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1. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-15 Email Newsletter Project 2002-2003 2. K12> ***DEADLINE: October 1, 2002 -- Civic Education Grants*** 3. K12> Post as approp: Online Mentors Support New Teachers 4. K12> SCIENCE: Exploravision 5. UPDATED> New for September on the U of Chicago Press website 6. Last: posting for Monday, September 9, 2002 ************************************************************************* If you want to unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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, 9 Sep 2002 12:47:58 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-15 Email Newsletter Project 2002-2003 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 09:08:00 -0700 Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-15 Email Newsletter Project 2002-2003 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: Mary Kreul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Title: Email Newsletter Project 2002-2003 Project Begin & End Dates: 10/01/02 to 5/30/03 Project Summary: Looking for an exciting way to use the Internet in your elementary classroom? It's not too late to join the Email Newsletter Project - a monthly email newsletter exchange among groups of approximately 10 classes of similar grades/ages. ------------------- Project Details ------------------- Project Level: Basic Curriculum Area: Community Interest, History and Social Studies, Language, Technology Technologies Used: Email Full Project Description: Join the Email Newsletter Project - a monthly email newsletter exchange among groups consisting of approximately 10 elementary/middle school classes of similar grades/ages on the following topics: October 2002 - We introduce ourselves, November 2002 - Subjects and topics we study in school, December 2002 - Our holidays and celebrations, January 2003 - Information about where we live, February 2003 - Our pets and collections, March 2003 - Sports and games we like to play, April 2003 - Our favorite books and authors, May 2003 - Our future career choices. Newsletters are to be done by a class of students as a group activity and must be limited to one page via email. This is not intended to be a keypal exchange with individually written student letters or a letter written by a teacher or other adult. Each teacher needs to register his/her own class, no group registrations will be accepted. Objectives: The purpose of this project is to help students develop knowledge of the world and its people through reading, writing, social studies, and technology. Students will learn about children their own page and discover the similarities and differences between themselves and their new friends. Teachers can also learn from each other - classroom projects, curriculum ideas, management systems, uses of technology, and so on. ------------------- Project Registration Information -------------------------------- Project Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registration Acceptance Dates: 8/15/02 to 9/15/02 Number of Classrooms: No limit Age Range: 5 to 15 years Target Audience: Anyone Project URL: http://www.geocities.com/marykreul/2Kschool/Newsletter/newsprojectindex.html Registration Instructions: Registration begins on August 15, 2002 and ends on September 15, 2002. No late registrations will be accepted. Each teacher needs to register his/her own class, no group registrations will be accepted. Newsletter groups will be organized beginning September 15, 2002. You will receive the information about your partner classes on or about October 1, 2001. If you register for the Email Newsletter Project, please remember that your commitment is for one newsletter a month from October 2002-May 2003 (8 in all,) written by your students and emailed to all of the other participants in your group. If you are interested in joining the project, please email the following information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line "Email Newsletter Project" by September 15, 2002 - *Teacher Name *Email Address *Grade Level *School *City *State *Country *Any additional information about your class and school you'd like to add *Please make sure your email address is correct as it will be used for all correspondence during the project. -------------------------------- Project Contact Information ---------------------------- Mary Kreul - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin 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, 9 Sep 2002 12:48:10 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> ***DEADLINE: October 1, 2002 -- Civic Education Grants*** From: "Cindy Koeppel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:10:33 -0500 CONTACT: Frank H. Mackaman The Dirksen Congressional Center 301 South 4th Street, Suite A Pekin, IL 61554 309.347.7113 309.347.6432 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dirksencenter.org <<<Robert H. Michel Civic Education Grants Announcement>>> ***DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2002*** The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants totaling $50,000 in 2001-2002 to help teachers, curriculum developers, and others improve the quality of civics instruction, with priority on the role of Congress in our federal government. Areas of interest include designing lesson plans, creating student activities, and applying instructional technology in the classroom. Teachers (4th through 12th grades), community college faculty, and college and university faculty are eligible as are teacher-led student teams and individuals who develop curriculum. Priority will be given to the following disciplines: history, government, social studies, political science, and education. Institutions and organizations are not eligible. Inter-institutional consortia and other groups of individual may apply, but grant funds may not be used to defray indirect costs or overhead expenses. The funds are intended solely to produce "deliverables" of use to classroom teachers. Final proposals must be submitted by no later than October 1, 2002. Complete information about eligibility and application procedures, may be found at The Center's Web site -- http://www.dirksencenter.org/grantmichelciviced.htm. The Center does not provide an application form. You may find it helpful to review the sample grant proposal at -- http://www.dirksencenter.org/grantmichelcivicsample.htm. Frank Mackaman is the program officer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, non-partisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. The Center created the Michel Civic Education Grants to fund practical classroom strategies to improve the quality of teaching and learning about civics, with a particular emphasis on the role of Congress in the federal government. The goal of education in civics, we believe, is informed, responsible participation in political life by competent citizens. Current levels of political knowledge, political engagement, and political enthusiasm leave much to be desired. Part of the solution rests in better instructional practices. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:02:02 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Post as approp: Online Mentors Support New Teachers From: "Kathleen Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 13:54:05 -0400 Kathleen Carpenter-Teachers.Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Online Mentors Support New Teachers Teachers.Net will support new teachers this week, September 9-13, with online mentor consultants (veteran and retired educators) who will respond in informal, live chat format to questions, pleas for advice and help with locating helpful resources. Mentors will be available for an hour each evening, Monday through Friday, 8:00-9:00pm ET in the Teachers.Net Meeting Room http://teachers.net/meetings. If necessary, the Teachers.Net Conference Room http://teachers.net/conference will be utilized as well. No pre-registration. -- Kathleen Carpenter - Editor http://teachers.net/gazette Your state's forum: http://teachers.net/states Click to send feedback: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:01:16 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> SCIENCE: Exploravision From: "Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:35:45 -0700 Subject: SCIENCE: Exploravision Last year I scrapped the old science fair routine for my 8th grade science students and instead used the Exploravision program. It worked great and all of my students really got excited about their projects. Check it out-- http://www.toshiba.com/tai/exploravision/. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Russell Dyer Curriculum Coordinator, Arlington Middle School Shelby County Schools http://www.scs.k12.tn.us [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: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:22:43 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: UPDATED> New for September on the U of Chicago Press website From: "Dean Blobaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 14:14:59 -0500 Subject: New for September on the U of Chicago Press website TAKE THE IDIOMS QUIZ! Finally _The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary_ is out in an updated edition. David Pharies was our editor-in-chief for the new fifth edition of the most popular Spanish-English dictionary published. We have a special website for the dictionary where you can view sample pages and take our idioms quiz. You might win free books! http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/spanishdictionary/ RICHARD STERN In an autobiographical "Monologue" novelist Richard Stern relates, among other things, the real non-story of the 1958 suppression of the _Chicago Review_, for which he was a faculty advisor. A chapter of beat literary history finally set straight. The essay is from Stern's new collection _What Is What Was_. Read "Monologue": http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/773264.html ACADEMIC RESOURCES Start the school year right with the tools in our academic resources catalog: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Subjects/virtual_academic.html -------------------------------- Dean Blobaum The University of Chicago Press 1427 East 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637-2954 http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ Sign up to receive email notification of new titles in any field: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/mailnotifier/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:24:43 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Last: posting for Monday, September 9, 2002 Last: posting for Monday, September 9, 2002 NOTE: This is primarily for website/newsgroup readers. 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