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1. K12> Classroom Connect Community News: Parent-Teacher Conferences 2. K12>Safari Alert 3. K12> Tom Snyder Productions 4. K12> Day of the Dead 5. K12> Project Vote Smart 6. K12> Clean Water Day 7. PROJ> Random act of kindness 8. MISC> [netsites] OneWorld Radio 9. K12> great science web site for middle school 10. MISC> [netsites] Appalachian Power 11. MISC> [netsites] Euclid's Elements 12. MISC> [netsites] From Etna To Stromboli 13. K12> [netsites] Insecta Inspecta World 14. MISC> [netsites] Origins of Writing 15. MISC> [netsites] CORRECTION: Panda Cam ************************************************************************* 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: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:02:06 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Classroom Connect Community News: Parent-Teacher Conferences From: Heller, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 3:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Classroom Connect Community News: Parent-Teacher Conferences ==================================================================== Classroom Connect Community News: Parent-Teacher Conferences October 2, 2002 ==================================================================== I. Feature Article: Veteran Teachers Share Hints & Tips About Parent-Teacher Conferences II. Teach Parents About Protecting their Children's Privacy III. New Teacher Discussion IV. What's Up at Classroom Connect? a. Fall Connected Conference Schedule -------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Feature Article: Veteran Teachers Share Hints & Tips About Parent-Teacher Conferences -------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the most important things to remember is to be confident in yourself as an educator because you are the expert. Whether you have years of experience or not, you have been well trained in your field of expertise. This should be tempered with a human quality and acknowledgement that we all make mistakes. Teaching is a life-long learning experience and an art. It is an area of trial and error, reflection, and modification. The major advantage to new teachers today is the wealth of expertise and information at their fingertips and with far less isolation. Teachers are always ready to share their experience and knowledge. Read the full story: <http://www.classroom.com/community/neighborhoods/teachertalk_messageboa rd.jhtml?forum=14@@. eee5692/24> -------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Teach Parents About Protecting their Children's Privacy -------------------------------------------------------------------- Help parents learn more about how to protect children's privacy online. Classroom Connect and TRUSTe have co-developed a brochure to guide you. Download is FREE. <http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/privacyguide.jhtml> -------------------------------------------------------------------- III. New Teacher Discussion -------------------------------------------------------------------- In this TeacherTalk Discussion, veteran teachers share their experiences and post tips for new teachers. Are you a new teacher? Then use this space to get answers to your most pressing classroom questions. <http://www.classroom.com/community/neighborhoods/teachertalk_messageboa rd.jhtml?forum=230@@ .eee5692> -------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. What's Up at Classroom Connect? -------------------------------------------------------------------- a. Fall Connected Conference Schedule -------------------------------------------------------------------- Secure your seat at the Connected Conference near you! If you haven't already registered, don't wait. Call (800) 638-1639. The brand new curriculum for Baltimore will deliver even more sessions on: - Teaching with the Internet - Problem- and project-based learning - Reading, math, and social studies FALL SCHEDULE: Houston, TX, Oct. 15-16 Baltimore, MD, Oct. 24-25 Seattle, WA, Nov. 19-20 Long Beach, CA, Dec. 4-6 <http://proflearn.classroom.com/profdev/conferences/> ==================================================================== Sincerely, Janet and Paul Classroom Connect ________________________________________________________________________ _____ Meet other teachers in our community at <http://www.classroom.com/community/neighborhoods/index.jhtml> Tell your friends about the Classroom Connect Community News list! To subscribe or unsubscribe from our mailing list, please visit: <http://www.classroom.com/community/email> To read the online archives for this list, visit: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=COMMUNITY The Classroom Connect Community News list is hosted by Classroom Connect <www.classroom.com>, your place for Internet-based curriculum and professional development for K-12 education. ________________________________________________________________________ _____ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:09:52 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12>Safari Alert From: Lisa Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 3:38 PM I thought you might want to know that Microsoft Press has joined O'Reilly & Associates and Pearson (Addison-Wesley Professional, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Macromedia Press, Prentice Hall PTR, Peachpit Press, Sun Microsystems Press, Que, Sams) in presenting technical books online through Safari. O'Reilly has over 400 books available on Safari; Pearson also has over 400 books; and Microsoft will start immediately with 16 titles available on Safari, with more to come. PC Magazine called Safari a Top 100 (Undiscovered) Web site. "These are the best computer manuals around, and that now, for a small fee, you can access them online." PC World said: "Hunting for tech information just got easier with Safari Tech Books Online, a subscription site with the digital versions of more than 600 books from publishers such as O'Reilly & Associates and Addison-Wesley. The books are fully searchable, and you can annotate pages as you read them. Server-based bookmarks give you quick access to pages from any PC connected to the Net. You can run multibook searches with keywords and preview sections of any book before subscribing to it. You can save books to disk or print them out (though you can't download them to an electronic-book device). The best part: Every 30 days you can swap any or all titles in your account for new ones, so you can trade up from introductory titles to advanced ones, for example. Subscription rates are based on the number of books you buy. Each title is assigned a point value of one to three points, with a minimum five-point subscription costing $10 a month (pith helmet not included)." Some of the features that have made Safari one of the few successful online book ventures include the ability to search for key topics and code, browse more than 20 technical categories and read the full text of books right from your desktop. Safari's search provides relevancy-ranked results, helping users to quickly zero in on the information they need. Users who have subscribed to a book can then peruse the full text of relevant titles, chapters and sections. The service gives subscribers the ability to bookmark, make notes, and cut and paste code directly, saving time and eliminating programming errors. What users have said: "I love how Safari allows me to access new books each month depending on my needs. The search facility is excellent and the presentation is topnotch. It is one heck of an online technical library." --Eric Winslow, Economist, System Administrator, Web Master-Programmer "I like being able to search the books and quickly find the information I need. I also like to login and access it from where I happen to be that day. I don't have to carry 20 books for reference to the client site." --Keith Watts, Development Manager "Things change in a hurry, and there's no way I can have enough books on my bookshelves to cover all of the things I need to learn something about. That's why Safari is so great. With Safari, I can subscribe to books on the topics I want to know about right away. I can either read through the book from the start or I can skip around by using the online table of contents and index. If it's a topic that I want to buy a book about, I can use Safari to compare different publishers' books and choose the one I like best. That last part is especially handy because we don't have a complete technical bookstore in my city." --Jerry Peek, author of "Unix Power Tools" and "Learning Unix for Mac OS X" The official press release can be found at: http://www.safaribooksonline.com/pr10-02-2002.html The O'Reilly portal to Safari is at: http://safari.oreilly.com/ The Pearson Portal is at: InformIT.com (http://safari.informit.com) Thanks! Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:13:01 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Tom Snyder Productions Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:35 PM From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc Subject: Resource: Tom Snyder Productions http://www.teachtsp.com/about/au_comp.asp This is the man/compapny who made MAPPING THE WORLD BY HEART... It is the kit that teaches kids how to make maps and learn geo by drawing the maps... That kit is here and some CD software now as well... The Mapmakers tool kit CD looks wonderful! There is a graphing program too.... Haven't checked it all...hope it can be useful to someone Steve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:14:15 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Day of the Dead Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:36 PM From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc Subject: Resource: Day of the Dead Sent to me by Laura: --- Here are a few links to get you started if you are interested in learning=20 more about the Mexican holiday, D=CDA DE LOS MUERTOS--The Days Of The Dead. The=20 nice thing about the links below is that as of Sunday evening they all=20 worked, LOL So often I find pages of links and none of them work, I'm sure we=20 have all experienced this. Looks like this could be fun. Enjoy!=20 <http://www.northnet.org/mwcsart/posada.htm> <http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/news/vol_7/issue3/96falp11.htm> <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1506/papic.html> <http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/egg1096/daydead.html> <http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/feature/daydeadindex.html> <http://www.colonize.com/p/a.php?a=3Dn001001182> <http://www.mexweb.com/muertos.htm> Watch the line wrap on this one! <http://www.allrecipes.com/cb/w2m/seaspec/holiday/halloween/losmuertos/ default.asp> <http://www.endicott-studio.com/fordoor.html> <http://muertos.palomar.edu/muertoslinks.htm> Sugar Skull Making Instructions=20 <http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/mexicansugarskull/recipe.htm> <http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/mexicansugarskull/sugarskullmolds.htm> This page has a ton of links, the ones I checked worked but I can't guarantee=20 that they all do. <http://www.widdershins.org/vol7iss5/09.htm> Steve ---- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:14:39 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Project Vote Smart Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:36 PM From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc Subject: Resource: Project Vote Smart http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml Where Are Your Candidates on the Issues? - Want to find out whether your candidates are willing to give you an idea of their positions on the issues that are important to you? Check their responses to the National Political Awareness Test (NPAT) here on our web site, as the candidates' deadlines pass and we release them, state by state, over the next few months before the November general elections. Steve ---- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:15:19 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Clean Water Day Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:35 PM From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc Subject: Resource: Clean Water Day http://www.earthday.net/goals/clean_water.stm Mark the Year of Clean Water and 30th anniversary of the Clean Water Act with a real hands-on project that can make a difference in your community. Measure the health of your local waters on National Water Monitoring Day. Join thousands of students, families, and community groups as volunteer monitors-and test the quality of your local water resources. Participation is easy- and fun. Your results can be submitted to the national Clean Water Data Collection Site. You'll be able to compare the health of your water with those from hundreds of sites around the nation. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:17:57 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PROJ> Random act of kindness From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 18:07:34 EDT Join us in recognizing children's acts of kindness. Let us know when children in your class should be celebrated for going the extra distance by being kind to one another. Too many times children's good deeds go unnoticed. Let this be the first step in their successes! Each month you will submit a paragraph about one student in your class who performed a "Random act of kindness". We will post the child's act and picture (JPEG or GIF), if you wish, to celebrate him or her. You must send in your entry by the 25th of each month. Hopefully we will give all children the incentive to just be nice! Join our project at: http://www.angelfire.com/ny/ProjectKAVE/ or write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - to register. Please include the following: Teacher's name School name email address grade level city, state Thank you! Harriet Stolzenberg P.S. 279 [EMAIL PROTECTED] educator ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:18:18 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] OneWorld Radio To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Ray Shiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:41:40 -0500 Subject: [netsites] OneWorld Radio OneWorld Radio http://radio.oneworld.net/ "OneWorld Radio - broadcasters and NGOs working together in radio for change." Ray Shiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:20:32 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> great science web site for middle school Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 15:25:33 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mary Nell Lott) Newsgroups: k12.ed.science Subject: great science web site for middle school http://www.spacesciencegroup.org/ Science: Out of This World is the Web's most comprehensive site for middle-school science students. With over 1,000 science and space related content pages, streaming audio and video, this award-winning site has lab activities, quizzes, self-paced in-service, links to resource sites, and tech support. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:21:01 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Appalachian Power From: Alan S. Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] Appalachian Power Appalachian Power http://www.appalachianpower.com/ Promoting a cultural and historical odyssey of the Appalachian Mountains. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:21:20 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Euclid's Elements From: Alan S. Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] Euclid's Elements Euclid's Elements http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/toc.html "Euclid's Elements form one of the most beautiful and influential works of science in the history of humankind. Its beauty lies in its logical development of geometry and other branches of mathematics. It has influenced all branches of science but none so much as mathematics and the exact sciences. The Elements have been studied 24 centuries in many languages starting, of course, in the original Greek, then in Arabic, Latin, and many modern languages." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:21:52 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] From Etna To Stromboli From: Finders Keepers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] From Etna To Stromboli >From Etna To Stromboli http://www.tboeckel.de/ Actual photos and videos from active volcanoes and astronomical observations. Fin der Keepoers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:22:11 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [netsites] Insecta Inspecta World From: Tshi Ho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] Insecta Inspecta World Insecta Inspecta World http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/ Join the Insecta Inspecta team and learn a little about the world of insects. Tshi Ho [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:22:40 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Origins of Writing From: Alan S. Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] Origins of Writing Origins of Writing http://www.usu.edu/anthro/origins_of_writing/ Anthropological explorations of early writing systems, including Chinese, European Script, Gaelic, Hangul, Hieroglyph Aesthetics and many more. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:23:05 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] CORRECTION: Panda Cam From: Samantha Shay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] CORRECTION: Panda Cam Panda Cam http://www.sandiegozoo.org/special/pandas/pandacam/ "Panda Cam is the official Web cam site for viewing real-time Web coverage of giant panda Hua Mei in her natural exhibit at the San Diego Zoo." ~Sam Shay [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ End of NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 2 Oct 2002 to 3 Oct 2002 - Special issue (#2002-604) ***********************************************************************************
