Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 14:05:26 -0400 To: Marjan Glavac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Marjan Glavac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: September Busy Educator's Newsletter
Thank you very much for signing up for The Busy Educator's Newsletter. If you have any tips, lesson plans, classroom suggestions, educational book or web sites that would benefit busy educators, please don't hesitate to e-mail me and I'll include them in upcoming issues of the newsletter. Please find a copy of the September newsletter below. p.s. If you could e-mail me a quick note on how you found out about The Busy Educator's Newsletter, I'd really appreciate it! *********************************************************************** Hello and welcome to the September 2002 issue of The Busy Educator's Newsletter A FREE newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author Marjan Glavac. Labour Day (U.S. and Canada) September 2 Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown September 6 Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown September 15 Sukkot Begins at Sundown September 20 First Day of Autumn September 23 ************************************************************************ BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL Orders of 10 copies or more of The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web 2nd Edition are eligible for a 30% discount. We are offering 10 books for $104.65 US/ $139.96 CDN Call toll free: 1-877-244-3156 or send an e-mail to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For information on my keynote "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, an information package is available by calling toll free: 1-877-244-3156 or send an e-mail to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for your continued support. *********************************************************************** 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FREE subscription to The Busy Educator's Newsletter http://www.glavac.com "There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind." *********************************************************************** To subscribe (FREE) to The Busy Educator's Newsletter please e-mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in the subject line. To unsubscribe please e-mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the subject line. 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.glavac.com Reciprocal links to the web site are much appreciated! Thank you for your support. *********************************************************************** In This Issue: * PRESS RELEASE FROM "STATE KID" * BRAINSAREFUN * SCHOOLFIEDLTRIP.COM * ENGLISHINK * ARIEL'S HOMEPAGE * SCOTT L. WALDMAN'S TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP * YAHK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL * WELCOME TO MRS. DINGMAN'S THIRD GRADE * KNOWLEDGE COLLEGE TUTORS * MS. TRUEHEART'S 3RD GRADE * MRS. BECKY GUFFIN GRADE 5 * BUSY EDUCATOR'S AWARD The school year has begun for another year. This is my 21st year teaching, and it amazes me that the butterflies from my very first day of my very first year are still with me every year! I hope all of you had a great opening week wherever you teach! ************************************************************************ PRESS RELEASE FROM "STATE KID" http://www.statekid.com"; CONTACT: Barbara Pollock Tel.: 508-757-6821 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reading and Writing his Way out of Juvenile Prison Worcester, Mass., Aug. 6. When authorities put career foster kid Billy Stone in a cell (for something he didn't do), they think their troubles with him are over. They are just beginning. What they don't know is that the kid can read and write up a storm. And he's not shy about using the media to whip up support -- which his adult adversaries find very, very scary. "State Kid" by George Pollock is being published in short weekly installments on http://www.statekid.com. A new chapter goes up every Friday, with thirty-four chapters published (of sixty short chapters). It's perfect for young readers who like a fast-paced, easily-digestible story that comes in regular installments. The novel contains no language inappropriate for young readers. The author, a former teacher of English and a writer, is the oldest of five siblings who were brought up in separate foster homes. He and his two brothers and two sisters built successful lives and the siblings are very close today. (See "Sibling Revelry http://www.statekid.com/author.html) But Pollock says that their success is unusual. "All but a very few career foster children end up seething their way through dismal, alienated lives; many end up in prison," he said. Part memoir, part adventure story, part excursions in English, part literary journey, "State Kid" presents a new kind of young hero: literate, a quick study, unwilling to be a victim, and too smart to challenge adult power in the usual self-defeating ways. His main weapons? Literacy and communication skills. Instead of another action hero, Billy Stone is a hero of literacy. "I think that's a nice change," the author says. Weekly installments of http://www.statekid.com will continue through February, 2003 and then be available online -- free. P.S. "State Kid" is about a foster kid's quest for freedom and family. But it is also about the power of reading and writing in a setting about as far away from a traditional classroom as one can get: a juvenile prison. More than anything else, by means of a realistic and compelling story (with about a fifth-grade reading level), "State Kid" demonstrates perhaps the one best way out for at-risk youth -- literacy. It can be a valuable resource for the Busy Educator. Statekid.com is a member of the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) of the U.S. Office of Education and is ardently non-commercial. ************************************************************************ BRAINSAREFUN http://www.brainsarefun.com/index.html Rory Donaldson's philosophy of education is as follows: "our children must master many skills, but always essential are the fundamentals: reading, writing, listening, speaking, information organization and math -- without these basic skills there is very little room at the table. Our children must also learn the three essential behaviors of success: how to start on time, stay on task, complete their assignments. Mastering these skills and behaviors, unifying parents and children, making the right choices, this is what Brainsarefun is all about. I will not ask you to sign up for anything. Everything on this site is free. You will never need to contact me or pay me a dime. I have put it all right here for the taking." I highly recommend taking the time to look at this site and picking up some ideas that might work with your teaching style and students. ************************************************************************ SCHOOLFIEDLTRIP.COM http://schoolfieldtrip.com/ Busy Educator subscriber Cathy Mullen from St. Francis School in Clearfield, Pennsylvania USA sent in this wonderful site. This website was created so that elementary and middle school students and their teachers could use the internet to easily locate information about Air and Space, Earth Science, Life Science, and the History and Government of the United States. Check it out! ************************************************************************ ENGLISHINK http://www.englishink.net EnglishInk is designed to integrate online technology into the 6-8th grade language arts classroom. The site provides parents and students with helpful information and links, showcases students' writings and projects, and provides downloads of classroom materials. Discussion boards are integrated into the website for novel discussions or Socratic seminars, and a chat room will be added for book talks and online tutorials during the school year. An additional teacher section provides helpful handouts, lesson plans, links, and a variety of helpful informationfor educators. ************************************************************************ ARIEL'S HOMEPAGE http://www.autismsupport.org Ariel's Homepage was created so that we can share our story about autism and it's affect on our family. In it we share our experiences in parenting a special needs child. It is our hope that when parents of newly diagnosed children view our site they will find comfort in knowing that they are not alone in dealing with this complex disorder. We also provide support as well as informational links for those who are seeking information about autism. ************************************************************************ SCOTT L. WALDMAN'S TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP http://www.scottwaldman.com Scott L. Waldman is a technology staff developer who has designed this site with the teacher in mind. Over a three year period he has gathered resources that would be useful in assisting technology classroom integration. Included is a list of tutorials he wrote for various software. Also included for either the teacher or student are numerous Flash games he has created himself. Games such as Waldman's Math Interactive or Waldman's Wacky Web Tales can be used by teachers as examples of what Macromedia Flash can do or by students looking to reinforce basic math skills. ************************************************************************ YAHK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL http://www.yahk.homestead.com/yes.html Yahk Elementary School is a small rural K to 7 school in Yahk, British Columbia, Canada. Y.E.S. serves the villages of Ryan,Yahk, Curzon, Glenlily and Kingsgate, approximately 400 people situated along Highways 3 and 95 in south eastern BC. The nine member staff of this great little school consists of a full time principal/ teacher, a part-time teacher, a teacher assistant/child-care worker, a secretary, a library assistant, a noon hour supervisor, a meal coordinator, a bus driver and a custodian. Yahk Elementary belongs to School District #8 Kootenay Lake. The design, maintenance and hosting of our school website is courtesy of Nicola Finch& Design Modules. There are Student Pages of writing and artwork, drama club projects and lots of photos and a weekly school newsletter. You'll find Yahk School history pages with memories and photos from a few of the local pioneers. Read the Rules for Teachers from a hundred years ago. Visit the Parent Advisory Council page and follow the link to our District PAC website! ************************************************************************ WELCOME TO MRS. DINGMAN'S THIRD GRADE www.mrsdingman.homestead.com/home.html Mrs. Dingman's classroom website, Welcome to Mrs. Dingman's Third Grade, provides parents, educators, and students with a wide variety of resources. The site includes a welcome letter, classroom and school policy information, sample student writing, helpful links for skill practice, enrichment, or remediation, online project information, and much more. Visit soon to see what third graders in Northeast Pennsylvania are doing. ************************************************************************ KNOWLEDGE COLLEGE TUTORS http://www.knowledgecollegetutors.com This site originally was directed towards students and teachersat the secondary level when it began as an elibrary. It has now expandedto include computers for beginners, web design, graphics made with paint shop pro, generators, CSS, java scripts and an award program. ************************************************************************* MS. TRUEHEART'S 3RD GRADE http://myschoolonline.com/PA/Ms_Trueheart Ms. Trueheart's 3rd Grade is a website which is used primarily to keep students and parents of Room 216 up-to-date on classroom news and homework. It also provides Internet resources which reinforce units of study. Student work and accomplishments are celebrated by being published. Teachers may also find ideas for their own classrooms here. ************************************************************************ MRS. BECKY GUFFIN GRADE 5 http://www.teachers.k12.sd.us/bg016 Becky Guffin is a fifth grade teacher in Aberdeen, South Dakota USA. This year she has been utilizing her classroom web page as an instructional and communication tool for her students and parents. The website includes a calendar of events, lunch menu, books read, schedules, and the school handbook. ************************************************************************** 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. ************************************************************************** Send us those tips, insights or websites that have helped you with your class and students. 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