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Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.5 No.2
February 2008
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The Busy Educator's Monthly Five: February 2008
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by Marjan Glavac
Regular contributor to the Gazette
February 1, 2008 |
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Each month Marjan Glavac, professional speaker, teacher and co-author of “How To Thrive And Survive In Your Classroom”, 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 free monthly Busy Educator’s Newsletter at: http://www.thebusyeducator.com
eNATURE BIRD
http://www.enature.com/home/
eNature.com features color photos and detailed descriptions of more than 6,000 species of wildlife. Nature lovers can find any plant or animal they're likely to see in the United States on the site. Visitors can also send wildlife eCards, keep Web-based Life Lists, share observations and tips with other nature enthusiasts, post questions to eNature's experts, and more.
KIDS ARK
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/
Kids Ark encourages children to get involved. Set in a cyberspace station, a friendly purple alien Captain Zeb (drawn by a 10 year old) invites children to undertake various activities - their reports and pictures can be featured on the site. The activities include monitoring pond animals, collecting fossils and local customs, and creating monsters and pictures.
KINDERART
http://www.kinderart.com
KinderArt®, the largest collection of free art lessons and art education information on the Internet. KinderArt® provides an opportunity for parents, educators, artists, students and kids to have fun while exchanging ideas, finding information, conducting research and learning new things... all in one place.
PRINTSVILLE
http://www.hp.com/go/printsville
Did you know that Hewlett-Packard has developed a fabulous website where you can access over 150 printing projects absolutely FREE?
Visit the Printsville website and discover unlimited printing possibilities using your HP DeskJet printer. In Printsville, you can print all kinds of useful and fun projects instantly, plus get tips to make your printouts clear and sharp every time. Explore local favourites like the Party & Gift Shop, Business Works, Kids Clubhouse, the Seasonal Gallery, Craft Corner and more.
Make everything from birthday cards to business cards, party hats
to yard sale signs, by following these 3 simple steps:
- go to http://www.hp.com/go/printsville
- download any project
- print it out
Simple as that!
VIRTUAL-EGYPT
http://www.virtual-egypt.com
An educational resource about ancient Egypt. Learn about pyramids,
hieroglyphics, mummies, view articles, photos and multimedia. Suitable for
all ages. Virtual-Egypt has one of the most extensive image collections of
Egyptian art and structure available on the Internet. News out of Egypt is
available as soon as possible. This is a great site for anyone teaching about Egypt.
Make your own cartouches and translate student names into hieroglyphics.
Until next month: 'Talk to each other, support each other, take care of each other.'
All the best,
Marjan Glavac
www.thebusyeducator.com
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About Marjan Glavac...
Marjan Glavac (BA, BEd, MA) is a professional speaker, teacher and author. He is a full time classroom teacher with 25 years teaching experience. He has taught and continues to teach students from the inner city, students with emotional/behavioral disorders, ESL, and IEP students. He is an international speaker and workshop presenter.
Marjan is the author of 3 books: The Busy Educator’s Guide To The World Wide Web 1st Edition, and 2nd Edition, and How To Make A Difference: Inspiring Students To Do Their Best, the creator of one of the Internet’s longest running free teacher monthly newsletters: The Busy Educator’s Newsletter (1998) and co-author of "How To Thrive And Survive In Your Classroom".
Since 1993, Marjan has been involved in dozens of telecommunications projects involving students from K-University on every continent of the world. His K-8 students have also participated in e-mail, travel buddy, research projects and polishing mirrors for the NASA Starshine project. He and his classes have been filmed by TVO and Global's Kids-TV; featured in all local media - newspapers, TV, radio, as well as nationally in Reader's Digest, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, Today's Parent, Home and Educational Computing and internationally on WGN and NPR radio, websites and dozens of student newspapers worldwide.
Marjan is currently a gr.6 home room teacher at Wilfrid Jury Public School in London, Ontario, Canada where he resides with his wife and two children. For more information about Marjan Glavac, his books, keynotes, training and seminars, visit him at his site at http://www.thebusyeducator.com
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Marjan Glavac Columns on Teachers.Net...
- Marilyn Western's Technology Tips For Classroom Teachers, Interactive Activities For French/Spanish/German/Welsh Teachers And Learners, Deafblind Info: Minnesota's Deafblindness Resource, Thinkport (Teachers And Parents), and The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art "Collections Online" (June 09)
- College Prep Physics, Ap Physics B, The Art Window (Gr. 4-12), World History And Geography (Gr. 9-12), and The Thoreau Reader (Teachers) (May 09)
- Iloveschools.Com, Real English Online, Classroom Displays And Bulletin Boards K-8, Pbs Parents: Struggling To Learn (Parents And Teachers), Reach Every Child (K-12) (Apr. 09)
- Ultrabug Cliposcope, World Myths & Legends In Art Minneapolis Institute Of Arts, The Tree: A Graphic Organizer For Expository Paragraphs And Summaries, Trading Around The World, and Where In The World And What In The World Is Money? (Mar. 09)
- The Artist's Toolkit: Visual Elements And Principles, The Fin, Fur And Feather Bureau Of Investigation, Calliope, Muse Of Eloquence, Teachers Without Borders, Shedd Educational Adventures (Sea) John G. Shedd Aquarium (Feb. 09)
- Brainsarefun, Ariel's Homepage, Scott L. Waldman's Technology Workshop, Learn To Write...Free Tracing Paper, Marie's Free Spelling Course (Jan. 09)
- Make hand washing fun & effectiveness; Native American arts exhibit online; The Teacher List; English for Spanish speakers; Test your brain with an online police artist drawing device (Dec. 08)
- Literacy Volunteer Connection, Computer Science & Business Education Site, How Stuff Works, Postcards From America, Monetary Mania Social Studies Web Adventure (Nov. 08)
- www Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources, Biomedia, Schoolweb.se, Anacleta's Spanish & World Language/Culture Links, Behind The Name (Oct. 08)
- Addressing learning difficulties; Teacher resource; All things Science; Games and writing skills help; Secondary level English lesson plans (Sept. 08)
- Speaking Of Speech.Com, Flying Turtle Science And Technology Exploring, and more (Aug. 08)
- Human Space Flight, Genetic Science Learning Center, and more (July 08)
- web-based Ghost Towns, games, topical tutorials, and more (May 08)
- 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)
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