October 2004
Newsletter
edited by teacher, speaker and author Marjan Glavac.
Columbus Day (U.S.A.) October 11
Thanksgiving Day (Canada) October 11
Dia de la Raza (Mexico) October 12
Ramadan begins at sundown October 15
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The first draft of my eBook How To Make A Difference: Inspiring Students To
Do Their Best and accompanying workbook are finally done. In the upcoming
weeks I’ll be doing some fine tuning and editing before publishing it.
Thank you for all your support.
Marjan Glavac
editor, The Busy Educator’s Newsletter
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In This Issue:
* CLASSROOMTECH (TEACHERS)
* MARK YATES' WEB SITE (GR. 9-12)
* BOOKHOOKS (GR. K-12)
* MR. KASH'S HISTORY PAGE (GR. 6-8)
* MAGICAL PLACES & CREATIVE SPACES (GR. PRE.K-7)
* SPRING CREEK YOUTH SERVICES CENTER JUVENILE DETENTION
WEBSITE (GR. 7-12 TEACHERS)
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A Special Message from Marjan Glavac, editor The Busy Educator’s Newsletter
Dear Busy Educators,
If you have a son or daughter who is underachieving at school, I've run into
something that will be of interest to you.
A mental training company out of South Florida has recently released a terrific new
learning aid: "LearningMind Software for Students."
If you have a son or daughter between 9 and 22 who needs more motivation to
learn or whose concentration and focus wavers when trying to study, this tool may
be just the ticket to success.
Improved motivation and concentration are just two of the ten reasons why
Dr. Brina Rubin's "LearningMind Software for Students" was created.
Take a look at LearningMind at:
http://directyourmind.directtrack.com/z/328/CD203/
I've personally used it over the summer and I’m very pleased with the results.
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CLASSROOMTECH (TEACHERS)
http://www.classroomtech.org
This site provides effective technology resources for teachers. Includes ways of
integrating technology in the curriculum, web searching skills, evaluating websites,
productivity tips and digital photography.
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MARK YATES' WEB SITE (GR. 9-12)
http://www.mccallie.org
This site is designed primarily for students of Geometry at the High School level.
It consists of a links page, interactive proofs, Geometer's Sketchpad sketches
for many of the various theorems, projects completed by my students, and a site
map of various kinds of geometry with supporting links and lesson plans written
by Mark Yates or lesson plan links to support the given materials done by others.
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BOOKHOOKS (GR. K-12)
http://www.bookhooks.com/
Bookhooks is an online book report publishing centre where young readers can
publish illustrated book reports online. The site has many other features,
including games, resources, guiding genre-related questions and reviews.
It is a great website for busy educators!
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MR. KASH'S HISTORY PAGE (GR. 6-8)
http://mrkash.com/
Mr. Kash's History Page includes links to General History, US History, World
History and Ancient History. Each month has descriptions of the celebrations,
holidays, and events associated for that month. There are also assignments
geared for middle school students.
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MAGICAL PLACES & CREATIVE SPACES (GR. PRE.K-7)
http://www.committed.to/curriculum
Go back to school with Magical Places & Creative Spaces! Over 200 pages of
activity ideas to support educators and parents as they teach children aged 2-12.
Updated weekly. Newsletter available with a global audience!
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SPRING CREEK YOUTH SERVICES CENTER JUVENILE DETENTION
WEBSITE (GR. 7-12 TEACHERS)
http://www.cssd11.k12.co.us/springcreek/
The purpose of the "Spring Creek Website" is to provide at-risk students with
computer and social skills needed to help them integrate back into society. It
also provides the tools necessary for students to become economically
self-sufficient. This is accomplished by having students develop a website
that will give adolescents on the "outside" a look at what life is like in detention.
Finally, it is intended to be a resource and learning tool for both adolescents and
adults in and out of the professional world of juvenile justice.
This site also allows the public to enter a detention center via cyber space. The
website gives the public a dramatic and unique view of the daily routine of
detention life via student autobiographies, essays, art, poetry, curriculum,
community involvement, foster grandparent participation, staff interaction,
and digital photography. The website also attempts to provide to the outside
browser, various skill sets that will allow an individual to address problems
that he/she may be experiencing in his/her life.
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http://www.thebusyeducator.com/ is included. 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>
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