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1. K12> Virtual Cave -- Network Nuggets 2. K12> Running Schools Like Businesses 3. RESOUR> PBS American Experience: Jimmy Carter 4. Last: posting for Tuesday, October 15, 2002 ************************************************************************* NOTE: Gleason Sackmann is the owner and host of this list. All inquiries regarding this list and its contents should be directed to Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:56:57 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Virtual Cave -- Network Nuggets From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of nuggets ola Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Virtual Cave -- Network Nuggets *** [[[ VIRTUAL CAVE ]]] *** http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html This is for Earth Science teachers, in any grades where the subject of caves appears. "Virtual Cave" is a highly visual introduction to the vocabulary and science of caves. The reading level is about grade 9 or 10, and it teaches mainly through photographs. So for students, it's a more appealing way to learn about caves than studying a textbook. The site also lists over 150 U.S. caves that are open to the public for tours. I was surprised to learn of one such cave only a few miles from where I grew up in B.C. Virtual Cave is maintained by Dave Bunnell, who edits the monthly magazine of the the National Speleological Society of Huntsville, Alabama. Another part of the website sells CD-ROMs and other portrayals of caves; given the quality of the photos in Virtual Cave, those products may have a place in your classroom also. The Virtual Cave itself carries no advertising. (A smaller, less formal Canadian cave site is at www.cancaver.ca and is maintained by Rick Coles of Vancouver Island. It emphasizes the hobby of caving rather than the science, so has less use in a school classroom. But students may be surprised to learn how many big caves Canada has.) ---------------------- Network Nuggets is a free service of the Community Learning Network Website (www.cln.org) and the Open Learning Agency of British Columbia (www.openschool.bc.ca). We send these announcements twice each week to subscribers of CLN's Network Nuggets, to inform them about potentially useful educational resources on the Internet. To Subscribe or Unsubscribe: www.cln.org/lists/nuggets/subscribe.html -- Dave Rogers, Moderator of Network Nuggets (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:31:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Running Schools Like Businesses From: K-12 Educators Interested in Educational Administration [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Nancy Willard Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Running Schools Like Businesses Linda Starr at Education World wrote a very excellent article on how the textbook adoption committees in the big three states, Texas, California, and Florida, largely control what information gets included in textbooks. The article is at: http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/issues229.shtml. If the textbook adoption committee members of these states do not like certain information, they can demand that it be removed. For most publishers, they already know the values and opinions of the folks in these states, so the issue rarely gets raised because the textbook publishers self-censor. The issue is also relevant with respect to educational testing. Who decided what students are tested on? Local schools or the major test preparers? Here in Oregon we have developed a very good assessment process -- all locally developed and tied to specific state performance standards. But one of the candidates for governor has indicated that he wants to stop wasting money on performance assessment and contract with one of the commercial companies. <ugh> And then of course, we must consider how corporations are trying to encourage brand loyalty as well as information and attitudes through the provision of educational resource materials to schools. The issue that is not yet receiving enough attention is the degree to which approximately 6 commercial filtering software companies are now controlling what students can and cannot access when they use the Internet. These companies are not blocking based on educationa standards. They all have other customers whose standards may be impacting decision-making, including conservative religious organizations and repressive third world regimes. The companies are not disclosing what, how, or why they are blocking. The decision-makers are not held publicly accountable. And, based on many different reports, the companies are engaging in viewpoint discrimination --blocking access to potentially controversial information. Nancy Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Center for Advanced Technology in Education University of Oregon, College of Education E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://netizen.uoregon.edu Responsible Netizen Institute URL:http://responsiblenetizen.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:58:25 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> PBS American Experience: Jimmy Carter From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 2:26 PM American Experience: Jimmy Carter Twenty-two years ago he was overwhelmingly rejected by the American people. Today he is one of the most admired statesmen and humanitarians in the world. His rapid ascent in politics, dramatic fall from grace, and remarkable resurrection are the subject of "Jimmy Carter," a new presidential biography from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE airing on PBS Monday and Tuesday, November 11 and 12, at 9pm. Visit American Experience's Jimmy Carter site to check out these features: -Brokering Peace: Carter's unprecedented efforts at Camp David brought Arabs and Jews together, establishing a framework for peace in the Middle East. See the negotiations through the eyes of the participants and witness Carter?s role in brokering peace at the landmark meetings that led to 1978?s groundbreaking agreement between Israel and Egypt. -Camp David's Legacy: Learn why Carter's peace accords were substantial and historic. Read an analysis of the Camp David negotiations by historian Betty Glad, Olin D. Johnston Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. -444-Days: America Reacts: How did the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis ? one of America?s first encounters with terrorism ? affect the nation? Revisit four days from the crisis: watch video clips of period news footage and read first-hand reactions. -After the White House: Jimmy Carter has redefined the role of ex-President, not only working for peace but also fighting disease worldwide. His most successful health effort is the near-total eradication of Guinea worm disease. Learn about the illness and Carter's involvement in the project, watch a film clip of Carter in the field with people who have the disease, and track the reported cases of Guinea worm disease over the last five years on an interactive map of Sub-Saharan Africa. -Boyhood on the Farm: Read excerpts from Carter's memoir, An Hour Before Daylight, about his rural Georgia childhood and watch footage shot on the family farm near Plains, Georgia. 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