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1. K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Global Learn Day at TAPPED IN 2. K12> Teaching About Scams -- Network Nuggets 3. K12> [WWWEDU] FW: Math and Science Partnership Program Updates 4. K12> SITE 2003--Technology & Teacher Ed. Call (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 5. NEWSLTR> Better Schools Email Update #4 6. MISC> [netsites] Information Center for the Air & Space Museum project 7. MISC> [netsites] Ancestry (UK and IE) 8. MISC> [netsites] Brain Tumor Action 9. RESOUR> [netsites] Encyclopedia of Psychology 10. K12> Arts & Architecture Project ************************************************************************* NOTE: Gleason Sackmann is the owner and host of this list. All inquiries regarding this list and its contents should be directed to Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. If you want to unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives for Net-happenings can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=NET-HAPPENINGS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:35:39 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Global Learn Day at TAPPED IN Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:42:31 -0400 From: BJ Berquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Global Learn Day at TAPPED IN To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, October 2 at TAPPED IN (http://www.tappedin.org) * Global Learn Day 4:00-5:00pm PDT/7:00-8:00pm EDT Meet John Hibbs, "imagineer", and other representatives of Global Learn Day on October 2 to learn more about this free, fun and highly unusual virtual event. Global Learn Day is a 24 hour non-stop virtual event which showcases exceptional individuals in education and technology from all 24 time zones, beginning at 00:01 GMT October 13, and ending 23 hours and 59 minutes later. We sail from Fuji and dock in Hawaii -- sandwiched in between are about 40 "stops" in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. We invite interactive discussion from the audience in several ways - email, text chat, telephony, telephone - using everything but two tin cans tied to a string! For more information visit http://www.bfranklin.edu or email our scheduling coordinator, Midi Cox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Respectfully submitted, BJ Berquist Associate Educator, TAPPED IN mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tappedin.org/info/members/bj.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:52:37 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Teaching About Scams -- Network Nuggets Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 10:36:33 -0700 Subject: Teaching About Scams -- Network Nuggets To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "nuggets ola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *** [[[ TEACHING ABOUT SCAMS ]]] *** http://www.quatloos.com This is for teachers in the upper grades of Career and Personal Planning, and possibly Accounting. Maybe the scams topic does not yet appear in your curriculum guide or your textbooks, but it should. Quatloos.com is The Cyber-Museum of Scams and Frauds. It's among several reputable sites on internet fraud (Quatloos lists others you can trust), but... "Quatloos has taken the additional step of making the description of these scams and traps as humorous as possible, so that you can enjoy yourself while reading about them, and then hopefully remember them for a long, long time to come!" It's likely that your students are already receiving email from cabinet ministers in Africa or high- sounding businesspeople, requesting help to move large sums of money into the U.S. in return for a few million dollars of their own. Several examples are posted at this Web site so you can teach your students how to spot the frauds. Quatloos is a non-profit corporation, sponsored by the offshore branch of a perfectly reputable U.S. financial corporation, First American Global Advisors Ltd. (Nevis). Jay Adkisson, one of First American's lawyers, founded Quatloos and still supplies some articles to it, plus a little advertising for his financial advice newsletter. ---------------------- Network Nuggets is a free service of the Community Learning Network Website (www.cln.org) and the Open Learning Agency of British Columbia (www.openschool.bc.ca). We send these announcements twice each week to subscribers of CLN's Network Nuggets, to inform them about potentially useful educational resources on the Internet. To Subscribe or Unsubscribe: www.cln.org/lists/nuggets/subscribe.html -- Dave Rogers, Moderator of Network Nuggets (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:53:07 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [WWWEDU] FW: Math and Science Partnership Program Updates To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:58:05 -0400 Subject: [WWWEDU] FW: Math and Science Partnership Program Updates Hello, I am forwarding the following update on the NSF MSP from James Hamos, NSF program director, NSF Mathematics and Science Partnerships. If you have been thinking about applying for the next round, you now have a firm deadline of January 7, 2003 for submission of your proposal. If you are interested in incorporating Lesson Study into your work, please feel free to contact Research for Better Schools and Global Education Resources, LLC (Makoto Yoshida: [EMAIL PROTECTED]), to work with you. Thanks. Patsy ____________________________________ Patsy Wang-Iverson Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium @ RBS Research for Better Schools 444 N. Third Street Philadelphia, PA 19123-4107 vox: 215.574.9300 x264 fax: 215.574.0133 net: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rbs.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:53:32 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> SITE 2003--Technology & Teacher Ed. Call (Albuquerque, New Mexico) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 18:33:15 -0400 From: Gary Marks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SITE 2003--Technology & Teacher Ed. Call (Albuquerque, New Mexico) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Call for Participation Deadline: October 22 << http://www.aace.org/conf/site _______________________________________________________________ SITE 2003 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference March 24-29, 2003 * Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque Convention Center CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - DUE: OCT. 22, 2002 Organized by Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) http://www.aace.org/site and Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) http://www.aace.org ______________________________________________________________ PROGRAM ACTIVITIES: * Keynote Speakers * Invited Panels/Speakers * Papers * Institutional Sessions * Interactive Sessions * Video Festival * Demonstrations/Posters * Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations * Tutorials/Workshops * Roundtables * SIGs (Special Interest Discussions) SITE 2003 is the 14th annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development. SITE is a society of AACE. You are invited to participate in this international forum which offers numerous opportunities to explore the research, development, and applications in this important field. All proposals are peer reviewed. SITE is the premiere international conference in this field and annually attracts more than >1,000 leaders in the field from over 50 countries < COLOR POSTER--SITE 2003 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb) http://www.aace.org/conf/site/site03poster.pdf SCOPE: http://www.aace.org/conf/site/topics.htm The Conference invites proposals from the introductory through advanced level on all topics related to: (1) the use of information technology in teacher education, and (2) instruction about information technology in * Preservice * Inservice * Graduate Teacher Education * Faculty & Staff Development Proposals which address the theory, research and applications as well as describe innovative projects are encouraged. ------------------------------------------ Join the mailing list for this conference at: http://www.aace.org/info.htm Also... ED-MEDIA 2003 (Honolulu, Hawaii) Call for Papers http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia If you have a question about this conference, please e-mail AACE Conference Services: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing address: AACE, P.O. Box 3728, Norfolk, VA 23514 USA ========================================= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:54:19 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NEWSLTR> Better Schools Email Update #4 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 19:29:30 -0400 Better Schools Email Update (September, 2002 - Issue #4) Note: Some subscribers may not have received the August issue, due to a technology problem that we experienced. If you did not receive it, and wish to, please let us know. The Better Schools Email Update is provided by the 21st Century School Fund, an education nonprofit in Washington, DC, and is designed to provide our community with information about the efforts of 21CSF and other local education advocates to improve the District of Columbia Public Schools. It is sent out the last week of each month. If you know of someone who would like to be added to our mailing list, or if you would like your email address removed from this list, then please email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC Council Cuts Schools FY03 Budget; Public Forum on DCPS Budget on 10/2 The DC Council voted on 10/1 to approve the FY2003 DC budget, after including measures to address a $323 million projected shortfall. One of those measures is a cut to the DCPS budget of $30 million, down from a level originally set at $771 million. This cut is on top of an already acknowledged deficit for next year of $45 million (due to personnel and technology costs); bringing the total DCPS cuts necessary to $75 million. NOTE: The Board of Education will hold a public forum on Wednesday 10/2 at 6PM (825 N. Capital St, 5th floor), in order to hear from parents, students, and other community members before they decide how to address the cuts. Members of the public are encouraged to attend! Board of Education Passes Public-Private Development Partnership Policy On September 17th, after several months of work, the Board approved a final rulemaking on public-private development partnership policy. The policy provides guidelines and procedures by which DCPS will enter into public-private partnerships to develop DCPS-controlled real estate assets, such as school buildings. In very broad terms, the process is as follows: (1) DCPS will hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving suggestions on potential sites; (2) DCPS will develop a list of potential sites, publish the list in the DC Register, notify related schools and ANC's, and take public comments; (3) DCPS will recommend sites to the Board of Education; and (4) the Board will select sites to move forward for partnerships. For a copy of the final policy, visit the Board website at "http://www.k12.dc.us/dcps/boe/boe_frame.html"; DCPS Formulating Parent Involvement Policy DCPS has assembled a parent involvement task force, which includes members of the community, to help formulate Board policy on this topic. They are using PTA guidelines to inform its definition and strategy. The policy will require the development, implementation, and regular evaluation of parent involvement programs throughout DCPS. A proposed policy, in the form of a rulemaking, has been developed, and will be voted on by the Board's Committee on Operations and Vision this Friday at 10AM. The Committee meeting is at 825 N. Capital St, NE, and is open to the public. If approved by the Committee, it will then go before the full Board for a vote, and then be subject to a public comment period. DCPS Formulating Out of Boundary Policy An ad hoc committee from Wards 5 and 6 has been meeting to help formulate out of boundary attendance policy for DCPS. The Superintendent has also presented a proposed policy to the Board for committee review. DCPS Examining Staggered School Openings DCPS has formed a group, which includes community members, to study changing to staggered school opening times in the mornings. The school system has said it could save up to 3 million dollars in bus transportation costs with staggered openings. Update on DCPS Capital Improvement Program The following is a school-by-school update on the DCPS program to modernize or /replace all of its public schools buildings. (Source: DCPS/Office of Facilities Management Monthly Report, September 24, 2002.) School---Current Status---Estimated Completion Anacostia HS---Education Specifications (95% complete)---? Barnard ES---Construction (75% complete)---12/02 Bell/Lincoln HS/MS---Design (99% done); Construction planned for 9/02---1/05 Birney ES---Design (10% complete); Construction planned for 7/03---12/04 Brightwood ES---Design (11% complete); Construction planned for 6/03---8/05 Cardozo HS---Education Specifications (95% complete)---? Cleveland ES---Construction (12% complete)---8/03 Cooke ES---Design (11% complete); Construction planned for 6/03---12/04 Deal JHS---Education Specifications (95% complete)---? Hardy MS---Design (?% complete); Construction planned for 9/03---8/05 Kelly Miller MS---Construction (35% complete)---8/03 Key ES---Construction (90% complete)---3/03 Kramer MS---Education Specifications (70% complete)---? Luke C Moore HS---Design (95% complete); Construction planned for 1/03---7/04 MacFarland MS---Education Specifications (95% complete)---? McKinley Tech HS---Construction (25% complete)---7/03(partial) Miner ES---Construction (73% complete)---12/02 Noyes ES---Construction (11% complete)---11/03 Patterson ES---Construction (2% complete)---12/03 Phelps HS---Feasibility study (99% complete)---? Randle Highland ES---Construction (99% complete)---8/02 RH Terrell JHS---Education Specifications (95% complete)---? Ross ES---Education Specifications (95% complete)---? Slowe ES---Education Specifications (95% complete)---? Smothers ES---Education Specifications (95% complete)---? Sousa MS---Design (10% complete); Construction planned for 6/03---8/05 Thomas ES---Design (75% complete); Construction planned for 2/03---8/04 Thomson ES---Construction (0% complete)---5/04 Walker Jones ES---Design (25% complete); Construction planned for 7/03--12/04 Wheatley ES---Design (50% complete); Construction planned for 2/03---7/04 Woodson HS---Design (7% complete); Construction planned for 10/03---12/05 For more information on any of the above items, please contact Jordan Spooner or Nancy Huvendick of the 21st Century School Fund at 202-745-3745, or by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:54:51 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Information Center for the Air & Space Museum project To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Keebor Manning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 18:35:23 -0500 Subject: [netsites] Information Center for the Air & Space Museum project Information Center for the Air & Space Museum project http://www.nywf64.com/index.htm "nywf64.com is pleased to serve as the Information Center for the proposed Air & Space Museum project at the New York State Pavilion. Come inside to view these exciting plans." Keebor Manning [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:55:07 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Ancestry (UK and IE) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Reginald Alfalfa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 18:39:17 -0500 Subject: [netsites] Ancestry (UK and IE) Ancestry - UK and Ireland http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ "Research your ancestry and family history at the web's most popular genealogy site. Resources for beginners and experts with family history software, classes and genealogy databases." Reginald Alfalfa [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:55:26 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Brain Tumor Action To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Dr. Y U Morostay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 18:44:12 -0500 Subject: [netsites] Brain Tumor Action Brain Tumor Action http://www.braintumouraction.org.uk/ "Brain Tumour Action (BTA) arose out of a need from patients and carers attending the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh to have someone to talk to, to know that they were not alone and to realise that there were other people going through the same problems and experiences as themselves. BTA is a voluntary organisation with five major aims: Support for relatives and sufferers of brain tumours; Counselling for those who wish it; Information on brain tumours and their treatment; Education of the public about tumours; and Research into brain tumours and their treatment." Dr. Yennea U. Morostay [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://morostay.dermdex.net/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:55:39 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Encyclopedia of Psychology To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Timothy Riage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 18:45:41 -0500 Subject: [netsites] Encyclopedia of Psychology Encyclopedia of Psychology http://www.psychology.org/ "The Encyclopedia of Psychology is a collection of links to many areas of psychology. Our intent is to offer the best available sites organized to further the understanding of Psychology as a science." Timothy Riage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.triage.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:57:50 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Arts & Architecture Project Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:49:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Walter McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Arts & Architecture Project Drew Model Elementary School will use the Art & Architecture web site they developed last year <http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/a&a/a&a.htm>http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/a&a/a&a.htm as a basis for the study of architecture and culture from around the world! We invite K - 12 classes from every continent to study our website of architecture through history and then create a virtual tour of architecture in their respective parts of the world. Surf to <http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/a&a/project.htm>http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/a&a/project.htm to read all about it and register! The emphasis should be on the classical elements of architecture showcased on our site and how they are represented in the buildings of your town. The virtual tour can be presented in web page format, as a slide show, or through the use of digital video. Your tour should also include examples of student art work which reflect awareness and understanding of the architectural elements evident in your community. Project objectives are: to integrate arts across the curriculum through a study of architecture to make use of technology in creating bridges across cultures to promote the Language Arts through the processes of reading, writing and researching to promote Mathematics through the study of Geometry and its concepts of shape, line and symmetry to promote the Sciences through the study of physics, engineering, machines, and climate to promote the Social Studies through the study of history, geography and cultures Timeline: October 1 - November 30, 2002 Registration December 1 - January 31, 2003 Research February 1 - April 30, 2003 Create virtual tour May 1, 2003 Submit virtual tour to post on project web site Project: The final project is a multimedia presentation of architecture in your community which is to be presented in web page, slide show or video format. Theapplication used to develop your virtual tour must be able to be viewed online (with the use of a plugin if necessary); project presentations should not require the purchase of software to be viewed online. Each project will be posted in the Art & Architecture prohject web site as part of a digital archive of architecture from around the world, across history and culture. Once a virtual tour is posted on the project web site it will remain there at the discretion of the project sponsor. Participating classes will be asked to create a reciprocal link from their school web site to the project web site. A project icon will be supplied with directions on how to make this link. Your local webmaster will be able to easily assist you in this process. Teacher Support: A mailing list will be established for teachers of all participating classes to promote communication, interaction and professional support for one another as we build our projects together across the miles. This will be a private list through which only teachers registered with the project will have access. Under no circumstances will the mailing addresses from this list be given to anyone outside of this project for any purpose. Through the use of this list, we will build a learning community which well help each of us to enjoy success as we work on our project with our students. Sponsor: Drew Model Elementary School - Arlington, Virginia <http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/>http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/ Contact Person: Walter McKenzie <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/a&a/project.htm ------------------------------ End of NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 1 Oct 2002 to 2 Oct 2002 - Special issue (#2002-600) ***********************************************************************************
