EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND
FAST FACTS: ECP Awards, PRESS, GRAMMY WINNER, TV, KUDOS & TESTIMONIALS

Bury Dead Ed Dot's with Dignity
Md. ballet troupe tangled in Web's stickier strands Abandoned address snapped up for porn
By Johnathon E. Briggs November 16, 2001 [was] http://www.baltimoresun.com/search/bal-archive-1990.htmlstory
http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.md.porn16nov16.story
[snip] Just capitalism
"It's a dog-eat-dog world on the Internet, just as any business market is," said Karen Ellis, founder of the Educational CyberPlayground, a Web site designed to teach educators how to use the Internet effectively, and a proponent of better disposal of expired domain names. "It's not personal, it's not extortion, it's capitalism."

and . . . what happens to your online accounts when you die?

Cablevision's Optimum Online Our Schools Site Link of the Week Review Educational CyberPlayGround Review By Judith Bernstein

CN8 Newsmakers Television Interview
Host Candace Kelly Aired Pennsylvania November 17th - 23rd 1999
Host Carla Showell - Lee Airs Pennsylvania March 7, 2001 Delaware March 14, 2001

National Education Association January 13, 2000
http://www.nea.org/cgi-bin/cetlinks/links.pl?inpoot2=cyber
Give teachers and students a good reason to use a computer, learn to use the world wide web, -- integrate technology, literacy and music into the classroom curriculum and you'll know why you want to visit this site. It's an innovative dynamic model using the World Wide Web and integrating Literacy, Technology and the Arts, effecting a systemic change for the disenfranchised group of people created by illiteracy.

URLwire for Monday, February 5, 2001 FEATURE Black History Month Online Best Sites Guide

-- HW Wilson Library NewsFlashes October 19, 1999 http://www.hwwilson.com/libnews/libnews.htm
" Yes, a cybrarian's webliography... The Educational Cyber PlayGround provides teachers, parents, librarians, home schoolers and "regular folks" a "cybrarian's webliography" of links to educational resources in the arts, music, literacy, linguistics, science, technology, social studies, and interdisciplinary educational curriculum. With an interdisciplinary point of view, the site guides you to online curricula, and more. "The Educational Cyber PlayGround began in 1997 when I recognized the need for a place for newbies to start. It was also a great place to house custom curriculum delivered by the Internet, and a place for all of us to play in cyberspace, " writes webmaster Karen Ellis. See what's good at the Cyber PlayGround at www.edu-cyberpg.com/...

Education World January 30, 1999
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr195.shtml
" Black History Month All Year Long This site has enough black history resources to keep you busy for an entire year! Links to lessons are included, along with sources for folktales, the Underground Railroad, and the Amistad."

ZDnet.com http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/callforhelp/teacherzone/jump/0,3652,2319901,00.html
Educator and author Karen Ellis has spent three years planning and building the Cyber Playground. It's now open for business and beta-testing. The crisp and clean playground walks technophobic teachers and parents through crystal-clear instructions. Sections are almost equally divided among instructions, curriculum, and the mall. You might also consider joining her interdisciplinary interactive list, Diversity University Collaboratory .

Eschool News Online 12/1999
This month's very best web sites for teaching, learning and leading Curriculum Best new instructional resources on the internet "Educational CyberPlayGround" makes learning (and playing) safe and easy.
http://www.eschoolnews.org/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=354

Eschool News Article Published October 10/02

Womens Entrepreneurs Network PA
Philadelphia Woman Receives National Attention for Website Read Article

Benton Foundation April 12, 2000
DIGITAL DIVIDE CHANGING GIRLS' ATTITUDES ABOUT COMPUTERS http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org

MultiMedia Schools Magazine Sept. 2000

Earthlink.net Featured Site bLink Magazine August 2000 Earthlink
EarthLink member Karen Ellis founded the Educational CyberPlayGround to provide a community for intuitive learners, adult learners, and educators working with students on the Web and in classrooms. Using her experiences teaching movement, dance, and elementary education to young people in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Ellis set up a learning site that celebrates diversity in students' backgrounds while highlighting the variety in students' preferred approaches to learning. When you access her award-winning site, you can choose the map that matches your learning style (intuitive, logical, or visual) by clicking on the "search this site" pull-down menu. Explore playful educational approaches to music, arts, literacy, and technology. Then sign up for her high-quality, low-volume mailing list: Diversity University Collaboratory, an exciting community of students of all ages and teachers who share ideas about how you can learn without leaving your cultural identity behind.

About.com Hot Site Pick http://websearch.about.com/Internet/sites/websearch/library/hotsites/blnew.htm Education Search Instructor Resources
The Educational CyberPlayGround provides teachers, parents, librarians, and home schoolers, more than 6,200 links to educational resources. Category: Education Search

TechLEARNING Site of the Day Dec. 2001
http://www.techlearning.com/content/outlook/webpicks/archive/2001/12-5.html

Good House Keeping Site of The Day February 3, 2003

TV

Real Audio Download Comcast

NewsMakers TV Interview with Karen Ellis from 2000 or 2001
Comcast is one of the nation's largest regional cable networks reaching close to 4 million households in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. Takes about 10 minutes to download with a 28.8 connection.

Kudos /Testimonials

-- Gleason Sackman 9/2/99
"Nicely laid out, and an excellent selection of resources. I'm sure it had kept you busy, and will keep you busy! :) I checked out the Teacher, Internet, and Literacy sections.
Nice job! Hope you get lots of 'hits'!
In 1998, Sackman received the SIG/Tel Educational Telecomputing Outstanding Service Award. In addition, in 1996, he was rated #10 on Newsweek's prestigious list of the
"50 People Who Matter Most on the Internet."
(Newsweek, Dec25, 1995/Jan. 1, 1996)
The Net-Happenings mailing list was stared in 1994 then migrated to the HotList of K-12 Internet School Sites