============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips For Teachers **Issue #73** "The Web Portal For Educators!" We're up to 8821 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: A Great New Publication For Teachers And Students! 3. Quote of the week 4. Teachers: New Online Breakthrough For Students! 5. Jokes You Can Tell In Class 6. Downloads of the Week 7. Teachers: Looking At Real Estate? Get An Unfair Advantage! 8. Lesson Plan Of The Week 9. Ask Our Experts 10. Our Latest "Teaching Idea That Worked!" ============================================================= **New Additions** *A New Humorous Teacher T-shirt Is Here!* Our new shirt "A Teacher's Week" is sure to get a number of laughs. This high-quality heavy blend T-shirt is going fast. Stop in and get yours today! Remember, with each purchase a donation is made to the American Red Cross. To see all of our T-shirts, just visit: http://www.teach-nology.com/tshirts/ *Halloween Theme* Our Halloween theme complete with over 40 worksheets, lesson plans, recipes, crafts, songs, and coloring sheets is here! http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/holidays/halloween/ *46 Reading Comprehension Worksheets* http://worksheets.teach-nology.com/language_arts/reading_comp/ ============================================================= 1. Best On The Web For Teachers- Featured Sites Of The Week: Achievement Award Certificates- http://www.successcertificates.com/ English-Zone.com- http://members.home.net/englishzone/ Teacher TimeSavers- http://www.teachertimesavers.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- To see more of the Best on the Web for Teachers visit: http://teachers.teach-nology.com ============================================================= 2. Teachers: A Great New Publication For Teachers And Students! With CareerJournal.com from the The Wall Street Journal, you’ll get useful tools like salary surveys, advice columns, and access to the highest-quality recruiters around. That’s why Yahoo! Internet Life named it Best Career Site on the Internet. Help Students find a new position at CareerJournal.com today! Click Here To Visit FREE: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/30459/98908/98908 ------------------------------------------------------------- AOL users click here ============================================================= 3. Quote of the week- " Don't tell that the problem is difficult. If it is not difficult, then it might not be a problem." ~Author Unknown~ ============================================================= 4. Teachers: New Online Breakthrough For Students! eSylvan, Helping Kids Succeed in School. eSylvan provides live, online tutoring in Math & Reading to kids in 3rd - 9th grade. During each online lesson, your child speaks to & learns from one of our certified teachers. Make sure to tell parents about it! Click below, to Check It Out At: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/30704/98908/98908 ============================================================= AOL users click here ============================================================= 5. Jokes You Can Tell In Class- "City Slicker" My wife and I went to a "Dude Ranch" while in Texas. The cowboy preparing the horses asked if she wanted a Western or English saddle, and she asked what the difference was. He told her one had a horn and one didn't, she replied, "The one without the horn is fine. I don't expect we'll run into too much traffic." ------------------------------------------------------------- Like Jokes?? Check Out Our Cartoons, Click Below: http://teachnology.subportal.com/comics/ ============================================================= 6. Download of the Week- PC Download: *Haxial WorldClock* "This application gives you the local time and date in the cities you choose. It is also daylight-saving-aware, so the time is exactly correct. The download includes a calendar and a time conversion tool." ------------------------------------------------------------- Mac Download: *Old Glory* A screen saver that displays a picture of the flag of the United States of America. ------------------------------------------------------------- Click Below, To Download These Applications & Others For FREE: http://www.teach-nology.com/downloads/ ============================================================= 7. Teachers: Looking For Real Estate? Get An Unfair Advantage! 1.4 million home listings. A vast collection of real estate stories. All updated daily at a single address. With RealEstateJournal.com from The Wall Street Journal, you’re sure to feel right at home. Visit RealEstateJournal.com today. Click below, for more details: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/30458/98908/98908 ============================================================= AOL users click here ============================================================= 8. Lesson Plan Of The Week- *Broadway Classroom* The site features a great deal of show information and educator resources for integrating Broadway into the classroom. Find it here: http://www.broadwayclassroom.com/ ============================================================= 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: "I have a network in the lab. How do I set up the students created web pages so they can each view them with out uploading them to the internet?" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: Once they create the actual HTML page, just have them open up that file with their browser. They don't even need to be on-line. ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "What technology topics will be of interest to 9-12k students? I am trying to develop a technology curriculum for 9-12k. " ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: You can find a great deal of information on this at our tutorial: A Step Towards the Creation of Educational Technology Standards: Identifying Key Skills You'll find it here: http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/tech_standards1/ ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "Do you know of a good tutorial for Hyperstudio. The manual is a little cumbersone and hard to follow. Thanks:-)?" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: Here are a few sites with good Hyperstudio tutorial sections: http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/edpy202/tutorial/hstudio/hstudio.htm http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/webcamp/final_projects/acocelli/INDEX.HTM http://www.education.umd.edu/blt/hyperstudio/ ============================================================= 10. "Our Latest Idea That Worked!" "Beat The Machine Math!" By: Sean Redwodar, Math Teacher "My school did a 'penny war" with the classrooms competing against each other. Jars were placed out side of each classroom at the start of the day and end of the day, with someone monitering of course.For every penny added to the jar a classroom would receive one point. Every nickel, dime, quarter, added and the class lost points according to the value of the coin. A dollar in the jar and the class lost 100 points. Kids were allowed to place coins and dollars in any jar they wanted, so they could make a classroom with the most points that day lose points by placing everything but pennies in the jar. Points were posted every day and the money collected in the office at the end of the day where student helpers wrapped pennies, nickels, dimes and so forth. At the end of the nine week period, the class with the most points won a popcorn/movie party. This can be done in elementary schools but for secondary, it works best if the competing classes are all homerooms. Easy way to raise money for the school, no out going expense!" ============================================================= What Worked For You? 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