July 2002 Newsletter

A FREE newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author Marjan Glavac.

Canada Day July 1
Independence Day July 4
Fete Nationale July 14 (France)
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For my fellow Canadians, I hope you all enjoyed a great Canada Day.  For my
American colleagues, have a great July 4th.  Pour les Français, Bonne Fête
Nationale.

I am currently booking keynote dates for the months of July and August.  If you
know of any upcoming events that I could present a keynote for teachers entitled
"Burn Bright or Burn Out- Motivating Teachers for Life" on how teachers can
attain their goals, manage information overload and do what it takes to be a
great teacher, please let me know. I really appreciate your support. An
information package is available by calling toll free: 1-877-244-3156 or
sending an e-mail 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
mailto:marjan@glavac.com
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"There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind."
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In This Issue:
* WEBSITE UPDATES
* CAPITAL CITIES QUIZ
* TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
* THE ART OF CRIME DETECTION
* SURROUNDED BY BEAUTY: THE ARTS OF NATIVE AMERICA
* SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE CLASS
* CELLNUCLEUS.COM
* FLASHCARD PROGRAMS REVIEWED
*THE TEACHER LIST
* YOU’RE MY HERO
* SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
* PRINCE OF WALES SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARY
* AMHERSTVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL
* A. J. JORDAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
* MICHAEL COLLINS PTA WEBSITE
* THE CALICO COOKIE KINDERGARTEN SITE
* BUSY EDUCATOR’S AWARD
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WEBSITE UPDATES

Holly Tree Elementary School old site address was www.wpvo.com/htree 
New address is www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/htree

4th and 5th Grade Student Research Resources has moved to:
http://www.learning.caliberinc.com
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CAPITAL CITIES QUIZ
http://www.what-is-the-capital-of.com

This website contains:
- 1200 Interactive geography quizzes
- 200 of these quizzes contain small (2-3 kb) maps

These quizzes cover:
- Capital cities for all countries in the world
- The names of all countries in the world (small maps shown)
- The names of the 50 US states (small maps shown)
- The capital cities of the 50 US states (small maps shown)

All these quizzes are optimized to download fast (in less than 5 seconds
- including the 5-10 small maps per quiz as well).  Access to all these quizzes
are free.
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TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
http://www.takeacloserlook.homestead.com/

Take A Closer Look involves weekly problem solving with a photo.  Interested
classes/teachers can e-mail the site an image for the photo gallery. 
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THE ART OF CRIME DETECTION
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/crimedetection/

You witness a crime, and the police ask you to help identify the culprit, using
their new PDArtist tool. Learn the differences between your left and right brain
and the best ways to use your brain as an artist. Can you create composite
portraits that help identify the culprit? (Middle school and up)
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SURROUNDED BY BEAUTY: THE ARTS OF NATIVE AMERICA
http://www.artsmia.org/surrounded-by-beauty/

There is no equivalent in the many Native American languages for the word art.
They make no distinction between what is beautiful or functional, and what is
sacred or secular. Yet Native Americans are a highly spiritual people who create
objects of extraordinary beauty. Explore dozens of these objects in this online
exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE CLASS
http://www.science-class.net

The goal of  the seventh grade science class site is to provide information to
parents and students.   The site not only contains lesson plans, activities, student
handouts, state standards, and classroom policies and procedures, it also has the latest research in science education. There is also a teacher resource section, part of a network of middle school science teachers who share labs and ideas.
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CELLNUCLEUS.COM
http://cellnucleus.com

Cellnucleus.com is intended to be a major portal for the field of nuclear
organization and higher-order chromatin structure. The first on-line lecture,
by Dr. Michael Hendzel, is now posted with subsequent lectures to be authored
by prominent individuals within the field. The purpose of this resource is to
provide free teaching materials for lectures, study materials for students, and
contemporary review materials for research professionals. And, as an
introduction to the fundamentals of nuclear structure, this site provides links
to an excellent source of introductory material on the web written by Gwen
Child as well as additional related web links.

Employing both a current trend in cell nucleus research and the multimedia
capabilities of the world wide web, cellnucleus.com serves as a resource
for movies of dynamics in the cell nucleus, cataloguing resources on the web
and providing a repository for movies demonstrating dynamic phenomena
in living nuclei. Finally, we include resource links for researchers in the
field to help them locate recent publications (temporarily off-line), methodological information, positions available, conference announcements, sources of specialized equipment and image analysis tools.

Cellnucleus.com, is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students in addition to professors and research professionals.
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FLASHCARD PROGRAMS REVIEWED
http://learn.how.to

Flashcard Programs Reviewed contains a consumer report on educational
software featuring flashcard quizzes, which is applied to drilling in short items
(typically foreign vocabulary). These reviews try to focus on no-nonsense
pedagogical principles and on practical aspects (user-friendliness, flexibility),
in opposition to criteria used by editors of commercial download sites, usually
under pressure of time and dazzled by multimedia bells and whistles.
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THE TEACHER LIST
http://www.theteacherlist.ca

Edmonton, Alberta Canada teacher, Pete MacKay has been writing a small
newsletter for teachers since 1998 called The Teacher List.  Each morning, he
points teachers from all over the world to one website that would be useful for
them.  In this information-age, teachers often feel overwhelmed with the sheer
amount of data they need to process.  Not so with this list-serv - Teachers are
mastering the web one useful site at a time!
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 YOU’RE MY HERO
www.youremyhero.org

The site is a virtual mail bag where students can send messages/post art to the
brave men and women serving the United States of America. Please take a
moment to look at the site.  It will mean a great deal for the service men and
women from their own state (the site is accessible via a map of the
United States). Please join Julie Andrews, Katie Couric and thousands of
American school children in sending messages of support.
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SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
http://www.island.net/~sunset/

Mr. Mollinga's Class is a grade 5/6 split class from Port McNeill, B.C., Canada. 
This website is set up as another way of keeping in touch with the class' students
and parents as well as provide a resource for educators.  It includes pages such as the Homework section where parents can check the week's homework, an
Assignments page where assignments can be downloaded and a Fun Activities
page for children just to have fun.
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PRINCE OF WALES SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARY
http://pw.vsb.bc.ca/library

Prince of Wales Secondary School Library in British Columbia Canada serves
students in grade 8 to 12. The website is a portal for online research. Students
have access to the school library and public library catalogues as well as
online news indexes and a reference desk. The "Site by Subject" pages
integrate online resources into research projects. The "Library" and "Internet
Help" sections provide students with research help. The "Staff" page provides
teachers with access to resources.
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AMHERSTVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL
http://schools.limestone.on.ca/amstv/

The purpose of the site is to facilitate the students' and teachers' use of
the educational resources on the Internet. It is also designed to serve the
parents of Amherstview Public school in Ontario Canada to keep them up to
date in the latest educational trends and activities in the school. To help the
students progress, the site contains links categorized by subject and interest. A
unique page of resources for teachers was developed to accommodate the many
changes in education and to facilitate the implementation of these changes.
Links include curriculum, planning and evaluation strategies. More recently, a
French Resource page has been added to assist the French Bilingual and
Extended French program at the school.
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A. J. JORDAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
http://www.cardinal.k12.oh.us/jordak/jordaklib.htm

A. J. Jordak Elementary School's Library Media Center website serves the
informational needs of its PreK-6 students, staff, and parents. This virtual library
provides access from anywhere in the school or from home to the online catalog,
electronic databases, and selected websites. Although its primary focus is to
support the curriculum, the website also offers parents educational, informative,
and fun resources. Busy staff can find quick links to lesson plans, professional
organizations, and best practices. And when a study session needs a little change of pace, students can always head to "Break Time" for a new challenge.
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MICHAEL COLLINS PTA WEBSITE
http://myschoolonline.com/il/collinspta

The Michael Collins PTA Website has over 160 pages of information. The site
has many educational features for children, such as... Word Scramble Games,
Save Our Planet, Homework Helper, monthly reading strategies, fun educational
activities that change weekly, and Links for Kids. For parents, there are parenting tips, special needs information, links to other PTA websites and to the community, and a weekly newsletter from the principal. Also featured is page called Quotes from Kids. Every month the Collins Web Crew interview students from the school and then post their answers on the website. This website is full of wonderful graphics and easy to navigate around! 

This website was first developed by one PTA member (volunteer basis) in
June of 2000.  It continues to be maintained almost daily by the same volunteer!
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THE CALICO COOKIE KINDERGARTEN SITE
http://www.calicocookie.com/

The Calico Cookie Kindergarten site contains information for teachers and
parents of young children. Parents can read about traditional games such as
“Doggie, Doggie, Where’s Your Bone?”, online safety,  and activities to develop their child’s fine motor skills. Teachers will find integrated units and web quests ready to use in the classroom as well as information about Word Walls, centers, teacher tips, special needs, writing skills and classroom management.
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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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Forward this FREE newsletter! Please include my sig file. If this newsletter
was forwarded to you and you would like to receive your own copy, please
sign up at: http://www.thebusyeducator.com/ Reciprocal links to the website are much
appreciated! Thank you for your support.
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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
mailto:marjan@glavac.com
FREE subscription to The Busy Educator’s Newsletter http://www.thebusyeducator.com/
"There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind.”
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