NetHappenings Newsletter
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NHN: Net Happenings Newsletter #3
NEW THIS WEEK for November 2, 2004
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Dear Readers,
Welcome to the Net Happenings Newsletter, launched by the
Educational CyberPlayGround, written by Classroom Teacher Alan
Haskvitz. This newsletter features a new format with the emphasis on
both news and resources. Karen Ellis* Founder of the Educational
CyberPlayGround will continue to carry the sponsorship of Net
Happenings Newsletter which is published to all members of the
NetHappenings Mailing List. Advertisers are welcomed as sponsors of
the oldest K-12 educational mailing list in the world. If you have
any comments or would like to sponsor the NetHappenings Newsletter
or mailing list please contact her.
Thanks,
Alan Haskvitz
1997 National Teacher's Hall of Fame Inductee
1999 All USA Today First Team Teacher
1994 National Middle Level Teacher of the Year (NCSS)
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In This Issue
In the News
Valuable Sites
Grants
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IN THE NEWS
GLEASON SACKMANN RETIRES
Carolyn Kotlas <kotlas@email.unc.edu>
CIT INFOBITS October 2004 No. 76 ISSN 1521-9275 10/29/04
After a long career in education, Gleason Sackmann retired this
year.
In 1998, he was awarded the SIG/Tel Educational Telecomputing
Outstanding Service Award, and in 1996, he was rated #10 on
NEWSWEEK's prestigious List of "50 People Who Matter."
Over the years, Sackmann moderated several important newsletters for
educators: K12 NEWSLETTERS, NETWORK NEWSLETTERS, and NEW-LIST. From
1993 to 2004, he published NET-HAPPENINGS. Net-Happenings covers
conference announcements, calls for papers, network resource
announcements, newsletters, and network tool updates. Over 9,000
individuals currently subscribe, with many more readers through the
website and mail redistribution.
Net-Happenings will continue publication under the direction of
Karen Ellis, founder of the Educational CyberPlayGround website. As
one who has benefited from Gleason Sackmann's work over the years
(including his distribution of Infobits in his publications), I
would like to express my appreciation for his tremendous
contribution to the educational and Internet communities.
For more information about Gleason Sackmann, see
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Community/gmanbio.html
For more about Net-Happenings or to subscribe, see
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For more about CyberPlayGround and its other publications and
services,
see
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Welcome to
http://www.evoting-experts.com
a central source of up-to-date information and insight about
e-voting, straight from some of the leading independent experts on
computerized voting technology. American Routes All eyes are on the
2004 election. Music & Politics special, lend your ears to the
democratic process as we bring you songs by and about politicians
http://americanroutes.publicradio.org/
The very last page of the Whole Entire Internet - "It does not
matter who votes that counts; it is who counts the votes." Joseph
Stalin
https://edu-cyberpg.com/lastpage.html
Wi-Fi 'sniper rifle' debuts at DEFCON Conventional Wi-Fi aerials are
all well and good but they don't really cut it if you want to
impress fellow hackers and scare the general populace.
http://www.theregister.com/2004/08/03/wi-fi_aerial_gun/
NetLife Exclusive: Security hole found in Gmail
An Israeli hacker reveals: A security hole in Gmail allows the
compromise of users' email boxes without the need of a password
http://net.nana.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=155025&sid=10
Global Warming and Your Mutual Fund Are you investing in the future
of the Earth? Find out if the mutual funds you are holding are
investing in companies that are destroying the environment. A great
site for students and educators.
http://www.cookingyournestegg.org/
Here is a Well Kept Secret From Britian, this little known site
offers some excellent lessons from a British point of view. This
lesson is designed to make the abstract ideas of BC and AD and
centuries more comprehensible and whey some years are counted
backwards.
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Where the Men Aren't
The percentage of public school teachers who are men ranges from
state to state but isn't higher than 38 percent in any state,
according to figures from the 2002-03 school year.
Rank/State/Percent of male teachers 1. Massachusetts 37.9 4. Indiana
31.6 18. Ohio 26.8 44. Kentucky 21.4 51. South Carolina 17.5 Source:
National Education Association
VALUABLE SITES
Online Education: "
DIPLOMA MILLS
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The Automation of Higher Education a history of how college tuition
became so expensive and the the reach of the military-academic
complex. "Tuition began to outpace inflation in the early 1980's, at
preciselythe moment when changes in the patent system enabled the
universities to become major vendors of patent licenses."
The Digital Divide
Digital andGender Equity Resources
K-12 Teachers Classroom Law
What is Legal for Parents, Teachers, Administrators, HomeSchoolers,
Plagiarism, Copyright, CopyLeft, Security, Family Rights, Privacy
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Looking for integrated lesson plans and ides. Does this listing have
appeal? K-12 Folk arts, internet pioneers, science and seemless
curriculum ideas, Ham radio & wireless, Music Ideas for
classroom use, First Nation resources, Security Crisis Curriculum,
Interdisciplinary Webquests and much more.
What's a Wiki?
A wiki is a site that allows anyone to modify the content of a site
using an interfaced browser. It is sort of like a Dutch Auction. It
is most fun and is supposed to be more neutral in content. A great
idea. Take a look. I think your students might want to make a name
for themselves.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
I Love to Write Day.
November 15 will mark the third anniversary of I Love To Write Day.
This is an opportunity for students and others to write something: a
poem, an essay, a letter to the editor, a short story, or whatever.
Last year, we signed up 12,007 schools.
http://www.ilovetowriteday.org/
Hands-Free Phones Dangerous, Too?
Even
hands-free cellular telephones are a dangerous
distraction for drivers, according to the Detroit News. The News
says a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration preliminary
report shows that the hands-free systems require drivers to take
more time dialing, which could prove even more dangerous. "The
evidence is overwhelming that using a cell phone is a distraction,
and the risk is pretty substantial," said Dr. David Strayer.
Awesome site for getting information on an URL from just about every
viewpoint from cache to ranking to developers.
Worth a look
http://www.faganfinder.com/urlinfo/
Search A Local Index of Pages With Recall Toolbar This site can help
search your browser history and more.
http://www.recalltoolbar.com
Links to interactive math sites If you teach math or know someone
who needs to see how technology can help use this site to find a
nice listing of interactive math relates links. The site is broken
down by grades, topics, and is easy to use. <
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~borishandal/MathsInternetGuide/
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Mythmatical Battles
is a dueling card game for two players or two teams. This resource
combines mythology and multiplication to create a learning game
which lets students learn multiplication while engaging in
mythological battles.
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ESL Teachers and Schools and Jobs
This site allows teachers to publish, look for jobs, seek help from
others, find resources, and it is global.
http://www.eslteachersboard.com/
More diverse ESL helpful ideas and lessons are at
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Linguistics/
The Wall Street Journal
is offering its content for free from November 8th for five days. Of
course, most newspapers have it free all the time.
http://online.wsj.com/public/us
Organ Transplant Lessons
Sometimes students take good health for granted. Here is a resource
that offers lesson plans that could save a life.
http://organtransplants.org/resources/
First Science
Here is a website that has unique, integrated, and interesting
lessons on most every aspect of science. Listed by topic
http://www.firstscience.com/site/home.asp
Read my car reviews of all the new models.
See what it is hot and what is not.
http://www.motorists.org/new/carreviews/index.html
GRANTS
The Braitmayer Foundation supports programs that enhance the
education of K-12 students through curricular and school reform
initiatives, professional development for teachers, and local
community efforts. Its grants, which range in size up to $35,000,
are to be used as seed money, challenge grants, or to match other
grants to the recipient organization.
http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org
A nice list of them.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/cmse/grantopp.html
and
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/grants2.html
Thanks for reading,
Al
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