============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips For Teachers **Issue #51** "The Web Portal For Educators!" We're up to 5343 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. ============================================================= New Additions!!! Our staff has been very busy adding more resources for teachers to use. *Sign Language Worksheets* 35+ Sign Language Worksheets are now available at: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/sign/ *Handwriting Worksheets* We have added 50+ D'Nealian Cursive Letters Worksheets. Just click on: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/handwriting/ *Science Fair Rubric* Science fairs are in the air! The Science Rubric Generator can be found at: http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/science_fair/ *Stay Tuned !!!* Look for a special announcement this week...we will be launching an exciting section that will provide even more resources for you to have at your finger tips! Watch for this announcement some time this week! We know you will not be disappointed. Special Announcement... TeAch-nology.com is a web portal that provides a vast amount of resources and links to sites that are designed for educators. Although our staff reviews all links that are provided, we have little control over what is changed once those sites are initially reviewed and placed on our site. Therefore, as a precaution, before you decide to recommend any sites for your students to use, we strongly encourage you to preview those sites and make sure that they are appropriate for student use. ============================================================= 1. 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Click below, for 5 FREE GIFTS!!!: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/16211//43233 ============================================================= AOL users click here ============================================================= 5. Jokes You Can Tell In Class- "Ask a Police Officer" While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about six years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "Are you a police officer?" "Yes," I answered, and continued writing the report. "My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?" "Yes, that's right," I told her. "Well, then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?" ------------------------------------------------------------- Like Jokes?? Check Out Our Cartoon Of the Day, Click Below: http://www.teach-nology.com/news/ ============================================================= 6. 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After a few games, you won't have to look at the keys anymore. ------------------------------------------------------------- Mac Download: Mental Math- "Mental Math is a HyperCard shareware program that allows upper elememtary school children to practice their basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills simultaneously on the screen." ------------------------------------------------------------- Click Below, To Download These Applications & Others For FREE: http://www.teach-nology.com/downloads/ ============================================================= 8. Lesson Plan Of The Week- A New Way To Tell Time- http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0047.html The students will learn to look at a clock as though it had two time lines. ============================================================= 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: "Is there a free site that has testing formats that one could use like a template sort of thing to type in your own info in whatever form ,multiple-choice ,or matching,etc. and then the site will generate the test ready to copy on the printer? I've seen some sites but when I start to print what I've done the test deletes itself or something. I have noticed on your site some software recommendations that one can purchase but I don't know about those. We can generate rubrics and work sheet information from your site, why don't you have other assessment generators?" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: TeAch-nology has looked into developing other traditional assessment instruments. But the reality of education is that each state follows different guidelines for assessing student achievement which makes it nearly impossible to create a generator that would benefit everyone. We will be releasing basic assessment tool generators later this summer. There are a few sites that allow you to make On-line tests. Two of the best sites include: http://www.interactivetest.com/ and http://12teach.com/ As far as making printable assessments, one of the best programs available is named Test Generator 2. It's made by Fain and Company. A demo version is available here: http://www.testshop.com/ The complete package is $249.00. It's an excellent program and you get what you pay for in the end. ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: I want to create electronic online forms to reduce paperwork and increase efficiency. Our schools are using FrontPage 2000 with the server extensions installed. What is your recommendation? ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: If your FrontPage extension is installed properly, you should have no problem creating forms. Just be aware that a lot of schools that run Internet Filtering software report a number of problems when processing forms. Another option is to write separate HTML pages and process the forms via cgi or php scripts. If you are familiar with scripting, this site is a great resource: http://www.hotscripts.com/ If the term scripting is foreign to you, you may just want to avoid cgis altogether, especially since many teachers don't have administrator access to set the permissions on files. You just may want to take the easy way out and use a free service to process your forms for you. Here a are some sites that we recommend: http://www.nr1webresource.com/whiz-mail/ http://www.formresources.com/ http://www.formbuddy.com/ ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "I need a web site that explains the solar and lunar eclipse at 4th - 6th grade level." ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/ An excellent site for all your space science needs. ============================================================= 10. "Our Latest Idea That Worked!" "The Homework Game" By: Steve, 9th Grade Science Teacher "I had trouble getting my students to particpate in homework/class work reviews, so I created this game. I randomly choose one student, before we start the review. This student then chooses who answers each question throughout the review. He/She can not choose the same person twice throughout the review. Which usually means, that each student has to answer one question. As a class they are allowed to get three wrong. If they get four wrong (as a class), they don't get the prize. The prize usually is 5 points extra on everyone's homework grade. You can't believe how effective this has been. 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