June 2000 Newsletter.

Father's Day June 18
First Day of Summer June 20
June is the last month of school for most of us here in Ontario and Canada.
For my colleagues who have finished another year, I wish all of you a safe
wonderful and enjoyable summer.
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In This Issue:
*WEBSITE UPDATES
*TIM'S TEACHER TIP
*EDUCATING.NET
*LIL'FINGERS
*MRS. TAYLOR'S THIRD GRADERS
*EDUCATIONAL WEB DESIGN
*ELEMENTARY LINKS
*ELEMENATRY SCIENCE PROGRAM HOMEPAGE
*WRITING AND PRESENTING YOUR THESIS OR DISSERTATION
*TUTORCENTER
*TEACHER2TEACHER
*BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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WEBSITE UPDATES
http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
My book The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web is now
40% off the regular price (+postage and handling).  I am busy writing the
second edition for publication in August 2000.  A TOLL FREE ORDER
number and a new FAX number have been added to the website for easier
ordering. (TOLL FREE 1-877-244-3156 FAX 519-473-5549
Check out the new poll "What Are You Doing This Summer?" and see
how others have voted.  Have a great summer!
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TIM'S TEACHER TIP
Tim Bedley
http://www.eleMENTOR.com
To foster teamwork, allow stuck students to call on another student with a
raised hand for help. For example, “Mike, it looks like you are stuck on
that question.  Why don’t you call on another student who has a hand
raised to help you out.”  This method also makes the stuck student feel
special, gives him/her power, since he/she gets to pick the next student to
answer.  Be sure to celebrate good answers so as to not encourage
purposeful wrong answers.  If you don't, some students may pretend to not
have the correct answer just so they get to call on another student.
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EDUCATING.NET
http://www.educating.net
Educating.net is the only education portal that lists training opportunities for all areas of life, including homeschooling, K-12, traditional or distance learning university degrees, college scholarship assistance, electronic libraries, references, continuing education, professional re-training, fun learning, homework help, teacher resources, career counseling, and much more. A special new feature for teachers is the K-12 Subject Guide, which features outstanding age-appropriate websites for pre-K through 12th grade subject areas from Art to Writing and everything in between.
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LIL'FINGERS
http://www.lil-fingers.com/
Description:
Lil' Fingers storybooks (http://www.lil-fingers.com/) are animated stories
for parents to read with their kids. Stories are presented with large text and
big buttons for little fingers to click on. Quick loading storybooks include
"Up In the Sky", "Bears In Bed", "My Colors", and "Draw Me Shapes".
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MRS. TAYLOR'S THIRD GRADERS
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/dtaylor
Mrs. Taylor's Third Graders is designed for use by her students and their
families.  It is updated weekly with information about current curriculum
and important announcements.  This also includes pages for each of the
Internet Projects they are currently doing.  Since her third graders use
many of the books in The Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole,  she
has developed WebQuests for 3 of these and will be adding more to the
site. Students and parents can also find links to helpful and fun websites.
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EDUCATIONAL WEB DESIGN
http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/webdesign/edwebdesign.htm
ELEMENTARY LINKS
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/teaching/elementary/k-6.htm
Here are two website from Cathy Chamberlain from Oswego New York USA:

Educational Web Design
This page was created for all those busy educators that are quickly
becoming involved in web page development. These pages provide
teachers with various examples of excellent types of web pages that
teachers can create. It also provides key links for sites that teachers would
need while designing their pages. Hopefully these pages will help educators
by providing everything they would need to get started and create
wonderful learning experiences and communicative avenues for their
classrooms.
 
Elementary Links
Many teachers are quickly finding the rich resources the web can provide
them for their instruction. Elementary links provides the busy teacher with
excellent sites in the various curriculum areas and other areas of particular
interest for teachers. Doing a unit on bats? Go to the science links page and
before long you will find wonderful sites, quizzes an even interactive game
sites that you can incorporate into your unit.
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ELEMENATRY SCIENCE PROGRAM HOMEPAGE
www.monroe2boces.org/shared/esp
The Elementary Science Program exists to help teachers and students do
science rather than just read about it. Its Website is designed to provide
teachers, students, and parents a variety of resources including a science
activity of the month and an archive of over three years of past activities -
science questions and investigations using household items, the outdoors,
or the Internet. There are additional resources for specific science units or
topics, from birds to structures and appropriate links for further research by
inquiring adults or children.
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WRITING AND PRESENTING YOUR THESIS OR DISSERTATION
http://www.msue.msu.edu/aee/dissthes/guide.htm
This non-commercial "practical guide" has been created to assist in the
crafting, implementing and defending of a graduate school thesis or
dissertation.  It includes a variety of strategies, suggestions and advice
covering every stage of the thesis or dissertation project.
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TUTORCENTER
http://www.tutorcenter.com/
Tutorcenter.com is an educational site with lots of free fun and educational
games for kids to play and learn. Registered students can also take quizzes
and tutorials on various subjects. Reportcards are available for teachers and
parents to keep track of students progress.
Teachers can create online quizzes and tutorials for either their own
students or all registered students. Report cards are delivered automatically
to teachers for review.
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TEACHER2TEACHER
http://www.createdbyteachers.com/
Teacher2Teacher offers free materials, many of which change monthly.
There are math grids, flash cards, puzzles, activity pages, bingos, calendars,
and more in the Language Arts and Math areas for the K-5 and Special Ed.
level. There are also inexpensive blackline masters. Everything is created by
teachers.
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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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