There are 13 messages totalling 616 lines in this issue.
Topics in this special issue:
1. MISC> [netsites] Stands4
2. MISC> [netsites] The Work of Charles and Ray Eames
3. K12> [netsites] Teen Depression
4. RESOUR> [netsites] The A-B-C's of Lyme Disease
5. K12> [netsites] A Gadzillion Things To Think About
6. MISC> RESOURCES: Spanglish
7. K12> Doors to Diplomacy Award
8. RESOUR> [netsites] Our Documents
9. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] MIT to make nearly all course materials available
free on the World Wide Web
10. K12> [netsites] Math Literacy
11. K12> [netsites] Vocabulary
12. MISC> [netsites] Jurassic Park Institute
13. K12> [netsites] Kidz Under Construction
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:41:42 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Stands4
From: Finders Keepers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Stands4
Stands4
http://www.stands4.com/
A comprehensive source for abbreviations and acronyms.
Fin der Keepoers
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:42:15 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] The Work of Charles and Ray Eames
From: Parthiux Trestium [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] The Work of Charles and Ray Eames
The Work of Charles and Ray Eames (Library of Congress Exhibition)
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/
Charles and Ray Eames were inventors/designers of the 1940 through 1970
period that through their designs and inventions of furniture, toys,
buildings, films, exhibitions, and books "aimed to improve society--not
only functionally, but culturally and intellectually as well."
Parthiux Trestium - endimest spartio triest mox
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:42:29 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Teen Depression
From: Sue D. Nym [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Teen Depression
Teen Depression
http://www.teen-depression.info/
Learn the main causes of teen depression and teen suicide facts.
_______________________
Sue D. Nymm
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:42:39 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] The A-B-C's of Lyme Disease
From: Dr. Y U Morostay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:20 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] The A-B-C's of Lyme Disease
The A-B-C's of Lyme Disease
http://www.abcs-of-lyme-disease-and-symptoms.com/
You can gain access to their site for an overview of the symptoms,
treatments and preventions of lyme disease with a free registration.
You need not give your real name or email address.
Dr. Yennea U. Morostay
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http://morostay.dermdex.net/
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:43:02 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] A Gadzillion Things To Think About
From: Alan S. Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] A Gadzillion Things To Think About
A Gadzillion Things To Think About
http://www.gadzillionthings.net/
"Real life humor questions to encourage the whole family to THINK and
be CREATIVE in a FUN way."
Alan
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:43:46 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> RESOURCES: Spanglish
From: David P. Dillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 5:20 AM
In geographic areas where there are two languages that are both used by
extensive cohabiting language using groups, a third language frequently
develops that draws from the two dominant languages. In the United
States
there are obviously many speakers of English and of Spanish. As a
result,
a third language referred to as Spanglish also has its speakers there.
X-Refer has an excellent definition of Spanglish.
Spanglish
<http://www.xrefer.com/entry/443939>
[1960s: a blend of Spanish and English, on the analogy of franglais]. An
informal and often pejorative term, particularly common in North
America,
for: (1) Any of several mixtures of Spanish and English, ranging from
extensive uses of loanwords and loan translations to code-switching
among
bilinguals. Occasionally, the term appears in Spanish as el
espanglish....
There is a useful discussion of Spanglish here with links to additional
resources:
Spanglish
<http://victorian.fortunecity.com/vangogh/555/Spell/spanglish1.htm>
A glossary of Spanglish terms may be found here:
<http://members.tripod.com/~nelson_g/spanglish.html>
There is a glossary of computer Spanglish that was last updated in 1995.
<http://hercules.us.es/~jon/spanglist.html>
There is also an extensive list of web links to translation services and
Spanish language dictionaries at this website.
Spanish Language Dictionaries @ Globe-Gate
http://globegate.utm.edu/spanish/spandico.html
I hope that these resources will be of value to some of the members of
this discussion group.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:44:16 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Doors to Diplomacy Award
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 11:30 AM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: Resource: Doors to Diplomacy Award
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPONSORS NEW DOORS TO DIPLOMACY AWARD
- $2,000 scholarships and a trip to Wash DC for best web projects
See http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/doors
The U.S. Department of State in concert with Global SchoolNet is
sponsoring a "Doors to Diplomacy Award." This educational award will
recognize the student-created website that best teaches others about
the importance of international affairs and diplomacy. Each student
team member of the winning Doors to Diplomacy Award team will receive
a $2,000 scholarship, and the winning coaches' schools will each
receive a $500 cash award. The State Department will also sponsor a
trip to Washington, D.C., where the winners will receive a private
tour of the State Department facilities, meet with key officials, and
participate in a special award presentation ceremony.
Steve
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:44:31 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Our Documents
From: Alan S. Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 5:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Our Documents
OurDocuments
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
"OurDocuments.gov. Featuring 100 milestone documents of American
history from the National Archives. Includes images of original primary
source documents, lesson plans, teacher and student competitions, and
educational resources."
Alan
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:50:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] MIT to make nearly all course materials
available free on the World Wide Web
From: The DIGITALDIVIDE discussion group
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bonnie Bracey
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 5:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] MIT to make nearly all course materials
available free on the World Wide Web
MIT to make nearly all course materials
available free on the World Wide Web
Unprecedented step challenges 'privatization of knowledge'
<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/ocw-facts.html";>MIT
OpenCourseWare -- Fact sheet</A>
<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/ocw-fac.html";>MIT
OpenCourseWare -- Faculty views</A>
<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2001/apr11/ocwside.html";>MIT
OpenCourseWare -- World reaction </A>
<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/ocwfund.html";>Mellon,
Hewlett Foundations grant $11M
to launch free MIT course materials on web</A> APRIL 4, 2001 . <A
HREF="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/#contact";>Contact
information</A>
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT President Charles M. Vest has announced that the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology will make the materials for nearly
all its courses freely available on the Internet over the next ten
years. He made the announcement about the new program, known as <A
HREF="http://web.mit.edu/ocw";>MIT OpenCourseWare</A> (MITOCW),
at a press conference at MIT on Wednesday, April 4.
President Vest focused on how OpenCourseWare reflected the idealism of
the
MIT faculty and the core educational mission of MIT in his remarks to
print
and television reporters.
"As president of MIT, I have come to expect top-level innovative and
intellectually entrepreneurial ideas from the MIT community. When we
established the Council on Educational Technology at MIT, we charged a
sub-group with coming up with a project that reached beyond our campus
classrooms.
"I have to tell you that we went into this expecting that something
creative, cutting-edge and challenging would emerge. And, frankly, we
also expected that it would be something based on a revenue-producing
model -- a project or program that took into account the power of the
Internet and its potential for new applications in education.
"OpenCourseWare is not exactly what I had expected. It is not what many
people may have expected. But it is typical of our faculty to come up
with
something as bold and innovative as this, " President Vest commented.
"OpenCourseWare looks counter-intuitive in a market driven world. It
goes
against the grain of current material values. But it really is
consistent
with what I believe is the best about MIT. It is innovative. It
expresses our belief in the way education can be advanced -- by
constantly widening access to information and by inspiring others to
participate," said President Vest.
"Simply put, OpenCourseWare is a natural marriage of American higher
education and the capabilities of the World Wide Web," he said.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
President Vest next spoke in anticipation of reporters' questions on
topics
ranging from the role of OpenCourseWare on enrollment and quality of
life at MIT as well as its potential impact on revenue-generating
programs and
competition from other institutions.
"OpenCourseWare combines two things: the traditional openness and
outreach
and democratizing influence of American education and the ability of the
Web to make vast amounts of information instantly available.
"OpenCourseWare is firmly at the heart of MIT's educational mission: MIT
faculty have a deeply ingrained sense of service and mission -- they
like to work on big problems and frankly, they like to influence the
world. There is an incredible idealism in this faculty.
On OpenCourseWare's impact on education at MIT, President Vest
commented, "We believe OpenCourseWare will have a strong impact on a
residential learning at MIT and elsewhere. Let me be clear: We are not
providing an MIT education on the Web. We are providing our core
materials that are the infrastructure that undergirds an MIT education.
Real education requires interaction, the interaction that is part of
American teaching.
"We think that OpenCourseWare will make it possible for faculty here and
elsewhere to concentrate even more on the actual process of teaching, on
the interactions between faculty and students that are the real core of
learning.
"Am I worried that the OpenCourseWare project will hurt MIT's
enrollment? No. In fact, I am absolutely confident that providing this
worldwide window onto an MIT education, showing what we teach, may be a
very good thing for
attracting prospective students," President Vest said.
"How will OpenCourseWare relate to revenue-generating educational
projects at MIT? I do believe that revenue-generating distance education
will have a role in the world and will probably have a role at MIT. It
is clear to me that revenue-generating opportunities are there, for
example, for professionals learning about new developments in their
field.
"There's the possibility of developing courses in the humanities or the
arts, for example, for retirees or for people who have wanted to go back
to school for a long time. A lot of opportunities are out there to make
money. But I want to emphasize that there is no commercially available
MIT degree," he declared.
As for the likely role of other universities, President Vest emphasized
the
idealism behind OpenCourseWare.
"This is about something bigger than MIT. I hope other universities will
see us as educational leaders in this arena, and we very much hope that
OpenCourseWare will draw other universities to do the same. We would be
delighted if -- over time -- we have a world wide web of knowledge that
raises the quality of learning -- and ultimately, the quality of life --
around the globe," he asserted.
CONTRIBUTORS TO IDEA
Sitting beside President Vest at the press conference were Steven
Lerman,
professor of civil engineering and chair of the MIT faculty; Harold
Abelson, Class of 1922 professor of electrical engineering and computer
science and MacVicar Teaching Fellow; and Dick K. P. Yue, associate dean
of the school of engineering and professor of ocean engineering.
Professor Lerman noted the potential of OpenCourseWare to teach and to
train students and young faculty in developing countries and said, "We
hope our materials will be translated. Developing countries need
information, and they need to develop infrastructure and institutions."
Professor Yue based his vision of OpenCourseWare on his own experience
as a
boy in Hong Kong who was inspired by an MIT textbook his father gave
him.
"MIT will miss its goal if it reaches just the students within its walls
and not in the larger world," he said.
"OpenCourseWare stimulates real reflection on what we're doing in the
classroom. If my students get all their raw materials on the web, what
am I
doing in class? This also makes it possible for faculty colleagues to
keep up with one another's work and research," remarked Professor
Abelson.
Professor Abelson also noted that the pioneering new program may set in
motion innovations in teaching. Once students begin acquiring course
content on the web, faculty will be able to pay more attention to the
actual process of teaching. OpenCourseWare will enable faculty to
concentrate on using classroom or lab time to enhance learning, he said.
The OpenCourseWare project will begin as a large-scale pilot program
over the next two years. The first steps include design of the software
and services needed to support such a large endeavor, as well as
protocols to monitor and assess its utilization by faculty and students
at MIT and throughout the world. By the end of the two-year period, it
is expected that materials for more than 500 courses would be available
on the MIT OpenCourseWare site.
MIT sees a variety of benefits coming from the MIT OpenCourseWare
project:
Institutions around the world could make direct use of the MIT
OpenCourseWare materials as references and sources for curriculum
development. These materials might be of particular value in developing
countries that are trying to expand their higher education systems
rapidly.
Individual learners could draw upon the materials for self-study or
supplementary use.
The MIT OpenCourseWare infrastructure could serve as a model for other
institutions that choose to make similar content open and available.
Over time, if other universities adopt this model, a vast collection of
educational resources will develop and facilitate widespread exchange of
ideas about innovative ways to use those resources in teaching and
learning.
MIT OpenCourseWare will serve as a common repository of information and
channel of intellectual activity that can stimulate educational
innovation
and cross-disciplinary educational ventures. The program will continue
the
tradition of MIT's leadership in educational innovation, as exemplified
by
the engineering science revolution in the 1960s. At that time, MIT
engineering faculty radically revised their curricula and produced new
textbooks that brought the tools of modern science, mathematics, and
computing into the core of the engineering curriculum. As their students
joined the engineering faculties of universities throughout the country,
they took with them their own course notes from MIT, and spread the new
approach to engineering education.
In similar spirit, but with new technologies, MIT OpenCourseWare will
make it possible to quickly disseminate new knowledge and educational
content in a wide range of fields. President Vest commented that the
idea of
OpenCourseWare is particularly appropriate for a research university
such as MIT, where ideas and information move quickly from the
laboratory into the educational program, even before they are published
in textbooks.
MIT believes that implementation of OpenCourseWare will complement and
stimulate innovation in ways that may not even be envisioned at this
point.
"We expect that MIT OpenCourseWare will raise the tide of educational
innovation within MIT and elsewhere," said MIT Provost Robert A. Brown.
"By making up-to-date educational content widely available," he said,
"OpenCourseWare will focus faculty efforts on teaching and learning on
their campuses. It also will facilitate a new style of national and
global
collaboration in education through the sharing of educational content
and the potential of telecommunications for real-time interactions."
The concept of MIT OpenCourseWare was born from deliberations of a study
group chartered by MIT's Council on Educational Technology. The Council,
a
group of educational leaders from throughout MIT, asked the study group
to
consider ways to use Internet technology to enhance education within MIT
as
well as MIT's influence on education on a global scale. The group was
composed of faculty and staff from MIT, and was assisted by consultants
from Booz-Allen & Hamilton, who are helping with organizational aspects
of the project.
The Booz-Allen team was led by BAH Vice President Reginald Van Lee. Mr.
Van
Lee, an MIT alumnus, said "MIT continues its role as the preeminent,
global
leader in the development and dissemination of new ideas and knowledge.
We
are excited to have contributed to this innovative and important step in
the advancement of higher education."
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:50:24 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Math Literacy
From: Philip Lomoas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 5:43 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Math Literacy
Math Literacy Week
http://www.mathliteracy.com/
"The U.S. Math Literacy Tour, stopping at schools throughout the
country to help increase the awareness of the importance of mathematics
began its three-month excursion this week."
Philip Lomoas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:50:49 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Vocabulary
From: Alan S. Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 6:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Vocabulary
Vocabulary
http://www.vocabulary.com/
"Vocabulary University participants learn English vocabulary in context
(grades 5-12) with free word puzzles. Thematic word games and creative
activities."
Alan
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:51:13 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Jurassic Park Institute
From: Alan S. Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 5:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Jurassic Park Institute
Jurassic Park Institute
http://www.jpinstitute.com/index.jsp
"Jurassic Park Institute provides news, facts, interactive games, and
museum guides dedicated to the science of dinosaurs."
Alan
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http://ash.partnersinter.net/
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:51:26 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Kidz Under Construction
From: Father Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 6:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Kidz Under Construction
Kidz Under Construction
http://www.geocities.com/buildakid/
"Kidz Under Construction offers Christian parents, teachers, pastors,
and children's ministry workers activities and resources to help them
build Christian kids with Christlike character."
-<><><><><><><><><><><><>-
Father Fred
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