Volume 4, No. 13
4 February, 2005
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Attention,
4th grade teachers in Kentucky!! The Second Annual Regions of Kentucky Forum
begins soon! See the Fayette County Forum
project page (http://teach.fcps.net/forum/projects.htm)
for details and contacts. |
I'm involved in two workshops this year, and welcome you
to stop by!
Making Movies on
Location...Your Classroom! (TH106, Thursday March 3, 8:30 a.m.).
This look at
PC-based video production in instructional settings will
include software training. Get Connected Using
E-Communication in the Classroom (co-presenting
with Fayette County's Leanna Prater, TH206, Thursday
12:30 p.m.). Fresh from a successful "Regions of the
U.S." forum hosted at Fayette County's Forum site (http://teach.fcps.net/forum/),
Leanna and I will be looking at forums and other
e-communications capabilities, and how they play out
in the classroom, in the school, the district, and
beyond!
Look for our KTLC
curriculum tie-ins in our next issue!
...Jeffrey L. Jones,
Editor, The E-Line
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On-line lesson
planning |
 Library's
Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
Funded through a
half-dozen or so public library
supporters (primarily in
California), with some private
help, LII is a great collection of
links to reviewed Internet
resources. The links vary from
informational to lesson plans, and
the site is both browseable by
subject, and searchable. There is
a strict non-commercial policy for
submissions (much like the
E-Line),
ad, quite unusual for this sort of
resource, the entire database of
resources is available directly
(in XML format), so resources can
be cited and incorporated into
other online delivery systems. |
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Content Area
Resources |
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Visual/ Performing Arts |
 Joy2Learn
http://joy2learn.com/
This site has only
three presentations involving
three arts areas ("Dancing" with
Gregory Hines, "At the Piano" with
Alan Gampel, and "Theater" with
Hector Elizondo), but they're very
high quality, and more are in
production. The presentations are
menu-driven collections of video
vignettes, with performances,
commentary, historical examples,
and interactive games and quizzes.
The content id completely free. It
can be run from the site or
downloaded for later classroom
use, and many teacher helps are
available directly through the
modules. [Suggested by Joy
Buckingham, Fayette County.] |
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Mathematics |
 TechnoSpud's
St. Patrick's Day
Online Project
http://www.technospudprojects.com/Projects/stpats/home_2005.htm
This one-day
mathematics project (March 17th)
already has over 200 classes
registered! It's a math project aimed at grades K-3, and
the site has printables, lesson
plans, and collaborative
guidelines for classroom projects
as well as the online one. Offered
by classroom teacher Jennifer
Wagner, and her free TechnoSpud (http://www.technospud.com/)
website. |
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Reading, Dramatic Arts |
 Education
Resources at the
Folger Shakespeare Library
http://www.folger.edu/education/teachers.asp
This Washington,
D.C. based library produces
resources in partnership with the
National Endowment for the
Humanities' EdSitement program.
Click on "Teaching Shakespeare"
for lesson plans and primary
sources aimed at a variety of
grade levels (most are in the
archives). Also, be sure to look
at the "Shakespeare for Kids"
page (linked from menu at lower
left) for some activities and
ideas aimed directly at kids and
parents. |
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Science |
 The
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
http://www.hhmi.org/
There are quite a lot
of resources on this quirky web
presence of the Maryland institute
founded and originally funded by
"the Aviator." Especially nice is
BioInteractive (http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/),
a collection of videos, animations,
virtual labs, and other
informational resources on the
intersection of health and science
(appropriate for high school and
beyond). For K-4 students. there is
Cool Science for Kids (http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/).
with a handful of simple tutorials
on health issues. |
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Social Studies, and Practical
Living |
 EconEdLink
http://www.econedlink.org/
Whoa! The mother
lode! This MarcoPolo co-funded
collection from the National
Council on Economic Education has
bunches of
full lesson plans for all grade
levels! They're browseable by
grade, topic, and key word,
and tied/linked to the Council's
national standards.
The plans themselves are quite
complete, and include links to a
variety of Internet-delivered
informational sites. |
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Writing |
 Plagiarized.com
http://www.plagiarized.com/
Maintained as a
free resource (with some ads) by
Canadian Greggory Senechal, this
wonderful site has lots of
hard-won information and
experience managing the
ever-expanding world of Internet
plagiarism. There are examples,
things to look for, and access to
resources. Excellent informational
site for teachers worried about
this issue! |
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Grant Resources |
 Gale
Schools Grant Goldmine
http://www.galeschools.com/grant_goldmine/
Thompson Gale, the
educational publisher, offers a few free
things from their web presence, including
some printables and templates (including a
nice
calendar for Black History
Month). Also, they maintain this simple
listing of classroom grant opportunities as
a service to educators. |
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