There are 13 messages totalling 662 lines in this issue.
Topics in this special issue:
1. K12> Voice of America on the Net
2. K12> Haiku Writing
3. RESOUR> Resource: Congress dot org
4. K12> MailBoxes. Etc discount
5. MISC> Open CourseWare
6. RESOUR> Online Astronomy
7. K12> Native Americans, 20000 Leagues, Skeletons, and more fun!
8. K12> [netsites] Using Live Insects in Elementary Class
9. RESOUR> [netsites] Frank Lloyd Wright
10. MISC> [netsites] The Food Museum
11. K12> Kidproj announces: "WordWeavers" project
12. MISC> Hubble spots the biggest world since Pluto
13. MISC> ARTICLES: Copyright and Intellectual Property Legislation and Court
Cases Making News
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:19:28 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Voice of America on the Net
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:45 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: Resource: Voice of America on the Net
Wondering how to pronounce those unpronounceable names that seem to
pepper the news of late? Check out the Voice of America's web site
with its Pronunciation Guide.
For example, try "ABDEREMANE, AHMED ABDALLAH; language of origin -
Comoros. Pronunciation: AH-mehd ahb-dah-LAH ahb-derr-reh-MAHN
Many entries also have an accompanying sound file so you can hear the
pronunciation.
Check it out and you will be correctly namedropping all those
wonderful long foreign names at the next block party. Careful
though, if you can pronounce some of these names, especially those
from certain countries of origin, some of your neighbors might take
that as a sign that you are in cahoots with 'em and call the feds on
you! :P
http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/#
Steve
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:19:50 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Haiku Writing
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:46 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: Resource: Haiku Writing
http://www.worddance.com/magazine/worksheet.html
"The Essence of Haiku
A haiku should share a moment of awareness with the
reader. Peace, sadness, mystery--these are only a few of the emotions
that haiku evokes and which we can feel when we read a haiku. The key
to our feelings about the things around us and to the feelings we
have when we read a good haiku, are the things themselves. The things
produce the emotions.
In haiku you have to give the reader words that help
recreate the moment, the image or images that gave you the feeling.
Telling the reader how you feel does not make the reader feel
anything and does not make a good haiku. The words of the haiku
should create in the reader the emotion felt by the poet, not
describe the emotion.
Even though some haiku come from memories or things made
up in the mind, each haiku should sound as though it is happening as
you read it, in a specific place and a specific time. So write your
haiku in the present tense, as if they are right here and now. Haiku
should not cover a lengthy time span. A haiku freezes one moment in
time the way a photograph does."
Harvest moon last night
Bright cool penetrating light
Darkness disappears
- Norma Curry
Steve
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:20:21 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> Resource: Congress dot org
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:46 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: Resource: Congress dot org
[This regards American government]
http://www.congress.org/
This site allows you to write e-mails to your congresscritters - and,
for a
fee, have it hand-delivered to them. This site also includes two
potentially important features, the "MegaVote", a weekly update on
congressional votes, and secondly, an election candidate finder!
I'm especially excited about the latter, as the mentions of
candidates in my locale is often fleeting at best...
Steve
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:20:55 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> MailBoxes. Etc discount
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:46 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: Resource: MailBoxes. Etc discount
http://www.mbe.com/ps/cp.html
Teachers get 100 FREE copies (black & white only) plus 10% off
document services at their local participating Mailboxes, Etc. And
some stores are also offering 2 cents a page copying in October.
Again, check for local participating stores.
In addition Mailboxes, Etc., will make a donation to a school of your
choice when they pack and ship your items. For more information it
says you should visit your local MBE and earn extra credit for your
local school. Doesn't give details on this, but in most of these
types of deals with other businesses we can register our "school" and
family and friends can do the same and build donations for our home
schools. Would be worth checking out the details if you decide to go
for the 100 FREE copies or the 2 cents a copy bargains.
Also would probably be a good idea to carry your teacher ID card for
your home school. I have found time and time again that these are
readily accepted by all businesses requiring this type of
identification.
Steve
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:21:12 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> Open CourseWare
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:46 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: Resource: Open CourseWare
The actual site:
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
BBC - Like almost every organization in the US, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology spent the late 1990s struggling with the
question of how to take advantage of the internet. Many other colleges
launched online degree courses aimed at anyone with a modem and a big
wallet. But MIT has taken a completely different direction with a
project called Open Courseware that could stop the trend of
commercializing online education dead in its tracks. The first group of
courses are set to be published on the internet on 30 September,
including subjects like anthropology, biology, chemistry and computer
science. . . Over the next 10 years, MIT will move all its existing
coursework on to the internet. There will be no online degrees for sale,
however. Instead, it will offer thousands of pages of information,
available to anyone around the globe at no cost, as well as hours and
hours of streaming video lectures, seminars and experiments. This is
just the tip of the iceberg. MIT wants to start nothing short of a
global revolution in education. "Our hope and aspiration is that by
setting an example, other universities will also put their valued
materials on the internet and thereby make a truly profound and
fundamental impact on learning and education worldwide," said MIT's
Professor Dick Yue.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2270648.stm
Steve
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:21:35 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> Online Astronomy
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:45 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: Resource: Online Astronomy
http://darkskyinstitute.org/astronomy.html
"ASTRONOMY. Even the word conjures up wondrous images in your mind.
Images of distant galaxies, maybe, or exploding stars, or comets,
meteors, stars, constellations, telescopes, or maybe even your own
memories of a night under a truly dark sky where the universe seemed
to glow with "billions" of stars. Whatever image the word astronomy
creates in your mind, the subject of astronomy has captured the
interest and attention of virtually every human on the planet since
humans were able to look up.
What follows is a course on astronomy using the Internet. It is
adaptable to most age and interest levels. Each of the units in the
course are listed below in the Table of Contents, and each unit has
its own separate "page." I hope you will enjoy using the course and
will come back again and again as I make changes and additions to it."
Steve
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:21:55 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Native Americans, 20000 Leagues, Skeletons, and more fun!
From: Kathryn Martinez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:35 PM
To: Kathy M. MARTINEZ
Subject: Native Americans, 20000 Leagues, Skeletons, and more fun!
Native Americans: Special Homes
http://www.easyfunschool.com/NASpecialHomes.html
What you have to remember is that there were many different cultures in
Native American society and these cultures lived in many different
environments. Not all Native Americans lived in Tipis! These simple
craft
instructions show how to build six different, basic models of Native
American homes.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Unit Study: Part 1
http://www.easyfunschool.com/20000Leagues1.html
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne makes a really good
literatur
unit to combine with oceanograpy, marine biology, seamanship, the
science
fiction genre, etc. Part one of this unit study covers Part 1, Chapters
1 -
5 of the book.
Theme Fun: Skeletons
http://www.easyfunschool.com/ThemeFunSkeletons.html
This is a very neat and educationally fun theme. While it is a sound
addition to October lesson plans, it also is a good theme for any time
of
year.
Warren Gamaliel Harding: A Presidential Unit
http://www.easyfunschool.com/WarrenHarding.html
Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States of
America. He
served from 1921 until 1923, when he died in office.
Calvin Coolidge: A Presidential Unit
http://www.easyfunschool.com/CalvinCoolidge.html
Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States of
America
after the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. He served from 1923 until
1929.
Fall Fun: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
http://www.easyfunschool.com/PumpkinChocolateChipMuffins.html
Here's a yummy for Autumn!!!.
Kathy in FL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My Web Site: http://www.easyfunschool.com
Free Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was,
how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be
a
little better, because I was important in the life of a child."
-Forest Witcraft
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:22:14 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Using Live Insects in Elementary Class
From: Finders Keepers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 7:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Using Live Insects in Elementary Class
Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms
http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm
"Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life,
funded by the National Institutes of Health Science Education
Partnership Award, is a program dedicated to introducing health topics
to children in kindergarten through third grade."
Fin der Keepoers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:22:26 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Frank Lloyd Wright
From: Alan S. Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 7:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
http://www.pbs.org/flw/
"PBS Frank Lloyd Wright Web site, a companion to the Ken Burns/Lynn
Novick film, contains biographical information, drawings and
blueprints, analysis of parallel architectural movements, critical
reviews, and lesson plans centered around America's most famous
architect."
Alan
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:22:55 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] The Food Museum
From: The Frijole Kid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 7:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [netsites] The Food Museum
The Food Museum
http://www.foodmuseum.com/
"The FOOD Museum, is the expression of our shared enthusiasm for food,
history, travel and the arts over the years. It's a passionate effort
of regard for the world's foods, for the people who grow and supply our
food and for those who feed us superbly at home and in restaurants
large and small."
The Frijole Kid
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:23:35 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Kidproj announces: "WordWeavers" project
From: KIDLINK Primary List: Official Announcements
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Patti Weeg
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Kidproj announces: "WordWeavers" project
Friends,
Kidproj is pleased to announce a new writing project called
"WordWeavers"
http://65.42.153.210/kidspace/start.cfm?HoldNode=4415
Project Timeline: September 2002-June 2003
Project Age Group: elementary through secondary school
Project Description:
In this project students are asked to:
1. Write on a wide variety of topics and explore many different writing
styles.
2. Comment on the writing of other participants
You may:
1. Write on any of the suggested monthly workshop topics
2. Start or add to a "ping-pong" story
3. Write upon a topic you have chosen yourself
Workshop Topics
===============
You may write on any topic at any time according to the needs of your
students and/or curriculum. All workshop topics are designed to allow
students to demonstrate their progress through each step of the writing
process. They are organized as follows:
Week 1 - brainstorming ideas for writing
Week 2 - write and post the rough drafts
Week 3 - comment on rough drafts and ask questions about what was
written
Week 4 - post a final edited copy of the work
October: Halloween at Hogwarts
World Explorers
November: Harvest Haiku
December: Winter Festivals
Conservation or Peace Carols
The workshop topic list is still growing. New suggestions are always
welcome.
For more information about registration and how to participate, visit
the project website:
http://65.42.153.210/kidspace/start.cfm?HoldNode=4415
Project Moderators:
Joy Boehm - USA
Barb Schulz - USA
Lupe Garcia - USA
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:23:21 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> Hubble spots the biggest world since Pluto
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of NASA
Science News
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 4:12 PM
To: NASA Science News
Subject: Hubble spots the biggest world since Pluto
NASA Science News for October 7, 2002
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have measured a distant
world
more than half the size of Pluto. It's the biggest object found in our
solar system since the discovery of Pluto itself 72 years ago.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/07oct_newworld.htm?list853937
This is a free service.
Tell a kid you know about NASA Kids Club -- they collect virtual trading
cards, trade them online, have their own e-mail account, and participate
in great learning activities for extra club points. Go to
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Club/Login/SignUp.asp?sng for more info.
If you need to get in touch with us directly, please go to
http://science.nasa.gov/comments
Home page: http://science.nasa.gov
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:24:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> ARTICLES: Copyright and Intellectual Property Legislation and
Court Cases Making News
From: David P. Dillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:42 PM
There is quite a bit of activity in the copyright and intellectual
property arena at this time and the issues at stake are far from
trivial.
Here are some examples:
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High court set to tackle 'Mickey Mouse' copyright case
By The Associated Press
10.07.02
<http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=17066>
LOS ANGELES Mickey Mouse's days at Disney could be numbered and paying
royalties for warbling George Gershwin tunes could become a thing of the
past if the U.S. Supreme Court sides with an Internet publisher in a
landmark copyright case being heard this week.
The high court is to hear the case Oct. 9 that could plunge the earliest
images of Disney's mascot and other closely held creative property into
the public domain as early as next year.
If the Court sides with the challengers in Eldred v. Ashcroft, the
precedent-setting decision could cost movie studios and heirs of authors
and composers millions of dollars in revenue as previously protected
material becomes available free of charge.
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Shulgold: Copyright fight transcends cat and mouse
By Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News
October 5, 2002
<http://www.insidedenver.com/drmn/entertainment_columnists/
article/0,1299,DRMN_84_1458090,00.html>
On Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Eldred v.
Ashcroft, and a lot of interested parties will be paying close
attention.
Among them: Mickey Mouse and the Cat in the Hat.
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Perspective: Coming to terms with copyright
By Declan McCullagh
October 7, 2002, 4:00 AM PT
<http://news.com.com/2010-1071-960918.html>
Anyone interested in the future direction of technology should pay
attention to a case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear when the new
session
begins this week.
Technically, the oral arguments on Wednesday are about the fate of a
federal law called the Copyright Term Extension Act, which extends the
duration of all U.S. copyrights for 20 years.
A group of artists and moviemakers sued to overturn the law, saying they
had hoped to make use of materials that were in the public domain--but
found they no longer could because of the longer duration of each
copyright. Championing their suit is a who's-who of law professors, led
by
Stanford University's Larry Lessig.
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Balance shifts in copyright battle
By Mike Snider USA TODAY
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/
2002-10-07-net-copyright_x.htm>
With last week's introduction of legislation protecting "consumers'
rights
in the digital age," the stage is set for a heated debate next year
about
what home users would be allowed to do with copyrighted music and video,
and how far the entertainment industry could go to protect its content.
<snip>
"Right now, it is the entertainment industry vs. the technology
industry,
and the consumers are watching from the sidelines," says Rep. Zoe
Lofgren,
D-Calif., who introduced the Digital Choice and Freedom Act on
Wednesday.
"Consumers have rights ... that cannot be ignored."
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Webcasters May Get Royalties Relief
Mon Oct 7, 6:32 PM ET
By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=562&ncid=738&e=5&u=/
ap/20021007/ap_on_hi_te/internet_radio>
Smaller Internet music broadcasters would owe thousands of dollars less
in
copyright royalty payments under rate revisions the U.S. House
unanimously
approved Monday.
If the revisions become law, the webcasters would get a few more years
of
reprieve from per-song, per-listener payments that they complain could
put
them out of business when royalties become due Oct. 20.
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Verizon, record labels fight over 'pirate'
09:00 Monday 7th October 2002
Declan McCullugh, CNET News.com
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2123411,00.html>
Attorneys for Verizon and the music industry spar in court over whether
to
disclose the identity of a Kazaa subscriber who allegedly shared copies
of
more than 600 recordings
Attorneys for Verizon Communications and the music industry sparred in
court on Friday over whether to disclose the identity of an alleged
peer-to-peer pirate. The Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA)
has asked a federal judge in Washington, DC, to order Verizon to turn
over
the name of a Kazaa subscriber who allegedly was sharing copies of more
than 600 music recordings.
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Court to Review Copyright Law
By AMY HARMON
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/07/business/media/07ARGU.html?
ex=1034654400&en=93f246c5ea5074a0&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments this week over the
constitutionality of a 1998 law that extended copyright protection by 20
years. Experts on both sides of the closely watched case say that its
outcome could reshape the way cultural products are consumed and how
their
profits are divided.
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This covers some of the many current news items about copyright that are
currently in the press.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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