August 1999
Newsletter.
PRESENTATION
I will be presenting my keynote speech "Chalk Board Lessons From The
Digitial Age at the convocation ceremonies of the Caswell District School
Board in Yanceyville North Carolina on August 4, 1999. I'm looking forward
once again to meeting many of my teaching colleagues from North Carolina!
To subscribe to The Busy Educator's Newsletter please go to:
http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
Marjan Glavac editor
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In This Issue:
*FACE TO FACE WITH PORTRAITS FROM THE PAST
*HOMEFIRES HEARTH
*SOFTWARE de QUÍMICA
*TRANS-AMERICAN TREK99
*OLD ORCHARD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
*50 NIFTY UNITED STATES
*TIDDLYWINKS
*BRIAN'S GREAT EDUCATIONAL WEB SITES
*TECHNOLOGY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
*THE WACKY WORLD OF WORDS
*THE SOFTWARE LEARNING MALL
*BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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FACE TO FACE WITH PORTRAITS FROM THE PAST
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com
Carmine Chameleon has accidentally set off a time machine and brought
five people from history into the present. Can you help him return them
to their proper time? You'll have to identify them based only on their
portraits. Learn about art history and portrait-making in this fun and
educational interactive ArtEdventure.
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HOMEFIRES HEARTH
http://www.homestead.com/homefireshearth/index.html
It's just what you've been looking for, an e-zine created FOR and BY
Christian homemakers. You'll find each issue packed with creative, fun,
and useful homemaking helps, such as tips, advice, ideas, humor, recipes,
cleaning hints, web
links, inspirations, and more. Subscribe now and start receiving the
twice-weekly e-zine that will bless you as you create a loving, Christlike
atmosphere in your home. One issue of this family-friendly homemaking
e-zine and you'll be hooked!
For a sample copy, write to homefires@nospin.org.
To subscribe, go to
http://www.homestead.com/homefireshearth/index.html
Or send an e-mail to Homefires_Hearth-subscribe@onelist.com
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SOFTWARE de QUÍMICA
http://personal.redestb.es/pefeco/index.html
This bilingual (Spanish and English) site reviews Chemistry software on the
Internet. The programs are evaluated and then classified in several groups.
Chemistry resources and links to other chemistry sites are also found here.
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TRANS-AMERICAN TREK99 - SEPTEMBER 4-23 1999
http://www.bordertoborder.com
Trans-American Trek 99 sponsored by The Border To Border Expedition Society
will explore the Klondike Gold Rush area of Alaska, the Yukon & Northwest
Territories of Canada via off-road Land Rover vehicles to north of the
Arctic Circle to Inuvik, NWT (approx. latitude 68 degrees North).
Using modern day communications technologies, schools around the world can
“travel” with these 20th century “Stampeders” while on the trail through
“voices” of Labrador Retrievers “Cleo & Rufus” (and of course their
intrepid
master Andrew and his father Jim). Students will be able to interact with
the expedition via multiple venues: Two-way Amateur radio schedules; Daily
e-mail/photo exchanges; Online classroom activities; Real-time adult
supervised chat room; and General message board posting.
FREE SCHOOL REGISTRATION ACCEPTED NOWRESERVE YOUR SPACE
http://www.bordertoborder.com e-mailto: labrover@bordertoborder.com
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OLD ORCHARD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
http://www.timolson.com
This site is about teaching middle school health and using technology
(especially digital cameras) in education. It also honors student
achievement and participation in school activities. It is the hope of the
webmaster to inspire his fellow teaching colleagues to use the internet to
engage their students
in learning.
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50 NIFTY UNITED STATES
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5201/
Written by a group of sixth graders, at this site you will learn about the
fifty states of the US in a fun and exciting way. There are many different
ways to learn. You can read what we have written, click on our links to
find out more, take
quizzes to test yourself, play games, and do puzzles. We have state flags
and songs! You can even add to the site.
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TIDDLYWINKS
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Fountain/2131/tiddlywinks.html
Tiddlywinks is a growing collection of original ESL (English As A Second
Language) activities for teachers to print out and use in their classrooms.
Some of them can be used by regular teachers as well. All them are
teacher-friendly and student-approved!
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BRIAN'S GREAT EDUCATIONAL WEB SITES
http://browser.to/teachersites
Visit Brian's Great Educational Web Sites and search through over 45 school
subjects and over 550 of the web's top educational sites. Check out the
weekly Top 10 and Site of the Week. Sign up for his biweekly educational
newsletter directly from his home page!
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TECHNOLOGY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
http://www.techlearning.com/content/working/articles/teacher.html
My good friend Caroline McCullen sent me the following: "Technology &
Learning Magazine sponsors this annual contest, and as a former National
Teacher of the Year, I can tell you that the experience is amazing. If you
know an exceptional teacher who uses technology...or if you *are* that
teacher...please consider filling out this nomination form. The deadline
for submission is September 10, which means teachers will have the rest of
the summer to write up their activities from last year."
I know we have great talent on this list, and I do hope some of you will be
interested. I encourage you to share the above URL with any of your
innovative colleagues who may want to apply for this honor. The contest at
the time of publication is open to American teachers only.
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THE WACKY WORLD OF WORDS
www.members.home.net/teachwell/index.htm
Challenge your students with the many word play activites available here.
Students from grades 2 and up will enjoy solving word puzzles that include
anagrams, numberletters, compound clues, words-within-words and fractured
fractions, just to name a few. Increase student vocabulary, spelling and
word awareness in a fun way!
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THE SOFTWARE LEARNING MALL
http://www.slmall.com
The Software Learning Mall delivers a Software Tips Newsletter each Monday
to currently 900 subscribers. Each issue contains a collection of five or
more tips for Windows, the Microsoft Office Suite, Internet Browsers and
more. The website offers free software training resources to download, a
PC Doctor to answer visitors questions by email, a monthly drawing for new
prizes every month, and more. The resources available at the site are
useful to everyone.
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BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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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