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1. RESOUR> 116 websites about Israel (Independence Day is April 17) 2. BOOK> "Jython Essentials" Released by O'Reilly 3. K12> Re: Research Sources - 2 msgs 4. K12> S.O.S. -- Help for Busy Teachers (Site 34): Publishers' Catalogues 5. UPDATED> New for April on the Univ of Chicago Press website 6. K12> Survey - Children's Reference in Schools 7. K12> Search Engines for Students 8. K12> Recapturing the Courage to Teach 9. K12> Re: POLICY: AUP Forms 10. K12> Re: LANGUAGE: Web Sites Needed 11. K12> WEB: Upcoming AuthorChats ***************************************** For individual postings, send the message: set net-happenings mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Net-happenings mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for Net-happenings can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=NET-HAPPENINGS Newsgroups: news:comp.internet.net-happenings http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&GROUP;=comp.internet.net-happenings ******************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:00:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> 116 websites about Israel (Independence Day is April 17) From: "Jacob Richman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:22:41 +0200 Shalom Everyone! Next Wednesday, April 17, is Israel Independence Day. In honor of Israel's 54th birthday, I posted on my website 116 links about Israel including history, pictures, stamps, articles, websites in various languages and more. The site will help you learn about this ancient / modern country. The web address is: http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdayil.htm I would also like to remind everyone that we should not forget about the innocent victims killed and wounded during the past months. A memorial to them appears at: http://www.jr.co.il/terror/israel/index.html May the near future bring peace and quiet. Jacob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:00:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: BOOK> "Jython Essentials" Released by O'Reilly Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 19:11:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Kathryn Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For Immediate Release April 9, 2002 For more information, a review copy, cover art, or an interview with the authors, contact: Kathryn Barrett (707) 827-7094 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rapid Scripting a la Python in Java: O'Reilly Releases "Jython Essentials" Sebastopol, CA--History teaches us that the combination of two fundamentally valuable substances can produce yet another substance that is also of value. Steel, which is made by adding a small amount of carbon to iron, has turned out to be a rather nifty metal. Which does not imply that iron and carbon are not useful on their own. Man's use of iron tools ushered the end of the Stone Age. And carbon--in combination with other elements--forms the basis for life. It also makes good pencil lead. In programming circles, we have Jython: an implementation of the Python programming language written in Java. "Jython is an increasingly important target platform for client and server side applications with a wide range of powerful existing tools," explains Noel Rappin, coauthor with Samuele Pedroni of "Jython Essentials" (O'Reilly, US $24.95). "Jython offers an alternative to the Java language for using these tools, offering shorter programs that are easier to write, read, and maintain. Using Jython can cut development time significantly." As Pedroni and Rappin explain, Jython combines a scripting language of unparalleled ease of development with an operating environment for which many powerful tools have been written. The combination can be immensely valuable for programmers, enabling them to cut development time significantly while still retaining the ability to use existing Java tools, such as applets and Servlets. Just as Python was originally conceived as glue to bind together other programs, Jython acts as glue to help developers get the most out of Java-based tools. In particular, Pedroni and Rappin assert, Jython excels at simplifying the use of complex Java programming libraries and APIs, such as the Swing graphical interface toolkit or the JDBC database connectivity API. "The subject matter is important to programmers who want a choice of languages when dealing with Java Virtual Machine," says Rappin. "By offering this choice, Jython makes the JVM more powerful and more valuable to its developers." "While the one platform, one language approach has its advantages and appeal," Pedroni adds, "Jython doesn't want to replace Java, but to integrate with it. The right point of view is to imagine Unix with only C, without Perl and Python, and think whether that would make sense." "Jython Essentials" provides a solid introduction to the Python language, offering a brief but thorough tour of Python concepts necessary to use Jython effectively. The book makes frequent comparisons between Python and Java with special emphasis on the different object-oriented semantics of the two languages. The book also covers the various ways in which Jython and Java can interact. For example, Jython code can create instances of preexisting Java classes and call methods in those instances. Programmers can write Jython classes that are direct subclasses of existing Java classes and use introspection to discern the capabilities of JavaBeans components. "Jython Essentials" provides examples of how to use Jython with existing Java libraries, including the Swing GUI toolkit, the JDBC database API, the Servlet API, and various XML tools. This book was written for Java programmers who want to learn Jython to be more productive with the tools they already know, or to add scripting capabilities to existing programs. Readers will also include Python programmers who want to use Java tools without giving up the productivity gains of using Python. Regardless of their background, developers will find everything they need to start creating applications that mix the best of Python's interactivity and Java's robust libraries in "Jython Essentials." Additional resources: An article by coauthor Noel Rappin, "Tips for Scripting Java with Jython" can be found at: http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/03/27/jython.html Chapter 1, "Introduction to Jython" is available free online at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jythoness/chapter/ch01.html For more information about the book, including Table of Contents, index, author bios, and samples, see: http://oreilly.com/catalog/jythoness/ For a cover graphic in jpeg format, go to: ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596002475.jpg Jython Essentials By Samuele Pedroni and Noel Rappin ISBN 0-596-00247-5, 277 pages, $24.95 (US), $38.95 (CAN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-800-998-9938 1-707-827-7000 http://www.oreilly.com About O'Reilly O'Reilly & Associates is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. The company's books, conferences, and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology innovators. 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All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:00:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Re: Research Sources - 2 msgs Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:05:54 -0400 From: EDTECH Editor-Eiffert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Research Sources To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Nancy Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This site might get you started: http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/ There are links to several relevent articles in their archives: http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/newsArchives.htm ~~~~~~~~~~ Nancy Head, online educator, MVHS (www.mivhs.org) ----- Subject: Re: Research Sources To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Paty Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here are a few articles to get you started: http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic78.htm http://gvc.gvsd.mb.ca/pda/pdamain.htm http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bcisd/classres/mobile.htm http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech083.shtml http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=1951 http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/DEC0101.pdf http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/techtalk007.shtml http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=2943 http://tux.wvnet.edu/~sarah/conf2001_docs/PalmEd.htm http://www.its.uiowa.edu/cs/sp/pda/PDA-projectdescription.html http://www.niad.sussex.ac.uk/ezine_issue.cfm?eZineID=1 Good luck with your grant! Paty Savage Instructional Technology Supervisor Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, FL. ph. 904.348.7100, Fax 904.348.7125 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Edtech Archives, posting guidelines and other information are at: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb Please include your name, email address, and school or professional affiliation in each posting. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:00:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> S.O.S. -- Help for Busy Teachers (Site 34): Publishers' Catalogues Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 19:01:17 -0400 From: Kathleen Schrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: S.O.S. -- Help for Busy Teachers (Site 34): Publishers' Catalogues 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 34 Publishers' Catalogues http://www.lights.com/publisher/ ...links to over 7000 publishers' catalogs and Web sites; very useful site for ordering and reference _________________________________________________________ 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/ ================================================= Kathleen Schrock, MLS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/ Administrator for Technology Nauset Public Schools 78 Eldredge Park Way, Orleans MA 02653 508-255-0016 x216 (FAX: 508-240-2351) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:00:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: UPDATED> New for April on the Univ of Chicago Press website Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 17:22:55 -0500 From: Dean Blobaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What's new on the University of Chicago Press website for April. SURREALIST MANIFESTO: To coincide with the surrealism exhibit now running at the Metropolitan Museum of Art we are pleased to publish the massive _History of the Surrealist Movement_ by Gerard Durozoi, which Publishers Weekly says is "the one-volume standard for years to come." Read an excerpt on the Surrealist Manifesto: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/174115.html ANTI-FASCIST POET: Miguel Hernandez was imprisoned and sentenced to death by the Spanish fascists during the civil war in Spain, where his poetry was long suppressed. Until now, it has been just as difficult to find his poems in English. Read three poems translated by Ted Genoways from _The Selected Poems of Miguel Hernandez_: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/327736.html A POEM ABOUT TV ANTENNAS: Rolf Jacobsen, one of Norway's greatest modern poets, explored the complex counterpoint of nature and technology, progress and self-destruction, daily life and cosmic wonder. We have three poems from _North in the World: Selected Poems of Rolf Jacobsen_ translated and edited by Roger Greenwald: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/390357.html POETRY AND INTERNATIONAL ANTI-POETRY MONTH: We've revised our poetry catalog for National Poetry Month and therein you'll find links to numerous excerpts: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Subjects/virtual_poetry.html And to tweak the poetry establishment, we reprise "Against National Poetry Month As Such" by poet/critic Charles Bernstein: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/044106.html APRIL 15TH: Edward J. McCaffery explains his new book _Fair Not Flat: How to Make the Tax System Better and Simpler_ in an interview: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/555607in.html Thanks for reading. -------------------------------- Dean Blobaum The University of Chicago Press 1427 East 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637-2954 http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ Sign up to receive email notification of new titles in any field: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/mailnotifier/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:00:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Survey - Children's Reference in Schools Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 13:59:30 -0700 From: Jamie Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Survey - Children's Reference in Schools To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for reading! We are doing a project for our reference class and would love to incorporate the thoughts and ideas of our peers and colleagues. We have been asked to examine reference services for children in school libraries. If you have past or present experience with children in school libraries, please feel free to answer our questionnaire below. 1. What is your experience with children in school libraries? 2. What reference services do you or school librarians offer to children? 3. Are these services offered all the time or on a periodic basis? 4. What do you feel are the major issues associated with children's reference services in schools? 5. Do you have any ideas on how school libraries should be addressing those issues? 29b. What question have we not asked, that you would like to answer, and what is your response to the question? THANK YOU for taking time to respond to our survey! Please send your responses to Jamie Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and/or Christine Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. People like you make the difference! Jamie Harmon - Librarian Lyons Library, Lyons, Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== The greatest part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. --- Martha Washington 1731 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:00:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Search Engines for Students Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 13:29:37 -0700 From: Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: WEB: Internet Workshop To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've put together a page of Search Engines for Students that I encourage our Education majors to use with kids. http://www.cord.edu/dept/curric/searchengines.html (I included the Marco Polo web site for our Education majors - I know it's not a real Search Engine for Students, but I didn't want them to miss all the good web sites found on those pages.) Kathy Schrock said at one of her workshops that she doesn't think kids below 7th or 8th grade should be doing searches on the Internet alone. I agree with her, except with the Search Engines I've identified. Connie Jones, Librarian Carl B. Ylvisaker Library Concordia College 901 8th St. S. Moorhead, MN 56562 (218)299-3238 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________________ To send a resource or project announcement to our list, please address your email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A free service moderated by Classroom Connect's Teacher Community host, Paul Heller, this email list is archived at Connected Teacher: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=CRC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 07:23:22 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Recapturing the Courage to Teach Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:10:05 -0400 From: Kathleen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://teachers.net/gazette/APR02/jones.html#joy Article: Recapturing the Courage to Teach: An Interview with Parker J. Palmer "Teachers are our culture heroes. They're the people who are asked to solve all the problems that society can't solve and are beaten up for their supposed inadequacies." Parker Palmer is founder of the Center for Teacher Formation. Palmer has written extensively about ways educators can pursue and renew identity and integrity. Among his publications are "The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life" and "Let Your Life Speak: Listening for The Voice of Vocation". Read the article at http://teachers.net/gazette/APR02/jones.html#joy -- Kathleen Carpenter - Editor http://teachers.net/gazette Your state's forum: http://teachers.net/states ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:15:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Re: POLICY: AUP Forms Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 13:23:47 -0700 From: Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: POLICY: AUP Forms To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] take your pick: http://www.tnellen.com/school/aup.html tednellen -- Ted Nellen 8-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cybrarian http://www.tnellen.com/ted/ CyberEnglish http://www.tnellen.net/cyberenglish/ Alternative High Schools http://www.tnellen.com/alt/ One must learn by doing the thing. For though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. ~ Sophocles ~ (BC 495-406, Greek Tragic Poet) _______________________________________________________________________ To send a resource or project announcement to our list, please address your email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A free service moderated by Classroom Connect's Teacher Community host, Paul Heller, this email list is archived at Connected Teacher: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=CRC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:15:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Re: LANGUAGE: Web Sites Needed Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 13:22:13 -0700 From: Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: LANGUAGE: Web Sites Needed To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am an eMints teacher and the best source for finding sites would be through the ethemes site at morenet....they have a great list of resources.The list is searchable or in alphabetical order. This is a great resource which anyone can use. Hope it helps. http://emints.more.net/resources/ "they want me to use one of the eMINTS classrooms with Gateway computers that only has the basic programs." Ruth Petsel [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4th grade eMints teacher Arcadia Valley Elementary _______________________________________________________________________ To send a resource or project announcement to our list, please address your email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A free service moderated by Classroom Connect's Teacher Community host, Paul Heller, this email list is archived at Connected Teacher: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=CRC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:15:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> WEB: Upcoming AuthorChats Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 13:17:51 -0700 From: Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WEB: Upcoming AuthorChats To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sign up now to chat live with author Graham Salisbury! The first chat will be on Thursday, April 18th at 2:30pmPT (5:30pmET) to discuss Island Boyz with middle school students from their school or public library. The second chat will be held on Friday, April 19th at 10amPT (1pmET) for questions about Under the Blood Red Sun. Registration is free and several Practice Chats are open to prepare for this live event. International Reading Association Conference Chats: Chatting live from this year's conference will be Newbery winning authors Richard Peck and Katherine Paterson. Also chatting, David Schwartz, author of How Much is a Million? We'll start off with David Schwartz on Tuesday, April 30th at 10amPT (1pmET) and then welcome Richard Peck, Fair Weather, on Wednesday, May 1st at 9:15amPT (1:15pmET). Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia, chats on Thursday, May 2nd at 9:15amPT (1:15pmET). Sign up now for chats with these authors! The day after the Korean holiday, Children's Day, the current Newbery Award winner, Linda Sue Park, chats live on Monday, May 6th at 10amPT (1pmET) about A Single Shard. Greece Questers and other classrooms interested in Greece can chat about Greek customs with Karen Scourby D'Arc, author of My Grandmother is a Singing YaYa. Register now to join us on Tuesday, May 7th at 10amPT (1pmET). Author Amy Nathan chats twice! Learn about Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II on Wednesday, May 8th at 8:30amPT (11:30amET) & 10:30amPT (1:30amET). A great chat for middle school students! Author Susan Fletcher will discuss Shadow Spinner, a tale involving the folktales of the Arabian Nights on Friday, May 17th at 8amPT (11amET). Young adults can join our chat with Elizabeth Partridge, author of This Land Was Made For You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woodie Gutherie on Thursday, May 16th at 2:30pmPT (5:30pmET) from their school or public library. FREE BOOKS SPECIAL OFFER: The first four schools to sign up for our chat with Iain Lawrence will be sent a copy of the book, Lord of the Nutcracker Men, a novel about The Great War-WWI. Your students can be ready to chat with Iain on Wednesday, May 22nd at 10amPT (1pmET). <http://www.authorchats.com/stories/upcomingChats.jsp?m=10> Paul Heller Community Developer Classroom Connect [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________________ To send a resource or project announcement to our list, please address your email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A free service moderated by Classroom Connect's Teacher Community host, Paul Heller, this email list is archived at Connected Teacher: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=CRC ------------------------------ End of NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 9 Apr 2002 to 10 Apr 2002 - Special issue (#2002-238) ************************************************************************************
