Cell Phone Alert

Starting Jan 1, 2005, all cell phone numbers will be made public to telemarketing firms. This means that as of Jan 1, your cell phone may start ringing with calls from telemarketers. But unlike your home phone, most of you pay for your incoming calls. These type of telemarketer calls will eat up your free minutes and end up costing you money in the long run. According to the National Do Not Call List, you have until Dec. 15th 2004 to get on the national "Do not call list" for cell phones. You need to call 1-888-382-1222 from the cell phone that you wish to have put on the "do not call list" to be put on the list. You can also register online at http://www.donotcall.gov.

Beacon Learning Center

Many of you are already familiar with the GLC site, but there is another site provided by the federal Department of Education that is also free for teachers. It provides professional Learning opportunities, teacher resources, and it even provides a place for your own web page or space for students to post their work. It is a wonderful resource for teachers. You simply have to register in order to use the site. I hope you will take the time to check out Beacon Learning Center.

Thanksgiving

Are you looking for a good site to for Thanksgiving Activities? Then Scholastic is the place for you. Just click on this link :http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/ and it will take you to a site to use for activities and information pertaining to Thanksgiving.

Gisele Glover's Math Goodies

It seems there are lot's of newsletters for science, social studies and language arts but it is rare to find a newsletter that is geared solely to math. Gisele Glover provides a free e-mail newsletter for anyone who is interested. If you need new fresh ideas for math sign-up for Gisele's newsletter by clicking on the following link: www.mathgoodies.com

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The Classroom Flyer

Do you sometimes wish that you could have new ideas coming to to your e-mail on a daily or weekly basis. Well, that is possible with Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer. It is a free resource that is available for teachers at all grade levels. simply click on this link: http://riverdeep.net/flyer. It will take you to the Riverdeep site where you can sign up for the Flyer. Enjoy!

Online Guide to Grammar and Writing

The Guide to Grammar and Writing is a useful tool for helping students master English grammar, usage, and writing. It has information and activities that cover writing at the sentence, paragraph, and essay levels. A majority of the topics covered in each section contain a quiz. More than 70 quizzes are available to users. There are over 100 grammar and writing topics to explore at this site. I'll bet that you'll add it to your list of favorites.

The Learning Web

The Learning Web is a web site created by the United States Geological Survey Department. For the student there are creative project ideas in geology, biology, geography, and hydrology. For teachers there are lesson plans and activities about Our Changing World, Working with Maps, and Earth Hazards. There are great research tools and resources on earth hazards, plants and animals, ecosystems, natural resources, water. Besides the maps and images there's downloadable fun scientific clipart.On this site you will find:• Lesson Plans• Learning Exercises• Learning Games• Pictures and/or Illustrations

Blog Link

The purpose of this blog is to provide information to make teaching and learning more fun for you and the students while also meeting accountability. There is another blog you can check out which provides even more ideas for technology integration in the classroom. Check it out - www.segatech.blodspot.com. Jeff and I are contributors to this as well as people across southeast Georgia.

Ivan as seen from space

From the "just because we can do it" department:
A big digital photo of Ivan as seen from the Space Station via the Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.

Math via Mudd

Mudd Math Fun Facts is a nifty site created by an assistant mathematics professor at Harvey Mudd College. Fun Facts are made to lock in students' curiosity by showing them qualities of math that are not usually investigated in the classroom. Why not check it out?

Discipline Help

In the classrooms of today, a common concern centers around the behavior of students. Many times the behavior management style of the teacher has a direct impact on the behavior of their students. Go to http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v1i2/what.html to determine your classroom management style. It also helps to understand the types of behaviors students exhibit and specific was to deal with them. Go to www.disciplinehelp.com for timely information to deal with the every day problems. Lyn

Cognitive bottom line summaries

My wife gets a bit peeved with me sometimes when we're talking because I just want to cut to the chase and get the essentials. "Look," I'll tell her, "just give me the bottom line summary." Given that I have the attention span of a gnat it's probably a good thing that I found a web site that'll indulge me in the same fashion while read about metacognitive pursuits. I found Study Guides and Strategies and was intrigued by how concise all of the advice was. What do you think?

Short post with lots of resources

Hello! I just found a page called Reference Education Methods and Learning Theories. I think it might be useful to those of you interested in different perspectives as to how people learn.

You have been summoned to de Grummond

The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection is one of North America's leading research centers in the field of children's literature. The main focus of the web site is on American and British children's literature, historical and contemporary. It was founded in 1966 by Dr. Lena Y. de Grummond. This amazing collection holds the original manuscripts and illustrations of more than 1200 authors and illustrators, as well as 70,000+ published books dating from 1530 to the present. The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection is part of the collection at the University of Southern Mississippi.

PowerPoint Presentations as a tool for instruction

PowerPoint presentations provide a high interest means of either introducing a topic or a fun packed means of review. Use the following link to find a topic related to your next lesson.

http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/

PBL resources

A good deal of current research plainly indicates that students learn and retain more information when they believe that the content they are studying is relevant. Lecturing, the traditional method of instruction cherished by most teachers does little to convince students that what they are learning is germane to their lives. Project based learning and problem based learning can help. Both approaches to instruction are more likely to engage the attention of students and be applicable to their lives beyond the classroom.

The differentiated Classroom

Even in the best classrooms there will be students who complete assignments early. Instead of providing worksheets, send the students to the computer for a few brain teasers. Click on the link below and save it in your favorites folder for student use.

http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/

What's the Rush?

There is a wealth of information available on the web to enhance the enjoyment of learning new things. This link is dedicated to providing links and ideas for students, and adults interested in being lifelong learners.