============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips For Teachers **Issue #47** "The Web Portal For Educators!" We're up to 4324 subscribers http://www.teach-nology.com ============================================================= This newsletter is only sent to the users of TeAch-nology.com, but feel free to forward it to all your friends. ============================================================= **What's New at TeAch-nology.com ???** **New Worksheets** 43 new worksheets have been added...visit our worksheets center at: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/ **Book Marks** Create your own personalized "bookmarks." Your students will love creating their own slogans, too! Check it out at: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bookmarks/ **New Face-lift !!!** Our home page, www.teach-nology.com, now features the "Top Ten Areas" that our users visit each week. It also makes it so much easier to navigate through our most popular resources. ============================================================= 1. Site of the week- eLearners- http://www.qksrv.net/click-400293-1642795 You may be familiar with terms such as distance learning, computer based training, online learning, or countless others. Many of these terms have overlapping meanings, and some experts may even disagree on the best term to use for a type of technology assisted learning. Whatever term you enjoy, eLearners.com serves the online learning community by helping online learners find the most appropriate e-learning providers for their needs. They provide services that help online learners succeed while helping providers market their offerings. ============================================================= 2. FREE Poetry Contest! Enter Your Students Today! Poets!! Free Poetry Contest Your poem could win $10,000 1175 prizes totaling $58,000 to be awarded. All amateur poets invited. 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She answered, "39 and holding." The child thought for a moment, then said, "And how old would you be if you let go?" ------------------------------------------------------------- Like Jokes?? Check Out Our Cartoon Of the Day, Click Below: http://www.teach-nology.com/news/ ============================================================= 6. Find Out How To Do Your Taxes For FREE! Take control of your finances! Register with The Motley Fool. It's free. And, it's tax time -- we can help you save. Get free investment offers, too! Click here: Click below, to visit this great site!: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/12292//24957 ============================================================= AOL users click here ============================================================= 7. Download of the Week- PC Download: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde eBook- "Good and evil war in the spirit of one tortured man in the dark streets of Victorian England in Robert Louis Stevenson's daring 19th century horror novel." Requires: Microsoft Reader ------------------------------------------------------------- Mac Download: anAtlas- "anAtlas is a simple yet powerful tool for locating places on Earth. Detailed results are listed and displayed on a map of the world. anAtlas can search its local database of over 60,000 places, or search more comprehensive databases via the Internet." ------------------------------------------------------------- Click Below, To Download These Applications & Others For FREE: http://www.teach-nology.com/downloads/ ============================================================= 8. Lesson Plan Of The Week- Color Code Writing- http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Handwriting/HND0001.html The purpose is to lower the frustration point for those students having a difficult time in forming letters or numbers. ============================================================= To View 17,000+ Lesson Plans, Ideas, And Worksheets Visit: http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/ ============================================================= 9. Ask Our Experts- ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "We are a group of teachers in Puerto Rico that are going on line in August of 2001. We need help on developing a web page, what to look for. What to put on our web pages and what to watch out for. We are kind of green in the web development department. What should a web page have for each department. Pablo Colon Berdecia High School in Barranquitas. Thank You. "Teachers never die, Because each student takes a little bit of us, making us immortals." ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: You're definitely going to want to check out the following tutorials: *Creating A Web Site For Your Students* http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/design_site/ *How Can My District Create A Web Presence?* http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/district_web/ ************************************************************* A question from Cindy: "Hi! I was wondering if you could provide me with some info. on how to incorporate technology into physical education. (Articles? Web sites? etc)" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: Honestly, your best bet is to visit Bonnie Mohnsen Monthly Newsletter entitled Using Technology in Physical Education. She covers exactly what you're looking for and provides you with wonderful sites that may help you every month. You can find her site at: http://www.pesoftware.com/news.html ************************************************************* A question from Cinnamon: "I really love your general rubric creator, but cannot figure out how to edit a misspelling or change a term etc. after I have generated the rubric. When I have gone to edit page I loose the whole thing and have to retype. This defeats the purpose of using the rubric. How can I edit ? HELP!!!!!!!!" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: In order to edit a rubric that you have made, you must save the file that you generated on a local hard drive or peripheral drive. You can then open it up in a HTML editor (i.e. MS Front Page) or a word processor capable of handling HTML (i.e. MS Word, Word Perfect) to edit it. We currently do not have the technology implemented that always allows you to save rubrics on our servers. But due to the popularity of our rubrics, there may be plans to do so. ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "How do you grade a paper?" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: The best way to grade a paper is to have specific criteria that you use to assign points to each item being evaluated. A number of teachers have submitted grading Ideas That Worked for them to our site. You can find their ideas here: http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/grading/ ************************************************************* A question from Karen: "We are working on a complete school safety/discipline program. It will include curriculum, school policy, supports for staff, etc. We are in the initial stages and would like to begin by surveying the staff and parents on their views and opinions regarding discipline and behavior in school. We would like it to be as user friendly as possible. Do know of any web sites that would be helpful and/or do you have any opinions/ideas on this? Any and all info is appreciated! Thank you, Karen" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: "Try going to our "Current Trends" section at: http://www.teach-nology.com/currenttrends/ We have over 10,000 resources having to do with school safety or violence. Good luck!" ============================================================= 10. "Our Latest Idea That Worked!" By: Adept, Home School Teacher: Australia "Let's make playdough!" This is the very, very best recepie for play dough that I have ever found! I hope you love it as much as my children and I do. Ingredients: 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of water, 1/2 cup of salt, 1 tablespoon of oil, 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar food colouring Method: Mix it all up in a saucepan. Heat and stir over a hot plate until the playdough has thickened and leaves the side of the saucepan. Turn out onto a bread board to cool. Preserving: Place into a plastic lunch bag and store in the fridge. If you do this, it will increase the life of the playdough dramatically. ------------------------------------------------------------- **To Submit An Idea That Worked For You, Click Below: http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/tell_us/ ============================================================= Please take the time to visit our sponsors, this newsletter would not be possible without their support. ============================================================= Teachnology, Inc. makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, about the truth or accuracy of the content of the TeAch-nology.com newsletter. ============================================================= If you are interested in sponsoring this newsletter place your order online at: http://www.teach-nology.com/advertising/ ============================================================= © 2001 Teachnology, Inc. 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