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Education World Weekly Newsletter ------------------------------------------------ Volume 6, Issue 42 October 15, 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 http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml. ********************************************** Education World's newsletter is brought to you by Hewlett Packard Modernize your lesson plans Round out your lesson plan with the HP iPAQ Pocket PC H3950. From connect the dots to calculus, it's the only teaching aide you need to make sense of things in (and out) of the classroom. 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The company mission is to offer a wide variety of engaging, research-based online and CD-ROM solutions to help meet the critical mandates of No Child Left Behind. For more information visit us at http://www.educationworld.com/go/base?id=AAQ ********************************************** LATEST ARTICLES ********************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- LESSON PLANNING ------------------------------------------------------- SPOOKtacular Lessons for Halloween! http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson283.shtml Ghosts and goblins are about. Witches walk among us. Princes, princesses, fairies, and knights fill schools and classrooms. Is there any doubt that Halloween is here? If you are not quite ready to celebrate in "spooktacular" fashion -- or even if you are -- Education World shares five Halloween treats, lessons to put you into the "spirit" of the season! Included: Five lessons that have students using their reading, writing, and research skills -- and more! Teacher-Submitted Lesson: Mystery Lessons http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson036.shtml Make a detective badge, turn a nursery rhyme into a mystery, and more! Writing Bug: When Spiderwebs Unite http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug011.shtml An old Ethiopian proverb says, "When spiderwebs unite, they can tie up a lion." What does that proverb mean to you? ------------------------------------------------------- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ------------------------------------------------------- Web Wizard of the Week: Controlling the Techno F-Renz-y http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/webwizard049.shtml Heather Renz's Web site keeps her fourth graders on the beaten path! Wire Side Chat: Reporter Reflects on Year as a Teacher http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev015.shtml "I've come to think that only a radical change can address the deep-seated problems in our poor, inner city schools," says Christina Asquith, a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter who a spent a year teaching in a Philadelphia middle school. Asquith, who was hired as an emergency certificated teacher, recounts her struggles as a teacher -- and her insights -- in this Education World interview. Voice of Experience: Lessons Learned from Howard Gardner and the TV Remote Control http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr413.shtml Each week, an educator takes a stand or shares an Aha! moment in the classroom in Education World's <I>Voice of Experience</I> column. This week, educator Max Fischer's first days in a middle school classroom -- after years at the elementary level -- were eye-openers. Would he ever be able to reach the students whose "deadpan stares, wet-noodle postures, and other lethargic body language screamed 'Go ahead, make me learn! I dare you!'"? Included: How Howard Gardner and thoughts of the TV remote control saved the day! ------------------------------------------------------- TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM ------------------------------------------------------- Online Treasures: Web Sites Worth Their Weight in Gold http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech145.shtml When you spend as much time online as I do, you frequently stumble across online treasures -- Web-based resources that don't always get the attention they deserve. The sites below represent a dozen of the most valuable -- or the most interesting -- online treasures I've unearthed in the past few months. Included: Twelve great Web sites to use in school and out. TechTorial: Excelling in K-12 Classrooms http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial010.shtml A Techtorial: Easy tips for using Excel at all grade levels. Internet Scavenger Hunt: World Series History http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/hunt/hunt050.shtml Internet Scavenger Hunt: Batter up! The World Series is about to begin. WebQuest of the Week: Nifty Fifties Dictionary http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/webquest023.shtml Students explore the decade of hula-hoops and Elvis and create a dictionary about the 1950s! ------------------------------------------------------- SCHOOL ISSUES ------------------------------------------------------- Starr Points: Should Schools Parent Our Kids? http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues352.shtml Should the community expect teachers and administrators to deal with problems -- or potential problems -- that do not directly affect students during the school day? Should parents want schools to take on the role of raising their kids? EDScoops: October 10 http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/edscoop056.shtml Testing for tobacco, parents walk to school, school lunches as "weapons of mass destruction," more! No Educator Left Behind: Research-Based Instructional Programs http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues353.shtml What defines a "research-based" instructional program? This occasional series helps educators understand the impact of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. ------------------------------------------------------- ADMINISTRATOR'S DESK ------------------------------------------------------- Sub-Searching Made Easier http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin283.shtml Hours of pre-dawn phone calls in search of substitute teachers to fill a school's daily vacancies soon may be a thing of the past. Some districts are turning to automated systems that use the phone, the Internet, or both to allow teachers to register absences and substitutes to review and sign up for jobs. While the systems do have some shortfalls, they have won over the districts that use them, and numerous substitutes as well. Included: Descriptions of how automated substitute systems work. Principal Profile http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/principal022.shtml Jon Romeo is principal at Bradford Elementary School, a K-5 school in Bradford, Rhode Island. ------------------------------------------------------- SITE REVIEWS ------------------------------------------------------- Astro-Venture http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r1002-07.shtml Students get to role-play NASA occupations! The Shape of Life http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r1002-08.shtml The mysteries of life, a site to accompany the 8-part PBS TV series. Share the Technology http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r1002-09.shtml Recycle used computers! RETA (Rural Education Technology Alliance) http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r1002-10.shtml Resources for bringing rural schools up to speed with technology. Amazing Space http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r1002-11.shtml Out of this world activities! ********************************************** ===================================== Education World (R) http://www.educationworld.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===================================== ************************************************************************* 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]>. 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