July 1999 Newsletter.

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• This is the one year anniversary of The Busy Educator's Newsletter. A year ago it started from scratch! Today, there are now 1150 subscribers and growing!

A little over a year ago my book The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web was published by my wife and myself. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support for the book.

It is very much appreciated. The first edition is almost sold out. It has been used as a resource text on a number of school, college and university Internet courses and teacher workshops. It continues to do well on the amazon.com top 75 list of Web Guides (currently it is at #14).

My website at http://www.thebusyeducator.com/ has now been completely revamped
and updated with teacher resources. Let me know what you think. A great big thank you to: Susan Lee, Ruth Kohut, Janet/spedK/nj, and Paula Sword for answering my request for suggestions and sites for teaching gr. 5 Social Studies. I really appreciate it. If you have any good news to share with your colleagues, please e-mail marjan@glavac.com To subscribe to The Busy Educator's Newsletter please go to: http://www.thebusyeducator.com/ To unsubscribe please e-mail me with unsubscribe in the subject line.

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In This Issue:
*UNDER THE HOOD
*TECHNOLOGY COORDINATORS SURVIVAL KIT
*JANET'S HOMEPAGE
*HAYHURST'S SCI-PAGE
*TEACHERS@WORK
*COOL-SITES NEWSLETTER
*PW WORLD
*THE ADHD (UK) WEBSITE
*POCANTICO HILLS SCHOOL
*THE CORNISH SEARCH ENGINE
*CLASSROOM ANIMALS AND PETS
*QUOTE OF THE DAY
*WISDOM SEEKERS
*THE ICE CREAM FLAVOR PERSONALITY TEST
*BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD

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UNDER THE HOOD
http://library.advanced.org/19199/nojava/center.html
Learn the basics of your automobile, test your knowledge, explore in- depth information on specific auto parts and functions. Take a tour, play a game, share your input, browse the auto forum. Diagnose your own car problems through the site's common sympton-solution database. Also included is an auto links resource, references, acknowledgments, and 800 toll free numbers. A great site for your "hands on" students (and for teachers like myself who are "auto mechanics challenged").

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TECHNOLOGY COORDINATORS SURVIVAL KIT
http://www.sccs.santacruz.k12.ca.us/instruction/edtech/conferences/necc98
For anyone dealing with technology coordination, this site is a great resource. Access information on Tech Support, Staff Development, Communication / Tech Coordinators, Teacher Resources, Resources for Students to Use, Internet Scavenger Hunts, OnLine Projects, Acceptable Use Policies, Technology Use Plans Sample Grants, Professional Development Models, Job Descriptions and more!

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JANET'S HOMEPAGE
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/5146/
Janet's Homepage is for Teacher's, Substitute Teachers, (make sure and
read her The Total Substitute Teacher's Page) and students. It is a website that deals with Social Studies and Geography. Plans are to expand to other subjects soon. There are links to internet games as well as some of her own lesson plans. A diverse website for all.

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HAYHURST'S SCI-PAGE
http://members.aol.com/hayhurst1/
Here's a teacher designed site for the use of students. There is a series
of notes that are used for class, daily assignments and a pretest for students
to look at. Topics taught are 8th grade physical science, and 6th grade Science Olympiad.

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TEACHERS@WORK
http://teachers.work.co.nz/
Over 2500 reviewed and rated internet sites for k-12 educators, separated
into curriculum areas. Each site selected must meet a set of 23 quality criteria based on authenticity, navigability, content, presentation and relevancy. Each review has comments on content, presentation, age suitability and applications in the classroom.

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COOL-SITES NEWSLETTER
http://RobswURLd.listbot.com/
Rob's wURLd Best of the Web" is a weekly letter featuring family-friendly
"Best of the Web" and "Cool-Site" selections for ALL ages! You may subscribe for FREE at: http://RobswURLd.listbot.com/ OR: mailto: RobswURLd-subscribe@listbot.com Past issues are archived at the website.

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PW WORLD
http://www.paulawalla.com/ezine.html
Going on a trip, but worried about losing your luggage? Trying to add some ethnic spice to your dinner menu? Not sure what foreign films are worth watching? Subscribe to PW World! PW World is a free monthly email newsletter that features fun and useful international info including travel tips, language flukes, ethnic foods and recipes, women's rights issues, foreign film recommendations, and more! Subscribe for FREE at: http://www.paulawalla.com/ezine.html
OR email: paulawalla-subscribe@listbot.com

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THE ADHD (UK) WEBSITE
http://www.gailmiller.clara.net
Accenting the positive side of ADD and ADHD and knocking down the walls of ignorance. Articles, information, books and a fortnightly on line newsletter; The ADD / ADHD Gazette can be subscribed at:
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/ADDGazette

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POCANTICO HILLS SCHOOL
(TERRY HONGELL COMPUTER TEACHER)
599 BEDBORD ROAD, SLEEPY HOLLOW NY USA 10591
I thank Terry for sharing his students' work and sites below:
Charotte's Web
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/charlotte/index.htm
Charlotte's Web is a site written by second graders at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, NY. It is based on Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. There is an interactive quiz, puzzles and illustrated chapter summaries. Vietnam - A Children's Guide http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/vietnam/vietnam.htm Site created for young readers. Created by the 2nd grade students. Has a picture book for students and
resources for teachers. Nutrition & the Food Pyramid http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/nutrition/nutrition.html
Lots of stuff kids need to know about good foods. Written by first graders.

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THE CORNISH SEARCH ENGINE
http://digitalchaos.hypermart.net/?004
The Cornish Search Engine is one of the UK's premier web promotion sites
on the Net. Read international and local news, add your site and check out
funstuff and kids sites. There is also a newsletter for FREE promotional
advice and quality articles.

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CLASSROOM ANIMALS AND PETS
http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/boekhout
This website is a teacher resource for those who bring animals into their classrooms. The information comes from the creator's own ongoing classroom experiences. Many "how-to" books don't address a teacher's particular questions, so this website lets you access "real" pet-keeping teachers via email. Its teacher registry is the start to a future network of classrooms which will eventually encourage student interaction involving animal projects.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY
http://www.qotd.org/join.shtml
Quote of the Day is a non-traditional way to start up the day. Instead of Eggs or Cereal, you get Emerson, Thoreau, or countless other great minds. To receive a quotation in your e-mail 365 days a year, send an e-mail to joinqotd@qotd.org with your e-mail address in the body, or go to http://www.qotd.org/join.shtml

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WISDOM SEEKERS
http://enduringwisdom.com
A daily insightful quote to inspire, amuse, inform, and motivate. Thoughts
from extraordinary minds! For a FREE SUBSCRIPTION send a blank e-
mail to: wisdomseekers-subscribe@onelist.com

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THE ICE CREAM FLAVOR PERSONALITY TEST
Pop psychology at its finest...
THE ICE CREAM FLAVOR PERSONALITY TEST
Learn all about your personality...(author unknown) Pick your favorite flavor of ice cream from the following:

1) Vanilla
2) Chocolate
3) Butter pecan
4) Banana
5) Strawberry
6) Chocolate chip

Pick your flavor before you continue...
Don't peek! Are you ready to learn about your personality?

A national manufacturer of ice cream, Edy's Grand Ice Cream, commissioned an ice cream flavorology study to determine how ice cream preferences relate to
personality.

The study, conducted by Dr.Alan R. Hirsch (MD), Neurological Director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, revealed that distinct personalities correspond with ice cream flavors. If you like vanilla, you are colorful, impulsive, a risk taker who sets high goals and has high expectations of yourself. You also enjoy close family relationships.

If you like chocolate, you are lively, creative, dramatic, charming,
enthusiastic, and the life of the party. Chocolate fans enjoy being at the
center of attention and can become bored with the usual routine.

If you like butter pecan, you are orderly, perfectionistic, careful,
detail-oriented, conscientious, ethical, and fiscally conservative. You are
also competitive, aggressive in sports, and the take-charge type of
personality.

If you like banana, you are easy going, well adjusted, generous, honest,
and empathetic.

If you like strawberry, you are shy, yet emotionally robust, skeptical, detail oriented, opinionated, introverted, and self critical. If you like chocolate chip, you are generous, competitive, and accomplished. You are charming in social situations, ambitious, and competent.

Marjan's Note: How did you do? The results were uncanny for me!

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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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