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Topics in this special issue:
1. K12> [WWWEDU] Nu Shortcuts in School R 2 Much 4 Teachers (fwd)
2. K12> Re: [DIG_REF] MLS/LIS training and digital reference--free LIS QP
accounts
3. K12> Re: [learn-net] Homeschooling freebies/resources
4. K12> [K12opps => GSN's K12 Opportunities] University of Northern Iowa
Online Professional Development Begins 9-23
5. K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] GLEF BLAST
6. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] two articles on homelessness and digital divide
7. K12> Peace project
8. K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] FW: US Dept. of Education ...latest stats on
Internet Usage in Schools
9. RESOUR> New Online, Full-Text: Cyberspace Security Draft
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:29:36 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [WWWEDU] Nu Shortcuts in School R 2 Much 4 Teachers (fwd)
To: "WWWEDU (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:09:40 -0400
Subject: [WWWEDU] Nu Shortcuts in School R 2 Much 4 Teachers (fwd)
from today's Benton headlines... -ac
NU SHORTCUTS IN SCHOOL R 2 MUCH 4 TEACHERS
As more and more teenagers turn towards digital communication, teachers
increasingly are seeing an abbreviated form of Internet English jump from
email into schoolwork. High school and middle school teachers say that
papers are being written with shortened words, improper capitalization and
punctuation, and characters like &, $ and @. With email, cell phone text
messaging, Weblogs and instant messaging becoming popular means for teens to
talk to one another, abbreviations are a natural outgrowth of this rapid
style of communication. While some teachers see the abbreviations as part of
a continuing assault of technology on formal written English, others
encourage students to use the shorthand to spark their creativity. "If this
lingo gets their thoughts and ideas onto paper quicker, the more power to
them," says Trisha Fogarty, a sixth-grade teacher from Houlton, Maine.
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Jennifer 8. Lee]
(http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/19/technology/circuits/19MESS.html)
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Andy Carvin
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:45:37 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Re: [DIG_REF] MLS/LIS training and digital reference--free LIS QP
accounts
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:40:53 -0400
From: Linda White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [DIG_REF] MLS/LIS training and digital reference--free LIS QP
accounts
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello.
QuestionPoint will be offering free QP accounts to Library Schools in
the very near future. We will post a message to this list when the
program is officially launched (or check the QuestionPoint.org website
periodically for this information and other updates). From their
accounts, students, faculty and staff will have access to all of the
functions of QuestionPoint with the exception of the submission of
reference questions to the global network.
As Blythe mentioned, just giving students the opportunity to use some
of the eref tools currently available (regardless of which one it is)
will better prepare them for the increasingly electronic world of
librarianship.
Linda J. White
Digital Project Coordinator
Library of Congress
(202) 707-8475
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:11:50 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Re: [learn-net] Homeschooling freebies/resources
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:06:18 EDT
Subject: Re: [learn-net] Homeschooling freebies/resources
Here's a terrific homeschooling site with many links.
http://www.homeschoollinks.com/
This next site is a part of AOL. They have bullletin boards and chat rooms.
http://aolsvc.cc.aol.com/parenting/ccenters/go.jsp?ccbrand=aol&;
ccname=parenting_homeschooling
If these addresses don't help directly, I would imagine that contacting the
moderators of the sites can give you the information you want.
Good luck, Jeanne Myers
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:35:31 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [K12opps => GSN's K12 Opportunities] University of Northern Iowa
Online Professional Development Begins 9-23
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Subject: [K12opps => GSN's K12 Opportunities] University of Northern Iowa
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:36:55 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] GLEF BLAST
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:11:22 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] GLEF BLAST
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GLEF Blast Newsletter: September 17, 2002
Greetings! This issue of the GLEF Blast profiles the positive impact a home
visit program has made on a low-performing school in California. A new Web
documentary and expert interviews offer an opportunity to see the program
in action and hear from the elementary school's principal and teachers. The
Sacramento-based program was so successful the program has expanded to
districts across California.
Also, the "Edutopia" radio series continues on Thursday, September 19, at
noon PT (3 pm ET) with more successful innovations from urban schools in
San Jose, California, and New York City. Guests include California
elementary school Principal Peggy Bryan [http://www.glef.org/bryan.html]
and New York City middle school Principal Mirian Acosta-Sing
[http://www.glef.org/acosta.html]. Dr. Milton Chen, GLEF's executive
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Tune in at [http://www.voiceamerica.com]!
On the Thursday, September 26, show (noon PT, 3 PM ET), Principal Carol
Sharp from the Susan B. Anthony Elementary School in Sacramento describes
how the simple idea of teachers visiting the homes of their students led to
improved attendance, test scores, and community involvement (see below).
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I. What's Working in K-12 Schools: Making Connections Between Home and School
II. Featured Video: Home Visits
III. Expert Interviews: A principal and teacher on home visits
IV. Parental Involvement Resources
V. NEW! Fall 2002 Edutopia newsletter
VI. Instructional Module: View of the Principal and the Job
VIII. GLEF Blast Subscriptions
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I. What's Working in K-12 Schools - Making Connections Between Home and
School
At Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, 69 percent of the students are
immigrants from countries in Southeast Asia, including Laos, Thailand, and
Vietnam. Roughly 20 percent of the students are African American, and 12
percent are Hispanic. All live in poverty, with 100 percent of the students
receiving free or reduced-priced lunches. Faced with a high suspension rate
and a majority of students performing below grade level, staff and teachers
from Susan B. Anthony Elementary School in the Sacramento City Unified
School District launched a home visit program. Since the program began,
student achievement has soared, suspensions have been almost eliminated,
and parents are respected partners, not outsiders at the school. The model
has been so successful that today, teachers from every school in the
Sacramento City Unified School District are participating in the voluntary,
paid program.
[http://www.glef.org]
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II. Featured Video: Home Visits
"I see a low suspension rate, less vandalism, increased student
achievement, and attendance. As I look year to year it's gotten better and
better." - Principal Carol Sharp comments on the impact of the home visit
program at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School.
A companion video to the article, "Making Connections Between Home and
School," this 6-minute documentary offers a look into Susan B. Anthony
Elementary School and the successful home visit program.
[http://www.glef.org]
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III. Expert Interviews
"When you go from 140 suspensions, four, well actually five years ago, down
to three, that's dynamic. When you go to an attendance rate of 97.4
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something's happening here."
- Carol Sharp, Principal of Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, talks about
the effect home visits had on student behavior and academic achievement.
[http://www.glef.org/sharp.html]
"I just tell them the benefits -- the behavior, the discipline, the scores,
the relationship with parents -- all the positive things that really have
increased due to home visits. You know, why not try it?"
- LeVearne Hagen, a teacher at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, talks
about how she promotes home visits to other teachers.
[http://www.glef.org/hagen.html]
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IV. Parental Involvement Resources
Educators, parents, and policymakers interested in further information
about parent involvement strategies and programs are encouraged to visit
the following Web sites:
* National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
[http://www.ncpie.org]
* National Parent Teacher Association
[http://www.pta.org]
* Parent Institute
[http://www.par-inst.com]
* Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
[http://pfie.ed.gov/]
* The San Diego (California) County Education Department: A collection of
results from several studies of the effect of parent involvement on student
achievement.
[http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/notes/51/parstu.html]
* Connect for Kids: Parent Involvement section
[http://www.connectforkids.org/resources3139/resources_subject.htm?doc_id=8276
1]
* "All in the Family: Educating Our Children in Post-September 11 America":
A speech by Bob Chase, President, National Education Association (November
2001)
[http://www.nea.org/speeches/sp011116.html]
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GLEF presents "View of the Principal and the Job," the first in an ongoing
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[http://www.glef.org/courseware/index.html]
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:37:40 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] two articles on homelessness and digital divide
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:41:13 -0700
From: Harmony Kieding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] two articles on homelessness and digital divide
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Online and off the street- Homeless man reboots his life
http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/18/loc_online_and_off.html
"Sunday, February 18, 2001
Online and off the street
Homeless man reboots his life
By Karen Samples
The Cincinnati Enquirer
For six years, Mark Pierce lived under a piece of canvas near the Ohio
River. He slept on a foam mattress retrieved from a Dumpster. He kept clean
with jugs of water. In his own words, he was "tired, depressed, resentful and
hateful" - just one of the region's estimated 1,400 homeless. Then Mr. Pierce
found the Internet, and everything changed. He became a man with a home page,
if not a home." (full article on link above)
Computers give homeless a sense of connection
http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/18/loc_computers_give.html
"Sunday, February 18, 2001
Computers give homeless a sense of connection
By Karen Samples
The Cincinnati Enquirer
One computer with Internet access is available to the homeless people
who sell the Street Vibes newspaper in Cincinnati. The computer is constantly
in use, which proves the need for more, says Susan Knight of the Greater
Cincinnati
Coalition for the Homeless.
The coalition would like to open an expanded computer center for
Street
Vibes contributors and vendors, she says. Agencies nationwide are similarly
inspired by the potential of linking the homeless with computers." (full
article
on link above)
Harmony Kieding
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WorldHome
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7076/causesindex.html
Over Lang gate 51
Tonsberg 3110
Norway
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:38:37 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Peace project
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:13:22 +0200
From: Pia Avolio de Martino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Peace project
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Friends,
In the Peace Proyects - 9.11 - the students of Fresno High School,
continue posting their essays and pictures. It's interesting read their
thoughts and comments. They are several and various and I think that
reading and talking them together our students in the world, could be
significant.
http://65.42.153.210/kidspace/start.cfm?HoldNode=4280
In the next weeks Peace projects will start again in a different way;
this topic (9.11) is now closed. (but if someone send comments, I will
post them)
Pia
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:39:34 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] FW: US Dept. of Education ...latest stats on
Internet Usage in Schools
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:14:17 -0400
From: Katy Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] FW: US Dept. of Education ...latest stats on
Internet Usage in
Schools
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The DOE has just released the findings of 15 years of research,
"Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2001".
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002018
Katy Pearce
US Program Coordinator
School Connectivity Programs
Project Harmony
www.projectharmony.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
802.496.4675
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:45:52 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> New Online, Full-Text: Cyberspace Security Draft
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:28:00 -0400
From: gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New Online, Full-Text: Cyberspace Security Draft
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello from D.C.
The full-text of the draft from the Bush Admin re: cyberspace security (in the
news today) is now available online at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/
Title:
The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Source:
The President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board
cheers,
gary
--
Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
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The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk
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