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Topics in this special issue:
1. K12> SHOCK THERAPY FOR A DYSFUNCTIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
2. K12> One Governor's Initiative to help failing schools with stakeholder
support
3. MISC> Study: As more use broadband, digital divide widens
4. K12> Art and Technology in the Curriculum Converge Magazine...
5. K12> Re: TARGET->SEC->Math activities online
6. UPDATED> HotList of K-12 Internet Schools - July 11, 2002
7. K12> New Report: America's Children 2002
8. K12> Re: Online Computer Resource for Kids
9. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] text version of new Benton/LCCREF report on the
digital divide
10. K12> List of Ongoing GPS & GIS School Projects & Resources
11. MISC> WebSurfing - Advertise Your Lists
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:51:57 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> SHOCK THERAPY FOR A DYSFUNCTIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:59:00 EDT
From: Bonnie Bracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SHOCK THERAPY FOR A DYSFUNCTIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SHOCK THERAPY FOR A DYSFUNCTIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
Three of Pittsburgh's premier foundations recently announced that they
have lost all faith in the leadership of the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
Bottom line: The Grable Foundation, Heinz Endowments and Pittsburgh
Foundation are suspending all funding to the district effective
immediately. We're not talking about a few thousand bucks here. This is
millions of dollars providing dozens of crucial programs that the district
cannot finance on its own. Cutting off funding is a very concrete act on
the part of the foundations, but it also carries a larger message. School
board members are not just accountable to the few thousand people in their
districts who voted for them. They are accountable to a vast support
network upon which the schools rely -- a network that cares deeply about
improving the quality of public education in the city, that is willing to
invest millions of dollars toward that end, but that will not sit idly by
while the people in charge trash the place.
http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20020710sallycol2p2.asp
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:57:25 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> One Governor's Initiative to help failing schools with
stakeholder support
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 06:59:43 EDT
From: Bonnie Bracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: One Governor's Initiative to help failing schools with
stakeholder support
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thursday, July 11
Governor Warner today launched a statewide partnership
with business and community leaders, state educators, and local school and
government officials to boost student achievement in Virginia's lowest
academically performing schools.
http://www.governor.state.va.us/Initiatives/PASS/index.htm
The partnership for Achieving Successful Schools, or PASS, will assist more
than 100 academically warned schools with a comprehensive plan to marshal
community and business support. Approximately 117 schools statewide which
have been "accredited with warning" due to student performance on Standards
of Learning exams will receive enhanced services.
Read the Governor's PASS kickoff speech
http://www.governor.state.va.us/Press_Policy/EventsandSpeeches/2002Remarks/PASSKickoff.htm
Read the full news release
http://www.governor.state.va.us/Press_Policy/Releases/July2002/0711.htm
Learn more about the PASS initiative
http://www.governor.state.va.us/Initiatives/PASS/index.htm
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:02:11 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> Study: As more use broadband, digital divide widens
From: "John Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 00:13:07 -0400
The Net, Issue 16,
http://www.netn.org/n02-16.htm
Study: As more use broadband, digital divide widens
By Sam Diaz
Mercury News
Posted on Thu, Jul. 11, 2002
A report issued this week by the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C., found
that 21 percent of all Internet users in the United States today have a
home-based broadband connection, a jump from 6 percent who were surfing at high
speeds in early 2000.
The report, dubbed ``The Broadband Difference,'' found that the high rate of
adoption is allowing more Americans to take advantage of all the Internet has
to offer -- from e-mail and online banking to video streaming and interactive
gaming.
But broadband adoption also is widening the digital divide among computer users
based on economics, gender and educational levels. Broadband users, the report
found, mostly are early adopters who have upgraded their dial-up connections.
``Typical of early Internet adopters, broadband users are wealthier, better
educated and more likely to be men than dial-up users,'' the report read.
And that leads to better Internet experiences -- and opportunities -- for the
broadband user.
More... http://www.netn.org/n02-16.htm
Also in this issue:
Study: As more use broadband, digital divide widens
Study: The Broadband Difference:
Windows 32 viruses rule the waves
Militants wire Web with links to jihad
Cyberterrorists don't care about your PC
security flaw in Outlook, IE
Canada, Others Attack U.S. on Criminal Court
India to roll out cheap, handheld computer
BioSecurity 2002 Presented by Harvard Medical International
Blasphemous Internet sites closed after a Vatican complaint
LIVERPOOL BANS EMAILS ON WEDNESDAYS
Experts Expect a Major Cyberattack
Industry coalition to unveil details for Internet ID system
Education World Site Reviews
* Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
* Story Arts Online
* Terrorism Project
Free e-mail and The On-line Learning Series of Courses
http://www.netn.org
P E A C E
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:02:57 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Art and Technology in the Curriculum Converge Magazine...
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:14:30 EDT
From: Bonnie Bracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Art and Technology in the Curriculum Converge Magazine...
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tech From the Top
http://www.convergemag.com/magazine/story.phtml?id=3030000000011960
Art and Technology in the Curriculum
If we are to educate children for their future, then school leaderes must
provide for the critical linkage between technology and the arts.
By Eliot Levinson and Barbara Grohe - June, 2002
http://www.convergemag.com/magazine/index.phtml?issue=6:2002
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:32:30 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Re: TARGET->SEC->Math activities online
From: "Shirley Lukenbill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:29:37 -0500
Subject: Re: TARGET->SEC->Math activities online
I am pasting in the bibliography I put together for my teachers. It
includes many math websites, so teachers at secondary levels will have
to check out each site to see if it is appropriate for their students:
WEBSITES FOR MATH CONNECTIONS
ANNENBERG/CPB'S LEARNER.ORG:
http://www.learner.org/sami/view-category.php3?category=math
A wealth of resources for teachers in many curricular areas.
ARITHMETIC:
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/iongoal/tablcont.htm
BLUE WEB'N:
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
Blue Web'N is a collection of websites and lesson plans available on the
Internet for teachers. Users can search for subject area or content
area as well as grade level.
COOL MATH 4 KIDS:
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Described as an "amusement park of math and more." Very colorful and
attractive for students. Correlations with many math topics for
teachers.
DISCOVERY CHANNEL BRAIN BOOSTERS:
http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/
Click on "Number and Math Play" for challenging activities for students
in math.
EDUCATE THE CHILDREN:
http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/numeracy/index.htm
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN'S EDUPLACE.COM:
http://www.eduplace.com/
Resources for elementary school educators.
INTEGER SEQUENCES AND PASCAL'S TRIANGLE:
http://www.xmission.com/~dparker/mathpage/patterns.html
A lesson that can be taught at various grade levels deals with patterns
with numbers.
INTEGRATING MATH WITH OTHER SUBJECTS:
http://www.mathgoodies.com/articles/connect_math.html
LEARNINGWAVE.COM MATH LINKS:
http://www.learningwave.com/linkspage/math.html
This page gives you many, many links to outstanding math sites. Long
annotations help teachers to choose just the right site for their
lessons.
MacTUTOR HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/index.html
Biographies of mathematicians and other resources in math history.
MATH LESSONS:
http://www.orchardproject.org/science.htm#Math
Lessons with decimals, graphs and statistics, fractions, patterns and
number sense.
MATH FACTS PRACTICE:
http://www.geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/math.html
Spending a bit of time practicing something kids don't like to practice,
such as math facts, can be a valuable use of some computer time. I just
put together a page to help our kids 1-5 do just that
MATH FORUM:
http://mathforum.org/teachers/
MATH JOURNEY:
http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html
Travel around the world by answering math problems.
MATH LESSONS:
http://www.mathslessons.co.uk/
MATH SPHERE:
http://www.numeracyhour.com/
MATH STORIES.COM:
http://www.mathstories.com/
"House of math word problems for children."
MATH WORLD:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
Eric Weisstein's World of Math, a Wolfram Resource, is an awesome math
site. In the Search box, type in Elementary School Math and you will
get many links to challenging problems in elementary math.
MATHLETICS:
http://www.richmond.edu/~ed344/webunits/math/sport.html
Mathmatics + Athletics = Mathletics...a natural combination. One math
application is given for baseball, basketball, bowling and football.
Part of the previously reviewed Blue Web'n site "What Good is Math?"
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Content Area: Mathematics (General) Dewey #510
Application Type: Activity
Webmaster: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MATHEMATICS 'NRICHMENT:
http://nrich.maths.org/topic_tree/index.html
This page provides many links to problem topics in many areas of
mathematics.
MONTESSORI MATH ALBUM:
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfsjy/mts/math/_link.htm
QUILTS IN THE CLASSROOM:
http://www.riverdeep.net/teaching_the_news/news_2001/november/112601_qui
ltedmath.jhtml
Quilts have much to do with both geometry and American heritage.
Investigate quilting further with Riverdeep's feature, "Quilted Math".
Several excellent activities and resources accompany the article.
Consider having your students create their own patchwork classroom quilt
for a winter project, with each student creating a square representing
their own unique heritage and traditions--you may start a new tradition
of your own.
THINKQUEST LIBRARY OF WEBSITES:
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=246&cid=2
Thinkquest Award Winning websites designed by students.
USING LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE TO INTRODUCE COORDINATE GRAPHING AND
PRACTICE
SUBTRACTION:
http://daniel.calpoly.edu/~dfrc/Robin/Latitude/latandlon.html
Shirley Lukenbill, Librarian
512-428-3410
Wells Branch Elementary School
Round Rock Independent School District
Austin, TX 78728
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Lecturer
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-1276
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:58:36 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPDATED> HotList of K-12 Internet Schools - July 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: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:22:14 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> New Report: America's Children 2002
From: "gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:15:38 -0400
Subject: New Report: America's Children 2002
Hello from D.C.
I just posted the following blurb to the Resourceshelf
(http://resourceshelf.freepint.com) weblog.
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The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics issued the following
report today. It
might be of interest to you and those you work with.
Children--United States--Indicators
Full-Text Report, America's Children: 2002
http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/
>From the announcement, "This report presents 24 key indicators of the well-being of
>children. These
indicators are monitored through official Federal statistics covering children's
economic security,
health, behavior and social environment, and education. The report also presents data
on eight key
contextual measures and includes a special feature showing children of at least one
foreign-born parent."
regards,
gary
p.s. Lot's of other useful material on the weblog the past few days. Please stop by.
The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk
http://resourceshelf.freepint.com
--
Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:36:47 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Re: Online Computer Resource for Kids
From: "EDTECH Editor-Beil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:18:24 -0400
Subject: Re: Online Computer Resource for Kids
From: Anna R. Massi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: "Tucker, Jeremy - BGHS - English & School Technology Specialist"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm wanting to teach a basic PC building workshop (4-5 hours) for grade
> school kids, and I was wanting to find some good resources directed to a
> younger audience that would deal with the breakdown/identification of the
> parts that make up a PC. Any online resources you'd like to share? Thanks.
Try http://www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
-- Anna R. Massi
Technology Coordinator
St. Isidore School
Danville, California
925-837-2977 ext. 118
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:55:22 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] text version of new Benton/LCCREF report on the
digital divide
From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:45:33 -0400
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] text version of new Benton/LCCREF report on the digital divide
Hi everyone... I just wanted to let you know there's also a text-only
version of the report:
http://www.civilrights.org/publications/bringinganationonline/nation1.html
We'll be adding the various table elements from the pdf version of the
report to the text version early next week.
thanks,
ac
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Benton Foundation
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:27:19 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> List of Ongoing GPS & GIS School Projects & Resources
From: "EDTECH Editor-Eiffert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:56:48 -0400
Subject: List of Ongoing GPS & GIS School Projects & Resources
From: Anton Ninno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Greetings!
Here's a list of ongoing K12 GPS & GIS school projects and resources.
Belton County GIS School-to-Work Project
http://bellnetweb.brc.tamus.edu/gis/Default.htm
Chagrin Watershed Institute - longest running HS GIS program in the U.S.
http://cwi.us.edu/
CORSE 2002 -- Learn to Use GPS, GIS & Satellite Data in the Classroom
http://www.racne.org/corse/
Earth Science System Internet Project - 6 School Districts in Wyoming
http://nasc.uwyo.edu/essip/
Edgewood Watershed Education Connection - teachers, students, and public
http://natsci.edgewood.edu/watershed/
Eyes on Wildlife - authentic research opportunities for students
http://www.mnstate.edu/regsci/eyes/
GIS at Boulder High School -- Social Studies Dept
http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/boulderhigh/departments/socialstudies/index.htm
GIS & GIS Curriculum Modules
http://bellnetweb.brc.tamus.edu/gis/gismodules.htm
GIS/GPS Technology at Ligon Middle School
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/gis/gis_intro.htm
KanCRN - 1998 US Dept of Educ. Technology Innovation Challenge Grant
http://kancrn.org/
Lewis & Clark Education Project
http://www.lewisandclarkeducationcenter.com/
Mathematics! Using ArcView GIS -- NR 505 K-12 Project
http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/avprojects/99proj/math_6-7/web_docs/index.html
NYGPS -- Using GPS for Math, Science & Social Studies Instruction
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nygps/
Orton Institute - Community Mapping - schools across the U.S.
http://www.communitymap.org/
Torch Institute - GIS & Environmental Science for K-14 Teachers
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/esi/1997/02/GISandES.htm
Thornton Creek Watershed Project - a dozen schools, elementary to college
http://www.thorntoncreek.org/
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Anton Ninno, K12 Tech Integration Trainer
Voice: 315-431-8407 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES
6820 Thompson Road, Syracuse, NY 13221
NYGPS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nygps/
RIC http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=RIC
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:31:06 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> WebSurfing - Advertise Your Lists
From: "Cami McCraw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:27:15 -0500
Promote your lists at "WebSurfing". Each list may be advertised once a
week. (Listowners with more than 6 lists - post every two weeks.) Only
listowners may post, but anyone may join to find lists. Please include the
mainpage URL of your group in
each post. The subject line should include only the name of your list.
Advertise lists only at this time. (Internet-based businesses - you must be
advertising a *list* that goes along with the business, rather than the
business website. You may give the business website but it must be secondary
to the list's URL.)
Secular (non-religious) lists are welcome to post as long as they are safe
for anyone to read, and I am looking for more Christian listowners to post here.
The following ads will not be accepted:
1. websites without an accompanying discussion or announce list at a
known list host (such as Yahoo, Topica, Smartgroups, etc.)
2. get-rich-quick plans (including those set up as announce lists)
3. adult-category lists (including dating services)
4. religious lists (other than Christian & Jewish lists)
[I am from a broadcasting and advertising background, & I want to help you
have the best ad possible. WebSurfing now has public archives so that the
internet-wide search engines will pick up your ad. Therefore, it does not
matter to me if you are on "no mail" mode on this list. In fact, I recommend
it! We are not posting our ads for 400 other members to see, but for
*anyone* out on the net. Let's think big!]
~ Good luck with your lists! Surf's Up! ~
Subscribe at the website:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WebSurfing
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