TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE Volume 4 Number 4 COVER STORY No matter how many hundred of millions of dollars are spent, school reform initiatives will continue to produce unsatisfying results until we unflinchingly address the critical problem of teacher quality. We're Still Leaving the Teachers Behind... COLUMNS The Effective Substitute Teacher Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong Approaches of Outstanding Teachers Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall Considering a Reading Basal Series? 4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon Living La Vida Reading: Great Picture Book Biographies Postcard from Planet Esme - News from the world of children's books by Esmé Codell 10 Ways to Actively Involve Every Reader Instant Ideas for Busy Teachers by Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber Teachers: Want to Learn? Then Learn to Risk! Teachers As Learners by Hal Portner Getting Started on Your eBook eBook Authoring by Glenn F. Dietzel Effects of Red Food Dye on Children Ask the School Psychologist by Beth Bruno Two Lists of Ten - Giving Directions for Lengthy Assignments and Preparing for Everyday Instruction The Eclectic Teacher by Ginny Hoover I Retired From 'Teaching' Back in 2009 and Now I'm Back! - Reporting from the future Ed-Tech Talk by Dr. Rob Reilly English As a Second Language (ESL) Sites The Busy Educator's Monthly Five (5 Sites for Busy Educators) by Marjan Glavac April Articles April Regular Features April Informational Items Gazette Home Delivery: About Marjan Glavac... Marjan Glavac (BA, BEd, MA) is a professional speaker, teacher and author. He has used computers in education on the very first day he began teaching in 1982. Since that time, he has introduced thousands of students K-University, parents and teachers to computer technology and to the Internet through online courses, websites, classroom lessons, workshops, speeches, articles, computer columns, newsletters and his latest best selling book, The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web 2ND EDITION (Foreword by Dr. Harry Wong author of The First Days Of School). Marjan is currently a gr.5 home room teacher at Wilfrid Jury Public School in London, Ontario, Canada where he resides with his wife Maria and their two children, Vanessa and Collin. He can be contacted by e-mail at marjan@glavac.com or through his website at: http://www.glavac.com Best Sellers The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web by Marjan Glavac $14.95 from Amazon.com More information

The Busy Educator's Monthly Five... by Marjan Glavac Each month Marjan Glavac, professional speaker, teacher and author of The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web 2ND EDITION (Foreword by Dr. Harry Wong author of The First Days Of School) presents The Busy Educator's Monthly Five -- five websites for educators that are easy to read, simple to use and worthwhile to know. Sign up for his monthly free Busy Educator's Newsletter at: http://www.glavac.com English As a Second Language (ESL) Sites Here are five English As a Second Language (ESL) sites: Dave's ESL Cafe http://www.eslcafe.com A very popular ESL site on the Internet. TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links http://iteslj.org/links Over 9,519 links for students and teachers of English as a Second Language. Two very easy to read charts are set up: one for students and one for teachers. This site is optimized for speed and updated often. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm An interactive listening lab with easy, medium and difficult exercises. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages http://www.tesol.org/index.html Great site for resources and news for TEOSL. This column is a great source of teaching information. Vocabulary Training Exercises http://www.vokabel.com Interactive language tests on all the basics in German, French, Spanish and English. Click your mother tongue link and start practicing. Marjan Glavac's website: http://www.glavac.com Email Marjan Glavac: marjan@glavac.com For a printable version of this article click here. Gazette Articles by Marjan Glavac: Writing, Genealogy, Soil, and more (April 08) Miscellaneous Sites (Mar. 08) Art Sites (Feb. 08) Miscellaneous Sites (Jan. 08) Back to School Sites (Aug. 03) Language Arts Sites Part 3 (July 03) Language Arts Sites Part 2 (June 03) Language Arts Sites Part 1 (May 03) English As a Second Language (ESL) Sites (Apr. 03) Art Sites (Mar. 03) College and University Sites (Feb. 03) Sites for School Principals and High School Teachers (Jan. 03) Sites For Grades 7 to 8 (Dec. 02) Sites For Grades 4 to 8 (Nov. 02) Primary Sites Grades Pre-K to 3 (Oct. 02) Primary Sites Grades Pre-K to 3 (Sept. 02) Back to School (Aug. 02) Sites For Beginning Teachers Part 2 (Jult 02) Sites For Beginning Teachers Part 1 (June 02) Theme Sites Part 2 (May 02) Theme Sites Part 1 (Apr. 02) Lesson Planning Sites Part 6 (Mar. 02) Lesson Planning Sites Part 5 (Feb. 02) Lesson Planning Sites Part 4 (Jan. 02) Lesson Planning Sites Part 3 (Dec. 01) Five For Lesson Planning (pt 2) (Nov. 01) Five For Lesson Planning (Sept. 01) Transcripts of live chats with Marjan Glavac: Meet Marjan Glavac 6/29/98 Writing, Self publishing and other Internet Tips 12/11/98 More Classroom Internet Projects 11/13/98 The Internet as an Educational Tool 10/09/98 Internet Projects 9/11/98 Visit Teachers.Net's Technology related Chatboards: Computer/Technology ChatBoard Educational Software Chatboard Apple/Mac Classroom Chatboard Web Authors Chatboard

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