May 2007 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the May 2007 issue of The Busy Educator's Newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author Marjan Glavac.

• THE BUSY EDUCATOR E-BOOKSTORE
• CALENDAR EVENTS
• "OVERCOME YOUR GREATEST TEACHING CHALLENGES!"
• FREE E-BOOK FOR TEACHERS WHO WANT A CHANGE (TEACHERS)
• HOWE-TWO SOFTWARE (TEACHERS, GR. 5-UNIVERISTY)
• GMAPS PEDOMETER (TEACHERS, GR. 4-UNIVERSITY)
• EMILY SHEA WEST CLAYTON ELEMENTARY FOURTH GRADE
• MONK TECH SUPPORT VIDEO (TEACHERS, PARENTS GR. 4-UNIVERISITY)
• SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

THE BUSY EDUCATOR E-BOOK STORE

Shell Education's Practical Strategies for Successful Classrooms

We have added three more titles to the wildly popular Practical Strategies for Successful Classrooms series from Shell Publishing. These new titles focus on the gifted learner, integrating technology in the classroom, and teaching reading.

Learn more about why this series of books is one of the most popular in educational publishing today!

Click here to view the new titles:

Differentiating the Curriculum for Gifted Learners
Click Here for Differentiating the Curriculum

Teaching Reading In The Content Areas For Elementary Teachers
Click Here for Reading In The Content Areas

Integrating Technology Into The Curriculum
Click Here for Integrating Technology Into The Curriculum

And click here to look at the entire series

CALENDAR EVENTS

Mother’s Day May 13
Victoria Day (Canada) May 21
Memorial Day Observed May 28

FREE E-BOOK FOR TEACHERS WHO WANT A CHANGE (TEACHERS)

Great news for those of you who heard my interview with teacher Rob Johnson (and those of you who didn't) Rob is giving away his E-Book for free. This E-Book was selling for $27.

The E-Book is for teachers who just want to have a break and maybe teach abroad, or develop new skills and don't know how to go about it. It's also for teachers who still enjoy teaching and are committed to it but want to earn more money or want to investigate some of the exciting alternatives within the teaching field.

Whatever your reasons for a change, download Rob's E-Book for FREE!

Click Here For Free E-Book

HOWE-TWO SOFTWARE (TEACHERS, GR. 5-UNIVERISTY)

High school teacher and a software developer Leslie Howe offers many free interactive math activity software, links and resources

Click Here For Howe-Two Software

GMAPS PEDOMETER (TEACHERS, GR. 4-UNIVERSITY)

The Gmaps Pedometer is a FREE web tool that measures and records walking distances from one point to another. It even measures changes in elevation!

Use this tool with kids to help measure the exact distance between two points or to monitor your exercise path. FYI - Although Gmaps Pedometer uses Google Maps to help make it work, the website is not affiliated with Google in any way.

Click Here For Gmaps Pedometer

EMILY SHEA WEST CLAYTON ELEMENTARY FOURTH GRADE

This is a class website created for teacher Emily Shea's fourth grade students and their parents.

The most popular pages are the homework page and downloadable forms that students are encouraged to use for their homework.

In addition, there are other helpful pages with class information, student work, and even a new page with a NC Idol Webquest!

Click Here For Emily Shea West Clayton Elementary Fourth Grade

MONK TECH SUPPORT VIDEO (TEACHERS, PARENTS GR. 4-UNIVERISITY)

A very funny video introducing medieval techsupport fora monk learning how to
read a book.

Click Here For Monk Tech Support

................................................................................................................................................ "Overcome Your Greatest Teaching Challenges!" Do you want to take your teaching to the next level? Do you find yourself prevented by: 1. Being completely exhausted from constantly disciplining students? 2. Allowing fear, lack of knowledge and procrastination control you and keep you from becoming the teacher you’ve always wanted to become? It’s time to Say "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" and put control and power back in your hands! Finally a Teacher eBook that reveals breakthrough strategies to reveal YOUR expertise. So powerful are these strategies...they will effortlessly compel YOU to become the teacher you’ve always dreamed of becoming! Click Here To Begin Making a Difference ................................................................................................................................................ Subscription & Legal Info Permission to repost this newsletter is granted as long as the link http://www.glavac.com is included. Thank you for your support. FREE subscription to The Busy Educator's Newsletter Jam-packed with time saving tips, ideas and websites http://www.glavac.com/ “There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind.” To subscribe to The Busy Educator's Newsletter go to :http://www.glavac.com/or e-mail me at: marjan@glavac.com with subscribe in the subject line.