FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 6, 2002
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HARRY WONG AND OTHER EDUCATION EXPERTS
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Teachers.Net announces the April edition of its webzine for preK-12 educators, The Teachers.Net Gazette. Available now at http://teachers.net/gazette/APR02 the Gazette features columns and articles contributed by experts and practitioners in the field of education.
In the April cover article Harry and Rosemary Wong (authors of the million-selling First Days of School manual and videos) offer tips for effective teaching in their piece entitled, "Even Superintendents Do It."
In addition, classroom teachers share their lessons, activities, opinions and expertise in articles ranging in topic from online courses to classroom recipes; from activities for Earth Day to how to deal with bullies. Regular columns include "Ask the Literacy Teacher" and "Ask the School Psychologist." Among the 60-plus articles the reader will also find humor, inspirational quotes, a calendar of special days on the April calendar, crafts, commentary, lessons, and much more.
Teachers.Net, established in 1996, is a family of affiliates serving educators from the early childhood level through higher education, all curriculum areas, school administrators, and retired teachers. All U.S. states, Canada, U.K., Australia-New Zealand have their own sites under the Teachers.Net umbrella. In addition to the Gazette, Teachers.Net features discussion boards ("chatboards"), e-mail discussion groups ("mailrings"), chatrooms and live, topical chat meetings (archived). The Lessons Bank includes more than 2500 entries.
All Teachers.Net features can be accessed through the homepage at http://teachers.net.
Back issues of the Teachers.Net Gazette remain available at http://teachers.net/gazette/backissues and through the current issue.