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Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.5 No.6 June 2008 Cover Story by Alfie Kohn Atrocious Advice from "Supernanny" Behaviorism is as American as rewarding children with apple pie… but for how long does it work, and at what cost? Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching Eight Year Summary of Articles, 2000 to 2008 Columns » VisualizationMarvin Marshall » Textmapping: Where Old Becomes NewCheryl Sigmon » Administrative BroadwayTodd R. Nelson » The Busy Educator's Monthly FiveMarjan Glavac » Easy Ideas to Wrap up the YearSue Gruber » Committees: Make Them More ProductiveHal Portner » Helping Children Cope After DisasterLeah Davies Articles » The Dance of the Honeybee » June 2008 Writing Prompts » Your School's Mission in a Sound Bite » The Medicalizing of Education » I Used to Educate Students; Now I Prepare Them… for The Test » A Great Model Of Differentiation » Live Chat with Adora Svitak » Making the Most of Summer To Prepare for the New School Year Features » Printable Worksheets & Teaching Aids » Candles of Inspiration: June 2008 » Teachers.Net Craft Favorite: Father's Day Project » Featured Lessons, Resources and Theme Activities: June 2008 » Video Bytes: The human cost of war, in song, Literacy centers and more... » Today Is... Daily Commemoration for June 2008 » Live on Teachers.Net: June 2008 » The Lighter Side of Teaching » Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes for Teachers » What are some things you absolutely DO NOT miss about teaching? » How Many Years Did It Take You to Get It Together? » Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers Advertisement The Teachers.Net Gazette is a collaborative project published by the Teachers.Net community Editor in Chief: Kathleen Alape Carpenter Layout Editor: Mary Miehl Cover Story by Alfie Kohn Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong Contributors this month: Marvin Marshall,Cheryl Sigmon, Marjan Glavac, Todd R. Nelson, Hal Portner, Leah Davies,Tim Newlin, James Wayne, James Burns, Alan Haskvitz, Bill Page, Barb Stutesman, Ron Victoria, and YENDOR. Submissions: click for Submission Guidelines Advertising: contact Bob Reap Subscribe for free home delivery Email: State: - Select State (required) - Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington DC Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming -- Canada United Kingdom Australia/NZ Other

Marjan Glavac The Busy Educator Archive | Biography | Resources | Discussion The Busy Educator's Monthly Five: June 2008 From turning waste into art, to science news and reviews and a lesson plan creation site for teachers - there's something for everyone! by Marjan Glavac Regular contributor to the Gazette June 1, 2008 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 The Imagination Factory http://www.kid-at-art.com/ The site integrates art with science and social studies to teach solid waste management concepts in a fun and entertaining way. Visitors learn how to make art and crafts using easy to obtain solid waste as a source of free materials. Some of the activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, papier-mâché, marbling and crafts. Featuring Trashasaurus Rex, a giant, solid waste sculpture, the page includes links to many other art and environmental sites. Hypography Sci-Tech http://www.hypography.com Hypography Sci-Tech, is a large gateway to science and technology. Here you can read science articles, news, reviews, articles and quizzes. Discoveryschool Lesson Planner For Teachers http://www.discoveryschool.com/teachingtools/lessonplanner Teachers can create and store their lesson plans online for easy access from any web enabled PC. Also, teachers can link their lesson plans to activities they create with other tools on DiscoverySchool.com. There is no need to follow a pre-created template. Choose the lesson plan sections customized to fit your needs. Create a nicely formatted printable version of the lesson plan or download and save it to your personal computer. Goodcharacter.Com http://goodcharacter.com GoodCharacter.com offers free character education resources for K-12 teachers, coaches, and youth group leaders, all organized by topic and grade level. You’ll find curriculum materials, discussion questions, writing assignments, group learning activities, opportunities for student action and lots of teacher support material. This is the place to start for immediate implementation of a character development unit for any grade level. Kidsart http://www.kidsart.com Kidsart features art teaching resources, FREE art and rafts lessons, a gallery of student art, games and ad-libs for teachers and homeschoolers, families and artistic kids. P.S. If you'd like to know more about Marjan Glavac's The Busy Educator's Newsletter, go to: www.thebusyeducator.com OR e-mail marjan@glavac.com. "There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind." » More Gazette articles... Discussion for: The Busy Educator's Monthly Five/June 2008 Marjan Glavac (June 2008 Gazette) Be the first to add a comment - CLICK HERE 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 Marjan Glavac Columns on Teachers.Net... 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) Related Resources & Discussions on Teachers.Net... 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