October 1998
Newsletter.
Most of Canada has already experienced a frost except for
Southern Ontario. To make up for this, we experienced an earthquake,
measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale at its epicentre which originated just
on the other side of Lake Erie along the Ohio-Pennsylvania border just
before 4 p.m.
The last earthquake through this area was way back in 1986,
so it came as quite the surprise for most of us!
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Marjan Glavac editor
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In This Issue:
* LETS'S GO PLAY! LYCOS CYBERSURFARI '98
* WHY IS MONA LISA SMILING?
* ePALS CLASSROOM EXCHANGE
* EDSITEment
* SCHOOL EXPRESS
*ONLINE CHAT
*OCTOBER SPECIAL
* BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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LETS'S GO PLAY! LYCOS CYBERSURFARI '98
My grades 6, 7&8 students have really enjoyed this world wide scavenger
hunt. 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 fourth annual CyberSurfari on October 20th, 1998 at 3:00 PM Eastern
Time.
The 100destination sites, or outposts, are pre-screened for content and
eductional value... therefore, Lycos CyberSurfari '98 is a fantastic way
for teachers and students to SAFELY search the Internet and learn about
the vast resources available to them through this growing media..
http://www.spa.org/cybersurfari
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WHY IS MONA LISA SMILING?
This interdisciplinary inquiry explores the mystery behind the smile,and
features original
Da Vinci music, an interactive quiz, and a dozen Da Vinci diversions. This
site was
created as a result of a collaboration between high school students in
Borlange Sweden
and The Bronx. Visit the site and sign the guestbook with your feedback.
Your comments
would be inspirational to Stephen Feld's inner city multiethnic students
who managed to
create this project in a classroom containing 8088 machines and a single
telephone line to
the Internet.
http://library.advanced.org/13681
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ePALS CLASSROOM EXCHANGE
ePALS is a search engine of over 6,300 self-registered classrooms, from
over 80 countries, that would like to collaborate with other classrooms
using the internet. Founded in early 1996, ePALS is the largest and most
active network of its kind in the world - up to 600 classrooms a month
register by crafting their own free "profile"
http://www.epals.com/
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EDSITEment
Top Humanities Web Sites: a user-friendly site offering one-top shopping
for quality materials on humanities related topics. Each link listed on
EDSITEment has been screened by a rigorous academic review process and
endorsed by a distinguished panel of educators and parents.
EDSITEment is a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities,
the Council of the Great City Schools, MCI, and the National Trust for the
Humanities
http://edsitement.neh.gov
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SCHOOL EXPRESS
School Express in an educational mall offering resources for
schools,parents, and
students. Links are given to hundreds of educational web sites. Check out
the Free
Worksheets for Age 4 to 6, Science, Math, Social Studies, Language Arts,
Phonics
and Geography Great for school and home use.
http://www.schoolexpress.com
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ONLINE CHAT
The wonderful people at teachers.net have set up the
following online chats Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Dec.11. (all Fridays) for 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"
marjan@glavac.com http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
"There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind."
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