============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips For Teachers **Issue #76** "The Web Portal For Educators!" We're up to 10,293 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: Checkout "The Internet's Newspaper" Today! 3. Quote of the week 4. Teachers: Burn Off Body Fat, Hour-By-Hour...Guaranteed! 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. 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This book builds on the love of the american flag and what it stands for while teaching early reading skills. This is one book from our American series. The interactive program can be used on the screen and a book can also be printed." ------------------------------------------------------------- Mac Download: *Starry Night Backyard ESD* "Brilliantly realistic, but designed for anyone with an interest in the night sky, Starry Night Backyard lets novice space explorers instantly launch themselves into the fascinating world of astronomy right from their desktops, with or without a telescope. Watch a sunset from Mars. Hitch a ride on a comet. And learn all about those stars and planets shining over your house. Then travel through time and marvel at the night skies as seen from anywhere on Earth, from the distant past to the far future." ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Menopause and Depression: Myth versus Reality Menopause itself doesn’t cause depression, but many women develop it to some degree due to their attitude to the ‘change’, added to strain from external influences (a change in family roles, marital problems, children leaving home, etc). This article examines the possible link more closely. 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Ask Our Experts- ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "Do you have anything that would help with alternate assessment for special education students, grades 3,4 & 5?" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: There are two web sites that can help. One is the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing located at: http://www.cse.ucla.edu/ and the other is the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory located at: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/ In addition, you can always refer to our "rubric generators" that provide a good way to assess children according to the criteria that you create to measure their performance on any given task or assignment. This can be found at: http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ Good luck! ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "Is there a tried and true strategy for teaching technology in grades K - 4? I have just started a new job, and it is a news position as well. I have to make everything up as I go. I need help." ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: You may find following tutorial helpful: http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/tech_standards1/ Our staff attempts to identify key computer literacy skills. ************************************************************* A question from Anonymous: "I'm a student teacher in a kindergarten class and I want to set up a virtual feildtrip that is age appropriate on the topic of oceans. How do I go about doing this?" ************************************************************* TeAch-nology.com's Staff Response: You'll find a very good summary here: http://www.caryacademy.pvt.k12.nc.us/historytech/Vol1no1/virtualfieldtripspage1.htm ============================================================= 10. "Our Latest Idea That Worked!" "Notebook Organization" By: Melissa, 8th Grade English Teacher "My 8th graders were extremely unorganized and they were constantly losing their homework, worksheets and essays. When it came time for an open notebook quiz, they couldn't find their notes. So I modified the rubric generator for the notebook and I put that up on a bulletin board. I heard of an idea last year from another teacher in another school system where the teacher kept a notebook along with the class. So I then bought notebooks for each class and kept a notebook along with them. If a student is missing, he/she can see what he/she is missing by going to the notebook. So far, my students haven't lost any of their work and they are forever checking my notebooks because they know if they are missing even one item, they will lost a lot of points when I do a notebook check! Slowly but surely, their notebooks are becoming more neat and organized!" ============================================================= What Worked For You? Take a minute and get your ideas published Visit: http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/tell_us/ ============================================================= 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 visit: http://www.teach-nology.com/advertising/ ============================================================= © 2001 Teachnology, Inc. 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