an
extra two years at UCLA to graduate and still save a bundle.
http://www.graduationwatch.org/select.php
Online Education: "DIPLOMA MILLS"
The Automation of Higher Education a history of how college tuition became
so expensive and the the reach of the military-academic complex. "Tuition
began to outpace inflation in the early 1980's, at precisely the moment when
changes in the patent system enabled the universities to become major
vendors of patent licenses."
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/DISTANCE%20LEARNING/DigitalDiploma.html=
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Free Downloadable PowerPoint Presentations for Most Subjects
This is a slow site to download due to the heavy bandwidth requirements of
the presentations, but they are worth a look. This site can save you a lot
of time.
http://jc-schools.net/ppt.html
An all in one kid's Internet search page
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/search.html
Includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, search engines, and library links.
Helpful for the young.
http://www.kidsclick.org/ksearch.html
Country Specific Search Engines
Learn to protect yourself and help free the world from CENSORSHIP.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/searchcountry.html
An Absolute First Rate Union History Sites
This site has the main points in union history by years and in easy to use
form. Handouts and simple questions, too. For high school or gifted middle
schoolers, a side of history too often forgotten in today's textbooks, this
site has some startling data that should make for great learning
opportunities.
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/curricul.htm
How Does the US Compare to Other Countries on Defense Spending?
This site has a nice table and other data that might open a few eyes. In a
nutshell, the US is responsible for about 50 percent of the world's miltary
spending.
<http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp#InContextUSM=
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litarySpendingVersusRestoftheWorld>
Now compare military spending in the world with spending on education by
country (top 100)
If you are in a hurry, the US is listed as number 47,about the middle level.
Would make a nice essay topic to compare defense and education spending.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/edu_edu_spe
Essential Keyboard Shortcuts
Easy to learn and real timesavers. For example, if you need to get into
Windows desktop in a hurry hold down the Windows key and press D. Also,
Windows-E zips you to My Computer.
http://msn.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,116190,00.asp
Application Tutorials - How do I ?
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/apps.html
Is Your School Website listed in the Registry?
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/admin.html
Read about the Advantages of DIGITAL Online Curriculum:
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/Home_culdesac.html
"WEBUCATION" Online learners can have a multisensory experience, by
combining audio, video, text, and graphics and where they can control the
information they want, when they want it all through Hypertext. Information
that is presented using the four learning styles. (VARK) Visual, Aural,
Kinesthetic, along with and Reading/Writing is more effective. Read what
Children say about their teachers and schools.
Interested in the newest cars, including the best vans?
Check out my reviews of the 2005 cars.
http://www.motorists.org/new/carreviews/index.html
Grant listings
http://www.cte.iastate.edu/resources/sources.html
Scholarships
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/grants_scholarships.html
Thanks for reading.
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