============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips For Teachers **Issue #75** "The Web Portal For Educators!" We're up to 9757 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: $58,000 in Prizes from Poetry.com! 3. Quote of the week 4. Teachers: A New Web site To Help Struggling Students! 5. Jokes You Can Tell In Class 6. Downloads of the Week 7. Teachers: Another Great Article For You To Read! 8. Lesson Plan Of The Week 9. Ask Our Experts 10. Our Latest "Teaching Idea That Worked!" ============================================================= *Teacher T-shirts New!* We currently have the following shirt available: We will be releasing three new shirt designs and sweatshirts very soon! Keep your eyes out for a special mailing. 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/ **Thanksgiving Theme & Worksheets** Coloring, Crafts, Recipes, Songs, and 40 worksheets. Visit: http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/holidays/thanks/ ============================================================= 1. Best On The Web For Teachers- Featured Sites Of The Week: HomeSchoolMom- http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/ Substitute Teacher's Guide- http://ruffread.tripod.com/Subguide/ Under5s- http://www.underfives.co.uk/ ++++=========================================================== 2. Teachers: $58,000 in Prizes from Poetry.com! Poets !! Free Poetry Contest Your poem could win $10,000 1175 prizes totaling $58,000 to be awarded. All amateur poets invited. The contest is open to everyone, and entry is free. Click below, to learn about this FREE contest: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/28203/103140/103140 ------------------------------------------------------------- AOL users click here ============================================================= 3. Quote of the week- The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the motional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the individual? ~ Albert Einstein ~ ============================================================= 4. Teachers: A New Web site To Help Struggling Students! Is your child struggling in school? eSylvan can help. eSylvan provides live, online tutoring for children in grades 3 through 9. Their personalized programs are designed to tackle your child’s skill gaps head on. And the best part, your child will actually talk with and learn from one of our certified teachers over the Internet--right from the convenience of home! Click below, to Check It Out FREE: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/30706/103140/103140 ============================================================= AOL users click here ============================================================= 5. Jokes You Can Tell In Class- "The New Sitter" Patsy offered to care for the eight-year-old daughter of her next-door neighbor. She arrived in time to prepare breakfast, laying a generous helping of bacon and eggs in front of the child. "Mother always serves hot biscuits for breakfast," said the eight-year-old. So, Patsy, very eager to oblige, hurried into the kitchen and quickly prepared a plate of hot biscuits, which she laid in front of the girl. "No, thank you," she said. "But I thought you said your mother always has hot biscuits for breakfast!" said Patsy in surprise. "She does," said the child. "But I don't eat them." ------------------------------------------------------------- Like Jokes?? Check Out Our Cartoons, Click Below: http://teachnology.subportal.com/comics/ ============================================================= 6. Download of the Week- PC Download: *WinStars* "WinStars is a complete planetarium, showing you the appearance of the sky, as seen from anywhere on Earth, for any date. With a click of the mouse, it's possible to have various information about all objects displaying by the program." This is your complete planetarium program. Available in French as well. ------------------------------------------------------------- Mac Download: *Book Tracker* "BookTracker is an easy to use way of keeping track of books that you own, have read or have listened to. Because of BookTracker's flexibility, it is a great tool for both collectors who need to record lots of data and for the book enthusiast who just needs the basics. It includes fields for such information as title, author, copyright date, purchase price, location, and when the book was first and last read. There are also fields to track whom you have lent books to and when it was lent. In addition, there is a free format field that lets you to enter any other information that you wish." With this Shareware verison you can only add 20 books to booklists. ------------------------------------------------------------- Click Below, To Download These Applications & Others For FREE: http://www.teach-nology.com/downloads/ ============================================================= 7. Teachers: Another Great Article For You To Read! Treating Cancer Pain There’s more to treating the pain of cancer than just ‘analgesics p.r.n.’ Here is a summary of a recent article that reviews the various options available to the health professional today. Full knowledge of all the approaches should allow adequate pain control in the vast majority of cases. Click below, view the article: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22592/32917/103140/103140 ============================================================= AOL users click here ============================================================= 8. Lesson Plan Of The Week- *The House That Drac Built Haunted Houses* "Build a haunted house out of a paper bag, and shapes cut out of construction paper. Then attach the child's address to help them learn their address." Find it here: http://atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/HauntedHouses.shtml ============================================================= 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 web site that compares cell phones and cell phone service?" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: If you're looking for a little history on cell phones, we would suggest you visit: http://www.ee.washington.edu/class/498/sp98/final/marsha/final.html A really good site for comparing service plans and phones can be found at: http://www.letstalk.com/ ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "Is it a growing trend to put cameras into classrooms? I teach in a very small community school. We are a K-12, with approximately 145 students. Our Superintendent sold the idea to the school board, insisting that it was for our protection. Now, we can be monitored all day long." ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: We wouldn't term it a trend. Be aware there are a few schools which began the school year with fully monitored classrooms, over two years ago. Of the schools that we are aware of, the cameras have been disabled due to union issues. In these cases the Superintendents had sold the idea to the school board as well, but the teacher unions were not compensated. In some cases, the unions were not even made aware. We expect to see this trend rise, but districts will be forced to compensate teachers and redefine the term "observation." ************************************************************* A question from Josette: "Do you have any strategies for a student who is dyslexic and having great difficulty in math. He knows concepts but reverses steps. Any Ideas would be appreciated." ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: Strategies will depend on the degree of dyslexia of which a student has been diagnosed. We have resources that may help you with ideas regarding dyslexia. It can be found at: http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/special_ed/disabilities/dyslexia/ Good luck! ============================================================= 10. "Our Latest Idea That Worked!" "Speaking Cards" By: Arif Budiman, English Teacher "Its purpose is to make students speak more. It works well with non-english language students, who study English but they should be at least at an intermediate level. I use domino cards to build the speaking class. Each card has certain orders or questions which must be done or answered by the students. Sometimes I include some orders to ask them to start a short coversation.When the player(student) is not able to do the order or answer the question on a card, they have to put their card face down. It will be counted as their mistake and he/she would be punished by the other player to sing a song with a certain style. It's usually fun! This is a great way to get students comfortable with engaging in conversations." ============================================================= What Worked For You? 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