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Topics in this special issue:
1. RESOUR> Freak Technology
2. RESOUR> Weaving Webs: Usuful www sites.
3. MISC> web page diagnositics and movies
4. RESOUR> DisABILITY INFOrmation for Students
5. MISC> FileDudes
6. RESOUR> Automatic Survey Site
7. NEWSLTR> 2/06//98 ***EXTRA*** Acrobat PDF Newsweekly
8. K12> --- Internet Projects: Club Net ---
9. RESOUR> FREE Microsoft Windows NT v4.0 and Windows 95 Tutorial
10. K12> [Classroom Connect] Seeking Class for Multi-Age Classroom
11. MISC> Creating a Tabbed Index with Dynamic HTML
12. MISC> pure medical linguistic silliness
13. K12> E-Rate News Flash
14. K12> Student question of the week
15. K12> Black History Website Updated
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:21:14 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: RESOUR> Freak Technology
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 04:40:10 -0500
From: Michael Schelling
To: gsunet-l@bgu.edu
Subject: Freak Technology
http://sunsite.auc.dk/FreakTech
This web page is dedicated to revolutionary new discoveries, inventions
and technologies. Inventions are categorized by:
* Software
* Hardware
* Communication
* Production
* Materials
* Miscellaneous
Enjoy,
Mike
mailto:mschelling@radix.net
http://www.radix.net/~mschelling
Worldwide Missing Children Information
Education, Health, Parenting, Worldwide Jobs and more...
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:21:24 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: RESOUR> Weaving Webs: Usuful www sites.
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 10:29:39 +0000
From: Amnon Till
To: gsu
Subject: Weaving Webs: Usuful www sites.
http://www.unimelb.edu.au/tisp/wwebs/sites/index.html
Weaving Webs: Usuful www sites.
This site was created by the Education Dept. Of University of Melbourne,
Australia, & it
is good for teachers.
The site was found by Prof. Givon from Beit Berl College, Informatics Dept.
Bye
Amnon
amnont@beitberl.ac.il
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:21:34 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: MISC> web page diagnositics and movies
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 04:34:41 -0500
To: WebAndStuff@radix.net
From: dixiegal (by way of Michael Schelling
)
Subject: web page diagnositics and movies
http://www.websitegarage.com/
Check your own web page for a diagnostics test... free!
http://www.reel.com/
rent or buy movies online
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:21:45 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: RESOUR> DisABILITY INFOrmation for Students
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 04:39:57 -0500
From: Michael Schelling
To: gsunet-l@bgu.edu
Subject: DisABILITY INFOrmation for Students
http://www.abilityinfo.com/
"...the one stop resource for students from around the world studying to
support and work for individuals with disabilities. This site is also
intended for professionals within the field to continue to be sharp in
their knowledge."
Enjoy,
Mike
mailto:mschelling@radix.net
http://www.radix.net/~mschelling
Worldwide Missing Children Information
Education, Health, Parenting, Worldwide Jobs and more...
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:21:56 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: MISC> FileDudes
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 03:14:08 +0000
From: Mike
Subject: FileDudes
To: BESTWEB@VM.EGE.EDU.TR
Getting a lot of notice, this site gives easy access to freebies
on all major op systems ... yeah, including goodies on the Mac ...
http://www.filedudes.com/
An example of their Random Selection oif the Day, for Windows 3.xx,
Cherry Delight is a realistic simulation of the new breed of video.
slot machines http://www.filedudes.com/win3xx/entrtn/16cher.html
I think I love this site. Mike
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:22:11 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: RESOUR> Automatic Survey Site
From: Patrick Rapin
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 13:03:00 +0100
Automatic survey site, where you answers a number of surveys on any
topic and see the results generated on the fly. You can even propose
your own survey that will be available soon for future visitors.
http://www.bigfoot.com/~autosurvey/
The more you come, the more interesting the results will be!
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:22:19 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: NEWSLTR> 2/06//98 ***EXTRA*** Acrobat PDF Newsweekly
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 07:14:24 -0600
From: Kurt Foss
V.03, N.04 ***Emerge EXTRA*** is now available on the Web at:
http://emerge.pdfzone.com/resources/extra/extra20698.html
The current issue of our Acrobat PDF newsweekly features:
- 'Internet Guide for Parents' Offers Help, Hope
- EnFocus PitStop v.1.5 Resolves Forms Conflict, Adds Features
- Using Acrobat to Create Origami Peace Crane & More Designs
- Tour Olympic Host Country Japan via PDF Docs, Sites
- Need a Catalog NOW? Download PDF from CatalogsNow
- Valentine's Day: Treat for the Sweet, Hold the Massacre
... and more.
Past issues are also available at:
http://emerge.pdfzone.com/resources/extra/
Subscribe to the email version at:
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:22:27 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: K12> --- Internet Projects: Club Net ---
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:04:06 -0600 (CST)
To: ideas@acme.fred.org
From: Timothy McLain
Subject: --- Internet Projects: Club Net ---
INTERNET PROJECTS ANNOUNCEMENT: GRADES 4-9
|||| Club Net Projects:
|||| People | Places | Environments | Cultures | Timelines
* DATES: * Club Net begins in Spring '98 with five brand new projects
designed especially for grades 4 through 9. Participants will post work to
the Club Net Web site on April 3, April 24, and May 15!
When a group of diverse classrooms are linked together via the Internet,
there is tremendous potential for motivating, real-world problem
solving. Club Net is a new series of interdisciplinary projects from
Classroom Connect designed to help teachers and students get the most
out of such a partnership.
Signing up for a Club Net project links your classroom to a group of
other classrooms around the country. Throughout the project, the classes
in your club work together to research a variety of current issues,
brainstorm and share ideas, and create meaningful end-products.
Each Club Net project includes a 64-page curriculum guide full of hands-on
activities, teaching notes, and options for extensions and side trips.
Membership in a Club Net project ($49.95) also gives teachers and students
access to a special companion Web site. The Web site includes research
links, message boards, teacher resources, and a student gallery for sharing
work with other classes.
* Club Net begins in Spring '98 with five projects: *
Club Net: People -- "Is Anybody Average?"
Club Net: Places -- "Where Do We Live?"
Club Net: Environments -- "What Do Animals Need?"
Club Net: Cultures -- "How Does the World Communicate?"
Club Net: Timelines -- "What Does the Future Hold?"
* For more information or to sign up, contact: *
|||| Classroom Connect, Inc. || (800) 638-1639
|||| Email: connect@classroom.com
|||| URL: http://www.classroom.com
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:09:30 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: RESOUR> FREE Microsoft Windows NT v4.0 and Windows 95 Tutorial
From: "Leland M. Bentley"
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:21:17 -0600
"CourseWare" by the Central Institute of Technology.
Best content based tutuorial on the market today. Check-out FREE Windows Nt
v4.0 and Windows 95 Tutorial. Product with all modules listed available on
CD or just bookmark the site for your personal reference.
http://www.smallbusinessnet.com/cwdemo
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:09:38 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: K12> [Classroom Connect] Seeking Class for Multi-Age Classroom
To: Classroom Connect Mailing List
From: Jan Wee
Subject: [Classroom Connect] Seeking Class for Multi-Age Classroom
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 98 08:20:23 -0500
Dear Classroom Connect Members,
One of the multi-age educators here at Evergreen Elementary School in
Holmen, Wisconsin would like to find a partner class to exchange
class (group) email letters and do curriculum related projects.
The teacher's name is Betsy Hanson and she shared this information
about their current social studies unit.
We are presently working on a unit in social studies about the First
Americans - or the Native Americans. We look at and study the NW coastal,
plains, and desert tribes.
The tribe we focus on in the NW is the Kwakiutl, the
plains are the Cheyenne, and the desert tribe is the Navajo. We focus on
how they adapted to their surroundings, which is a theme for the entire
3rd grade social studies curriculum. We also emphasize how they never
took more than they needed, and always gave something back. We will also
do a unit on the First Immigrants - the Pilgrims.
If you are a multi-age classroom teacher and would like to partner with
Besty over the next several months, please let me know.
Jan Wee
Jan Wee, K-12 Technology Learning Specialist
School District of Holmen
Evergreen Elementary
P.O. Box 420
510 Long Coulee Road
Holmen, Wisconsin 54646
608-526-9080
weejan@mail.holmen.k12.wi.us
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:09:57 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: MISC> Creating a Tabbed Index with Dynamic HTML
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:26:28 -0600 (CST)
From: webmaster@wdvl.com
http://Stars.com/Authoring/DHTML/CB/Objects/
This is a tutorial in how to use DHTML to create a tabbed index
card stack for the 4th generation browsers from Microsoft and Netscape.
It's the first in a three part series covering: how to create
Cross-Browser (CB) Objects, and a simple test case using the objects;
using CB objects for one index card application which forces all the
content to be preloaded, including all of the index "card" contents; a
second index card application using a LAYER element for Netscape
Navigator and an IFRAME element for Microsoft Internet Explorer, which
loads content for each index card, as the tab for the card is selected.
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:10:07 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: MISC> pure medical linguistic silliness
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 06:31:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Lonnie Turbee
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: pure linguistic silliness
Hi, gang,
I just got this in this morning's email. Hope it hasn't been all over the
net already. I just couldn't resist sending it to my favorite language
teachers.
Lonnie
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The following quotes were taken from actual medical records dictated by
physicians. They appeared in a column written by Richard Lederer,
Ph.D., for the Journal of Court Reporting.
* By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was
feeling better.
*Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
*The patient states there is a burning pain in his penis which goes to his
feet.
*On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had
completely disappeared.
*She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was
very hot in bed
last night.
*The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.
*I will be happy to go into her GI system; she seems ready and anxious.
*Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing. I
have suggested that he loosen his pants before standing, and then, when
he stands with the help of his wife, they should fall to the floor.
*The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be
depressed.
*Discharge status: Alive but without permission. The patient will
need disposition, and therefore we will get Dr. Blank to dispose of him.
*Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
*The patient refused an autopsy.
*The patient has no past history of suicides.
*The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.
*Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.
*Patient was becoming more demented with urinary frequency.
*The patient's past medical history has been remarkably insignificant
with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
*She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate
directions in early December.
*The patient experienced sudden onset of severe shortness of breath
with a picture of acute pulmonary edema at home while having sex which
gradually deteriorated in the emergency room.
*The patient left the hospital feeling much better except for her original
complaints.
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* Lonnie Turbee
* http://web.syr.edu/~lmturbee
* "Colega" at MundoHispano moo.syr.edu 8888
*
* "Por un momento vine, en un momento me voy...
* pero me doy cuenta que lo mismo ya no soy." (seen in a chat room)
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:10:17 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: K12> E-Rate News Flash
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:33:20 -0800
From: Robert Cannon
Subject: E-Rate News Flash
To: CYBERTELECOM-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
The latest from the Schools and Libraries Corporation.
Aleck Johnson
ALA Office for Information Technology Policy
asj@alawash.org
800/941.8478
******
SLC NEWSFLASH
2/3/98
UPDATED LIST OF E-RATE ELIGIBLE SERVICES
NOW AVAILABLE FROM SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES CORP.
To help educators and librarians through the E-rate application process, the
Schools and Libraries Corp. has just released an updated list of services
eligible for discounts under the Universal Service Fund. The list includes
more than 50 items under the broad categories of telecommunications
services, Internet access, and internal connections.
The Schools and Libraries Eligibility List (CC Docket No. 96-45) clarifies the
status of a wide array of technology services and equipment in terms of
eligibility for Universal Service discounts, which can range from 20% to 90%
depending on a school or library's concentration of low-income children and
its rural or urban location. Many items on the list were brought to the
attention of SLC and the Federal Communications Commission through inquiries
by schools and libraries to the SLC| customer service hot line (toll-free
888-203-8100) and through scores of local, regional, and national workshops.
The new list does include some items for which FCC decisions about eligibility
are still pending. These include Channel Service Unit (CSU)/Data Service Unit
(DSU) and satellite dishes. Final determination on these items is expected
within the next month.
One item originally declared ineligible -- the conduit that may house
internal wiring in a local area network -- has been certified as eligible
under specific conditions: if the wiring itself is eligible and if the conduit
is located inside an eligible building or between eligible buildings on a
single campus. Several other items, such as multiplexing and firewalls, are
also eligible only under certain conditions specified on the list.
Schools and libraries are urged to check this list of eligible equipment and
services before completing their applications for Universal Service Fund
discounts. The list is available at http://www.neca.org and via the toll-free
SLC customer service line (888-203-8100).
Later this week, the SLC expects to release two other clarifying documents to
support schools and libraries in the application process: a fact sheet on
billed entities
and guidelines for figuring aggregated discounts. A document
relating to Wide Area Networks is also under development.
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:10:27 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: K12> Student question of the week
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:29:42 -0600
From: Howard Pitler
Subject: Student question of the week
To: K12ADMIN@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
We invite elementary students to participate in our 'Question of the week'.
Visit our school's homepage at http://www.louverture.com and click on the
Question of the Week link. We have a different question for k-2 and 3-6.
Hope to see your kids soon!
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* *
* Dr. Howard Pitler, Principal *
* L'Ouverture Computer Technology Magnet *
* 1539 Ohio *
* Wichita, Kansas 67214 *
* An Exemplary Public School of Choice *
* (316) 833-3075 *
* fax (316) 833-3076 *
* hpitler@louverture.com *
* Visit our homepage at http://www.louverture.com *
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"Time's fun when you're having flies."
- Kermit T. Frog
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:10:36 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman
Subject: K12> Black History Website Updated
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 17:03:10 -0700
From: tmarch@mail.sdsu.edu (Tom March)
To: wwwedu@ready.cpb.org
Subject: Black History Website Updated
Hello WWWEDU colleagues,
Although we're currently linked to by over 500 other Websites, I'd like to
invite you personally to explore our newly updated site:
Black History: Exploring African-American Issues on the Web
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
We've used links to many terrific Websites related to Black History and
African America to create 5 different activities you can use depending on
your learning goals and students. These are the same formats I've
suggested in the online article some of you have found useful in working
with other teachers and adminstrators
(Working the Web for
Education:http://edweb.sdsu.edu/edfirst/courses/web_ed.html )
I'd like to describe the five activities here briefly, so that you get an
idea whether our site might be helpful to you.
** Black History Hotlist
goal: provide pre-searched Internet resources
This could be a starting point for anyone studying African-American events
and issues. If you have your own learning activities in mind, you might use
these links as raw material for your students and to support classroom
activities you have already organized. The links are grouped by the
topics:
Black History Month | Slavery & History | Leaders | News | Poetry | Changes
| General Resources
** Sampling African America
goal: hook learners emotionally on the topic
For learners who may not feel personally connected to African American
issues, it might be most important for them to explore aspects of the topic
that are inherently compelling and that might reach them personally.
The Subject Sampler is set up to engage students, to make them care, to
help them relate the the topic. The notion is that once students care
about a topic, it's more likely that they will develop a deeper
understanding and engage in critical thinking.
** Black History Past to Present: Interactive Treasure Hunt
goal: help students acquire more knowledge on the topic
Because of its interactive quiz, emphasis on gaining knowledge, and
automated "ThesisBuilder" (javascript capable browsers required), this
Treasure Hunt is likely to be most popular for classrooms. Students are
asked a series of questions, the answers for which can be found on linked
Internet sites. What's new this year is immediate feedback and a prompted
writing activity that guides users to create a Report of Information style
thesis statement. Teachers can then have students write the essays using
the online resources or simply use the thesis statements as grist for the
class discussion mill.
** Tuskegee Tragedy: a WebQuest on the Powerful and their Victims
goal: prompt students to think critically about a challenging topic
The WebQuest strategy was first developed by Prof. Bernie Dodge at San
Diego State University and has been developed extensively through SDSU's
partnerhip with Pacific Bell Education First. The premise of all WebQuests
is to present students with a challenging task, divide them into roles,
provide them abundant online resources, and prompt them to higher-order
thinking on their way to finding answers to the original challenge.
"Tuskegee Tragedy" is based on the U.S. Public Health Service study begun
in the 1930s in which nearly 400 black men with syphilis were allowed to go
untreated even after penicillin came into use in 1947.
In this WebQuest, students explore the issues of the Tuskegee Study and
question the comparisons some people are making to such topics as abortion,
gun control, and concentration camp experiments.
** The Civil Rights Movement and Television: an Interactive Videoconference
with The Museum of Television & Radio
This year's ISDN-based videoconference is being presented by Carla
Fantozzi, Education Director of The Museum of Television & Radio. Groups
of students with access to 336-384kbs videoconferencing can use the above
Websites to prepare for an interactive session that reveals the role
television had in the Civil Rights Movement. Ms. Fantozzi will introduce
clips from early television news shows, documentaries and drama series from
the museum's collection, then interact with the students in Question and
Answer sessions.
I apologize for the long email, but hope what we've provided is useful to
learners and teachers across the nation.
I also apologize that this email didn't reach you in mid January, but the
gremlins of cyberspace were busy attacking our server in California and my
Internet access from Australia (where I now live).
Thanks and best wishes,
Respectfully,
Tom --
P.S. - the location again is: www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
_____________________________________________
Tom March tmarch@mail.sdsu.edu (619) 594-4402
Pacific Bell Education First / Sydney Australia
business = http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired
personal = http://edweb.sdsu.edu/edfirst/tmarch.html
There is nothing more important than
the right-rearing and education of children.
-- Michel de Montaigne
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