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1. K12> Re: Disgruntled teacher-poet retorts 2. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Uganda's UNAB Opens up a Computer Institute for the Blind (fwd) 3. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Hindi "Chatbot" Breaks New Ground (fwd) 4. RESOUR> The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) 5. K12> STUDENTS TO SHARE THRILL OF SPACE EXPLORATION WITH LANCE BASS 6. K12> Re: PROFDEV: Divorce Recovery 7. K12> Re: TECH, WEB: HTML Class 8. MISC> Reporter in Search of Al Qaeda Posts Daily Diary on PBS Frontline Site 9. K12> [DIG_REF] updated listing of chat services 10. CORRECT> [DIG_REF] updated listing of chat services 11. Last: posting for Tuesday, August 27, 2002 ***************************************** 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: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:20:01 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Re: Disgruntled teacher-poet retorts From: "Lauren Eve Pomerantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 08:49:13 -0700 Subject: Re: Disgruntled teacher-poet retorts -----Original Message----- From: K-12 Educators Interested in Educational Administration [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kathleen Carpenter Sent: Friday, 23 August 2002 8:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Disgruntled teacher-poet retorts > http://www.teachers.net/gazette/AUG02/mali.html > "What's a kid going to learn from someone who > decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?" I have a very old humour book called Teachers: The Guide for the Adult in the Classroom. One of the things it talks about is socializing as a teacher. It says teachers are at a disadvantage because unlike most other professions you are not going to run into someone who says, "Oh, you teach English? I've been looking for help with my dangling participle problem," or "Oh, you teach history? Hey, can you settle an argument between my wife and me? What country did Genghis Kahn operate in?" There are a lot of suggested answers for stupid comments: "You teach math? I was never good at math." "We have excellent remedial programs these days." But my favourite one, the answer that makes me keep this book for fifteen or more years is what to say to people who ask, "How can you do it?" The answer: "Look them straight in the eye and say, 'I really don't feel like apologizing for doing important work.' (Note: There are many jokes in this book. This is not one of them.)" ___________________________________ Lauren Eve Pomerantz [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Ancora impara" --Michelangelo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:49:01 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Uganda's UNAB Opens up a Computer Institute for the Blind (fwd) From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:22:41 -0400 Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Uganda's UNAB Opens up a Computer Institute for the Blind (fwd) Also from today's Benton headlines... -ac UGANDA'S UNAB OPENS UP A COMPUTER INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND The Uganda National Association for the Blind (UNAB) has created an institute for visually impaired people to learn how to use computers. The institute's introductory class teaches students to navigate a computer's operating system and how to use basic word processing features. After mastering these skills, students are trained in the use of software that enables them to scan printed material (such as books and documents) for the computer to read aloud. While the project was set up to equip blind people with digital skills, the center is open to all people. UNAB encourages anyone without computer skills to seek training at the center. [SOURCE: AllAfrica.com, AUTHOR: Catherine Ntabadde, New Vision] (http://allafrica.com/stories/200208260276.html) *********************************** Andy Carvin Senior Associate Benton Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.benton.org http://www.digitalopportunity.org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org *********************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:49:22 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Hindi "Chatbot" Breaks New Ground (fwd) From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:23:37 -0400 Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Hindi "Chatbot" Breaks New Ground (fwd) HINDI "CHATBOT" BREAKS NEW GROUND Computer science students in Chandigarh, a city in northern India, have developed an interactive software program that can converse intelligently with people. Called Deepti, the "chatbot" program uses natural language to interact with people. "Deepti speaks in Hindi, and since the majority of people in India are computer illiterate and don't speak English, this feature is really great," explains Ritvik Shajpal, one of the chatbot's developers. The developers hope that, combined with touch-screen technology, Deepti will provide computer accessibility to people with little or no knowledge of computers. They are optimistic about Deepti's future, saying that the program and its source code should be ready for release within four months. The developers hope that making their research available freely will encourage further research and improvements on Deepti. [SOURCE: BBC News, AUTHOR: Alfred Hermida] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2209775.stm) *********************************** Andy Carvin Senior Associate Benton Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.benton.org http://www.digitalopportunity.org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org *********************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:49:54 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:39:32 -0400 (EDT) This website is a benchmarking resource in the area of bioterrorism and the area of disease transmitted through the food supply that focuses on research and needed governmental and legislative needs in these fields. The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) <http://www1.umn.edu/cidrap/> Political, social, economic, and demographic forces at work in today's world have increased the need for current and comprehensive public policies for preventing and controlling infectious diseases on a worldwide basis. Meanwhile, rapid advances in medicine and technology have magnified the difficulty of establishing policies that reflect current science as well as current public health and medical practices. CIDRAP's mission is twofold: To support the development of and refine public policies relating to the prevention, control, and treatment of infectious diseases to ensure that they reflect the most current biomedical knowledge To promote practices among both healthcare professionals and the public that aim at reducing illness and death from infectious diseases through provision of accurate, up-to-date information and education Website Subject Resources and Link Organization Bioterrorism General Bioterrorism Information Anthrax Botulism Plague Smallpox Tularemia VHF Food Safety General Food Safety Information Biosecurity Irradiation Foodborne Disease Related Links <http://www1.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food/websites/> Selected Reading <http://www1.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food/readings/index.html> News <http://www1.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food/news/index.html> Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy University of Minnesota Academic Health Center 420 Delaware Street SE MMC 263 Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-626-6770 (phone) 612-626-6783 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:13:07 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> STUDENTS TO SHARE THRILL OF SPACE EXPLORATION WITH LANCE BASS From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:40:12 -0400 (EDT) Subject: STUDENTS TO SHARE THRILL OF SPACE EXPLORATION WITH LANCE BASS Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington August 27, 2002 (Phone: 202/358-1726) Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone: 281/483-5111) John Bluck Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif. (Phone: 650/ 604-5026) RELEASE: 02-164 STUDENTS TO SHARE THRILL OF SPACE EXPLORATION WITH LANCE BASS In the continuing quest to inspire the next generation of explorers, NASA on Thursday will provide students across the country an opportunity to interact over the Internet with a popular music star who hopes to become the youngest person to travel in space later this year. Lance Bass, a member of the pop singing group 'N Sync, will be at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston this week to train for an upcoming space mission in which he would join two others in a Russian Soyuz flight to deliver a replacement "lifeboat" to the International Space Station. During a Web chat, Bass is expected to share his experiences to date in training for space travel, and to discuss what inspired him to seek out this space flight opportunity. The Web chat, hosted by NASA's Distance Learning Outpost and education Web portal, Quest, will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. EDT Thursday, August 29. An audience of 9- to 12-year-old students from Pearl Hall Elementary School, Pasadena, Texas, will join Bass in the Johnson studio and ask questions face-to-face. Thousands of students from around the United States also will be able to submit questions via the on-camera host, Erika Guillory, who will then ask questions of Bass. The webcast also will look at the importance of music education -- how music is metered, structured and formed, and still allows the mind to be creative. Similar approaches are needed for problem solving in math, science and technology or in design challenges related to space exploration. "What a great opportunity for students to interact with a popular figure who can help inspire them to pursue careers in the space industry," said Susan Anderson, distance-learning manager at Johnson. To participate in the Web chat, students and teachers should visit either the Distance Learning Outpost site at: http://education.jsc.nasa.gov or the Quest web site at: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov For more information about the International Space Station, the Expedition 5 crew and the taxi crew of which Bass will be a member, visit the NASA Human Spaceflight Web at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov -end- * * * NASA press releases and other information are available automatically by sending an Internet electronic mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message (not the subject line) users should type the words "subscribe press-release" (no quotes). The system will reply with a confirmation via E-mail of each subscription. A second automatic message will include additional information on the service. NASA releases also are available via CompuServe using the command GO NASA. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:13:42 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Re: PROFDEV: Divorce Recovery From: "Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:44:11 -0700 Subject: Re: PROFDEV: Divorce Recovery There are lots of web sites that are affiliated with Divorce Recovery. It's actually a book that is in wide circulation and which I took out of my local library when my marriage began to wane. Here are 3 general sites which would make for good starting points: Overview of Divorce Recovery for Children: http://www.family.org/topics/a0017844.cfm Divorce Source: Divorce Recovery: http://www.divorcesource.com/index.html DivorceCare Divorce Recovery Support Groups http://www.divorcecare.org/html/index.html I hope these prove to be helpful. Janet McGee 5638 Davis Ford Road Manassas, Virginia 20112 [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: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:14:06 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Re: TECH, WEB: HTML Class From: "Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:41:11 -0700 Subject: Re: TECH, WEB: HTML Class Webmonkey has some excellent tutorials for kids at http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/kids/ Mike Johnson Technology Resource Teacher Fayette Co. Public School Lexington, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://itech.fcps.net/trt20 http://www.fcps.net/talk ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:24:35 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> Reporter in Search of Al Qaeda Posts Daily Diary on PBS Frontline Site From: "Eric Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:54:10 -0400 URLwire for August 27, 2002 PBS FRONTLINE offers web-exclusive online diary of an investigative reporter in search of Al Qaeda http://www.pbs.org/frontline/roots/dispatches/ PBS's flagship documentary public affairs series FRONTLINE is offering web visitors an unprecedented behind-the-scenes perspective on the making of a FRONTLINE documentary and the life of an investigative journalist attempting to uncover what has become of the remnants of the Al Qaeda terrorist network. Web surfers can follow veteran FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith and his production team's journey through email dispatches and photos posted on the FRONTLINE Web site. Working on a FRONTLINE documentary scheduled to air on PBS in November, the FRONTLINE investigative team set out two weeks ago on a two-month trip that will take them from the United States to London, the Persian Gulf, across Afghanistan and Pakistan, and points beyond in search of Al Qaeda operatives. Along the way, the team will continue to send regular email dispatches and photos that capture both the intriguing and the mundane aspects of investigative reporting—from interviewing Muslim sheiks in London to accompanying Canadian sailors as they search a rat-infested Chinese fishing trawler for stowaway terrorists. One dispatch details Smith encounter with a former spy for India's foreign intelligence. "He is a firehose of information. But as interesting as it is, I interrupt often and ask him how he knows what he says he knows. 'What is your source for that?' He is sometimes evasive in a way that doesn't seem so. He also admits it when he is just guessing, which I find refreshing. As the interview goes on I conclude, rightly or wrongly, that much of what he knows comes from sources inside or around various madrassas (religious schools) operating throughout Pakistan. He even repeats a sighting he reported in one of his articles that bin Laden is hiding out at the Binori Madrassa in Karachi. He says his source for this bit of information is credible. Others have mentioned this madrassa to us already. I think this is a door we should knock on, though I wonder how I'll feel when I get there." Regular dispatches "In Search of Al Qaeda" from Smith and Gaviria will continue to post on the FRONTLINE web site throughout the filming. When the documentary is completed the site will include the latest information and broadcast times. Eric Ward Alerts of Educational and Useful Web Content Since 1994 http://www.urlwire.com/headlines/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------- http://www.ericward.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:25:43 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [DIG_REF] updated listing of chat services From: "Stephen Francoeur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:11:20 -0400 Subject: [DIG_REF] updated listing of chat services This summer, I've been updating the list of chat reference services on my web site, the Teaching Librarian. I've added dozens of new services (both standalone services run by a single library and consortia run by a group of libraries). The site has separate lists grouping the services by: location http://pages.prodigy.net/tabo1/chatsites.htm software used http://pages.prodigy.net/tabo1/chatsoftware.htm library type http://pages.prodigy.net/tabo1/chatlibrarytypes.htm services that are run by a consortium or partnership http://pages.prodigy.net/tabo1/chatconsortia.htm One of my favorite services I added this summer is the Information Gas Station, which is offered by the Helsinki City Library (http://igs.kirjastot.fi/index3.html). Someone in Finland has been having a lot of fun designing thes pages. I've also added some new material on the main chat reference page (http://pages.prodigy.net/tabo1/chat.htm) about promoting chat services using more than just flyers and links on the library website. To prevent spam from cluttering up my mailbox here at Baruch College, I've changed the e-mail contact address to [EMAIL PROTECTED], so if you have any corrections or suggestions, please send them to that email address. Thanks to all those who sent me in the past few months tips about new services, dead links, etc. I'll continue to udpate the site through the fall. Stephen Francoeur Information Services Librarian Newman Library, Box H-0520 Baruch College New York, NY 10010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 802-2058 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:26:39 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CORRECT> [DIG_REF] updated listing of chat services From: "Stephen Francoeur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:14:07 -0400 Subject: [DIG_REF] correction to email address In my haste to send out the last message about updates to my Teaching Librarian website, I mistyped my new email address for the site. It should be: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stephen Francoeur Information Services Librarian Newman Library, Box H-0520 Baruch College New York, NY 10010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 802-2058 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:41:10 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Last: posting for Tuesday, August 27, 2002 Last: posting for Tuesday, August 27, 2002 NOTE: This is primarily for website/newsgroup readers. If list subscribers do not want to see this notice any longer, send the message: SET [name of this list] TOPICS -last to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ End of NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 27 Aug 2002 (#2002-534) ******************************************************