October 2001
Newsletter
A FREE newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author
Marjan Glavac. http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
Queen’s Birthday (Australia-WA) October 1
Sukkoth begins at sundown October 1
Columbus Day October 8, 2001
Thanksgiving Day (Canada) October 8
Health-Sports Day (Japan)
Labour Day (New Zealand) October 22
Daylight Savings ends October 28
Halloween October 31
Please help the organizations supporting the victims of September 11, 2001.
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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:
*WEBSITE UPDATES
*CLASSROOM TEACHER'S EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS
*CORNFIELD MAZE
*THE COLLEGE PREP QUIZ
*A GAME A DAY
*KID WIZARD
*LESSON TUTOR
*NUMBER2
*UK HISTORY AND MUSIC SITES
*THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN PICTURES
*BJ’S INTERNET PROJECTS SITE
*HEADLINESPOT.COM
*MISS FLOM’S HOMEPAGE
*OPTIMAL THINKING
*BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD
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WEBSITE UPDATES
Apologies to PORTLAW NATIONAL SCHOOL
http://homepage.eircom.net/~portlawns
The title of the school site was inaccurately reported in the September Busy Educator’s
Newsletter.
For those of you who have a copy of my book The Busy Educator’s Guide To The World
Wide Web 2ND Edition, I have checked and updated all the links in the book. Updated
links are available at: http://www.thebusyeducator.com/updates.htm
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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!
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Write the script for a video that would accompany the national anthem.
Indicate in your script what shots you would choose, camera directions, and how long
each of these shots would appear on screen. (Be aware that 10 seconds is a very long
time on screen. Time 10 seconds and see!)
You may wish to select shots that present -the land
-nature
-the people of your country
-their work
-their play
-their values
-national symbols and landmarks
-national celebrations
-your country’s armed forces
-educational opportunities or a
combination of these and other details
Remember, your finished srcript must be the same time length as your national
anthem.TEACHER: Begin this exercise by playing and timing a musical version of the
National anthem.
Also tape several TV versions of the national anthem (played at sign-off and sign-on
Times). Then, after the class have completed their scripts and discussed them, look
At the taped versions and discuss the merits and shortcomings of each.
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CORNFIELD MAZE
http://www.cornfieldmaze.com/
On a weekend in September, we decided to get away from the TV and radio and visit a
cornfield maze just outside London Ontario. The maze is part of the the "maze craze"
first introduced in the state of Utah and the western United States in 1996. The MAiZE
has grown into the world’s largest cornfield maze company and now six years later, there
are more than 200 mazes, (a Guinness record), in 40 American states and three Canadian
provinces.
I highly recommend the maze for family and school trips. You can do the maze in the
daytime, in the night with flashlights, for birthday parties and for Halloween activities.
There are more than 100 locations. This is the maze we visited:
http://www.belmontcornmaze.com/
We found it was so nice to get away and get “lost” in the country!
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THE COLLEGE PREP QUIZ
http://collegeprepquiz.com
The College Prep Quiz is an addictive online competition. The challenge is to correctly
answer one question from each of seven academic areas. Questions are randomly
generated. If you incorrectly answer a question, you must start over. The fastest
finishing times are periodically posted on our honor roll. Give it a try!
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A GAME A DAY
www.agameaday.com
This is an award winning site where you can find brainteasers, games, puzzles, and other
activities that not only entertain but also educate. Every day a new word game or puzzle
is presented. This is an excellent site for use both at home and at school and besides being
fun, these puzzles are designed to stimulate critical thinking and problem solving skills,
as well as to bolster general knowledge.
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KID WIZARD
http://www.kidwizard.com/awards.htm
Kid Wizard is fun for kids ages six to twelve years old. There are slimy science spells,
fun potions, crossword puzzles, coloring pages, crisscross, mazes, riddles, mysteries,
logic puzzles, and an interactive story where your child is the hero. Kid Wizard will add
some magic to any child's world! Parents and teachers will find Kid Wizard a valuable
tool as well.
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LESSON TUTOR
http://www.lessontutor.com
Lesson Tutor is an educational site with lesson plans in a range of subjects and ages, from Pre-K Phonics to 11th & 12th grade preparation for college entrance exams.
Lesson Tutor also offers helps articles for those dealing with special needs children,
home school parents, and those involved in related areas (for example, teen substance
abuse.) All lesson plans are free. Additionally, consultants are available for personal
interaction through a message board.
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NUMBER2
www.number2.com
Number2.com is a provider of absolutely free test prep services. This site provides prep materials for the SAT, ACT, and GRE, and contains tutorials, practice sessions that
dynamically adapt to each user's ability level, and a vocabulary builder with over 2000
words. Designed for students in grades 9-12, Number2.com also offers a "coach" feature
that allows teachers and/or parents to mentor students and monitor their progress
throughout the test prep process.
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UK HISTORY AND MUSIC SITES
www.SchoolHistory.co.uk
Mr. Field, a History teacher from Cambridgeshire in England has created a site
providing downloadable history worksheets, online lessons and quizzes
together with categorized links for the UK history curriculum.
His fiancée has a similar site for music:
www.MusicAtSchool.co.uk
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN PICTURES
http://www.the-solar-system.net
Astronomy webquests, pictures and quizzes about all the planets in the solar system.
There are over 50 web pages with over 200 pictures here.
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BJ’S INTERNET PROJECTS SITE
http://www.angelfire.com/va2/bjenglish/index.html
BJ's Internet Projects site is designed to share ideas with Career and Technical educators
in the Business cluster of how to integrate the use of the Internet and other business tasks
with academic subjects. The site includes information for teachers as well as links to
other helpful sites. The student section includes actual student assignments used in
Betty Jo English’s classroom.
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HEADLINESPOT.COM
http://www.headlinespot.com
HeadlineSpot.com is an educational guide to the best U.S. and international news
resources on the Web. From one spot, this free news resource provides easy access to
the latest headlines and the best newspaper sections, magazines, television shows, radio
programs and online news sources by topic or region. From the politics section to the
weather forecast, HeadlineSpot.com makes it easy to integrate news about geography,
history, civics, economics, cultures, science, language arts and more into the classroom.
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MISS FLOM’S HOMEPAGE
http://www.ecusd7.org/nelson/nelsonstaff/cflom/index.htm
Cathy Flom’s site contains the weekly newsletter, supply list and calendar for parents
of the children in her primary class. It also features thematic units, activities, ideas and
lesson plans for other teachers and parents. Also featured are pictures of field trips,
experiments and activities throughout the year. There is a "cool links" page which
features pages for parents and students.
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OPTIMAL THINKING
http://www.OptimalThinking.com
Here’s a site to help you discover the simple mental resource to maximize your life, rise
above positive thinking and achieve the best life has to offer! If you want to optimize –
rather than merely improve- your mind, studies, body, career, and relationships, this site
is here to inform, motivate and support you in being your best. Suitable for students and
teachers from Grade 9 to Grade 12 and College. Parents are welcome.
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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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