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Education World Weekly Newsletter ------------------------------------------------ Volume 6, Issue 22 May 28, 2002 ********************************************** Dear Education Professionals, Welcome to What's New This Week at Education World, published weekly as a free service by Education World(R). You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up to receive updates of What's New at Education World. If you enjoy this newsletter, please feel free to forward it to other teachers. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, you may sign up at www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml. ********************************************** Education World's newsletter is brought to you by Riverdeep Searching for the best educational content available on the Internet? Are you interested in accessing hundreds of classroom-tested lesson plans? Would you like to be able to organize and manage your classes from both school and home? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then go to http://www.educationworld.com/go/base?id=RIV and sign up today for your FREE 30-day trial membership to Riverdeep.net! ********************************************** LATEST ARTICLES ********************************************** ---------------------------------------------------- LESSON PLANNING ---------------------------------------------------- Raise the Flag (Awareness) in Your Class! http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson267.shtml This year marks the 225th anniversary of the United States flag, adopted on June 14, 1777. Education World salutes this special anniversary with five new lessons that teach about the history of the flag, the proper way to fold the U.S. flag, and more. The fifth lesson challenges students to search for the truth about Betsy Ross; did she really create the first American flag? Teacher-Submitted Lesson: Call Me http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson022.shtml Crystal Schweickert, who teaches in the Gowanda (New York) Central School District, submitted this week's lesson, which challenges students to determine the best long-distance telephone plan for their families' needs. Scavenger Hunt: State to State http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/hunt/hunt037.shtml What do your students know about the map of the United States? ---------------------------------------------------- CURRICULUM NOW! ----------------------------------------------------- Literature and Math Converge in Storyville! http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr406.shtml After working with teachers who took part in successful Web-based projects, technology facilitators Marguerite Miller and Carol Ann Hennessy of East Islip, New York, joined forces to create their own online project! Seeking ways to actively engage students, they designed Storyville Math, an adventure in learning, in which classes read books, write word problems, illustrate solutions, and calculate answers to math problems written by their peers! Teacher Diary: The Last Eight Days http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr366t1.shtml As I write this, only eight days of this school year remain. Now that I've finally fallen into a rhythm -- and have a better hang of this teaching thing -- it suddenly all comes to an end. Before it does end, however, I still have to survive eight more days with my fifth period class. Web Wizard: Long-Distance Learning http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/webwizard036.shtml Lynne Glashan continues to bring online resources to students far away! ---------------------------------------------------- TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM ---------------------------------------------------- Wire Side Chat: Converge Highlights Technology Integration Successes http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech132.shtml Converge magazine focuses on technology integration in schools, with articles about resources, approaches, and examples of successful integration programs. Publisher Marina Leight talked with Education World about the role of the magazine in technology integration. Included: Tips on integrating technology in schools and on overcoming obstacles to integration. Educators Review Software: Reading for Meaning http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech133.shtml Reading for Meaning by Tom Snyder Productions is designed to improve student reading comprehension and provide practice in such skills and concepts as identifying main idea, recognizing inference, sequencing, determining cause and effect, and comparing and contrasting. The program includes 35 lessons, complete with authentic literature by such authors as Robert Frost, Jack London, Louis Sachar, and more. In addition, teachers can use the graphic organizers with, and apply the four-step process to, their own literature selections. All lessons can be used with a whole class, small groups, or individual students. WebQuest Discovery of the Week http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/webquest008.shtml Experience radio "back in the day"! --------------------------------------------------- SCHOOL ISSUES ---------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Idyllia: A Hypothetical Community Deals With School Test Scores http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues319.shtml The release of test scores for schools in the hypothetical state of Idyllia has piqued the interest of almost everyone -- from school superintendents to realtors. The high level of interest has raised some interesting issues: How should school staff communicate news -- both good and bad -- about their scores? How should schools respond to the concerns of parents and the reaction of the media? Those were some of the questions debated during a panel discussion at the April Education Writers Association conference. Voice of Experience: Becoming a Wired Teacher http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues320.shtml Educator Brenda Dyck reflects on how a willing and tech-savvy teacher can cheer others on to tech success. "I have a suspicion that the next time our principal asks for volunteers to join our 'wired teachers' group, we may have an onslaught response!" EDscoops: May 23 http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/edscoop037.shtml NASA Seeking More Teachers Two States Moving Toward Junk Food Ban Summer Schools Victims of Recession Study: Tougher High School Courses Needed Starr Points: Schools Offer Fat Kids Slim Hope http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues318.shtml According to Dr. William Klish, a professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, because of the epidemic of obesity, children today have a shorter life expectancy than their parents for the first time in 100 years. "We are in the middle of an epidemic that may have profound health effects on our children, as well as on us," said Klish. "If society does not act now to implement preventive measures, the increase of obesity will not stop." What is your school doing to save these kids? School Doodle: Childhood Obesity http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/sd36_chocolots_r1_460w.gif ---------------------------------------------------- ADMINISTRATOR'S DESK ---------------------------------------------------- Are Your Students Sleep Deprived? http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin271.shtml The problem of sleep deprivation in adolescents is well documented. But what about sleep deprivation in younger students? Is a lack of sleep interfering with your students' learning? Education World recently talked with two experts about the effects of sleep deprivation on elementary school students. Principal Profiles: Greg Robinson http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/principal002.shtml Meet Greg Robinson, principal at Ginninderra District High School, a [grade] 7-10 school in Canberra, Australia. ---------------------------------------------------- SITE REVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------- Silk Road Seattle http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0502-20.shtml A cultural trip down the Silk Road. The Great Buildings Collection http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0502-21.shtml Architectural resource. Office of Naval Research Science and Technology Focus: Oceanography http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0502-22.shtml Dive into the world of oceanography. Kids Go Wild http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0502-23.shtml Learn animal and conservation facts. Afghanistan: The Harrison Forman Collection http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0502-24.shtml Images of Afghanistan. ********************************************** Sincerely, Lisa Gryskiewicz =================================== Education World (R) http://www.educationworld.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************* For digest instead of individual postings, send the message: set k12newsletters digest to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] K12 Newsletters mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS **********************************************************
