November 2001
Newsletter
A FREE newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author
Marjan Glavac. http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
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Mr. Marjan Glavac author "The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web"
Completely Revised and Updated 2ND Edition (Foreword by Dr. Harry Wong)
LONDON, Ontario Canada ISBN 0-9683310-1-7 200 pages
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In This Issue:
*CLASSROOM TEACHER'S EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS
*AUTHOR EDWARD ALLAN FAIN
*MICHIGAN TEACHER NETWORK
*TECHKNOWLOGIA
*BIOCHEMLINKS
*PBSKIDS/LIONS
*FIVE EPOCHS OF CIVILIZATION
*GENEALOGYSPOT.COM
*MRS. K’S FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM
*GHOST TOWNS USA
*SCRIBBLES-KIDS
* MATH FACT CAFE
*BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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CLASSROOM TEACHER'S EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS
John Philips
jjohnny@csolve.net
http://www.jjohnnypress.com/
ISBN 0-9686403-0-3
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!
CREATE A CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Create your own crossword puzzle, using at least 20 of the terms or proper nouns
found in your studies in this class. (If not using your present subject, then try using
just sports terms or musical groups or things found in a kitchen.)
Make sure that your clues are accurate and easily understood.
Remember also that the answers have to read properly both across and down.
TEACHER: A supply of graph paper is helpful for this exercise.
As a precursor to this activity, have students try a crossword puzzle.
An alternative assignment is to ask students to create a word search. This is a much
easier exercise, but loses the educationally productive benefit of requiring students to
find descriptions or definitions for terms.
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AUTHOR EDWARD ALLAN FAIN
http://www.takoma.com/ned/home.htm
Author Edward Allan Faine has recently created a website showcasing his two novels:
Little Ned Stories- Book One. LITTLE NED STORIES: A Chapter-Picture Book
for Kids 4-8 and NED VENTURES: Teenage Life in the 1950s. Ed is offering a
FREE REVIEW COPY AND TEACHER'S GUIDE on Ned Ventures for Middle
School Teachers.
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MICHIGAN TEACHER NETWORK
http://mtn.merit.edu
It's free and is designed to save educator time. Resources are chosen and described by
Professional librarians with K-12 teaching experience and/or specialized subject degrees.
Though designed specifically for Michigan educators, educators from other states are
welcome to use the site. Curriculum resources are linked to Michigan curriculum
standards.
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TECHKNOWLOGIA
http://www.TechKnowLogia.org
TechKnowLogia is published bimonthly on the Internet by Knowledge Enterprise, Inc.
in collaboration with centers of expertise and international development organizations.
It reviews the latest systems and products of technologies of today, and peeks into the
world of tomorrow. Visit the website, register for a FREE subscription, and enjoy the
wealth of informative and engaging articles of the current issue as the ARCHIVE of
past Issues that may be searched and read at any time. Previous Issues have dealt
with subjects such as: Higher Education, Access to Information & Knowledge,
Basic Education, Lifelong Learning, and Teacher Support and Training.
There is the option of downloading any article or Issue in a PDF "hard copy"
version that Resembles any journal you may find on the newsstand. Also, every
time a new Issue is posted, subscribers, receive a notification by email (including
an annotated table of contents).
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BIOCHEMLINKS
http://biochemlinks.com
BioChemLinks is a portal to excellent biology and chemistry educational resources
on the web. This site includes sections for biology, general chemistry, organic
chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, laboratory safety, teaching science, and
science careers.
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PBSKIDS/LIONS
http://pbskids.org/lions/
This website accompanies the Between the Lions television program, aimed at
pre-readers. The website includes PILES AND PILES of materials for teachers to
use and print, all integrated with the broadcast content. The games reinforce a "whole-
part-whole" approach to literacy that makes use of phonics and whole language
strategies. Games that require high bandwidth connections to play on the website
all have low-bandwidth or "no-bandwidth" (printable, use-anywhere) versions.
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FIVE EPOCHS OF CIVILIZATION
http://www.worldhistorysite.com
"Five Epochs of Civilization is a 500-page paperback book which presents world
history in terms of five civilizations associated with military/political empires, world
religions, commercial and educational institutions, news and entertainment media, and
computer networks. History’s turning points, which introduce new civilizations,
correlate with changes in society¹s dominant communication technology. Website
summarizes the book’s theory in thirty color-coded pages with translations into French,
Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Italian." The book is suitable for a high-school or
college world-history course.
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GENEALOGYSPOT.COM
http://GenealogySpot.com
GenealogySpot.com is a free family history resource center that simplifies the search
for the best online genealogy resources. From the site, quickly and easily find the best
resources to perform ancestor searches by state, country, ethnicity and religion, browse
historical records, access reference tools, locate lost family members and much more.
Students, parents and teachers will find this site to be an excellent starting point for
genealogy research, especially for beginners. Grades: 3 and Up
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MRS. K’S FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM
http://www.mrsk.net
Mrs. K's First Grade Classroom is a website that changes with the theme of the
week/month. The links given are to help students and parents with: homework,
research, family play and just fun with learning. Our classroom buddies with a
fourth grade classroom to work on projects weekly. Both classes have video editing
equipment as well as computers in the classroom, so learning new things is something
we are always excited about, with the tools given to us.
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GHOST TOWNS USA
http://www.GhostTownsUSA.com
This web site’s research represents an intriguing look back into Northeastern
Washington States gold rush days of miners, prospectors, pioneers, Native
Americans, million dollar mines and ghost towns of yesteryear. The site takes you
back to the Boom Town days of yesteryear and brings back the other life in the ageless
Old West mining era. Here is a rich bonanza of history for you to prospect without the
hardships and tragedy.
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SCRIBBLES-KIDS
http://www.scribbleskidsart.com
Scribbles-Kids can create art projects, learn about art, showcase their artwork on line,
enter art contests, can win art supplies by trying art activities or just have fun trying
some of the online interactive art programs. Teachers can find printables, art lessons,
articles, ideas on art, Free clip art and much more.
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MATH FACT CAFE
http://www.mathfactcafe.com
Math Fact Café provides elementary grade math fact sheets and flashcards for
parents and teachers. The site allows visitors to access hundreds of pre-generated
math sheets or generate custom tailored sheets. In addition, interactive flashcards
allow visitors to review problems with the choice of simple card flipping or
mandatory input (visitor must enter answers and is graded on correct answers).
Educational websites can also use suite of tools by joining the
Math Fact Cafe Partner Program. The site is free and requires no login.
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A RESEARCH GUIDE FOR STUDENTS
http://www.geocities.com/researchguide
Learn how to document sources using MLA style, numerous examples including
Internet citations. Site includes a Virtual Library of Useful URLs arranged by Dewey
Decimal Classification.
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BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
If you have a website 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 websites that contain excellent content for busy educators.
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Send us those tips, insights or websites 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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Mr. Marjan Glavac author "The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web"
Completely Revised and Updated 2ND Edition (Foreword by Dr.Harry Wong)
LONDON, Ontario Canada ISBN 0-9683310-1-7 200 pages
Refer Marjan for Speaking Engagements and earn up to $1000.00
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"There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind."
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