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1. K12> [INDIANA-EDUCATORS] Forum to feature election lessons 2. MISC> [netsites] Links for Chemists 3. K12> ScienceMaster Newsletter List 4. K12> S.O.S. -- Help for Busy Teachers (Site 07): Google Catalog Search 5. K12> [WWWEDU] PROF DEV: This Week At TAPPED IN September 29, 2002 6. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] WHO'S ONLINE IN CHINA? 7. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] GOVERNMENT TO BOOST EDUCATION WITH 102 COMPUTER LABS 8. MISC> TOOLS OF THE TRADE: The Growing World of Blogs and Weblogs 9. MISC> NEWS: White House Rejects Order to Use Printing Office 10. K12> more fun stuff for autumn or when ever 11. K12> Off campus harmful speech ************************************************************************* 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: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 06:28:05 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [INDIANA-EDUCATORS] Forum to feature election lessons Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 13:21:01 -0500 From: Michael Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [INDIANA-EDUCATORS] Forum to feature election lessons To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The 2002 Congressional elections are coming soon, and will provide a "teachable moment" with every House seat and several US Senate seats up for grabs, as well as many state and local government offices open. Teachers wishing to include the election campaign in their social studies classrooms will want to attend the next Social Studies forum, set for 8 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. Pacific) time on October 9 in TAPPED IN (http://www.tappedin.org) Joining us will be Leah Clapman of PBS NewsHour EXTRA!, who will be showing us lessons on the site for classroom use, as well as an overview of the NewsHour EXTRA! site. As always, TAPPED IN help desk personnel will be onhand to assist new users. It's recommended that new users log in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the forum in order to be guided to the forum location and to become acquainted with TAPPED IN. Persons with questions, or wanting more information are welcome to e-mail Michael Hutchison offlist. Sincerely, Michael Hutchison -- Michael Hutchison 2002 ISTE Outstanding Technology-Using Educator Award winner 2002 Indiana Computer Educators Teacher of the Year Social Studies teacher Lincoln High School, Vincennes, Indiana home e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] school e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://www.vcsc.k12.in.us/staff/mhutch/ice2000/default.htm ________________________________________________________________________ To post a message to the list, send your email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To read the online archives for this list, visit: <http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=INDIANA-EDUCATORS> Tell your friends about the INDIANA-EDUCATORS list! To subscribe or unsubscribe from our mailing list, please visit: <http://www.classroom.com/community/email> The INDIANA-EDUCATORS list is brought to you by Classroom Connect <www.classroom.com>, your place for Internet-based curriculum and professional development for K-12 education. ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 06:28:23 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Links for Chemists To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Foggy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 20:41:54 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Links for Chemists Links for Chemists Links for Chemists is an index of over 8,075 chemistry resources on the web. This site is the copyright of The University of Liverpool, Department of Chemistry we hope you will abide by our fair-use guidelines whilst using this index. http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html -Foggy- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 06:28:55 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> ScienceMaster Newsletter List From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:06:42 -0700 ScienceMaster maintains an email list for those interested in its FREE monthly email newsletter on science education topics, links, resources and news. Subscription Instructions: To add your name please visit http://www.ScienceMaster.com/activity/newsletter.php Owner/Host Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 06:30:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> S.O.S. -- Help for Busy Teachers (Site 07): Google Catalog Search Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 15:42:55 -0400 From: Kathy Schrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: S.O.S. -- Help for Busy Teachers (Site 07): Google Catalog Search To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________ SOS: Help for Busy Teachers _______________________________________________________ Sites-of-the-School Days - a weekly update to Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators on Discovery Channel School - http://www.discoveryschool.com/ ________________________________________________________ Site 7 Google Catalog Search http://catalogs.google.com/ ...Looking for something for your classroom? For a new computer? For anything else? Try this very neat search tool which searches PDF pages of shopping catalogs by keyword. ______________________________________________________________________ Visit this and previous Sites-of-the-School Days by going to the following page - http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/sos.html and clicking on an entry! To receive daily updates - Send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Put SUBSCRIBE DCS-SCHROCK in the body of the message Discovery Channel School "The Thrill of Discovery in Your Classroom" http://www.discoveryschool.com/ _________________________________________ Kathy Schrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Administrator for Technology Nauset Public Schools 78 Eldredge Park Way, Orleans MA 02653 508.255.0016 x216 Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 07:17:30 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [WWWEDU] PROF DEV: This Week At TAPPED IN September 29, 2002 To: WWWEDU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fom: BJ Berquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:46:59 -0400 Subject: [WWWEDU] PROF DEV: This Week At TAPPED IN September 29, 2002 After School Online (ASO) is a forum for educators. The scheduled events, designed for professional development, are open to everyone in the TAPPED IN community and all guests. Login at http://www.tappedin.org. If you are new to TAPPED IN, please login 10 minutes before the ASO event is scheduled to begin. This will allow the helpdesk volunteers to get you where you need to be. Print out this weekly schedule as a quick reference to what's happening. Take a look at all the NEW! TAPPED IN After School Events that are scheduled to help you get started with the new school year and join the TAPPED IN Community in welcoming back some of your favorites as they return from summer vacation - get a monthly view and description of the events online at our Time-Zone Friendly Calendar: http://www.tappedin.org/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.cgi Go to the url below each event for descriptions of the individual events. ================================================================= Sunday, September 22 * Writing for Webheads: World friendship thru lang. learning 5:00-6:00am PDT/8:00-9:00am EDT/12:00-13:00 GMT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/sept02.html#lang. ------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, September 30 * National Board Certification Support Group 4:00-5:00pm PDT/7:00-8:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/sept02.html#cert. ------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, October 1 * Oz-Time Tours and Tips/Campfire Meeting 2:00-3:00am PDT/5:00-6:00am EDT/09:00-10:00 GMT/7:00-8:00AEST Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#TI. * TAPPED IN Tours and Tips 2:30-3:30pm PDT/5:30-6:30pm EDT/21:30-22:30 GMT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#TI. * The Big6: Moving Every Child Ahead 6:00-7:00pm PDT/9:00-10:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#class. ------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, October 2 * SPECIAL! Global Learn Day 4:00-5:00pm PDT/7:00-8:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#online. * Language Arts Forum: Hispanic Heritage 5:00-6:00pm PST/8:00-9:00pm EST Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#laarts. ------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, October 3 * Global Educators Network 10:00-10:30am PDT/1:00-1:30pm EDT/17:00-17:30 GMT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#online. * K-12 Math 4:00-5:00pm PDT/7:00-8:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#math. * NEW! Library of Congress Learning Page: Immigration 5:00-6:00pm PDT/8:00-9:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#class. * ArtsSites: Blanket the World with Peace Project 6:00-7:00pm PDT/9:00-10:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#art. ------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, October 5 * TAPPED IN Tours and Tips 11:00-12:00pm PDT/2:00-3:00pm EDT/18:00-19:00 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, October 6 * Writing for Webheads: World friendship thru lang. learning 5:00-6:00am PDT/8:00-9:00am EDT/12:00-13:00 GMT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#lang. * Euro Language Teachers Forum 1:00-2:00pm PDT/4:00-5:00pm EDT/20:00 GMT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#lang. ============================================================= Respectfully submitted, BJ Berquist Associate Educator, TAPPED IN mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tappedin.org/info/members/bj.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 07:24:36 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] WHO'S ONLINE IN CHINA? Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:18:07 -0700 From: "M. HENRI' THOMPSON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] WHO'S ONLINE IN CHINA? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From today's Benton headlines. WHO'S ONLINE IN CHINA? China now has 45 million Internet users, the second most in the world. While that might sound a lot, it is only 3.6% of the vast population of 1.3 billion. Nearly half of China's surfers - 44% - are students or professionals, and half the country's websites are based in its three richest cities, according to official web data collector CNNIC. The growth of Internet use has received a massive boost from cuts in telephone tariffs in the last year and a half, but the deployment of broadband continues to be hindered territorial battles between competing government ministries. The market, however, is giving broadband a push, with developers building it into new apartment blocks to make them more desirable to buyers. Internet expansion is also partly being driven forward by Beijing's successful bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, when journalists and tourists are certain to put China's digital infrastructure to the test. [SOURCE: BBC, AUTHOR: Mary Hennock] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/business/2269161.stm) ************************************ M. Henri' Thompson Johns Hopkins University Masters Candidate [EMAIL PROTECTED] MHT & Company Principal [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.HenriThompson.com Graduate Student Intern: Benton Foundation, N.A.S.A, NEA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baltimore - 410.730.3081 Washington - 202.454.5630 ************************************ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 07:50:22 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] GOVERNMENT TO BOOST EDUCATION WITH 102 COMPUTER LABS Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:19:10 -0700 From: "M. HENRI' THOMPSON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] GOVERNMENT TO BOOST EDUCATION WITH 102 COMPUTER LABS To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also from todays Benton headliens. GOVERNMENT TO BOOST EDUCATION WITH 102 COMPUTER LABS Nigerian Minister of Education Prof. Babalola Borishade announced a comprehensive plan to reinvigorate secondary schools in his country, and technology will play an important role. Addressing the 49th session of the National Council of Education (NCE) in Kaduna, Borishade said that a computer laboratory would be equipped in each of the 102 schools throughout the country. "Arrangements have been concluded to link these schools electronically with some schools in the United Kingdom, South Africa and South-East Asia," said Borishade, who added that each state and the federal capital territory were expected to nominate five colleges during the first phase of the program. [SOURCE: This Day, AUTHOR: Josephine Lohor and Juliana Taiwo) (http://allafrica.com/stories/200209270020.html) ************************************ M. Henri' Thompson Johns Hopkins University Masters Candidate [EMAIL PROTECTED] MHT & Company Principal [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.HenriThompson.com Graduate Student Intern: Benton Foundation, N.A.S.A, NEA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baltimore - 410.730.3081 Washington - 202.454.5630 ************************************ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:59:30 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> TOOLS OF THE TRADE: The Growing World of Blogs and Weblogs Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:59:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The language of blogs and weblogs may be foreign to many internet users who have not had the opportunity or needed to know about this emerging resource. There is so much jargon out there and in so many different subject fields that one cannot keep up to date on the wide variety of more recently coined language. This concept has been around since the end of the most recent millenium. Blogs is a shortened slang for weblog or weblogs. Here are two examples of weblogs. Gary Price maintains a very important reference and information science weblog. <http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com/> Another example is run by the Poynter Organization and is called the Clergy Abuse Tracker. <http://www.poynter.org/clergyabuse/2002_09_22_archive.htm> More to the point and beyond learning by example, here is a web page that contains a definition of this type of website. A Defintion of Weblog from Whatis.com <http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213547,00.html> A Weblog (which is sometimes written as "web log" or "weblog") is a Web site of personal or non-commercial origin that uses a dated log format that is updated on a daily or very frequent basis with new information about a particular subject or range of subjects. The complete definition, which is rather extensive may be read at the URL above. ============================== An essay describing the early history of weblogs may be found here. weblogs: a history and perspective 7 september 2000 <http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html> A concise and compact definition of weblogs may be found here <http://www.clienthelpdesk.com/dictionary/weblog.html> I hope that these thoughts and resources will help you with this concept and resource type and perhaps persuade you in the days ahead to throw yet another log on the fire. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:07:26 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> NEWS: White House Rejects Order to Use Printing Office Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:56:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is an issue of importance because, among other aspects of this issue, the Government Printing Office (GPO) is the resource in the United States Federal Government that supplies the depository collections of Federal Government documents to depository libraries. One could also speculate regarding how available information regarding the Executive Branch of the Federal Government will be as the use of GPO diminishes in the Executive Branch of government. ----------------- September 27, 2002 White House Rejects Order to Use Printing Office <http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0902/092702b1.htm> By Brian Friel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Congress on Thursday ordered executive branch agencies to continue to use the Government Printing Office for most printing services. But the White House Friday said agencies could ignore the order. Lawmakers included the order in the continuing resolution that funds federal agencies from Oct. 1, when the new fiscal year begins, through Oct. 4. But Office of Management and Budget spokeswoman Amy Call pointed to a 1996 Justice Department opinion that said Congress cannot force the executive branch to go through the Government Printing Office, which is a legislative branch agency. ----------------------------- Full Story May be Read at the URL Above. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:11:54 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> more fun stuff for autumn or when ever To: "Kathy M. MARTINEZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Kathryn Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: more fun stuff for autumn or when ever Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:37:55 -0400 Jello Playdough http://www.easyfunschool.com/JelloPlaydough.html Wondering what to do with all of that jello you bought on sale but never seem to have the time to make into something? Here's a really cute recipe for using it to make scented playdough. The kids love it! Kool Aid Tye Dye http://www.easyfunschool.com/KoolAidTyeDye.html This is just too much fun! Great for any size group and its super inexpensive as well. Science Fun: Make a Lemon Battery http://www.easyfunschool.com/LemonBattery.html We've done this project and then tried to use the lemon "battery" to light a small flashlight's light bulb. The lemons did not work though because the lemons produce only a very small current. This is not enough electric current to light the bulb. Even with several lemons, the amount of current flowing through the wire is not enough. Though the voltage is high enough (1.5 volts with two lemons), the current is too weak. But it was a fun experiment! Fall Fun: Glow in the Dark Chalk http://www.easyfunschool.com/GlowInDarkChalk.html To make the chalk "glow" draw designs on the sidewalk, and turn lights or a flashlight on it. As darkness approaches, you should start to see it glow. What Do I Do With Those Test Scores? by Kathryn Stout http://www.easyfunschool.com/WhatAboutTestScores.html You may have been thrilled--or dismayed--by your child's standardized achievement test scores this spring. If his scores were high, should you jump ahead a few grade levels? If low, have you failed as a teacher? The answer to both questions is, "No." Learning With Little House: By the Shores of Silver Lake Trivia http://www.easyfunschool.com/LongWinterTrivia.html The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder was the fifth book in the Little House on the Prairie series. In this book, Laura's family faces tremendous hardships just to survive. Home Ec Lessons: Preserving Pumpkin http://www.easyfunschool.com/HomeEcPumpkin.html Here is a wide range of recipes to use when preserving pumpkin. The methods below include canning, freezing, and drying. Always remember to follow safe food handling practices, both in the preservation process and in serving your harvest. I've also included recipes for using preserved pumpkin. Kathy in FL [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Web Site: http://www.easyfunschool.com Free Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be a little better, because I was important in the life of a child." -Forest Witcraft ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:13:20 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Off campus harmful speech Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:24:27 -0700 From: Nancy Willard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Off campus harmful speech To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There has been an appellate decision in a case involving student speech on an off-campus web site. Here is a link to an analysis. COURT REJECTS STUDENT'S FIRST AMENDMENT CLAIM OVER DEROGATORY SITE The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the Bethlehem Area School District did not violate a student's First Amendment rights when it expelled him for creating a derogatory Web site. The judge found that the student's Web site created a sufficiently significant disturbance at the school - including physical and emotional problems suffered by the targeted teacher - that the student's expulsion was warranted punishment. <http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1032128621859> This case is one of six cases that have reached a court ruling in which the district prevailed at the trial level and now on appeal. The districts did not prevail on the other 5 cases. The ruling is a bit strange. There are two issues that must be considered when addressing harmful student speech. The first is the forum -- whether this is on-campus speech or off-campus speech. The second is whether the speech is so harmful that it meets the standard necessary for the school to restrict the speech or discipline the student. If the forum is on-campus, the school may place reasonable educational restrictions, but may not engage in viewpoint discrimination. This is the Hazelwood standard. If the speech is off-campus then the standard is whether the speech has caused or may cause substantial and material disruption at school. This is the Tinker standard. Until this decision, all of the courts looking at off-campus web sites have determined that they are off-campus speech and therefor the substantial disruption standard was applied. In 5 of the 6 cases, the court decided that there was no substantial disruption at school caused by the off-campus speech. At the district level for the Bethlehem case, the court held that this was off-campus, but indicated that the speech did create substantial disruption. Apparently the web site was particularly gruesome and the teacher who was targetted suffered some significant emotional disturbances. On appeal, the court held that the speech was *on-campus* because the student accessed his web site from school and showed it to another student. But then the court applied the substantial disruption test. If the speech was on-campus, then the court could have been able to apply the reasonable educational restrictions test. But that would have been a pretty strange test to apply in these circumstances. So why go to the trouble of considering that speech is on-campus to analyze the speech based on the off-campus standard? This ruling applies only in Pennsylvania. My opinion is that it confuses the situation, but has not changed the parameters. I still think that the off-campus speech will need to meet the substantial disruption standard before a disciplinary response from the school can be justified. Districts are still left to deal with harmful, irresponsible off-campus student speech that probably will not meet the "substantial disruption" standard. And if they respond inappropriately, a snot-nosed kid who has really hurt someone with his/her speech may walk off with a financial award from the district. I have a full discussion of these issues in my new book: Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet: A Guide for Educators. I recommend several strategies to both prevent such situations and intervene. Prevention requires education of students and their parents about the parameters of responsible and irresponsible speech. Of significant note in the Bethlelem case is that the teacher also filed a case against the student and his parents and walked away with a $100,000 award based on invasion of privacy. Educating students and their parents about the possible negative consequences of posting harmful online speech may go a long way towards prevention of such speech. With respect to intervention, I believe that it is very important to consider whether or not the student posting the speech is the victim of on-campus harassment and bullying. The off-campus speech, as harmful as it may be, may be the result of harm that has been inflicted on this child and is a cry for help. Rather than a typical intervention reaction by an administrator -- suspend or expel the kid -- a more creative response may be called for. If this is a case of a snot-nosed disrespectful kid, counseling the victim who has been harmed by the speech about his or her legal rights against the student and his/her parents may be a far more successful approach. In other cases, the district would probably be well-advised to just look the other way and recognize that "this too shall pass." Nancy Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Center for Advanced Technology in Education University of Oregon, College of Education E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://netizen.uoregon.edu Responsible Netizen Institute URL:http://responsiblenetizen.org NEW: Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet: A Guide for Educators ------------------------------ End of NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 27 Sep 2002 to 30 Sep 2002 - Special issue (#2002-595) *************************************************************************************
