January 1999 Newsletter.

Let me wish all of you a Happy New Year for 1999:
 
"May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
The sunshine warm on your face
The rain fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand."

In this special issue, I'm going to share my recent visits with two
remarkable people who have done much in their respective careers and continue to contribute their valuable talents for the good of eduacators everywhere. I had the great opportunity to meet Ron Morrish, author of "Secrets of Discipline 12 Keys for raising responsible children" and Peter de Jager, well known speaker of the Y2K (Year 2000) computer problem.

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Marjan Glavac editor

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In This Issue:

* RON MORRISH
* PETER DE JAGER
* MY NEW YEAR'S GOAL
* AMAZON.COM
* BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD

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RON MORRISH
rmorrish@iaw.on.ca

Ron Morrish, author of "Secrets of Discipline 12 Keys for raising
responsible children" has been an educator and behaviour specialist since 1972. His workshops and presentations have helped countless parents and teachers improve their skills for raising responsible children.

Ron starts out with a very simple question: What has happened to discipline? Could television and the movies have such a negative impact on our children?
Many people think so. Others believe that social issues are to blame,
including poverty, abuse and the breakdown of the family unit. Research says that every one of these concerns plays a significant role. That's not a surprise.

The only real surprise, according to Morrish, is that no one is investigating the most obvious source of problems. Many of the problems with discipline lie within
discipline itself. Many of the strategies that we presently use to raise our children will not give us the kind of children we want.

I visited with Ron in his home for over 3 hours. While there, his 6 year old daughter kept peeking through the doorway to see who her dad was talking to. Ron invited her into the room and introduced us. She then sat on his lap, and listened attentively as we both continued our conversation. There firsthand, I saw that Ron's approach to discipline really works. He is one speaker and author who "walks his talk".

For more information on Ron and his book and videotape, e-mail him at
rmorrish@iaw.on.ca His book is available at Amazon.com,
BarnesandNoble.com
and Borders.com. and bookstores. In the USA, call 1-800-327-5113. In
Canada,
1-800-648-1847. Book $16.95 CDN, $14.95 US. Video $21.95 CDN, $18.95
US.

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PETER DE JAGER
Speaker on Change & Year 2000
pdejager@year2000.com http://www.year2000.com
Tel: (905) 792-8706 Fax: (905) 792-9818
+------ To embrace the Future .... Let go of the Past ----+

Peter de Jager is another person who "walks his talk". I first met
Peter, long before the Year 2000 problem became well known and before either of us had Internet e-mail accounts! Seems hard to believe. In March 1993, Peter organized a free educational conference for educators in Toronto. It was at that conference that I first learned about the potential of computers in education. Up until then, I had been used to using computers such as the PET 4016 and Commodore 64 with limited success.

Peter's conference opened up a whole new world for me and others in the field of educational computing. After the conference, Peter encouraged me with snail mail, then later through e-mail with my efforts to learn more about the computer. (At the time, I had no idea what a C:/ was or how to copy a file on to a floppy disk. Many times at school, I'd phone my wife, the computer programmer in the family, to talk me through the steps I needed to follow to make my 286 to work! As you can see, she's been an excellent teacher!)

In December, I finally had the opportunity to meet up with him and his
lovely wife Antoinette in their country home just north of Toronto. My wife and I had a great lunch and spent a wonderful afternoon talking about everything from the Y2K problem, raising kids, our educational system to trifle and tiramisu recipes.

For more information on the Y2K problem, Peter recommends reading the
January 1999 issue of Vanity Fair for a good historical background to the problem
and going to his site:
http://www.year2000.com
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 MY GOAL FOR THE NEW YEAR 1999

At the beginning of the school year, I teach students the importance of setting goals. The new year is a wonderful opportunity to reinforce goal setting (and
reinforce some of your classroom goals and expectations.)

My goal for 1999 is to do more public speaking on the topic of motivating educators, and integrating the computer and the Internet into the curriculum. If you or anyone you know would like to have me as a speaker/presenter, please e-mail me at marjan@glavac.com
I really appreciate your support.

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AMAZON.COM
http://www.amazon.com

A great big thank you to all of you who have supported my book "The
Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web". I encourage all of you to write a review of the book at amazon.com Thank you very much once again for your support.

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BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD

In the next issue, I will again post the wonderful web sites that have been sent my way. 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 Canada ISBN 0-9683310-0-9 200 pages

speaker, teacher, author
marjan@glavac.com http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
Bonaventure Meadows P.S.
http://www.lbe.edu.on.ca/bonavent/welcome.htm
 "There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind."
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