TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE Volume 4 Number 2 COVER STORY When it comes to using their own money to purchase classroom materials and supplies, teachers have pockets deeper than Captain Kangaroo's... COLUMNS How to Retain New Teachers Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong Curriculum, Instruction, Classroom Management, and Discipline Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall Strategies to Meet Standards, Promote Reading and Boost Skills Instant Ideas for Busy Teachers by Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber Now is a Good Time Teachers As Learners by Hal Portner Master Parents Ask the School Psychologist by Beth Bruno Six Traits Resources The Eclectic Teacher by Ginny Hoover College and University Sites The Busy Educator's Monthly Five (5 Sites for Busy Educators) by Marjan Glavac Joining the World of the Palm Pilot Users Ed-Tech Talk by Dr. Rob Reilly Streamlining Your Self-Selected Reading Block 4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon Dim Sum and Then Some: Discovering China with Children's Books! Postcard from Planet Esme - News from the world of children's books by Esmé Codell February Articles February Regular Features February 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 College and University Sites Here are five College and University sites: 2002 Colleges, College Scholarships, and Financial Aid page http://www.college-scholarships.com This 2002 Colleges, College Scholarships, and Financial Aid page is designed to offer college bound students, parents, and counselors easy access to information on colleges and universities throughout the United States, free college scholarship and financial aid searches, information on SAT, ACT, GRE and GMAT, TOEFL examinations, MBA programs, and more. College Board http://www.collegeboard.com The College Board is a national, nonprofit membership association dedicated to preparing, inspiring, and connecting students to college and opportunity. They created the SAT, Advanced Placement Program and the PSAT/NMSQT. This site will help you get registered for the SAT and get test dates, search and apply for colleges, request CSS/Financial Aid, sign up for workshops and more. Deliberations on Teaching and Learning http://www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations Deliberations is designed to act as a resource for educational developers, librarians, academic staff and managers in education. Resources include a forum for readers to discuss and develop ideas, identify resources that will aid their work, evaluated case studies of teaching and learning in subject discipline areas, contact lists of staff interested in similar work, extracts of related published articles, commentary on case studies and articles contributed by readers, book reviews, annotated bibliographies, links to related resources and relevant publishers. Content is searchable using pull down menus. eCollege http://ecollege.com Students can search for thousands of courses online from hundreds of colleges and universities by discipline, state and institution. Resources here for educators include help in incorporating the Internet into their courses, teaching online, enhancing course content and keeping up-to-date with an e-newsletter. The World Lecture Hall http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/index.html The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver university-level academic courses in any language. Useful links to other distance education sites. Marjan Glavac's website: http://www.glavac.com Email Marjan Glavac: marjan@glavac.com 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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