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Topics in this special issue:
1. K12> New Sites for US Educators
2. K12> GIS for Educators Calendar of Events
3. K12> CFP: Teaching the Novel & Short Fiction
4. K12> [netsites] Fun and oh So Cute ~ Kids and Adults will love this
5. UPDATED> [Tech-teachers] GEC Computers in the Classroom Newsletter
6. UPDATED> Internet Resources Newsletter: April Issue
7. K12> Kidlink Day - excellent graphs from Texas
8. K12> Re: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Digital Divide Mentor Teachers..
9. UPDATED> Hit: Book Character Costume Ideas
10. K12> T2T> Re: Mississippi Bridge
11. K12> Professional Development Opportunities
12. MISC> [WWWEDU] Digital Divide Policy Unplugged: Where Do We Go From Here?
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13. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] CompuMentor Helps Non-Profits Get Wired (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:49:08 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> New Sites for US Educators
From: "Kathleen Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 22:37:07 -0500
Teachers.Net Expands With Affiliates for all U.S. States & D.C.
Teachers.Net has dramatically expanded its already comprehensive and
sprawling site with the addition of affiliate sites for every state in
the U.S. and the District of Columbia. Teachers.Net had previously
included affiliates for school administrators, retired teachers,
Australian, New Zealand, U.K., and Canadian educators. However, further
expansion was deemed necessary.
"It was time for Teachers.Net to 'come home' in a sense...to provide for
educators in each of the states, forums where they can discuss issues
related specifically to their regions," says Kathleen Carpenter,
Director of Promotions for the site.
While the dozens of curriculum, specialty, and K-12 grade level
"chatboards" and e-mail discussion groups meet many of the needs of tens
of thousands of educators every week, Teachers.Net co-owners Bob Reap
and Tony Bott recognized the importance of additional region specific
resources.
According to Reap, "Education laws, issues, and practices differ by
state. Teachers and school administrators in each state need a place
where they can meet to collaborate and provide peer support. This
expansion is our effort to do what we have always done: provide
whatever resources our huge community of educators needs in order to
perform what is one of the most challenging jobs imaginable."
Teachers.Net was established in 1996 and has expanded steadily to
include 123 chatboards, around the clock live chat, thousands of lessons
in a searchable data base, scheduled chat meetings (often featuring
experts in the field of education), dozens of mailrings, a jobs
section, and the popular online magazine, The Teachers.Net Gazette.
'Teachers.Net by State' with hyperlinks to all state and D.C. resources
is now available at http://teachers.net/states.
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:49:52 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> GIS for Educators Calendar of Events
From: "EDTECH Editor-Eiffert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:35:02 -0500
Subject: GIS for Educators Calendar of Events
From: Thomas R Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Have you ever wondered, "When will there be a GIS training near me, or even
anywhere, at a time and price that I can manage?"
KanGIS/KanCRN (http://kangis.org) is happy to announce its sponsorship of
the "GIS for Educators Calendar of Events". This real-time calendaring
system allows educators (especially K-12) to search for a GIS or Geotech
training anywhere in the country, up to twelve months in advance! The
calendar tracks workshops, conference sessions, and summer institutes.
For those who provide GIS or Geotech training for teachers, you may register
as a trainer and publish your upcoming events. The site allows for any
vendor, organization, or consortium to register events that are GIS/Geotech
related. If you have a personal website, the calendaring system also allows
for easy linking (see the "Link2Us" link).
While not all features are implemented yet (such as real-time mapping), the
system is up and running. Training events are on the calendar, with the
first registered event beginning in a few short days!
The calendar with support for educators nation-wide is online at:
http://kangis.org/learn
Thomas R. Baker
KanCRN Collaborative Research Network
1122 West Campus Road, 702B JR Pearson Hall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:50:25 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> CFP: Teaching the Novel & Short Fiction
From: "EDTECH Editor-Eiffert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:35:26 -0500
Subject: CFP: Teaching the Novel & Short Fiction
From: Lew Kamm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This message is being cross-listed; please excuse duplication.
The Summer 2003 issue of Academic Exchange Quarterly will be devoted
to "Teaching the Novel and Short Fiction." If you are interested in the
possibility of submitting an article for consideration, the following URLs
provide complete details:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/summ03.htm
OR
http://www.higher-ed.org/AEQ/summ03.htm
Thanks for considering AEQ.
Lew Kamm
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:50:58 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Fun and oh So Cute ~ Kids and Adults will love this
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: undisclosed-recipients <undisclosed-recipients:;>
Sent: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:29:16 -0800
Subject: [netsites] Fun and oh So Cute ~ Kids and Adults will love this
Great for KIDS and ADULTS..
If you Like Games Like
"Diamond Mine" or "Bejeweled"
and you Like "E.T."
You'll Love this game.. its Simply Adorable
http://zone.msn.com/bejeweled/spgame_newwin.asp?id=et
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:51:17 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPDATED> [Tech-teachers] GEC Computers in the Classroom Newsletter
From: "Doug Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:52:06 -0500
Subject: [Tech-teachers] GEC Computers in the Classroom Newsletter
The April 2002 issue of GEC Computers in the Classroom is now online.
http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/apr02/
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:51:51 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPDATED> Internet Resources Newsletter: April Issue
From: "Roddy MacLeod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:21:28 +0100
Subject: Internet Resources Newsletter: April Issue
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:52:13 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Kidlink Day - excellent graphs from Texas
From: "Patti Weeg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 06:20:57 -0800
Subject: Kidlink Day - excellent graphs from Texas
Friends,
Take a look at the excellent weather graphs and charts made by our Kidlink
Day friends in Mrs. Hunter's class in Texas. They are working very hard
as they read Kidlink Day journals and use their math skills to analyze the
data they see in them. Well done!
http://65.42.153.210/kidspace/start.cfm?HoldNode=2090
All the best,
Patti
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:34:40 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Re: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Digital Divide Mentor Teachers..
From: "Ellen Dibble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 01:36:03 -0700
Subject: Re: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Digital Divide Mentor Teachers..
Although much good work is being done with preservice teachers as a result
of the PT3 grants, there are also several inservice models for supporting
teachers integrating technologies into their classrooms that were Technology
Innovation Challenge grants awarded about 1999. These grants were focused on
"staff development" models and we have had a great run in working with the
teacher mentor trainer model in a small consortium of schools in Arizona.
Project Venture http://www.creighton.k12.az.us/projectventure/ takes some
advantage of the community resources you describe as several of the
districts use the Intel Teach to the Future Program.
http://www.intel.com/education/teach/index.htm
Our consortium districts employ teachers in their first five years or so of
experience as trainers of our existing teaching staff in the various levels
of technology use, based on the ACOT studies of beginning at teacher
productivity proficiencies moving toward managing students' project-based
authentic experiences using mostly classroom clusters of computers. These
trainers work somewhat differently across the various districts, but share
training opportunities in common, and support a set number of teachers who
in our district come together a few times a year to learn new technologies,
as well as to share lesson plans with the whole consortium.
Each district has an independent set of learning opportunities for
teachers, in a traditional after school or early release, staff development
model, and an identified set of "Project Venture" teachers who receive the
trainers' services, including team teaching of tech integrated lessons, and
access to technology resources, including web sites, etc.
We have been working with an independent evaluator at Arizona State
University who has seen some good integration as a result of this model. The
evaluation team has developed a classroom observation tool, and various
survey instruments, including teacher ethnographies. She has observed that
the model works well in diverse settings from advantaged to disadvantaged.
She has also observed larger gaps than we expected between what we are
teaching with technology and students, especially at the high school levels
and what the students expect to be able to do!
At this point each Project Venture teacher continues in the program for 2-3
years and then becomes a teacher leader for technology on their campuses. We
have called on many of these teachers to offer classes to the rest of their
campuses in some technology in which they have become "expert." They have
also presented at state technology conferences in order to share their
experience and techniques.
Hope I didn't explain too much. The program will be presented at NECC this
year!
Ellen Dibble
Academic Services Director
Tempe Union High School District
Tempe, AZ
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:12:17 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPDATED> Hit: Book Character Costume Ideas
From: "Paula Bainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:45:16 -0600
Subject: Hit: Book Character Costume Ideas
I recently posted a web page with ideas for book character costumes. After
I posted the page my Tech person helpfully changed the page name to make it
"easier" to access. If you tried access the page and got an error please try this
link.
http://www.usd327.org/EES/EESlib/spwk-book_character_ideas.htm
Sorry for the confusion.
Paula Bainter
Library Media Specialist
Ellsworth Elementary School
110 East 3rd Street
Ellsworth, Kansas 67439
785-472-5554 Fax 785-472-8118
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http://www.usd327.org/EES/EESlib/index.htm
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:27:44 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> T2T> Re: Mississippi Bridge
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:09:36 -0700 (MST)
Subject: T2T> Re: Mississippi Bridge
In a message dated 4/2/02 12:35:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Does anyone know of any web sites for Mississippi Bridge? >>
Try this:
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/LessonPlans/socst/delange.html
Harriet
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:43:51 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Professional Development Opportunities
From: "Bonnie Bracey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:27:37 EST
Subject: Professional Development Opportunities
Professional Development Opportunities
Offered through CESAME - Summer 2002
http://www.cesame.neu.edu/summer2002.html
**Grade Level Trainings**
Developing Mathematical Ideas (DMI)
26-28 June 2002
Natick, MA
Contact: Claire Duggan, 617.373.2036
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Connected Mathematics Project (CMP)
Grade Level Training
8-12 July 2002
Weston, MA
Contact: Claire Duggan, 617.373.2036
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Dealing with Data in Middle School
Mathematics and Science
Middle Level Training
15-17 July 2002
Location TBA
Contact: Jane DeVoe, 617.373.7695
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Everyday Mathematics
Grade Level Training
18-21 August 2002
Norfolk, MA
Contact: Alida Frey, 617.373.7994
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Connected Mathematics Project (CMP)
Introduction for New Users
19-21 August 2002
Ashland, MA
Contact: Claire Duggan, 617.373.2036
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Also available for high school:
Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP)
Years Three and Four 24-28 June 2002
Years One and Two 13-17 August 2002
Boston, MA
Contact: Paul Lyons, 617.489.0895
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**Curriculum Trainer Institutes
(Curriculum Trainer Institutes by application only.)
Investigations in Number, Data, and Space*
Curriculum Trainer Institute
22-25 July 2002
Providence, RI
Contact: Alida Frey, 617.373.7994
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Growing With Mathematics*
Curriculum Trainer Institute
13-16 August 2002
Providence, RI
Contact: Alida Frey, 617.373.7994
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:34:36 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [WWWEDU] Digital Divide Policy Unplugged: Where Do We Go From
Here? (fwd)
From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: WWWEDU (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 12:04:40 -0500
Subject: [WWWEDU] Digital Divide Policy Unplugged: Where Do We Go From Here? (fwd)
>From today's Benton Headlines.. -ac
DIGITAL DIVIDE POLICY UNPLUGGED: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
[Op-Ed] According to Benton Foundation Senior Associate, Norris Dickard, the
elimination of two critical digital opportunity programs from the 2003
budget, signals the Bush administration's retreat from the national fight to
bridge the digital divide. The administration has proposed cutting both the
U.S. Department of Education's Community Technology Centers (CTC) program
and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Technology Opportunities Program
(TOP). "The unequivocal message of the president's fiscal year 2003 budget
is that the digital divide is no longer a national priority," writes
Dickard. He says that the need for "smart, strategic, public-private
partnerships to bridge the digital divide is more important than ever."
[SOURCE: Eschool News, AUTHOR: Norris Dickard (Senior Associate, Benton
Foundation)]
(http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3635)
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Senior Associate
Benton Foundation
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http://www.benton.org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:35:00 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] CompuMentor Helps Non-Profits Get Wired (fwd)
From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 12:05:11 -0500
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] CompuMentor Helps Non-Profits Get Wired (fwd)
Also from today's Benton headlines.... -ac
COMPUMENTOR HELPS NON-PROFITS GET WIRED
CompuMentor, a nonprofit created 15 years ago to bring together tech
volunteers and charities has since grown to 54 employees, a $5 million
budget, and status as a leading national technology broker for non-profits.
The San Francisco organization's services include face-to-face consulting
and TechSoup.org, an online resource portal filled with technology advice,
resource lists and articles. CompuMentor's newest endeavor is DiscounTech,
an online store offering computers and software to non-profits at 10 percent
of the products' retail value. Microsoft, CompuMentor's largest corporate
supporter, will be donating $25 million of software in fiscal year 2002 to
be offered through the store. CompuMentor executive director Phil
Ferrante-Roseberry said, "Non-profits are desperately in need of technology
but they can't afford it...Tech companies see their philanthropic
opportunities as donating products. Its what they do, its what they know,
and frankly, it's cheaper for them than giving cash."
[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News, AUTHOR: John Boudreau]
(http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/2986805.htm)
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Andy Carvin
Senior Associate
Benton Foundation
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http://www.benton.org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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