November 1998 Newsletter.

The signs of computer technology are now unmistakable.  More and more, teachers and administrators need to be computer users.  Memos from consultants and superintendents are now being sent via e-mail.  Report cards have gone electronic and many teachers this weekend are installing them from a CD ROM on to their computers at home. 

With any new changes there are tensions and frustrations, especially when the technology doesn't work as it's supposed to work.  Karen Ellis,
(her site THE AMERICAN VIRGINISLANDS is reviewed below) sent these words of advice to help anyone dealing with this:"Remember when you are about to teach about technology, and your class has that "deer caught in the headlights" expression in their eyes, remember....

                   "Come to the edge," he said.
                    They said, "We are afraid."
                    "Come to the edge," he said.
                        They came.
                            He pushed them...
                                and they flew."
                                     Guillaume Appollinaire

Thank you Karen for those words.  They sure have come in handy. To add a new email address please go to: http://www.thebusyeducator.com/

Marjan Glavac editor
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In This Issue:
* LETS'S GO PLAY!  LYCOS CYBERSURFARI '98
* EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
* THE AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS
* THE ART TEACHER CONNECTION
* VOLCANOES ONLINE
*ONLINE CHAT
* BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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LETS'S GO PLAY!  LYCOS CYBERSURFARI '98
Although registration began on October 20 for CyberSufari, you can still sign up any time until the end of the contest--November 20. This treasure hunt lasts one month and is open to individuals and/or K-12 school teams (these teams consist of 2-5 students). You can also register at home any time until the end of the project.  I really enjoy doing this project. 

It gives students an opportuity to use an Internet browser for a clear purpose; practice in using their e-mail address; practicing team cooperation and developing their reading and thinking skills. Some of those clues aren’t easy, but with some re-reading and digging, can get students the answer. The sites in themselves are well worth checking out, and bookmarking!
 
http://www.spa.org/cybersurfari
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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
Here's a great site for teachers looking for educational technolgy resources. There are links to Web sites of interest to teachers and faculty--professional organizations, curriculum design, distance learning, search tools, and describes a handbook for integrating the Internet, multimedia, video, books, television and other media into school curriculums, following systematic approaches to the design and conduct of instruction.
http://members.aol.com/hackbarths/index.html
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THE AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS
Karen Ellis and Guavaberry Books presents a densly packed site designed to help educators integrate technology into the classroom. There are links to:
*United States Virgin Island Caribbean Curriculum - West Indian Culture
*Teaching to Standards
*Integrate Literacy, Music, and Technolgy into the Classroom - ESL & Linguistics
*Integrate Domino into your classroom - Carribean Folksongs, Proverbs, Games
*Teach Children to Read - Cross Curricular platform designed especially for dialect speakers, diversity and children at risk.
*Black History Month All Year Long
*Research on how Music Makes You Smarter
*Interdisciplinary Educational Curriculum
*Web Sites for Teachers, Technology, Curriculum, Administrators, Librarians
*Hot Technology Tips
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/guavaberrybooks/usvi.html
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THE ART TEACHER CONNECTION
This site is meant to be used by visual arts teachers, students and classroom teachers interested in the visual arts. Students and teachers should check here before doing art reports or looking for websites with art content. This site will link you to hundreds of great sites with visual art resources and lessons sites that are reviewed. There are student galleries, a page to request information from other art teachers and articles that
will help you intregrate the Internet and computers into your visual arts curriculum.
http://www.primenet.com/~arted
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VOLCANOES ONLINE
Volcanoes Online is a web site designed to educate students about volcanoes; more specifically, what a volcano is, how they are formed, and how eruptions effect us all. Visitors may test their knowledge of volcanoes with online games and multiple-choice quizzes.  Questions come from a comprehensive guide covering many aspects of volcanoes, anywhere from plate tectonics to destructive eruptions of the past.  The site also includes a searchable database of volcanoes.  The database has a lot of information including pictures, location, dimensions, volcanic activity, and other features.  Links to other volcano sites, list of book titles, magazine articles, and more resources are listed for further research. By students, for students and educators.
http://despina.advanced.org/17457
ONLINE CHAT
The wonderful people at Teachers.net have set up the following online chats  Nov. 13, Dec.11. (all Fridays) for me to discuss the following topic: Internet tips, ideas and projects for the K-12 Classroom.  Hope to "see" you online (Thanks to Kathleen Carpenter for setting this up.)
http://www.teachers.net
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BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
Thank you for all the great web sites that a lot of you e-mailed to me.  I'm slowly
evaluating the sites and have included some of them in this issue.
If you have a web site or know of one that you feel merits the Busy Educator's Award, please feel free to send me your suggestions.  The award is given out to web sites that contain excellent content for busy educators.
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Send us those tips, insights or web sites that have helped you with your class and students. We will share these in future updates.
Please send to: marjan@glavac.com
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Mr. Marjan Glavac   author of  "The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web"
LONDON, Ontario                    ISBN 0-9683310-0-9
Canada                                           200 pages
marjan@glavac.com                    http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
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