March 2000 Newsletter.

Ash Wednesday March 8
Commonwealth Day (UK) March 13
(Eid) al Adha March 16
St. Patrick's Day March 17
First Day of Spring March 20
Purim March 21
The ice rink in the back yard has now melted away,  the foot of packed snow in the
middle of the playground is all gone, report cards for the second term have been
handed in to the principal and 100 copies of The Busy Educator's Guide To The
World Wide Web have been mailed out to contest winners!
Please join me in my teachers chat this month at http://www.teachers.net chat
where my special guest will be Dr. Harry Wong, author of The First Days Of School.

The chat will take place on Monday, March 6 at 9:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
DR. HARRY K. WONG

Harry K. Wong is the most sought after speaker in education today. Dr. Wong
regards himself as a "a plain, old classroom teacher."  However, his record
shows that he has been an excellent classroom teacher who has shared his
successes with thousands of teachers internationally.

He is usually booked from two to four years into the future for speeches, and
because of his many professional activities, must turn down many requests
each week.

He has given over 3000 presentations to some half-million people, including
the Distinguished  Lecture at the American Association  of School
Administrators Convention.

He has lectured in every American state and Canadian province and in South
America, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Antarctica.

He has over 30 publications including a leading book in education on how to
start the first days of school, a video and audio tape series, a science
textbook series, three films, and numerous magazine and journal articles to
his credit.

In his over 35 years in the classroom, he developed methods that caused him
to have no discipline problems, have a zero dropout rate, have a 95% homework
turn-in factor, and the ability to demonstrate mastery learning for each of
his students.

His students have won over 200 awards.

Because of his achievements, Dr. Wong has been awarded the
Outstanding Secondary Teacher Award, the Science Teacher Achievement
Recognition Award, the Outstanding Biology Teacher Award, and the Valley
Forge Teacher's Medal.

He was also the subject of a story in Reader's Digest.
SUMMARY OF MAJOR CONCEPTS COVERED BY HARRY K. WONG
http://www.thebusyeducator.com/harrywong.htm
REVIEW OF HARRY K. WONG'S BOOK THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL
http://www.thebusyeducator.com/bookreviews.htm
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In This Issue:
*TIM'S TEACHER TIP
*NEW STUDY ON THE USE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN CURRICULUM
*CLASSROOM ANIMALS AND PETS - REVISITED
*MRS. HALL'S 1ST GRADE SITE
*FREE POETRY FOR KIDS
*BERNIE POOLE'S EDINDEX OF RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
*CARES
*THE GUIDE TO ACTIVE REVIEWING
*CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES GRANT WEB
*CAVE SPRING JUNIOR HIGH
*BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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TIM'S TEACHER TIP
Tim Bedley
http://www.eleMENTOR.com
Sometimes we teachers get stuck in ruts; we start feeling like there's not enough life in our classrooms.  If you are feeling this way, here's a few suggestions.  When was the last time you video taped yourself and did some self-analysis?  When was the last time you watched another teacher in action?  When was the last time you tried something with your students that was totally new and innovative?  I have found both of these exercises to be extremely refreshing and revealing. 
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New Study on the Use of Computer Technology in Curriculum The integration of computer technology has been directed at every teacher in British Columbia and whether you are an aficionado or a skeptic, this push will have an increasing effect on lesson planning. "BC teachers (including computer teachers) at the
Grade 4 and 5 Levels are invited to participate in an important research study
regarding the "Integration of Computer Technology into the Curriculum".  ALL
LEVELS of computer expertise are needed!  Please encourage fellow staff
members to find out more about this study:

http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/boekhout/technologyincurriculum
or contact the researcher/BC teacher at: boekhout@moody.bc.ca
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CLASSROOM ANIMALS AND PETS - REVISITED
http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/boekhout
The "Classroom Animals and Pets" website invites you to view its new "PhotoSpot" of class critters.  Also updated is the "News and Views" section, with an especially interesting article on "Choosing a Classroom Pet - a Problem-Solving Activity".  This network of animal-keeping teachers extends throughout Canada, the USA, Australia, with new members in England and South Africa! Come visit to get answers for your animal dilemmas or add your own expertise to this teacher's resource.
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MRS. HALL'S 1ST GRADE SITE
http://mrshall.cjb.net.
Mrs. Hall's 1st Grade site contains useful information for students, parents
and teachers.  There are pictures of the class in action and a month by month
review of the school year.  For teachers there are many lesson plans and
ideas.  Parents will find curriculum information, calendars, and tips for
their children.
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FREE POETRY FOR KIDS
http://7vsweekly.freeservers.com/
This newsletter sends 7 new poems for kids to your e-mail address every week.
(That's one poem for each day!) There's no foul language or questionable content here. Just good, clean poetry. For KIDS! Perfect for classroom reading anytime! Subscribe now and start your student's poetry library today. For FREE!"
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BERNIE POOLE'S EDINDEX OF RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/edmenum.html
A Web Resource for Teachers and Students is an indexed set of links to
websites that support teaching and learning K-12.  The indexes are age and
subject-specific.  They are updated almost daily.  Thousands of links lead
to hundreds of thousands more, all of which have been prepared or selected
by professionals interested in providing cross-curricular multimedia
learning resources for teachers and students.

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CARES
http://library.advanced.org/50017/
CARES is an acronym that stands for Community, Activities, Resources,
Environment, and Service. CARES is a comprehensive course designed to enable teachers to implement community service learning projects, which will connect their students to each other and their communities, while they master important academic skills.
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THE GUIDE TO ACTIVE REVIEWING
http://reviewing.co.uk
Dr. Roger Greenaway's practical online guide is dedicated to making learning more dynamic, fun and effective. Over 200 pages of tips, tools, articles, research and new ideas about learning by doing. Fresh and original writing is published every month - backed up by two free ezines.
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CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES GRANT WEB
http://www.curriculumassociates.com/cabinet
Grant Program Deadline Approaches
Educators interested in applying to receive one of Curriculum Associates Excellence in Teaching Cabinet Grants will need to submit a 500-750 word project by March 15, 2000 to Curriculum Associates, 153 Rangeway Road, North Billerica, MA 01862. The grant program provides K-8 educators with a $1,000 implementation grant for their prjects, and $500 worth of Curriculum Associates programs. The Curriculum Associates Grant Web site also offers grant-writing tips from previous winners.
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CAVE SPRING JUNIOR HIGH
http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/
Cave Spring Junior High School's website includes comprehensive link libraries for kids, teachers and parents, tutorials and launch pages for a variety of research projects.  Student produced pages; an art gallery, free virtual postcards and original graphics round out this extensive site.  Come visit us in Roanoke, Virginia!
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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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