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1. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-19 The Great Egg Roll X 2 - revised 2. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-19 That's The Way The Cookie Tumbles 3. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-19 Monster Exchange - revised 4. RESOUR> West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund 5. K12> [WWWEDU] PROF DEV: This Week At TAPPED IN (April 14, 2002) 6. K12> FYI - new site from PBS on media literacy: Don't Buy It 7. K12> HIT: Urban legends ***************************************** 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: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:32:48 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-19 The Great Egg Roll X 2 - revised From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-19 The Great Egg Roll X 2 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:24:21 -0700 Global SchoolNet Foundation provides this service free of charge to its worldwide education community. [PERMISSION TO RE-POST AS APPROPRIATE] DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. SEND REPLIES, questions, comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] **** REVISED PROJECT POSTING **** Project Information ------------------- Project Author: Jennifer Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Title: The Great Egg Roll X 2 Project Begin & End Dates: 3/08/02 to 4/26/02 Project Summary: Join us as we learn math skills in a fun way!! Students will be decorating hard boiled eggs and then rolling them for distance!! Graphs will be created showing both longest distanced rolled and average of all rolls (both boys and girls). ------------------- Project Details ------------------- Project Level: Basic Curriculum Area: Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Technology Technologies Used: Email, Web Based Discussion Forum Full Project Description: Students will decorate 1 hardboiled egg a piece with food coloring only. (no stickers or crayon marks) Teacher will provide a length of butcher paper 10 feet in length - marked with inches and feet. (metric if you wish) Students will ROLL their egg down the length of the butcher paper and will record where the egg either stopped or rolled off the butcher paper. If teachers wish -- they can go to the next element of adding plastic eggs and comparing distances between the hardboiled and plastic eggs! Objectives: Stimulate email communication Make math skills fun Measurement Skills Averaging Skills Estimation Skills Graphing Skills ------------------- Project Registration Information -------------------------------- Project Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registration Acceptance Dates: 2/01/02 to 4/01/02 Number of Classrooms: unlimite Age Range: 5 to 19 years Target Audience: Anyone Project URL: http://www.crossroadsschool.org/egg_roll.htm Registration Instructions: Sign Up today at http://www.crossroadsschool.org/egg_roll.htm -------------------------------- Project Contact Information ---------------------------- Jennifer Wagner - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Technology Coordinator - Crossroads Christian School Corona, California US http://www.crossroadsschool.org ---------------------------- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - K-12 Project Announcements Unsubscribe at http://www.gsh.org/lists/hilites.html =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=. Global SchoolNet Foundation: Communicate, collaborate, & celebrate learning! Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:(760)635-0001 Fax:(760)635-0003 Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization. GSN, a developer of online content since 1984, partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible global citizens. For more information about the services and programs provided by Global SchoolNet, please visit www.globalschoolnet.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:32:48 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-19 That's The Way The Cookie Tumbles From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-19 That's The Way The Cookie Tumbles Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:24:41 -0700 Global SchoolNet Foundation provides this service free of charge to its worldwide education community. [PERMISSION TO RE-POST AS APPROPRIATE] DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. SEND REPLIES, questions, comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project Information ------------------- Project Author: Jennifer Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Title: That's The Way The Cookie Tumbles Project Begin & End Dates: 9/15/02 to 10/31/02 Project Summary: Join us in our 4th year of Online Projects with oreo cookies. This year we will be stacking oreos. It will involve measurement, estimation, counting, comparing, problem solving, and more!! ------------------- Project Details ------------------- Project Level: Basic Curriculum Area: Mathematics, Technology Technologies Used: Email Full Project Description: Each class will divide its students into 4 groups. (You will need to purchase 1 bag of oreos (not double stuff) per group. Teams will work together to stack oreos as high as they can until them tumble down. There is NO MANIPULATION of the shape (flatness) of the oreo allowed. Students will compare their effort with those of the other 3 groups. Teachers can initiate and provide a time for students to discuss cause and effect, etc. All team tallies will be submitted via the internet with a form provided. Pictures of STACKED oreos (before they tumble) are encouraged. Each class that participates will be awarded with a participation certficate. Additional contests might be added to this FUN ONLINE PROJECT. Objectives: Communication via the internet with schools participating in a fun project. Additional math skills, teamwork, fun, and eating the experiment are perks!! ------------------- Project Registration Information -------------------------------- Project Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registration Acceptance Dates: 8/15/02 to 9/30/02 Number of Classrooms: unlimite Age Range: 5 to 19 years Target Audience: Anyone Project URL: http://www.crossroadsschool.org/oreo_page.htm Registration Instructions: Teachers will need to register their students via an internet form. Cost of entire project will be approximately $12 for 4 bags of oreos (NOT DOUBLESTUFF) Additional information will be added to the website before registration begins. -------------------------------- Project Contact Information ---------------------------- Jennifer Wagner - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Technology Coordinator - Crossroads Christian School Corona, California US http://www.crossroadsschool.org ---------------------------- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - K-12 Project Announcements Unsubscribe at http://www.gsh.org/lists/hilites.html =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=. Global SchoolNet Foundation: Communicate, collaborate, & celebrate learning! Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:(760)635-0001 Fax:(760)635-0003 Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization. GSN, a developer of online content since 1984, partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible global citizens. For more information about the services and programs provided by Global SchoolNet, please visit www.globalschoolnet.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:32:48 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-19 Monster Exchange - revised From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-19 Monster Exchange Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 17:48:28 -0700 Global SchoolNet Foundation provides this service free of charge to its worldwide education community. [PERMISSION TO RE-POST AS APPROPRIATE] DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. SEND REPLIES, questions, comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] **** REVISED PROJECT POSTING **** Project Information ------------------- Project Author: Susy Calvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Title: Monster Exchange Project Begin & End Dates: 4/01/02 to 6/15/02 Project Summary: What is THE MONSTER EXCHANGE PROJECT? "Students try to communicate an original monster image into another child's mind using writing skills and computer technology (email and Internet access)." ------------------- Project Details ------------------- Project Level: Basic Curriculum Area: Arts, Language, Technology Technologies Used: Email, Web Based Discussion Forum Full Project Description: Spring Monster Exchange Prooject Announcement ATTENTION: K-12 Cyberteachers and students! The Spring 2002 Monster Exchange Project is ready for YOUR classroom. Join the FREE project that thousands of students' worldwide have participated in! Signup begins immediately at... http://www.monsterexchange.org and is only open to the first 500 schools! What is THE MONSTER PROJECT? "Students try to communicate an original monster image into another child's mind using writing skills and technology." PROJECT COORDINATOR'S NOTE: This project depends on the use of the World Wide Web. Everything you want and need to know such as: "What is the Monster Exchange Project?, What does the project offer to the student and teacher?, How does my school, classroom, or "home schooler" participate?, Do I need to be a computer genius to participate?, and, "What equipment do I need to have?" can be found at: http://www.monsterexchange.org To successfully participate in this project, Internet tools such as a chat room, mailing list, and partner matching, have been designed to help make teachers and students successful. tools can be seen at the above web address. Knowledge of HTML is not required to publish in the monster galleries or for any other features of this project. Please note, however, that you do need to be able to save student drawings in either GIF of JPG format to successfully upload drawings to the Monster Galleries. There is information on the site detailing instructions on exactly what to do. You also need to make sure you have either Netscape 2.0 or higher or Internet Explorer 4.0 to participate. Please read the project information pages before committing your classes to the project. Dates: Registration begins immediately. The project starting date is April 1, 2001 and continues through June 15, 2002, the closing date for the additions to the monster galleries. Sign up will be limited to the first 500 schools. Grade Levels: K-12 PLEASE NOTE: Illustration content drawn by the students should be appropriate for cross cultures and suitable for children of all ages. Example: Illustrations with blood and weapons may be inappropriate for children. Objectives: Objectives: to use writing process/skills to communicate a drawing of student-created monster into detailed written descriptions that students from cooperating schools read to duplicate the original drawing as closely as possible. The real challenge is that the remotely drawn monster is created only from reading the description! At the end of the project, both the original and duplicate drawings are digitized and published on the web in the Monster Exchange Galleries so that participants can see the resulting drawings for comparison. Evaluation of student work: write a final email message to the partner class discussing the differences between each of the student's work. ------------------- Project Registration Information -------------------------------- Project Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registration Acceptance Dates: 4/01/01 to 6/15/02 Number of Classrooms: 500 Age Range: 5 to 19 years Target Audience: Anyone Project URL: http://www.monsterexchange.org Registration Instructions: Please read the project information pages before committing your classes to the project and check to make sure these dates do not conflict with other classroom activities before registering. Online automated signup for the project can be found at the Monster Exchange web page http://www.monsterexchange.org Online automated signup for the project is accomplished by logging on to the Monster Exchange home page http://www.monsterexchange.org and clicking on the link called "signup". Please check to make sure these dates do not conflict with other classroom activities before registering. Please note that you do need to be able to save student drawings in GIF format to successfully upload drawings to the Monster Galleries. You need to make sure you have either Netscape 2.0 or higher or Internet Explorer 4.0 to participate. -------------------------------- Project Contact Information ---------------------------- Susy Calvert - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Teacher/Coordinator G/T - Maxwell Hill Gifted Center Beckley, West Virginia US http://maxwellhill.rale.k12.wv.us ---------------------------- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - K-12 Project Announcements Unsubscribe at http://www.gsh.org/lists/hilites.html =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=. Global SchoolNet Foundation: Communicate, collaborate, & celebrate learning! Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:(760)635-0001 Fax:(760)635-0003 Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization. GSN, a developer of online content since 1984, partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible global citizens. For more information about the services and programs provided by Global SchoolNet, please visit www.globalschoolnet.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:32:48 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 06:54:17 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.westcoastleaf.org/ April 17 marks the day when one of the equality provisions (Section 15)of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into force. West Coast LEAF, in partnership with LEAF National, works to make Canada an equal place for all women. LEAF promotes equality for women through legal action and public education based on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This site offers information on a three-year equality rights project: "Achieving Equality in the New Millennium", the "No Means No" project as well as publications such as the "Equality Rights Guidebook", "Queer as Family", plus legal updates, law reform, equality rights in Canada, public legal education, and legal links. Pick of the Week http://directory.womenspace.ca/pickoftheweek.html Womenspace http://womenspace.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:32:48 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [WWWEDU] PROF DEV: This Week At TAPPED IN (April 14, 2002) To: WWWEDU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: BJ Berquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 08:55:49 -0400 Subject: [WWWEDU] PROF DEV: This Week At TAPPED IN (April 14, 2002) After School Online (ASO) is a forum for educators. The scheduled events, designed for professional development, are open to everyone in the TAPPED IN community and all guests. Login at http://www.tappedin.org. If you are new to TAPPED IN, please login 10 minutes before the ASO event is scheduled to begin. This will allow the helpdesk volunteers to get you where you need to be. Print out this weekly schedule as a quick reference to what's happening; you can get a monthly view and description of the events online at our Time-Zone Friendly Calendar: http://www.tappedin.org/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.cgi Go to the url below each event for descriptions of the individual events. ================================================================= Sunday, April 14 * Writing for Webheads: World friendship thru lang. learning 4:00-5:00am PST/7:00-8:00am EST/12:00-13:00GMT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/mar02.html#lang. ------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, April 15 PLEASE NOTE SCHEDULE CHANGE: ***This session has been rescheduled for Monday, April 29*** * NEW! 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Grantsmanship 3:30-5:00pm PDT/6:30-8:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/april02.html#library. * Language Arts Forum: Expository Writing Revisited 5:00-6:00pm PDT/8:00-9:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/april02.html#laarts. * TAPPED IN Tours and Tips 6:00-7:00pm PDT/9:00-10:00pm EDT ------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, April 18 * Alternative/Correctional Education Forum 3:00-4:00pm PDT/6:00-7:00pm EDT/10:00-11:00pm GMT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/april02.html#alted. * WebQuest Design Patterns for Math 4:00-5:00pm PDT/7:00-8:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/april02.html#teched. * WebTools 5:00-6:00pm PDT/8:00-9:00pm EDT Read about this discussion online at http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/april02.html#teched. * K-12 Math 6:00-7:00pm PDT/9:00-10:00pm EDT ------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, April 21 * Writing for Webheads: World friendship thru lang. learning 5:00-6:00am PDT/8:00-9:00am EDT/12:00-13:00 GMT ======================================================== Respectfully submitted, BJ Berquist Associate Educator, TAPPED IN mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tappedin.org/info/members/bj.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:32:48 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> FYI - new site from PBS on media literacy: Don't Buy It Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 23:47:28 -0500 From: Blythe Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FYI - new site from PBS on media literacy: Don't Buy It There is a great new media literacy site launching on PBS KIDS next Monday. You can see the preview page at: http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit Don't know if you also know that the PBS TeacherSource site has added a new category just for us! It is one of the links off the left sidebar: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ Very cool, to be recognized as a major audience! Blythe ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blythe Allison Bennett Virtual Reference Desk Network Coordinator Information Institute of Syracuse Syracuse University [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:38:36 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> HIT: Urban legends Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 21:33:24 -0400 From: Jean Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: HIT: Urban legends To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to all who sent replies to my question regarding how to teach = urban legends to upper elementary school students. I am posting the = replies in this message. Jean Koch, LMS John B. Dey Elem School Va Beach, VA [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's a book of urban legends called Spiders in the Hairdo by David Holt and Bill Mooney that was on our state recommended list this year. It was on the young adult list but may be adaptable for younger kids. Hope that helps! http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/ Don't know quite what to expect out of teaching this to 4th and 5th graders. I have a hard time convincing some adults that things are not true, but are an urban legend. This site may help you out. http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/ There is a book called "Alligators in the Sewer" that could be useful. You understand I don't recommend the book in its entirety for that age, but she could use parts of it selectively. Also the hoax debunking sites mentioned frequently on LM_NET. Hi: I have some good links on one of my web pages, she might get some neat info off of one of these: http://mhsmediacenter.homestead.com/UrbanLegends.html >I have a book from Schlolastic titled Spiders in the Hairdo which is a collection of Urban Legends. I have been reading them to my 7th graders. This book is not appropriate to put on the shelf so you have to read ech story and see which you would like to use. There are at least a dozen you could use. You can either read them or tell them..Tthe book begins with an explanation of an Urban Legend. If necessary I could copy some and send them to you if you can't find this book. (copywrite- what's that?) seems to me that Muse magazine had a whole article and excerpts on urban legends a year or two ago that was really fun for the kids. I can't remember the exact date. Hope this helps I would go to http://www.snope.com for ideas. They have so many categories... you can probably build a lesson from those ideas. have a book entitled Too good to be true: the colossal book of urban legends by Jan Harold Brunvand published by W.W. Norton ISBN 0-965-010492. It might be a good print source. There is a graphic novel, entitled (I believe) "The Big Book of Urban Legends," which is a great illustrated compilation of urban legends. They are short enough to be photocopied and distributed as "short articles" for students to read. I am not certain about the appropriateness of the material, but from what I remember, it was OK. http://www.snopes.com http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ http://urbanlegends.about.com/?once=3Dtrue http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp http://www.vmyths.com/ http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listurbanlemr.html http://www.snopes2.com/ http://urbanlegends.about.com http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm ABC-Clio has an Encyclopedia of Urban Legendshttp://www.abc-clio.com/schools/sch_offer.asp?contentid=3D62 Fake Web news/facts http://www.theonion.com/onion3119/stupidbabies.html I do urban legends as part of my folktale unit. I talk about how folktales are spread...and when and where I heard some of the stories...and how they are passed on, because they will tell others the stories. It's a good way to get across how folktales have been passed down through the centuries I did a web site with lots of links for my fifth grades as a culmination of their mystery unit. A couple sites on it might be useful to you. Museum of Unnatural History and Museum of Hoaxes. Perhaps there will be some others you will find useful. To get to it, go to the library site (below) and click on Mystery Links Around the Web (at the top). http://www.websterschools.org/classrooms/state_library/library.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= 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. 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