============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips For Teachers **Issue #71** "The Web Portal For Educators!" We're up to 7940 subscribers http://www.teach-nology.com ============================================================= This newsletter is only sent to the friends of TeAch-nology.com, but feel free to forward it to all your friends. ============================================================= **In this Issue** -New Additions To TeAch-nology.com- 1. Best On The Web For Teachers 2. Teachers: Take A Look At eSylvan- Sylvan Learning On-line! 3. Quote of the week 4. Teachers: Think Of Taking A Field Trip To Maryland! 5. Jokes You Can Tell In Class 6. Downloads of the Week 7. FREE STUFF- 4 AUDIOBOOKS FOR A PENNY PLUS A FREE CASSETTE PLAYER! 8. Lesson Plan Of The Week 9. Ask Our Experts 10.Our Latest "Teaching Idea That Worked!" ============================================================= **New Additions** *TeAch-nology's T-shirts!* Be among the first to own the first design in TeAch-nology.com's new product line! Our T-shirts are comfortable, stylish, and they'll soon be the talk of your school. With each T-shirt purchase, a donation will be made to the American Red Cross to help in the national relief effort. TeAch-nology.com applauds the efforts and the relentless work of all the rescuers who responded to the September 11, 2001 acts of terrorism against our nation. Our heart felt support goes out to the many who are sacrificing their time and safety to be part of the heroic rescue team! For more information, just visit: http://www.teach-nology.com/tshirts/ *Proud to Be An American Teaching Theme* The staff at TeAch-nology.com have created over 40 worksheets and activities for you to use with your students during these times of turmoil. 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To post student class standings and give automatically-scored online tests, you must purchase the GradeTracker Faculty Edition." Requires: 48 MB Ram, Pentium II ------------------------------------------------------------- Mac Download: *The Reading Machine* "Get your Macintosh involved with reading at home or school! Take advantage of the many e-texts, articles, and presentations on the internet to enrich reading experiences. The Reading Machine displays text files at a steady pace in any of three reading environments. Students can easily customize the reading experience with resizable viewing areas and a style shortcut palette for quickly changing colors and fonts. Afterwards, readers can test themselves on the material they've just seen. 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Lesson Plan Of The Week- *Proud to Be An American Teaching Theme* A comprehensive new area of our site with free materials to help you prepare to explain recent events. Find it here: http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/social/america/ ============================================================= 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: "What is the best teaching tools for phonics, and what would be the best method to teach an 8th grader that has had diagnostic testing, and the following was the results low scores in Phonics Word/Attack, spelling, visual perception, penmanship, grammar, riting skillls, vocabulary, reading comprehension, reading rate, study skills." ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: Teaching phonics is an important component of the reading process. Check out our tutorial on how to teach phonics at: http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/ Another tutorial that can assist you with phonics instruction is http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/prevent_failure/ Other resources that can help with phonics lessons are located at: http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/language_arts/reading/ Good luck! ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "What do you have about how to schedule the lab and make it fair to all staff members?" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: We totally understand your problem. Thirty computers, one lab, and one hundred staff members who would like to use it all at the same time! We have worked with a large number of teachers who all seem to tackle this problem in different ways. We have to say the most successful program we have seen involved total random selection. Each staff member is randomly given a day to use the room for their needs. In a ten-month schedule, each staff member will get to use the lab 2-3 days. On their day, a staff member is in charge of the room and can trade days with other staff members. This is a vital point, just in case an illness or chance situation comes up. We would also recommend that you leave 1-2 days per month for the lab to be totally open. Just in case the room is needed for administrative purposes or school functions. ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "What is the definition of education?" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: There have been many attempts to define "education." The best 'definitions' have been offered by the scholars in their attempt to provide a 'philosophy of education.' These definitions can be found at: http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/methods/philosophy/ and clicking on "Five Educational Philosophies." ============================================================= 10. "Our Latest Idea That Worked!" "Postcard Learning" By: Steve Namisien: Busen, North Dakota "For years, I have been using postcards as a learning tool. In the past I just used them in certain units, but now I use them to introduce just about every social studies unit I do. I found a few Internet postcard exchanges with other classrooms throughout the world as well. This summer I sent about forty different postcards to myself and I even use electronic postcards too. I have a postcard display in my room and once we receive a postcard, students do research to learn about person who wrote it and their homeland. I always write culture specific words and phrases in the messages that are sent. Students have a great deal of fun uncovering what is being communicated. 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