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1. RESOUR> [netsites] Art Museum of the Americas 2. MISC> [netsites] Dictionary for Marines 3. RESOUR> [netsites] USGS National Geologic Map Database 4. RESOUR> [netsites] Wildlife Survival Sanctuary 5. MISC> [netsites] College World Series History 6. RESOUR> [netsites] Public Record Finder 7. RESOUR> [netsites] MenWeb - Domestic violence 8. MISC> [netsites] The Tonys 9. RESOUR> [netsites] Education System of the States 10. MISC> [WWWEDU] Collaboration in Leonardo and Socrates projects. 11. K12> New Learning Resources at FREE (May 23, 2002) 12. K12> plagiarism detection site 13. K12> TEACHABLE MOMENT - predators online ***************************************** For individual postings, send the message: set net-happenings mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Net-happenings mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for Net-happenings can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=NET-HAPPENINGS Newsgroups: news:comp.internet.net-happenings http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&GROUP;=comp.internet.net-happenings ******************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:58:25 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Art Museum of the Americas From: "Parthiux Trestium" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 22 May 2002 16:55:40 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Art Museum of the Americas Art Museum of the Americas http://www.museum.oas.org/ "The Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States was established in 1976 by resolution of the OAS Permanent Council in tribute to the two-hundredth anniversary of the independence of the United States, host country of the OAS.The historic building housing the Museum was designed by noted architect Paul Cret in 1912 as the residence for the Secretaries General of the Organization of American States. It is Spanish colonial in style with white walls, iron grilles, a red tiled roof and a loggia decorated with richly colored tiles in patterns modeled after Aztec and Inca legends. Today as a Museum, the building provides a warm and intimate atmosphere to enjoy art." Parthiux Trestium - non troppix di tessum [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:58:53 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Dictionary for Marines From: "Rowdy Yates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:02:28 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Dictionary for Marines An Unofficial Dictionary for Marines http://4mermarine.com/USMC/dictionary.html "An unofficial dictionary for Marines containing words and phrases used throughout the centuries by Marines and about Marines." Rowdy Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:59:24 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] USGS National Geologic Map Database From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:10:03 -0700 Subject: [netsites] USGS National Geologic Map Database USGS National Geologic Map Database http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ Help with finding "information about maps and related data for: geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:59:48 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Wildlife Survival Sanctuary From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:11:57 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Wildlife Survival Sanctuary Wildlife Survival Sanctuary http://www.wildlifesurvival.com/ The Wildlife Survival Sanctuary is "a non-profit 501c3 wildlife and exotic animal rescue facility located in Springhill, Florida - dedicated to the rescue of unwanted or abused animals such as lions, leopards, cougars, bobcats, tigers, panthers and more." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:00:30 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] College World Series History From: "Lonnie Joe Bowie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:23:29 -0700 Subject: [netsites] College World Series History ESPN: College World Series History http://espn.go.com/ncaa/almanac/baseball.html Here is an informatitive table of past winners and runnersup for the College World Series from 1947 to 2001. Lonnie Joe Bowie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:01:09 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Public Record Finder From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:25:12 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Public Record Finder Public Record Finder http://www.freeprf.com/ "Public Record Finder has over 7000 links to free public records including free birth records, marriage records, court records, sex offenders registries, people finder databases, business finder databases, government public records, worldwide public records." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:02:13 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] MenWeb - Domestic violence From: "Ray Shiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:26:54 -0700 Subject: [netsites] MenWeb - Domestic violence MenWeb - Domestic violence http://www.batteredmen.com/ "Battered men: almost 40% of domestic violence victims each year. Help for male victims of domestic violence, men's stories, research findings, articles, gender polarization in domestic violence, international developments, links." Ray Shiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:02:51 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] The Tonys From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:21:14 -0700 Subject: [netsites] The Tonys The Tonys http://www.tonys.org/ The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards Website "IBM presents the official website of the Tony Awards. The ceremony, held at Radio City Music Hall, celebrates the best in Broadway shows." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:03:25 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Education System of the States From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 23 May 2002 03:45:58 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Education System of the States Education System of the States http://www.ecs.org/ "A non-partisan education policy state compact, helping state leaders develop education policy." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:47:50 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [WWWEDU] Collaboration in Leonardo and Socrates projects. From: "Catana Mihai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 23 May 2002 03:51:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [WWWEDU] Collaboration in Leonardo and Socrates projects. Dear Colleagues, The European Community are generous in founding many kind of educational projects through Leonardo and Socrates Programmes. If you are interested to find partners ,to change projects ideas or to present your institution please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Leonardo_Socrates/ Also,EU encourage the links between schools from US and Europe. Regards Mihai Catana International Projects Co-ordinator The London Skills Institute 1st Floor, College House 67-83 Seven Sisters Road London N7 6BU Tel: ++44 (0) 20 75610066 Fax: ++44 (0) 20 7561 0117 www.tlsi.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:49:06 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> New Learning Resources at FREE (May 23, 2002) From: "Winters, Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Information from & about the U.S. Department of Education publications & more . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 23 May 2002 11:13:31 -0400 Subject: New Learning Resources at FREE (May 23, 2002) TWELVE NEW RESOURCES in the arts, health, language arts, social studies, & science have been added to the Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) website. FREE makes it easy for teachers, parents, students, & others to find teaching & learning resources from more than 40 federal organizations. http://www.ed.gov/free/ The 12 new resources are described below. ==> A SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY resource -- the National Moment of Remembrance -- asks Americans to honor those who died in service to our Nation by observing one minute of silence & reflection at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. A timeline of America's wars & a profile of each are available at the website. (White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance) http://www.remember.gov/ U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige invites teachers, students, & other Americans to participate the National Moment of Silence & to use the Commission's website in an effort "to reclaim this noble holiday for its intended purpose of honoring those who died in service to our great country." http://www.ed.gov/News/Letters/020517.html ==== Arts ==== "Celebrating Stephen Sondheim" helps introduce students to one of the most influential figures in musical theatre history. In addition to lesson ideas & learning activities, it offers a biography of the composer-lyricist, a timeline of his career, & the background & synopses of four of his most well-known musicals. The site was developed in conjunction with the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration, which will be held throughout the spring & summer. (JFK-CPA) http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/mt/sondheim/artsedge.html "Pablo Picasso's 'The Tragedy': The Metamorphosis of a Painting" uses x-rays & infrared light to reveal that Picasso sketched & painted at least four works on this panel before painting over them in 1903 to produce "The Tragedy." He did not, however, merely paint over the previous images; rather, he incorporated each layer into the subsequent one, believing that, "What comes out in the end is the result of the discarded finds." (NGA) http://www.nga.gov/feature/picasso/index.htm ====== Health ====== "Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Your Newborn" provides parents of newborns information about checkups & shots, breastfeeding & bottle feeding, changing diapers, installing car seats, bathing, communicating, keeping a memory book, "what it is like to be a newborn," & more. (USAD,ED,HHS) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/earlychildhood/healthystart/ ============= Language Arts ============= "Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers & Child Care & Family Providers" suggests how to read aloud to children, develop their listening & speaking skills, teach about letters & numbers, & build their background knowledge & thinking skills. The booklet is designed to help adults who work with young children create rich learning environments. (ED,HHS) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/teachingouryoungest/ ============== Social Studies ============== "Boston's Arnold Arboretum: A Place for Study & Recreation" provides readings, maps, & lesson ideas about the first arboretum in the U.S., which opened to the public in the 1880s. This site, though focused on a place devoted to the study of trees, can help students learn how 19th-century urban conditions influenced the development of parks & how to research the history of parks in their own communities. (NPS,TwHP) http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/56arnold/56arnold.htm "Bryce Canyon National Park: Hoodoos' Cast Their Spell" looks at the history of this area in Utah known for its hoodoos -- limestones, sandstones, & mudstones that have been carved by erosion into spectacular spires, fins, & pinnacles. (NPS,TwHP) http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/64Bryce/64Bryce.htm "Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright" tells the story of how Andrew Carnegie donated over $40 million from his fortune made in the railroad & steel industries to build more than 1,600 libraries across America. Photos, maps, tables, & drawings of "Carnegie libraries" help tell the story. (NPS,TwHP) http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/50carnegie/50carnegie.htm "Chatham Plantation: Witness to the Civil War" recounts what happened at this plantation overlooking Fredericksburg, Virginia. The house served as a headquarters & communications center for generals & commanders. When General Irvin McDowell was housed there, President Lincoln visited to confer with about strategy. Later in the war, the house served as a hospital where Clara Barton & Walt Whitman tended to wounded soldiers. Four major battles were fought in the countryside surrounding Chatham. (NPS,TwHP) http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/45chatham/45chatham.htm "Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor" features 46 historic places along a 150-mile stretch from Bristol to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of the anthracite coal industry. This National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary illustrates the history of an extraordinary 19th-century transportation system -- mountain railroads, rivers, dams & canals -- devised to move anthracite from mine to market. (NPS,NRHP) http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/travel/delaware/index.htm "Fort Hancock: A Bastion of America's Eastern Seaboard" is a lesson that uses this fort, built in the late 1800s to defend New York Harbor, as a base for examining issues in U.S. defense policy & military preparedness in the late 1800s. (NPS,NRHP) http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/37hancock/37hancock.htm ======= Science ======= "EdiFun: Thomas Edison & His Inventions" looks at Thomas Edison's life & the impact of his work. The site describes individuals at Menlo Park who turned his ideas into reality & provides a database of all 1,093 of his patents. (National Park Service) http://www.nps.gov/edis/edifunpage.htm Acronyms ~~~~~~~~ ED -- Department of Education HHS -- Department of Health & Human Services JFK-CPA -- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts NGA -- National Gallery of Art NPS -- National Park Service NPS,NRHP -- National Park Service, Nat. Register of Historic Places NPS,TwHP -- National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places USDA -- Department of Agriculture --------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: If you'd like to tell other teachers, parents, or students about the FREE website, a new brochure can help. You can order one brochure or multiple copies at http://www.ed.gov/free/brochures.html --------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================== To subscribe to (or unsubscribe from) EDInfo, address an email message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Then write either SUBSCRIBE EDINFO YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME in the message, or write UNSUBSCRIBE EDINFO (if you have a signature block, please turn it off) Then send it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Past EDInfo messages: http://www.ed.gov/MailingLists/EDInfo/ Search: http://www.ed.gov/MailingLists/EDInfo/search.html Past ED Initiatives: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EDInitiatives/ =========================================================== Contributers: Beth Boland, Terry Childs, Laura Fox, & Jennifer Mayne Editors: Peter Kickbush & Kirk Winters ----------------------------------------------- Please send any comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 13:11:47 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> plagiarism detection site From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:58:27 -0700 (PDT) http://plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu/links.html In a recent posting someone mentioned a free plagiarism detection site called Plagiserve.com. Before you rush headlong into using that site I think you should read the concerns expressed at the bottom of the page at the above link. It is interesting to note that the owners of plagiserve and edutie also were involved in a few of the web's most notorious paper mills! Nice gig - invite people to submit papers to be checked against online papers while stocking your own shelves with the submissions. I used the whois service myself a few months ago to check this alleged connection and I saw it with my own eyes. After being caught they changed things so that this connection odesn't show. OR, as the above article contends, they had a true change of heart and are no longer in the term papers for sale business. Possibly. You can make up your own mind. But, at least you should know of the history of those two sites before you make up your mind. http://plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu/links.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 14:23:51 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> TEACHABLE MOMENT - predators online Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 12:27:19 -0700 From: Nancy Willard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TEACHABLE MOMENT - predators online To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am assuming that most folks have heard the story of the unfortunate young girl who was strangled by a predator she met online. There is a *really excellent* story on this incident that I think it very important for both adults and students to learn from. The article is on the CTNow.com web site. The reporter interviewed some of the victim's friends and received insight that definately should be shared. http://www.ctnow.com/news/local/hc-christina0522.artmay22.story?coll=hc-headlines-local. Another story that provides interesting insight is: http://www.nando.net/technology/story/410093p-3268952c.html Look at the following elements: 1. Young person who is already "at risk." Young people who are "at risk" generally are the ones most likely to be "at risk" from online predators. Predators are most likely to target teen girls who are already "at risk" because of family concerns. Some will also target teen boys who are struggling with sexual orientation issues. So pay attention to "at risk" kids, they are the most vulnerable to the "sweet talk" they will receive from predators. We need to tell our kids every day how much we love them because if they do not know hear and know about real love, they will mistake the "come-ons" from predators as the love they are missing. 2. Not spending time with friends in the "real world" -- spending far too much time with folks in cyberspace. The use of the Internet by young people MUST be balanced with lots of interaction and activities with friends in the real world. Anytime that a young person appears to have gotten "sucked up" into cyberspace, this is a clear signal of danger. 3. A teen girl who is spending lots of time on the Internet AND starts presenting herself as a sex object both in person and online. These two factors combine to create a major clue that this child has become involved in online sex activities that will have a major potential of leading to in-person involvement. Look at the picture that this child posted of herself! 4. Lack of adult guidance and education. This information comes from the second story. "Her aunt, Shelly Riling, said Christina told her she had been in a chat room and "people were saying these weird things," so she decided not to return. "I said, 'Honey, that's a very responsible decision that you made because I wanted to have a talk with you about that, but now I won't have to because now you understood on your own, and I'm really proud of you,'" Riling said on NBC's "Today." " The NRC report on Youth, Pornography, and the Internet concluded that we should NOT place primary reliance on "technology quick fixes" but should focus our efforts on education and supervision. There was insufficient education and supervision of this young girl. Note also the subtlety of a clue that the child provided to her aunt: "People were saying these wierd things." Parents and educators need to be responsive to what can be very subtle clues and remain engaged. 5. Friends knew, but apparently did not tell a responsible adult. It is probable that in most cases where a young person has gotten involved with an online predator, their friends either knew or had strong suspicions that this was occurring. We have made great strides in addressing concerns of school violence by convincing kids to break the "tattling barrier." One effective educational strategy we can employ is to educate teens about the importance of recognizing when their friends are getting into online danger situations and convincing them of the importance of telling a responsible adult about their concerns. Now go to this story: http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/05/21/kids-internet.htm. 6. Continued misplaced reliance on "technology fixes" and "law enforcement," rather than focusing on education and supervision and involvement in the lives of our kids. We are not going to save kids like Christina with a kid-friendly domain or greater wire-tapping privileges. I DO advocate the establishime of safe (non-commercial) Internet spaces for younger children. But Christina was 13. She is not going to spend her time online in kid-friendly spaces. Trying to keep her out of chat rooms would also not have been a successful strategy. She needed the adults and friends in her life to have recognized the dangerous pathway that she was on and to have provided the love, education, guidance, and supervision that are the only strategies that will truly address the concern of predators online. If you are an educator, especially in middle school and high school, please take advantage of this teachable moment. I suggest presenting the first article and engaging the students in an analysis of the danger signs and a discussion about what they might be able to do if the notice a friend of theirs who may be walking down the same path. If any of your students come up with written guidelines on this issue, I would really appreciate receiving these -- and I would appreciate permission to post these on the site I am working on to support my book. Please feel free to distribute and publish this document for non-profit educational purposes. Nancy Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Director, Responsible Netizen Center for Advanced Technology in Education 5214 University of Oregon, College of Education Eugene, Oregon 97405 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://netizen.uoregon.edu Author of Computer Ethics, Etiquette, and Safety for 21st Century Students. http://www.iste.org ------------------------------ End of NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 22 May 2002 to 23 May 2002 - Special issue (#2002-338) *************************************************************************************
