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Topics in this special issue:
1. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] new public computing study
2. RESOUR> Share: Dieppe 1942 Remembered
3. MISC> [netsites] Invention of Potato Chips
4. MISC> [netsites] Timeref
5. MISC> [netsites] yourDictionary
6. K12> [netsites] The Library Lady
7. RESOUR> [netsites] Save the Children
8. MISC> [netsites] ARTICLE: Dating Violence
9. MISC> [netsites] Negro League Baseball
10. K12> Resource: Civil War and Gettysburg Sites
11. RESOUR> US Forest Service Lending Video Library
12. K12> Japanese Language and Math Lessons
13. K12> More Educational Contests
14. K12> Free History Teaching Course
15. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 6-8 Children around the world
16. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 10-17 Newsday 2002 September-November -
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:30:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] new public computing study
From: "Kate Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:06:24 -0400
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] new public computing study
We have finished a new study relating to public computing and the digital
divide, and we would welcome comments from listmembers.
http://www.communitytechnology.org/toledo
Williams, Kate and Abdul Alkalimat. "A Census of Public Computing in
Toledo, Ohio." To appear in _Shaping the Network Society: The New Role of
Civic Society in Cyberspace_, edited by Douglas Schuler and Peter Day, MIT
Press, publisher.
ABSTRACT: An enumeration of public computing sites in Toledo, Ohio,
identifies 253 sites, proposes a methodology, and elaborates a model. The
model is that government sites are distributed equally across an urban
area, commercial and university sites are distributed more to higher
socioeconomic locales, and community sites are distributed to the highest
and lowest socioeconomic locales and less to middle strata locales.
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Kate Williams
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doctoral student, University of Michigan
http://www.umich.edu/~katewill
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:30:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> Share: Dieppe 1942 Remembered
From: "Pat Elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:30:05 -0400
Subject: Share: Dieppe 1942 Remembered
Hello fellow t-ls,
Here are web sites that outline and honour the loss of lives of the allied
forces raid at Dieppe, France in 1942, 60 years ago today.
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=feature/dieppe02 The
remembrance of the great sacrifice by the Canadian soldiers.
http://www.gg.ca/media/news/archive-2002/20020815_e.asp
Lest we forget,
Pat Elliott
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http://edselect.com
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:30:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Invention of Potato Chips
From: "The Frijole Kid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:43:38 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Invention of Potato Chips
Invention of Potato Chips
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story007.htm
Read the fascinating story about the invention of the potato chip.
The Frijole Kid
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:30:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Timeref
From: "Reginald Alfalfa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:02:11 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Timeref
Timeref
http://www.timeref.org/
"Follow the history of Medieval Britain from the time of Alfred the
Great, through the Norman Conquest and up to the start of the Tudor
Age. Detailed Timelines contain events for years between 800 and
1499AD. Maps show the locations of castles, abbeys and cathedrals in
England, Scotland of Wales. Every person and building on this site has
its own timeline and links to related subjects."
Reginald Alfalfa
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:30:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] yourDictionary
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:00:49 -0700
Subject: [netsites] yourDictionary
yourDictionary
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
"The world's most comprehensive and authoritative language community
portal with every resource needed for language study and
improvement in more than 250 languages."
Includes online dictionaries, thesaurus, translator, and much more...
Alan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.ashlists.org/
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:00:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] The Library Lady
From: "Finders Keepers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:07:04 -0700
Subject: [netsites] The Library Lady
The Library Lady
http://www.thelibrarylady.net/
A website for parents and caregivers of young children with resources,
insightful articles, teaching young children, recommended books, and
much more...
Fin der Keepoers
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:00:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Save the Children
From: "Percy Veer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:25:24 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Save the Children
Save the Children
http://www.supporterzone.org.uk/
Charitable organization helping children who live in war torn or
poverty conditions, with food, water, education, girls rights, health,
and more...
Percy Veer
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:00:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] ARTICLE: Dating Violence
From: "Baskin O. Tenninger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:29:36 -0700
Subject: [netsites] ARTICLE: Dating Violence
Dating Violence
"Dating violence is any intentional sexual, physical or psychological
attack on one partner by the other in a dating relationship."
[...snip for copyright...]
Read the entire article here:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence/html/datingeng.html
B A S K I N
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:00:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Negro League Baseball
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:40:41 -0700
Subject: [netsites] Negro League Baseball
Negro League Baseball
http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/
Feature articles, history, player and team profiles, books, discussion
and more...all about the Negro League Baseball.
Alan
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:12:53 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Resource: Civil War and Gettysburg Sites
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:03:42 -0700
Subject: Resource: Civil War and Gettysburg Sites
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Try Google when you can't find lesson plans. I just put "lesson plans
Gettysburg Address" in Google's search engine and it brought up
several good ones on it and the Civil War. Here they are:
http://www.americanpresident.org/lp_gettysburg.htm
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2006.shtml
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/44gettys/44gettys.htm
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history/us_history/civilwar/
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4393/cwlesson.html
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Civilwarlessons.html
http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/02_5_NotSoCivilWar.pdf
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/choosepart.html
Steve
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:13:25 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> US Forest Service Lending Video Library
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:04:13 -0700
Subject: Resource: US Forest Service Lending Video Library
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
USDA Forest Service National Video Library:
This is a free-loan lending library system. The only cost to you is
the return postage. All videos are available on VHS format and there
is a 10-tape limit. Audience Planners, Inc. distributes the Forest
Service free-loan videotape library. Write, call, or fax Audience
Planners at the address below, with the name(s) of the videotapes you
wish to borrow and the requested play date:
Forest Service Video Library
c/o Audience Planners
5341 Derry Ave. Suite Q
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
Phone: (800) 683-8366
Fax: (818) 865-1327
Outside the US: (818) 865-1233
http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/video/
Steve
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:13:48 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Japanese Language and Math Lessons
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:04:30 -0700
Subject: Resource: Japanese Language and Math Lessons
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
http://www.japanese-online.com/math/INDEX.HTM
This site features Japanese language lessons with sound and Japanese
characters. And you can sample some Japanese story problems from
Japan's Junior High School math placement test that is given to 12
year olds. The full test features 225 story problems and each is
timed from 1 to 5 minutes. The problems are logic-based and consist
of about 20 different types of story problems. The point of this site
is to begin providing quality math content based on world standards.
The Japanese continue to place among the top 3 countries world-wide
in terms of their students' math abilities. The US was recently
ranked #14 in international math placement. Would be nice if US
students were exposed to international level math content and this
site represents a step in that direction. This site also includes an
online dictionary, links and an optional newsletter registration.
Steve
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:14:08 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> More Educational Contests
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:04:50 -0700
Subject: Resource: More Educational Contests
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
United States Institute of Peace National Peace Essay Contest:
Open to students in grades 9 through 12 during the contest period.
Contest Topic: The Justification of War. Submit a 1,500-word essay
examining two wars, of which at least one must be after 1990. Contest
coordinators must receive entries well in advance of the January 22,
2003 postmarked submission deadline.
http://www.usip.org/ed/npec/index.shtml
International Child Art Foundation Quadrennial Art Contest:
Theme: "Me in the New Millenium," open to students age 8 to 12.
Submissions must be paintings or drawings in any two-dimensional
medium. Deadline is October 31, 2002
http://www.icaf.org/Adults/Competition.htm
National History Day 2003 Competition:
http://nationalhistoryday.org/02_contest/02.html
Students research topics related to the theme, "Rights and
Responsibilities in History." The theme is broad enough in scope to
encourage investigation of topics ranging from local to world history.
Open to all students in grades 6-12. Regional and state contest
deadlines vary so contact NHD State Coordinator for complete
information:
Sara Bendure
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Ave.
Columbus, OH 43211
(614) 297-2618
sbendure @ ohiohistory.org (remove extra spaces)
www.ohiohistory.org/historyday
Steve
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:14:30 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Free History Teaching Course
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:05:06 -0700
Subject: Resource: Free History Teaching Course
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
FREE Online Course for New History/Social Studies Teachers
Learn from experienced educators what it takes to be successful in the
classroom. Topics covered include: Ice Breakers; Introduction to
Social Studies; Lesson Planning; Creative Lessons; Idea Books and Activities.
Every week includes lecture notes, sample lessons which you can print
out and use in your classroom, related curriculum materials (including
workbooks, posters, CD-ROM, and videocassettes), and links to other
Internet sites with helpful resources. No prerequisites, no
requirements, no extra work for you; just ideas and practical lesson
plans to make your job easier.
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@ipB60ofX2ljLU/Pages/newteacher.html
Steve
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:02:30 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 6-8 Children around the world
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 6-8 Children around the world
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:53:06 -0700
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Project Author: Stefan Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Project Title: Children around the world
Project Begin & End Dates: 9/01/02 to 12/01/02
Project Summary:
We are a group of teachers who are starting a project in our class, children
between 6 and 8 years old, where we want to learn more about how children live
in other countries, what they do in school, what they do during their spare
time, and so on. We live in a small village in southern Sweden, and we would
like to find someone to exchange information with.
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Project Level: Basic
Curriculum Area: Community Interest
Technologies Used: Email
Project Sponsor: None
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Registration Acceptance Dates: 8/21/02 to 12/31/02
Number of Classrooms: 1
Age Range: 6 to 8 years
Target Audience: Anyone
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Furulund, SE
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:02:45 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 10-17 Newsday 2002
September-November - revised
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Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 10-17 Newsday 2002 September-November
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Project Author: Al Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Project Title: Newsday 2002 September-November
Project Begin & End Dates: 9/27/02 to 11/18/02
Project Summary:
NEWSDAY is a multi-curricular project in which your students produce their own
newspaper based on the news articles submitted to the Newsday mailing list by
cooperating student correspondents. Your students become news gatherers and
reporters, editors, layout and graphic artists, and publishers.
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Project Details
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Project Level: Basic
Curriculum Area: Arts, Community Interest, History and Social Studies,
Information Technology, Language
Technologies Used: Email
Project Sponsor: Global SchoolNet Foundation
Full Project Description:
Newsday has been a long-time favorite project at the Global Schoolhouse since
it
was introduced on the FrEdMail Network in the 1980's.
The complete project description, along with extensive curriculum support
materials to help you conduct the project, are at
http://www.gsh.org/project/newsday
Newsday is a multi-curricular project in which your students produce their own
newspaper based on the news articles submitted to the Newsday web site by
cooperating student correspondents. Your students become news gatherers and
reporters, editors, layout and graphics artists, and publishers. Participation
on an international scale leads to understanding of broad issues which
transcend
local concerns. This project can involve your students in weeks of
cross-curricular activity.
You can use a wide variety of methods to produce the papers, ranging from
simple
word processor cut and paste to full desktop publishing packages. In addition
to
publishing and distributing a printed hard copy of the newspaper, participants
are also encouraged to publish their newspapers on the World Wide Web
You will also receive a copy of each newspaper produced by the other
participants in the Newsday Project.
Objectives:
This project makes your students eager writers and readers... the finest
foundation for basic or advanced literacy developed. Newsday addresses and
improves:
* Academic Literacy Skills: reading, writing, editing, revising, interviewing,
literature appreciation, and understanding
* Social Skills:
cooperative learning, leadership, listening, discussing, encouraging, and
sharing
Technical Skills: word processing, file management, keyboarding, page layout &
design, publishing
Telecommunications, email: uploading and downloading, communicating
Grade levels appropriate for this project include upper elementary, junior
high,
and high school. Material in the Student Work Library will appeal to all age
levels. This is an excellent project to encourage profitable inter-grade
participation.
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Project Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registration Acceptance Dates: 8/18/02 to 9/27/02
Number of Classrooms: No limit
Age Range: 10 to 17 years
Target Audience: Anyone
Project URL: http://www.gsn.org/project/newsday/
Registration Instructions:
Register on the Web at http://www.gsh.org/project/newsday/
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Al Rogers - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Boss - Global SchoolNet Foundation
Bonita, California US
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