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Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.5 No.3
March 2008
Cover Story by LaVerne Hamlin
Show Me The Money!!!
If you can develop a lesson plan for your class, then you can write a grant. Here's how!


Harry & Rosemary Wong
Effective Teaching
Coaching is six times more effective than class-size reduction

Columns
»A System Is Superior To Talent Marv Marshall
»What Writing Isn’t Cheryl Sigmon
»The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac
»Privacy in a Technological Age Rob Reilly
»10 Tips for Difficult Parents Barbara & Sue Gruber
»Problem-Based Learning Hal Portner
»Understanding Autism Leah Davies

Articles
»Spaceship Toilets
»March 2008 Writing Prompts
»Internet Assisted Interactive Classroom
»Our Civility Footprint
»First Grade Family Reading Night Meets Speed Dating
»Your Students Are Watching, Listening, and Learning
»Teachers Lounge - To Go or Not to Go?
»Retirement Guide for Teachers
»Daily Lessons: Humility

Features
»Chatboard Poll: So What About Homework?
»Teachers.Net Craft Favorite: Arrow to the Sun
»Featured Lessons: March 2008
»Video Bytes: Merit Pay; Tai Chi; Asperger's and More
»Today Is... Daily Commemoration for March 2008
»Live on Teachers.Net: March 2008
»The Lighter Side of Teaching
»Editor's Pick: Picturing America Program
»Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes for Teachers
»What Do You Want In A Co-Op Teacher?
»Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers

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Marjan Glavac

The Busy Educator
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The Busy Educator's Monthly Five: March 2008
by Marjan Glavac
Regular contributor to the Gazette
March 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

IN SEARCH OF THE WAYS OF KNOWING TRAIL BROOKFIELD ZOO
http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pagegen/wok/ways_index.html

An immersive adventure in Africa's Ituri Forest--and an encounter with the cultures of the people who live there. Explore the ecology of the rainforest while learning how to see the forest through indigenous eyes. Gorgeous full-screen illustrations and animations bring the forest to life.

MUSEUMSPOT.COM
http://www.museumspot.com

MuseumSpot.com, is a collection of the best museum-related resources on the Web in one user-friendly spot. You can search for museum sites by city, state, country and name and find exhibit dates, virtual collections, offbeat attractions, industry resources and much more.

FUN-ATTIC ACTIVITY GUIDE
www.funattic.com/games.htm

Unique games, physical education lesson plans, and activities for all levels of play, including the disabled. Free great game list, FlingSock Field Manual, activities for families and preschoolers, supply recipes, and a fund-raiser idea page for your next money making event.

THE PEN NEWSBLAST
http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_current.asp

The PEN NewsBlast is a free weekly e-mail newsletter available online or by e-mail. It features school reform and school fundraising resources. The PEN NewsBlast is the property of the Public Education Network, a national association of local education funds working to improve public school quality in low-income communities worldwide.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE
http://www.middleschoolscience.com

Liz LaRosa, is a former public school teacher, and a private school teacher and now a stay at home mom. She is also a freelance writer for BrainPOP.com . On her site are lesson plans that she has created and used in her science classes as well as links to relevant topics.

Everything she has posted is free for any teacher to use. Also included for teachers is a middle school science teachers egroup where science teachers can talk to each other about curriculum or to share ideas and offer support.

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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