October 1999 Newsletter.

Canadian Thanksgiving October 11
Columbus Day (USA) October 11
Hawke's Bay Anniversary (NZ) October 22
Labour Day (NZ) and my birthday! October 25
I would like to thank the Office of Technology Training and Support for the
Prince George's County Public School System in Maryland, USA for purchasing
500 copies of my book The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web. Each
teacher attending their 4th annual Science, Math, and Technology Conference
on November 20, 1999 will be getting a signed edition of the book and a
disk. Thank you very very much for the vote of confidence in my book!
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Site Correction
A number of people e-mailed me for the URL for THE FIRST GRADE BACKPACK
site. I should have been a bit more diligent researching this link--sorry
about that! The correct link is:
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/grade1.html
Marjan Glavac editor
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In This Issue:
*WEBSITE UPDATES
*ESL ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
*STUDY
*YO, IT'S TIME FOR BRACES
*EARTH SCIENCE AUSTRALIA
*W. C. WALKER ELEMENTARY
*SCHOOL DAYS
*MILLARD CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
*EILEEN'S CAMP CRAFTS AND OTHER FUN THINGS
*MR. LEWIS CLASSROOM
*MRS. GRAY'S SECOND GRADE
*ONLINE AUTUMN
*MULLION SUPERFINE WOOL WEB SITE
*BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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WEBSITE UPDATES
http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
Find out the results of the Back to School Poll posted last month on my
site. I was a bit surprised. Now after being back at school teaching for
the past 4 weeks, I'm not surprised at all! I've added another poll and put
the polling results from the Back to School Poll in a separate archive. Try
it out and see how other educators voted! Send me your suggestions for
future polls!

I've also listed links to a number of Colleges and Universities using my
book The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web
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ESL ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
http://www.CyberTip4theDay.com/
Improve your English every day by learning something of immediate value that
you can put to use as you communicate in English. Idioms, proverbs, jokes &
riddles, grammar, vocabulary & spelling tips, speaking & pronunciation
techniques and much more: learning is fast and fun when the format is lively
and concise.

(NOT intended for native speakers of English.)
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STUDY
http://www.CyberTip4theDay.com/
Get the inside scoop on choosing courses, speed reading, taking better
notes, getting As on term papers, improving memory, how to ace tests,
staying motivated and more — all in less time, so you have more time for
rest and fun. Includes tips on health, loans, scholarships and making money while in school.
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YO, IT'S TIME FOR BRACES
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5029
This site was awarded the first place prize for Thinkquest Junior 1999 in
the category of Health and Sports. This team of fifth graders from New York
City created this website to help kids and their parents know what to expect
when they have orthodontic braces and appliances. The website has advice
from more than 20 orthodontists and dental specialists. Eight orthodontists and an oral surgeon answered a long survey about their childhood, dental school and work with kids. There is a journal, a cartoon story, celebrities page, soft food
recipies, history, links, lots of pictures and a guestbook full of comments
from kids all over the U.S. and around the world.
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EARTH SCIENCE AUSTRALIA
http://www.bushnet.qld.edu.au/schools/msb/enet/testpag/index.html
Earth Science Australia is for people with an interest in earth science. It
has provided freeware, images, animations, text and other resources since
1996. It is operated from Mt. St. Bernard College, a remote rural high
school of 260 in Far North Queensland Australia.
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W. C. WALKER ELEMENTARY
www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/walker
Walker Elementary's web site provides great teacher, parent, and student
resources focused on Pre-K through 5th grade. Tons of resources for online
learning experiences and information for everyone. Updated regularly with
sites reviewed for appropriateness and value. Provides links to lesson
plans, online math practice, technology how to's, parenting and safe school
information, fun, and much more.
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SCHOOL DAYS
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/9673/welcome.htm
School Days was created primarily for teachers, parents, and other
educators. Here you'll find lesson plans, thematic units, free original
graphics, Sunday School ideas and links to free teacher and parent resources
on the web. You can also find some inspirational pages to motivate you in
your quest to educate children. It was created by an elementary teacher who
has thirteen years of classroom experience.
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MILLARD CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
http://www.esu3.org/web/mcms.html
The purpose of this web page is to provide students, staff, parents, and the
community easy access to information about Millard Central Middle School and
to provide students and staff members easy access to high quality, safe
resources appropriate to Central Middle School curriculum. Special features
include search tools, curriculum links, current events resources, and
curriculum pathfinders, which are designed to supplement specific units of
study. Students have developed many of the web pages about their school.
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EILEEN'S CAMP CRAFTS AND OTHER FUN THINGS
http://members.home.com/saw2/crafts/
Eileen's Camp Crafts and Other Fun Things is a site for children, parents,
preschool - elementary teachers, Sunday school, Jewish Educators and camps.
Features crafts and links for beadie animals, clay, braiding, general and
Jewish crafts, plus many orginial projects. Includes a guide to supplies and
resources plus fun pages for games and educational sites for children.
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MR. LEWIS CLASSROOM
http://welcome.to/MrLewisClassroom
Mr. Lewis Classroom is a high school physics and biology classroom site
located in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Starting in 1995 to showcase the students
and their work the site has become a splendid documentary of their year to
year efforts as well as an excellent learning by example tool for other
teachers and students.
Posted are samples of each year's physics class projects including toothpick
bridges, catapults, roller coasters, and egg drop devices. In addition you
will find a wide assortment of 3D java enhanced molecules in the biology
section, a lecture series, class pictures, midi jukebox, educational links,
awards, and much more.
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MRS. GRAY'S SECOND GRADE
Classroomhttp://www.genevaschools.org/spencer/clasroom/mrsgray/index.htm
This second grade classroom at Spencer Elementary in Geneva, Ohio, U.S.A.
showcases their Internet and Classroom Projects. Here you'll find artwork,
stories, research papers, links, photos of projects and pets, recycled pets,
dinosaur dioramas, experiments, graphs, charts, surveys, online quizzes,
book reports, copies of their 100 e-mails and postcards, digital photos of
Giant Silk moths and two generations of butterflies, plus lots more!
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ONLINE AUTUMN
http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ssilverman/autumn/index.html
Need autumn ideas? Teachers can use the interactive activities and autumn
links as a resource with their students or get some ideas and plans for next
year.
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SUPERFINE WOOL WEB SITE
http://www.superfinewool.com
The Mullion Superfine Web Site informs viewers about the process if
producing superfine Merino Saxon Wool. It gives insight about life on a
sheep property including sections about the history, the production cycle of
growing our wool, benefits of superfine wool and who our customers are.
There is also a survey about wool and a What's New section informing the
viewer about the latest happenings and photos around the property. Stop on
by for a visit!
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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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