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1. MISC> [netsites] Wacky Packages 2. MISC> [netsites] Cloud Forest Alive 3. K12> (fwd) youth conference promotes rural tech 4. K12> Website on Physics 5. K12> From Japan: more science and art 6. K12> Re: free teacher web sites? 7. K12> New Education Stat Reports Online, New Declassed Content 8. MISC> [netsites] Operation Paperback 9. K12> GEN: Thanks for Great 9/11 Site 10. MISC> [netsites] Hemophiliavillage 11. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-17 The SANTA LETTERS (c) 2002 12. MISC> "TODAY'S FRONT PAGES" DISPLAY OPENS ON PENNSYLVAN IA AVENUE 13. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] FW: Scholarships available for TPRC ***************************************** 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, 21 Aug 2002 08:00:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Wacky Packages From: N A Daze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] Wacky Packages Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:28:40 -0700 Wacky Packages http://www.wackypackages.org/ "Wacky Packages are stickers (peel and punch-out) that were released by the Topps Chewing Gum company (and their Canadian partner OPC) between 1967 and 1992. They parodied common household products and were extremely popular among children in the 1970's." N. A. Daze [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:00:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Cloud Forest Alive From: Forrest Trease <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] Cloud Forest Alive Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:36:39 -0700 Cloud Forest Alive http://www.cloudforestalive.org/ "Visit the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in Costa Rica through this live, interactive website. View the world's first and only live webcam images of the endangered Quetzal nesting in the wild cloud forests, view fourteen species of tropical hummingbirds through ColibriCam, view daily natural history lessons in the Guide Center, and view the weekly Identify that Insect contest. Learn and participate in science, research, and educational projects live in the tropical cloud forests." Forrest Trease [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:54:54 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> (fwd) youth conference promotes rural tech On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:58:23 +0200, in k12.ed.tech "J Cravens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: YOUTH CONFERENCE PROMOTES RURAL TECHNOLOGY Students from 44 states and several U.S. territories came to the University of Minnesota at St. Paul for the first annual 4-H Youth Tech Conference. Each state delegation to the conference will return to their communities with an action plan to jump-start the introduction of technology to rural residents. The hundred-year-old 4-H Club is emphasizing youth and technology as a way to diversify the group's focus. At the conference, delegations shared their experiences with local partnerships and mentoring programs. [SOURCE: Star Tribune, AUTHOR: Jackie Mah] (http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/3138192.html) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:56:41 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Website on Physics On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:41:16 +0400, in alt.education "Tchernov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Website http://www.infoline.ru/g23/5495/ offers physics animations with theoretical explanations. There are also www board, useful links, new free samples and educational programs for download, components and experimental setups for educational and R&D laboratories. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:56:59 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> From Japan: more science and art Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:20:22 -0400 From: Patti Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: From Japan: more science and art To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Friends, Have fun exploring Mr. Hida's classroom activities in KidSpace: http://65.42.153.210/kidspace/start.cfm?HoldNode=3684 Join his students in their science classroom and post a comment to let them know how proud we are of their work. I'm sure they would love to have partners in their activities. It is exciting to see students and parents doing science activities together. http://65.42.153.210/kidspace/start.cfm?HoldNode=4117 A login and password for KidSpace is needed to post comments. Teachers can write to me for a KidSpace account. Students get their login and password when they answer the 4 Kidlink questions. http://www.kidlink.org/response/ Well done, Mr. Hida and students! Patti [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.globalclassroom.org/vitae.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:57:29 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Re: free teacher web sites? Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:56:40 -0400 From: EDTECH Editor-Eiffert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: free teacher web sites? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Bernie Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You might like to check out my EdIndex of resources for teachers and students at http://www.pitt.edu/~edindex. Over 5000 indexed links to selected websites, categorized by subject area and age group. Also online books for teachers, including tutorials for Office 2000 and Office XP. There's an index to over 150 other teacher websites, too (http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/teachers.html), similar to teacherweb.com in that they offer general resources for K-12 teachers. Hope this helps, Paula :) Bernie :) Bernard John Poole, MSIS Associate Professor of Education (Instructional Technology) University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Johnstown, PA 15904 Tel: 814-269-2923 Fax: 814-269-7084 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.pitt.edu/~poole EdIndex: http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/edmenu.html --- 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, 21 Aug 2002 08:58:06 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> New Education Stat Reports Online, New Declassed Content Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:40:54 -0400 From: gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New Education Stat Reports Online, New Declassed Content To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Two new reports today from NCES. Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2000-01 http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002351 This publication provides descriptive information about the 100 largest school districts in the United States. Almost one in every four public school students in this nation is served by one of these large districts. They are distinguished from the average district by characteristics, in addition to sheer size, such as pupil-teacher ratios, high school graduates, and minority enrollment as a proportion of total enrollment. ---- Projections of Education Statistics to 2012 http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002030 This annual publication provides projections for key education statistics. It includes statistics on enrollment and graduates in elementary and secondary schools and degree-granting institutions. For the Nation, the tables, figures, and text contain data on enrollment and graduates for the past 14 years and projections to the year 2012. For the 50 States and the District of Columbia, the tables, figures, and text contain data on projections of public elementary and secondary enrollment and public high school graduates to the year 2012. Also today, New Content from National Security Archive. News Release, Background Declassification of More than 4,600 Previously Secret U.S. Documents on Human Rights Violations under the 1976-83 Military Dictatorship in Argentina http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB73/press.htm -- See Also: Direct to a Selection of Key Documents via National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 73 http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB73/ gary The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk http://resourceshelf.freepint.com -- Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:58:30 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Operation Paperback From: Ray Shiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netsites] Operation Paperback Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:54:53 -0700 Operation Paperback http://oppaperback.virtualave.net/ Operation Paperback is "a grassroots organization of family, friends and web friends who collect gently used paperback books and send them to American troops deployed overseas." Ray Shiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:58:55 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> GEN: Thanks for Great 9/11 Site Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 19:46:19 -0400 From: Joanne Shawhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: GEN: Thanks for Great 9/11 Site To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Group, I wanted to thanks Sybil Finemel for recommending the great teachervision site on September 11th. I particularly like the United We Stand Posters http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-15518.html . They printed beautifully on my inkjet printer using glossy paper. I will be using them for my library's 9/11 display. They will be meaningful without being too upsetting. Thanks again, Joanne -- Joanne Shawhan Library Media Specialist Cobleskill-Richmondville High School 1353 State Route 7 Richmondville NY 12149 (518)234-3565 x1151, 1152 (518) 234-9006 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crcs.k12.ny.us/lib/hs/index.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= 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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Morostay [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://morostay.dermdex.net/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:31:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-17 The SANTA LETTERS (c) 2002 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-17 The SANTA LETTERS (c) 2002 Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:22:35 -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: Dennis Cowick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Title: The SANTA LETTERS (c) 2002 Project Begin & End Dates: 10/25/02 to 12/13/02 Project Summary: LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: NOVEMBER 5 // This letter exchange, pairing classes of elementary students with Jr/Sr High students is one of the oldest and most successful telecomputing projects. Best of all, it is simple while giving your students a highly satisfying, authentic experience with letter writing (and reading!). ------------------- Project Details ------------------- Project Level: Basic Curriculum Area: Language Technologies Used: Email Project Sponsor: Global SchoolNet Foundation Full Project Description: Project Name: The SANTA LETTERS (c) 2002 -- By Dennis Cowick, Global SchoolNet Foundation -- A favorite annual GSN project since 1984. -- Students in grades K-1 or 2 write letters to "Santa." Students in grades 7-12 reply as "Santa." -- When you register to participate, we match you up with another class with whom you exchange letters... one primary class (ages 5-8 years), one older class (ages 12-17). -- We also provide you with abundant lesson ideas and tips to help your students have a successful... and very authentic... letter writing experience. Objectives: Purpose: Purpose: Improve writing skills in primary and upper grade students, and produce many student-authored papers for reading. -- ACADEMICALLY: The project strengthens students' writing. Primary students want their letter to Santa to be "just right", and secondary students feel such a high degree of responsibility to the task that they also want their work to be their best. Students gladly write, edit, revise and perfect their letters. -- They even get quite a bit of practice reading, because they want to read each others letters and compare the contents. -- SOCIALLY: One of the most noteworthy results of this project is the cooperative mode that the students seem automatically to slide into so effortlessly. They want to help each other, to compare what they have written with what others in the class have done. The desire to cooperate is obvious, natural and strong. ------------------- Project Registration Information -------------------------------- Project Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registration Acceptance Dates: 8/21/02 to 10/25/02 Number of Classrooms: No Limit Age Range: 5 to 17 years Target Audience: Anyone Project URL: http://www.gsh.org/project/santa Registration Instructions: Register on the Web at http://www.gsh.org/project/santa/ -------------------------------- Project Contact Information ---------------------------- Dennis Cowick - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Crawford Senior High School San Diego, California 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: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:52:22 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> "TODAY'S FRONT PAGES" DISPLAY OPENS ON PENNSYLVAN IA AVENUE Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:41:02 -0400 From: "David Alan Milliron (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FWD: "TODAY'S FRONT PAGES" DISPLAY OPENS ON PENNSYLVAN IA AVENUE To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Media Contact: August 20, 2002 Mike Fetters, Newseum, 703/284-2895 "TODAY'S FRONT PAGES" DISPLAY OPENS ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Popular Newseum Exhibit Also Available Online Arlington, Va. - One of the most popular exhibits from the Newseum is now on display in downtown Washington, D.C., at Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., the future home of the interactive museum of news. Visitors to the outdoor exhibit can compare that day's Page One news coverage in newspapers from each of the 50 states and a selection of international newspapers. The exhibit will remain on display until the Newseum opening, which is expected in 2006. Technicians at the Newseum arrive at their Arlington, Va., offices as early as 4:30 a.m. each day to begin downloading and organizing up to 140 front page submissions sent to the Newseum via the Internet. Sixty-eight front pages are selected - based largely upon geographic distribution - printed on large-format printers at 130% of the original size and then handed off to installers who transport the front pages to the Pennsylvania Avenue site and mount them inside the 92-foot-long aluminum and Plexiglas display. Installation is completed by 8:30 a.m. each day. As the hard-copy installation takes place on Pennsylvania Ave., all front page submissions received overnight are posted on the Newseum's award-winning Web site (www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages). Visitors to the Newseum site can pull up front pages from around the world and, if desired, link to each newspaper's site. "The daily front pages exhibit is part of our mission to try to create better educated news consumers, allowing them to see how major news stories are presented by different newspapers," said Joe Urschel, Newseum executive director and senior vice president. "Today's Front Pages" is one of two new interactive experiences on the Newseum site. Also new this week is "Running Toward Danger" (www.newseum.org/runningtowarddanger), based upon the recently published book by the Newseum, "Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11." The "Running Toward Danger" site features excerpts from interviews with 16 journalists who covered the September 11 attacks in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Their accounts are arranged chronologically - beginning with the 8:53 a.m. Associated Press NewsAlert that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center - and are accompanied by radio and television coverage of key moments from September 11 and more than a dozen photographs. The presentation concludes with photographs and audio from an interview with Tom E. Franklin of The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record, who took the photograph of the firemen raising the flag at Ground Zero. The "Running Toward Danger" site also includes a tribute to photojournalist William Biggart, who died covering the collapse of the second tower. The Newseum, the interactive museum of news being planned for Washington, D.C., is funded by the Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. For more information about the Newseum, visit www.newseum.org. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:01:06 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] FW: Scholarships available for TPRC Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:04:17 -0400 From: Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] FW: Scholarships available for TPRC To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fyi... For more info, please contact the email address listed in the notice... -ac > > Scholarships Available for TPRC 2002: > The Technology Policy Research Conference > > TPRC announces its 30th Research Conference on Comunication, > Information and Internet Policy, September 28-30, 2002 in Alexandria, > Virginia. > > The TPRC is an annual forum for scholars engaged in publishable > research on policy-relevant telecommuncations and information issues, > and for public- and private-sector decision makers > engaged in telecommunications and information policy. The purpose of > the conference is to acquaint policy makers with the best of recent > research and to familiarize reserachers with the knowledge needs of > policy makers. > > To encourage attendance from a wide range of academic, nonprofit, > government and industry organizations, TPRC makes available funding > to provide travel and hotel expense assistance for > non-tenured faculty and representatives of not-for-proft public > interest groups. All are welcome to apply. Preference will be given > to those who have not attended previously. > > To apply for a scholarship. please e-mail your request to the Program > Committee at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject "TPRC > Scholarship." State your affiliation, your areas of > research or interest in Internet and telecoms policy, and your reason > for seeking funding. Please specify whether you will need travel > assistance, hotel assistance, or both. > > All applications must be received by August 26, 2002. The Program > Committee will notify all applicants by the end of the first week in > September of the outcome of their application. > > All air and train reservations will be made by our travel agency. > Automobile mileage will be considered ($0.30 per mile) for distances > of up to 600 miles round-trip. > > For more information about the TPRC Conference and Scholarships, see > http://www.tprc.org. > *********************************** Andy Carvin Senior Associate Benton Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.benton.org http://www.digitalopportunity.org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org *********************************** ------------------------------ End of NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 21 Aug 2002 - Special issue (#2002-518) **********************************************************************
