There are 18 messages totalling 636 lines in this issue.
Topics in this special issue:
1. MISC> [netsites] NEWS: Ridge: Bush Should Veto Cabinet-Level Homeland S
ecurity Office
2. K12> Re: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Creating online activities/games
3. K12> Bring Technology into Your Classroom with Easy-to-Use Lesson Plans
4. K12> [netsites] Foundation of Teaching Economics
5. K12> [netsites] Games to Teach Project
6. K12> [netsites] Poetry Pals
7. MISC> [netsites] What Tree is It?
8. K12> [netsites] Knot Theory
9. K12> [netsites] Learn and Serve America
10. MISC> [netsites] The Tide Fabric Care Network
11. MISC> [netsites] Baseball-Reference
12. RESOUR> [netsites] Nut Free Zone
13. RESOUR> [netsites] The National Marrow Donor Program
14. MISC> T2T> The Blueberry Story
15. MISC> GETTING A LOCK ON BROADBAND
16. MISC> RSS
17. UPDATED> HotList of K-12 Internet Schools - June 11, 2002
18. K12> PROFDEV: Online Survey: Learning Styles and Diverse Populations
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:39:08 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] NEWS: Ridge: Bush Should Veto Cabinet-Level Homeland
S ecurity Office
From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Netsites Discussion Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [netsites] NEWS: Ridge: Bush Should Veto Cabinet-Level Homeland
Security Office
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:04:03 -0700
Given Homeland Security developments over the weekend, this recent news
story should be very interesting.
May 30, 2002
Ridge: Bush should veto Cabinet-level homeland security office
By Brody Mullins, Congress Daily
<http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0502/053002cd1.htm>
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Thursday he would advise
President Bush to veto any legislation creating a congressionally
authorized Office of Homeland Security if Congress approves a bill this year.
<snip>
Today's comments were the first time Ridge has said he would recommend a
presidential veto. Ridge said presidents should be "entitled to a few
advisers" who owe their loyalty solely to the president.
"I believe that the president and future presidents always would be well
served having an adviser coordinating the actions among [the] multiple
agencies" charged with protecting homeland security. "I don't think you
get that if you are accountable to Congress," Ridge said.
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The complete story may be read at the URL above.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:39:43 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Re: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Creating online activities/games
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:32:36 -0400
From: Leo Burd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Creating online activities/games
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Rahel and all,
Please have a look at Squeak (http://www.squeakland.org). It's a free,
open-source, multimedia programming environment for kids, educators and
everyone who is interested in developing games, simulations, or just
have fun exploring the power of computers. It works on PCs, Macs and
linux-based machines. I believe it may be useful for you.
Best,
Leo Burd
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:40:15 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Bring Technology into Your Classroom with Easy-to-Use Lesson Plans
From: "Stephanie - WeatherBug Product Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:57:03 -0400
Technology doesn't have to be scary.
The School WeatherNet Program connects education professionals like you to the
largest weather information network in the world and provides you with
interactive lessons and educational activities for your K-12 students using
live weather data in an easy-to-use, online package.
Our web-based curriculum and network access to over 5,500 partner schools
provide you with a framework for blending appropriate technology into your
daily lesson plans, with a point-and-click interface.
To learn more about the turnkey solution that is bringing technology to
classrooms across the country, click on the link below.
http://www.aws.com/forms/tech.htm
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:40:58 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Foundation of Teaching Economics
From: E N Compass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Foundation of Teaching Economics
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:05:39 -0700
Foundation of Teaching Economics
http://www.fte.org/
"The Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) is a nonprofit organization
providing teaching instruction in economic education to educators and to
young people selected for their leadership potential."
E.N. Compass
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:41:34 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Games to Teach Project
From: Philip Lomoas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Games to Teach Project
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:09:38 -0700
Games to Teach Project
http://cms.mit.edu/games/education/
"The Games-to-Teach Project is a partnership between MIT and Microsoft
to develop conceptual prototypes for the next generation of educational
media for math, science, and engineering education."
Philip Lomoas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:41:57 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Poetry Pals
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Poetry Pals
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:11:06 -0700
Poetry Pals
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5165/
Poetry Pals is an "Internet Poetry Publishing Project for K-12 Students."
Alan
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:42:42 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] What Tree is It?
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] What Tree is It?
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:12:41 -0700
What Tree is It?
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/tree/index.html
This site provides help with identifying trees by leaf, fruit or name.
Alan
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:43:04 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Knot Theory
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Knot Theory
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:18:13 -0700
Knot Theory
http://www.freelearning.com/knots/
"This site is designed for mathematics students at the high school and
college levels as an introduction to an area of mathematics seldom
explored in the typical math classroom - the Theory of Knots."
Alan
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:43:34 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Learn and Serve America
From: Samantha Shay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Learn and Serve America
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:20:11 -0700
Learn and Serve America
http://www.learnandserve.org/
"Throughout our nation, many schools are discovering the value of
service-learning -- through projects that link education and service. At the
forefront of this movement is Learn and Serve America, which helps
support nearly one million students from kindergarten through college who are
meeting community needs while improving their academic skills and
learning the habits of good citizenship. In addition to providing Learn and
Serve
grants and scholarships for student service, the Corporation for National
Service also promotes youth service through the National Service Leader
Schools Program."
~Sam Shay
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:44:19 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] The Tide Fabric Care Network
From: Cherry Trease <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] The Tide Fabric Care Network
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:30:40 -0700
The Tide Fabric Care Network
http://www.tide.com/
Got some dingy clothes that just won't come clean? Here at the Tide
Fabric Care Network you can find great tips and advice about laundry, fabric
care, stain removal, Tide sponsored activities and other practices and
techniques.
Cherry Trease
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:44:58 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Baseball-Reference
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Baseball-Reference
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:43:36 -0700
Baseball-Reference
http://www.baseball-reference.com/
"Major League Baseball Statistics for each player, team, and league in
baseball history. Includes batting, pitching and fielding stats along
with leaders, managers, links, books and award winners."
Alan
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:45:32 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Nut Free Zone
From: "Dr. Y U Morostay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Nut Free Zone
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:55:35 -0700
Nut Allergy and Anaphylaxis Awareness
http://www.nut-free-zone.co.uk/
"Nut allergy, peanut allergy and allergic reactions can create an
emergency leading to anaphylactic shock. Kidsaware wants to raise food allergy
and anaphylactic shock awareness for the dietitician, caterer, midwife and
emergency first aid personnel."
Dr. Yennea U. Morostay
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://morostay.dermdex.net/
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:46:01 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] The National Marrow Donor Program
From: Timothy Riage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] The National Marrow Donor Program
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:56:47 -0700
The National Marrow Donor Program
http://www.marrow.org/
"The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is a non-profit organization
that facilitates bone marrow, blood stem cell and umbilical cord blood
transplants for patients around the world with life-threatening blood
disorders, such as leukemia and aplastic anemia, and certain immune
system and genetic disorders, who do not have matching donors in their
families.
The NMDP conducts clinical research projects intended to advance the
understanding of allogeneic unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation."
Timothy Riage
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.triage.net/
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:47:06 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> T2T> The Blueberry Story
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:30:09 -0600 (MDT)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "Bruce Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: T2T> The Blueberry Story
A friend forwarded this story to me and I thought all of the T2T
readers would enjoy it and relate!
Sincerely, Brenda Black
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The Blueberry Story
by Jamie Robert Vollmer
I stood before an auditorium filled with outraged teachers who were
becoming angrier by the minute. My speech had entirely consumed their
precious 90 minutes of in-service training. Their initial icy glares
had turned to restless agitation. You could cut the hostility with a knife.
I represented a group of business people dedicated to improving
public schools. I was an executive at an ice cream company that
became famous in the middle-1980s when People Magazine chose its
blueberry flavor as the "Best Ice Cream in America."
I was convinced of two things. First, public schools needed to
change; they were archaic selecting and sorting mechanisms designed
for the Industrial Age and out of step with the needs of our emerging
"knowledge society." Second, educators were a major part of the
problem: They resisted change, hunkered down in their feathered
nests, protected by tenure and shielded by a bureaucratic monopoly.
They needed to look to business. We knew how to produce quality. Zero
defects! Total Quality Management! Continuous improvement!
In retrospect, the speech was perfectly balanced-equal parts
ignorance and arrogance. As soon as I finished, a woman's hand shot
up. She appeared polite, pleasant. She was, in fact, a razor-edged,
veteran high school English teacher who had been waiting to unload.
She began quietly, "We are told, sir, that you manage a company that
makes good ice cream."
I smugly replied, "Best ice cream in America, ma'am."
"How nice," she said. "Is it rich and smooth?"
"Sixteen percent butterfat," I crowed.
"Premium ingredients?" she inquired.
"Super-premium! Nothing but triple-A."
She was on a roll. I never saw the next line coming. "Mr. Vollmer,"
she said, leaning forward with a wicked eyebrow raised to the sky,
"when you are standing on your receiving dock and you see an inferior
shipment of blueberries arrive, what do you do?" In the silence of
that room, I could hear the trap snap. I was dead meat, but I wasn't
going to lie. "I send them back."
"That's right!" she barked, "and we can never send back our
blueberries. We take them big, small, rich, poor, gifted,
exceptional, abused, frightened, confident, homeless, rude, and
brilliant. We take them with attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder, junior rheumatoid arthritis, and English as their second
language. We take them all. Every one. And that, Mr. Vollmer, is why
it's not a business. It's school."
In an explosion, all 290 teachers, principals, bus drivers, aides,
custodians, and secretaries jumped to their feet and yelled, "Yeah!
Blueberries! Blueberries!"
And so began my long transformation.
Since then, I have visited hundreds of schools. I have learned that a
school is not a business. Schools are unable to control the quality
of their raw material, they are dependent upon the vagaries of
politics for a reliable revenue stream, and they are constantly
mauled by a howling horde of disparate, competing customer groups
that would send the best CEO screaming into the night.
None of this negates the need for change. We must change what, when,
and how we teach to give all children maximum opportunity to thrive
in a postindustrial society. But educators cannot do this alone;
these changes can occur only with the understanding, trust,
permission, and active support of the surrounding community. For the
most important thing I have learned is that schools reflect the
attitudes, beliefs, and health of the communities they serve, and
therefore, to improve public education means more than changing our
schools, it means changing America.
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:48:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> GETTING A LOCK ON BROADBAND
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 23:02:14 EDT
From: Bonnie Bracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GETTING A LOCK ON BROADBAND
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GETTING A LOCK ON BROADBAND
Author Jeffery Benner warns that the Federal Communications Commission is
quietly handing over control of the broadband Internet to a handful of
massive corporations. In recent months the FCC has ruled that cable
companies do not have to open their networks to competing Internet service
providers, or ISPs, and a proposal to extend the same exemption to DSL
service is pending. If approved, the proposal will allow local phone
companies, now down to four "Baby Bells," to deny other DSL providers access
to local phone networks. The trend profoundly concerns consumer advocates
and some Internet policy experts, who fear that media conglomerates will use
their control over broadband pipes to restrict access to content,
information, or technologies that compete with their own content or
otherwise threaten their interests. "The path the FCC is currently on will
change the Internet that you know," said Cheryl Leanza of the Media Access
Project (MAP), a public interest telecommunications law firm. "Currently,
rules prevent phone companies from controlling content in any way. There is
no content protection for cable, and the FCC has proposed to take away the
protections on content discrimination for DSL. The impact will be
breathtaking."
[SOURCE: Salon, AUTHOR: Jeffrey Benner]
(http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/06/07/broadband/print.html)
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:47:57 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> RSS
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 10:34:06 -0400
From: Pete Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RSS
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gary Price and Genie Tyburski (to name two) have pointed to articles
about RSS. Prompted by those articles, I have tried one RSS
client. There are many more, as well as gateway WEB sites that aggregate
e.g., MOREOVER, syndic8, and 10 a.m.
For an overview article from a non-techie librarians' perspective (by
Steven M. Cohen), please see:
http://www.llrx.com/features/rssforlibrarians.htm
If you ever have used a Netnews aka Usenet client, there are many similar
concepts except that instead of using a local news server (which has the
newsgroup feed definitions and stores/forwards articles), all of this is
maintained on your PC which then can "poll" the primary [news]
sources. (It's like netnews on steroids.)
Pete Weiss @ Penn State
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:51:30 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPDATED> HotList of K-12 Internet Schools - June 11, 2002
Please update these 'old' HotList links of:
http://toons.cc.ndsu.nodak.edu/~sackmann/k12.html
http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/k12
http://www.gsn.org/hotlist/
http://rrnet.com/~gleason/k12.html
to the new site address of:
http://www1.classroom.com/community/connection/states.jhtml
A 'blue' button now indicates when a state has had new sites
added or previous school sites have been updated
The homepage also shows the date of the last update
Please keep in mind that some of these sites may have just come online
Just be patient and just keep checking
Thanks to all who contributed with new addresses, corrections, etc.
As always, comments, suggestions, etc. are welcome! :)
Thanks.
Gleason/Classroom Connect
HotList Webmaster
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:39:01 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> PROFDEV: Online Survey: Learning Styles and Diverse Populations
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:21:08 -0700
From: Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PROFDEV: Online Survey: Learning Styles and Diverse Populations
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My name is Kelli Sullivan and I am an honors student at Central Missouri
State University. As a conclusion to my program of study, I am conducting
research about learning styles and diverse populations. I am asking that
you participate in this survey to assist me in gathering information to
present in my research. You have received this invitation to participate by
being a part of this listserv. There is no penalty for not participating but
your input would be greatly appreciated. If you choose to participate you
may withdraw from the survey at anytime. You must be at least 18 years of
age and a current elementary, middle, or secondary educator to participate.
The survey will be anonymous so that I will not be able to distinguish
answers from any given participant. The survey can easily be completed in
under 30 minutes, and there are no risks in taking this survey beyond that
of normal computer usage and viewing information on the internet. It will
remain posted throughout June so that it may be accessed at your
convenience.
While I will not be collecting any identifying information that will be
associated with your responses, please be aware that the computer you are
using may store your responses for other users to see. To protect your
anonymity, it is recommended that you empty the browser cache, close the
browser session before leaving your workstation, and, if possible, log off
the workstation.
I have created a web-based survey entitled "Learning Styles and Diverse
Populations." Within this survey are questions about your students learning
style preferences and your professional work. In order to gain some
knowledge about tendencies within a group, the student section has been
broken down by cultural group. My research will be a descriptive study and
will include both information collected from this survey and research from
journals and books that have been written on the subject. After completing
this research, I will present my findings to the university for
consideration as a supplement for a required course in the education
department entitled "World Diversity in America." Furthermore, the
information will contribute to my own professional development to meet the
needs of all students. The findings from the research will be posted on the
Internet. The URL for the findings will be sent to the listserv so that all
the participants in the study will be able to access the information
obtained. This may contribute to a greater knowledge about learning styles
and diverse populations.
If you have any questions or concerns about your rights or the survey
itself, please feel free to contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please print a copy of this letter for your records.
Go to the following website to participate:
http://www.cmsu.edu/onlinesurvey/index.cfm?sid=12
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