From: David Shively <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TeachersFirst Update - June 3, 2002 Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 08:13:58 -0700
TeachersFirst Update - June 3, 2002 It's June! Professional Goodies: ...and while we know everyone is looking forward to summer, we also suspect that many of you will be back in the classroom for inservice activities of some sort during the summer. With that in mind, please pay a visit to our recently refurbished professional content matrix. There you will find our latest resource listings for topics like: TechTopics - great suggestions and tools to integrate technology into your teaching guidance and career planning resources general professional content AIDS and related health issues In addition, you'll find links to our large collection of special education resources. The Professional Resources Matrix is at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/prof.htm Is it Warmer? Students often have trouble making "real-world" connections about the implications of concepts like pollution and global warming. Mercury Rising is a site about climate change that takes students on a series of expeditions that show the effects of climate change on different ecosystems around the world. This site has unusually deep content and visual resources, and it could be used in many ways. You can find it in our middle school earth science listings: http://www.teachersfirst.com/tchr-subj.cfm?subject=erthsci&lower=6&upper=8 What Can I Read? Sometimes the biggest barrier to encouraging reading in primary age students is simply finding the right book. The Spaghetti Book Club is an online source for "reviews by kids" of several hundred different children's books. While these short reviews certainly are not the definitive critique, they may be just the tool to encourage your reluctant readers to find a book that sounds right to them. You'l find this listing in our reading resources: http://www.teachersfirst.com/tchr-subj.cfm?subject=reading&lower=1&upper=5 A Trip to the Past Looking for an electronic field trip? Try TeachersFirst's visit to a frontier fort from the American Revolution. It's a great way to learn about how frontier communities defended themselves against attacks from both the British and native tribes. There is even a section on colonial toys and games. You can visit the frontier fort at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/forts/ Hot Topics Last Friday, a three-judge federal panel declared the "Children's Internet Protection Act" cannot require libraries to filter their web content. This decision has obvious implications for students and libraries alike. You will find more, including an assortment of related links, on our Hot Topics page: http://www.teachersfirst.com/hot.htm Summer Reading! For those of you who missed last week's Update, we remind you that our companion site, teachersandfamilies.com has a rapidly growing summer reading list section. We have listed well-reviewed books for preschoolers through high school seniors, with a short description of each. You can find the Teachersandfamilies summer reading page at http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/summerread.html ...and if you would like a flyer to remind students and parents about our family resources, we have one that is ready to print using your Acrobat reader. The poster is at: http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/poster3.pdf Features This week's featured sites include an interesting photographic art exhibition site, a site about careers in technology, a great reference source on researching the quality of web content, and lots more. You know where to find them: http://www.teachersfirst.com/feature.htm OK, that is more than enough for one week. Have a great one, give an extra pat on the back to those departing students, and remember that you really do make a difference. David Shively Senior Editor IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING E-MAIL ADDRESSES: TeachersFirst's mailing list has thousands of names. This makes manual list editing extremely difficult. We'll continue to do it when necessary, but we'd much prefer you follow the automated instructions below: TO SUBSCRIBE to this newsletter, please follow these instructions: Go to the page: http://www.teachersfirst.com/lsoftsignup.htm and complete the form there. You will receive a confirming e-mail for security purposes. When you respond to that message, your name will automatically be added to the TeachersFirst mailing list. ******************************************* 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 **********************************************************
