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Volume 4, No. 12                                     21 January, 2005

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With Portfolio season cranking up, be sure to look at our archives, including January 23, 2004, a themed E-Line edition on portfolios, which includes a link to the Kentucky Department of Education's Writing Resource page.

Rosa ParksAnother portfolio edition, January 24, 2003, includes links to resources on Black History Month (February).

For more portfolio resources, a key word search on "Writing" produces  three pages of reviewed sites!

TEC '05Sign up now to present at Fayette County's TEC '05 Conference in June!

KTLCUpcoming Editions...Look for our Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference themed newsletter in four weeks. In two weeks, look for a "General Resources" edition.

The E-Line Archives!

All the resources that appear in the pages of The E-Line are saved into a database, and delivered in an easily searched and displayed format. For this edition, we'll give you a step-by-step, how-to method of accessing this rich resource, as well as other information you can find on our website. Start your journey at http://www.emck.net/eline/!

 The menu bar - at the top of all E-Line web pages and archive listings

 
1The E-Line Home Page

You can find the following links at the bottom left corner of our home page.

  • eline@emck.net - Our email isn't handled by machine - you'll get a personal reply!
  • Full Information Page - History and purpose of the newsletter, plus "legal fine print" about privacy, copyright, and resource submission guidelines. You can read here about how The E-Line remains a completely free newsletter, without any commercial ties whatsoever!
  • The Current Issue... - The most recent issue is always linked there.
  • Archives and Search Page - See 3 below
  • Listing of newsletter archives by date - See 2 below
  • ...Look what the teachers... - A little shameless self-promotion!

[Note - at the bottom of every newsletter, we include the home page and email address links.]

2The By-Date Links The ArchivesAll of The E-Line's editions are preserved in their original format and content (we only add the top menu), and are linked in descending date order on the archives' "By Date" page. All newsletters are preserved with their original names (we've had two name changes in the last 3 years). Periodically, we sweep through the archives to make sure that links to resources still work, and make notes when resources have changed, or disappeared.
3The Search Page

Here's where the real access happens! We've pointed out the information window above - if there is any database problem, or your search turns up nothing, it'll say that there. All links resulting from a search, when clicked, open a new browser window, making it easy to return to your search list.

Text Search Text Search

Enter your key word, and click the "Start Text Search" to display. If you want the listing to include full descriptions and images with your search lists (makes things a little slower), click here. Like all text searches, you'll get a lot of unexpected results, so many folks prefer the selection criteria area below.
Criteria Search Criteria SearchWith pull-down menus, this search gives you exact matches rather than text-search excesses. For a complete description of each criteria and a fuller description of the choices, click the button next to the pull-down menu. As in a text search, you can select to display full descriptions and images. When you've made your criteria selections, click the "Start Selection Search" button.
  • Subject/Discipline: We've tried to be as detailed as possible. For example, selecting "Music" returns music-only sites, or general Arts/Humanities sites with specific music content. Clicking Include general resources throws cross-discipline resources into your search.
  • Type of Resource: Websites represent a variety of organizations and interests. For instance, if you're looking specifically for software, or online streamed video, you can select that here.
  • Typical Content: Websites deliver a variety of content, and offer a variety of resources. For instance, if you're looking specifically for printable worksheets or posters, you can select that here.
  • Grade Level: This is self-explanatory. Selecting Include all grades expands a grade-specific search to include resources with a K-12 focus.
Archive listing ListThis lists only newsletters, allowing you to select on specific newsletter themes. Again, clicking  gives a fuller description of each theme. Click "List Newsletters" to display.

 
Newsletter archive (including further information about this resource): http://www.emck.net/eline/ Questions, comments, feedback, or requests for removal from the mailing list: eline@emck.net