August 2000 Newsletter 

A FREE newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author
Marjan Glavac.   http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
Civic Holiday August 7
Bank Holiday (UK) August 28

Summer is a time to reconnect.  The days have been taken up watching
Collin and Vanessa's soccer games, (her first year--loves it); taking the
kids swimming at the community pool, where I invariably run into my
own kids (though many don't recognize me because of the "writer's"
beard I'm growing!); getting caught up with my son's interests--Pokemon
(we watch the shows together--now I understand what it's all about) and
Vanessa is my source for any Harry Potter questions--she's read all the
books; watching our favourite TV show as a family--Survivor.  Collin
thinks Richard is going to win.  Or it might be Rudy.
The book The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web 2nd
Edition is finished. (There will be an exclusive offer to readers of the
newsletter next week).

All the best to you this summer as you reconnect with your family and
loved ones.
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In This Issue:
*CLASSROOM TEACHER'S EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS
*MIDDLESCHOOL.COM
*A WORLD OF ENGLISH
*MR. K's LINKS 2 LEARNING 4 EDUCATORS
*FREE STUFF FOR CANADIAN TEACHERS
*WORLD WIDE LEARN
*SPORTS MEDIA
*VIRTUAL-EGYPT
*THE STRINGSTUFF PAGE
*EXWORTHY EDUATIONAL LINKS
*SCIENCE ON WHEELS WEBSITE
*eBOARD.COM
*BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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CLASSROOM TEACHER'S EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS
John Philips
http://jjohnnypress.com
These emergency lesson plans come from John Philips new book "Jivin
Johnny's Classroom Teacher's Emergency Lesson Plans for elementary
and high schools."  The book contains over 90 student centered lessons and
projects to help you survive--while your students learn!  Here are two
of them:

1.  FIREBALL
You've invented a new sport called 'Fireball'.
 1. Explain how the game is played.
 2. Make a list of rules necessary to play the game correctly.
 3. Name 4 teams in our new Fireball league and describe the
     strengths and weaknesses of each team.
To popularize the sport, or to promote the league's first championship
battle, create a poster design, a 1 page magazine ad, a T-shirt design, a
bumper sticker and a series of 6 buttons.
Write a 30 second radio ad to promote the sport or the championship game.
Write a shooting script for a 30 second TV spot to promote the sport or the
championship game.
2.  $1 MILLION GRANT
Your school has been given a special $1 million grant.  There are no strings
attached, except that the money must be spent within a year on things for the
school.  What would you spend it on?  Divide it up to show exactly where
you're spending it.  When done, share your ideas with the class.
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MIDDLESCHOOL.COM
http://www.middleschool.com
Created with the middle level educator and administrator in mind, this site
features categorized annotated links, several regularly updated feature
articles and an on-line "student behavior lab".  For teachers in grades 6 - 8
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A WORLD OF ENGLISH
http://www.ESLHouse.com
A portal serving the ESL/EFL community as a clearinghouse for products,
information, employment, travel, immigration and other services related to
teaching and learning English. Also available is original content that teachers
and students can use for free in their ESL/EFL classroom."
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MR. K's LINKS 2 LEARNING 4 EDUCATORS
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Column/9885
Here's a uniquely organized gateway site for educators.  Nearly 5,000 links,
arranged in 70 very intuitive categories, are identified, briefly described,
and subjectively rated for ease of use for busy K-8 teachers.
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FREE STUFF FOR CANADIAN TEACHERS
http://www.TheCanadianTeacher.com
A site where educators can find the latest links to free resources, materials,
lesson plans, software, samples and even computers.  Being a teacher, I know
classroom funding is practically non-existent.  The goal is to get those free
resources from private companies and the government into the classroom.
These sites will deliver to Canadians (and many also to Americans).
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WORLD WIDE LEARN
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/
A directory of courses, tutorials, classes and workshops offered exclusively
online and available to adult learners worldwide. Categories include Online
Degrees, Online Computer and IT Training, Writing, Language, Business,
Marketing & Advertising, Environment, Personal Development, Investment
Education, Publicity, E-zine Publishing, Web Design, Ecommerce, Cyberlaw,
Science, History, Adventure, Astronomy plus a lot more. And there's even a
Recess page when you're ready to take a break from your studies.
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SPORTS MEDIA
http://www.sports-media.org/
An excellent tool for K-12 P.E. teachers, coaches, students and everyone who
is interested in P.E./fitness and sports. This is an interactive site that includes P.E.
lesson plans, practical links for coaching, discussion forums, mailing
lists,and sports pen-pals for kids.  Visitors are able to find new ideas, tips,
exercises, advice from colleagues and much more!
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VIRTUAL-EGYPT
http://www.virtual-egypt.com
An educational resource about ancient Egypt. Learn about pyramids,
hieroglyphics, mummys, view articles, photos and multimedia. Suitable for
all ages.  Virtual-Egypt has one of the most extensive image collections of
Egyptian art and structure available on the Internet.  News out of Egypt is
available as soon as possible.  This is a great site for anyone teaching Egypt.
Make your own cartouches and translate student names into hieroglyphics.
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THE STRINGSTUFF PAGE
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/8745/
The Stringstuff Page is a great resource for string teachers and students.
It includes free sheet music (you need the Adobe Reader for this).  Free
music graphics, button sets, and backgrounds are also included.  There are
string quizzes for kids and string teacher polls as well as helpful music links
and a message board.  This site is updated almost daily and more will be
added in the very near future! (as soon as concert season is over!)
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EXWORTHY EDUATIONAL LINKS
http://home.socal.rr.com/exworthy/resour.htm
A searchable library of Web resources for parents, teachers, and students.
Updated regularly, this site contains detailed site descriptions and integration
ideas for technology coordinators, staff development presenters, Web site
creators, K-12 teachers and the entire family.
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SCIENCE ON WHEELS WEBSITE
http://www.marshall.edu/coe/toyota/
Science on Wheels is a joint project between the Toyota USA Foundation
and Marshall University (College of Education and Human Services).
The project consists of staff from Marshall University that travel around in
a specially equipped minivan to local, mostly rural elementary and middle
and junior high schools to do science presentations and experiments at no
cost to the schools. The students are guided through educational and
entertaining science experiments.
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eBOARD.COM
http://eboard.com
Here's an easy way for teachers to post assignments, schedules and
photos online for students and parents. The free service allows any
teacher, regardless of experience, to quickly post messages, photos
and files online - without ever having to build a Web site!
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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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and students. We will share these in future updates. Please send to:
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