NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 6 Dec 2000 (#2000-386)
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Topics of the day:
1. K12> [netsites] Science Learning Network
2. K12> [netsites] Ben's Guide to Government for Kids
3. NEWSLTR> PC News Digest: December 05, 2000
4. K12> CoSN Announces the 2nd Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards
5. RESOUR> Live From Space! Endeavour Crew Talks With Lou Dobbs Today
6. K12> Kidlink gets the 1st prize !
7. RESOUR> A Holy Christmas 2000
8. K12> [netsites] Girl Power!
9. RESOUR> [netsites] Health Improvement Institute
10. MISC> [netsites] Neat Net Tricks Bulletin Board
11. MISC> [netsites] WZ.com - Busy Person's Guide
12. MISC> Inside the Wired Homes of the Rich
13. MISC> WHO Boosts Health Information Via Internet
14. Last posting for Wednesday, Dec 6, 2000
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 07:18:28 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Science Learning Network
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <asha...@ashlists.org>
To: nets...@egroups.com
Subject: [netsites] Science Learning Network
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 03:11:13 -0800
"The Science Learning Network (SLN) is an online community of
educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions
demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education."
Alan
asha...@ashlists.org
http://www.ashlists.org/
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 07:18:42 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Ben's Guide to Government for Kids
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <asha...@ashlists.org>
To: nets...@egroups.com
Subject: [netsites] Ben's Guide to Government for Kids
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 03:13:03 -0800
"Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids on GPO Access provides a basic
introduction to the Federal Government."
Alan
asha...@ashlists.org
http://www.ashlists.org/
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 08:03:44 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: NEWSLTR> PC News Digest: December 05, 2000
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 07:36:51 -0600 (CST)
From: on...@servenet.com
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/12052000.html
Free weekly Windows email newsletter about PC computing, hardware,
software, searching,
news, websites, web design, books, humor.
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 08:05:00 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> CoSN Announces the 2nd Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 08:59:59 -0500
From: Toni Miller <to...@COSN.ORG>
Subject: CoSN Announces the 2nd Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards
To: COSN...@COSN.ORG
CoSN Announces the 2nd Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards
CoSN is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards
program to formally recognize outstanding achievement by leaders in the
area of school networking. Applications will be accepted until January 5, 2001
At the 2001 K-12 School Networking Conference in Washington DC, February
20-22, 2001, CoSN will recognize the unique and powerful contributions of
individuals from school districts, county units of education, state and
federal agencies, nonprofits, as well as elected officials. In the culture
of the growing information and communication society, it is increasingly
important to recognize human excellence and achievement.
The Outstanding Achievement Awards are open to individuals from school
districts, county units of education, state and federal agencies,
nonprofits, as well as elected officials who have demonstrated leadership in:
* Expanding learning opportunities for students through the application
of telecommunications and information technologies by improving student and
teacher access to online educational resources throughout the community.
* Improving teacher productivity through the support of effective
utilization of information technologies in the classroom.
* Developing important effective public and/or private sector
partnerships and policies that provide connectivity to learners in schools.
* Increasing the public's understanding of the importance of school
networking to improve student learning and teacher productivity.
For more information about the Awards program and to submit your
application, please visit the CoSN website at
<http://www.cosn.org/awards/index.html>http://www.cosn.org/awards/index.<http://www.cosn.org/awards/index.html>html
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 08:38:06 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: RESOUR> Live From Space! Endeavour Crew Talks With Lou Dobbs Today
From: spac...@SPACE.COM
To: bull...@SPACE.com
Subject: Live From Space! Endeavour Crew Talks With Lou Dobbs Today
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 06:10:09 -0800
SPACE.com Bulletin for Wednesday 06 December 2000, http://www.SPACE.com
LIVE EVENT! SPACE.com CEO to Interview Space Shuttle Crew
Join us at 1:16pm EST as Lou Dobbs talks with the astronauts aboard
Endeavour!
http://www.SPACE.com/
What would you ask the crew? Post your questions now!
http://uplink.space.com/2/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=874094803&f=484094803&m=647091854
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Feedback
We welcome your comments and suggestions at http://uplink.space.com/
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:26:56 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> Kidlink gets the 1st prize !
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 16:13:44 +0100
From: Odd de Presno <pre...@eunet.no>
Hi,
Kidlink was awarded the 1st prize in the prestigious Global Junior
Challenge competition's "Educational projects for users up to 18 years old"
category.
600 educational projects from all over the world competed. Monday night,
the mayor of Rome (Italy) handed a bronze statute to a team representing
the winner, Kidlink.
Last year, the Swedish king handed Kidlink the 1st prize in the Bangemann
Challenge category "IT in all kinds of education."
Press release: http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/press/gjc.html
Yours sincerely,
Odd de Presno
Kidlink Executive Director
Phone office: (+47) 370 30193
http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/press/presno.html
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:15:23 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: RESOUR> A Holy Christmas 2000
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:46:22 -0800
From: c...@rockies.net
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/christmaspage.html
"A wonderful, comprehensive list of links (both sacred & secular) &
resources for Advent and Christmas at Rev. Richard and Charlene
Fairchild's award-winning A Holy Christmas."
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:18:23 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Girl Power!
From: Curt Davis <cu...@curtdavis.com>
To: nets...@egroups.com
Subject: [netsites] Girl Power!
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:17:52 -0800
"Girl Power is the national public education campaign sponsored by
the U.S. Department of the Health and Human Services to help
encourage and motivate 9- to 14- year-old girls to make the most of
their lives. Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes
about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain
these positive values among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health
messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls."
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http://www.curtdavis.com
Curt's Corner in Cyberspace
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:18:49 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Health Improvement Institute
From: Curt Davis <cu...@curtdavis.com>
To: nets...@egroups.com
Subject: [netsites] Health Improvement Institute
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:20:39 -0800
"The Health Improvement Institute is a non-profit, tax exempt,
501(c)3, educational organization dedicated to improving the quality
and productivity of America's health care. The Institute's primary
goal is to provide information to patients, providers, payors,
purchasers, policy-makers, and the public about available
alternatives to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to
make informed health care choices."
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http://www.curtdavis.com
Curt's Corner in Cyberspace
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:19:23 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Neat Net Tricks Bulletin Board
From: Curt Davis <cu...@curtdavis.com>
To: nets...@egroups.com
Subject: [netsites] Neat Net Tricks Bulletin Board
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:30:20 -0800
http://www.escribe.com/computing/neatnettricks/bb
Get help from the Neat Net Tricks Bulletin Board brought to you by
Neat Net Tricks - one of the best internet and computer newsletters
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:19:53 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] WZ.com - Busy Person's Guide
From: Curt Davis <cu...@curtdavis.com>
To: nets...@egroups.com
Subject: [netsites] WZ.com - Busy Person's Guide
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:38:19 -0800
"Do You Want to Spend Less Time Searching the Internet... And More
Time Enjoying What You Love to Do? Do you get frustrated when you try
to find what you want on the Internet -- only to get back hundreds of
useless sites that aren't even close to what you were looking for?
If so, you've landed in the right place..."
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:36:15 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: MISC> Inside the Wired Homes of the Rich
From: Andy Carvin <aca...@benton.org>
To: "Digitaldivide (E-mail)" <digita...@list.benton.org>
Subject: Inside the Wired Homes of the Rich (fwd)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 15:19:32 -0500
I don't know if this is hilarious, disturbing, or both, but here it is
nonetheless... -ac
Inside the Wired Homes of the Rich
Forget your stock portfolio, your mansion and the Porsche. There's a new
status symbol for Silicon Valley's rich and nerdy. The size of your Head
End. That's right, your Head End -- the control room housing those
floor-to-ceiling banks of servers, routers, computers and other requisite
gadgets for the ultimate wired home. The bigger your Head End, the more
whiz-bang your villa. And if you're a high-tech mogul who craves living on
the bleeding edge, you want the Mother of All Head Ends. "Once your friends
come over and see your Head End, then other Head Ends tend to populate,"
says Paul Wilkinson, CEO of Advanced Automation Engineering, a
Campbell-based home networking installation company that caters to
dot-commers and other varieties of silicon millionaires. He goes on to say
that with most Head Ends, "The racks of equipment look like an office
building's data system." As Silicon Valley's wealth has skyrocketed, so has
the business of wiring up gazillionaires' homes. Wilkinson's most outrageous
and costly job? "I have one pushing $5 to $6 million," says the master
systems designer and installer, adding that the design drawings for the home
theater system alone cost well over $50,000.
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http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/digitalhome/
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Andy Carvin an...@benton.org
Senior Associate
Benton Foundation
http://edweb.gsn.org/andy
http://www.DigitalDivideNetwork.org
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:48:13 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: MISC> WHO Boosts Health Information Via Internet
From: Andy Carvin <aca...@benton.org>
To: "Digitaldivide (E-mail)" <digita...@list.benton.org>
Subject: WHO Boosts Health Information Via Internet
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 15:50:04 -0500
From AllAfrica.com.... -ac
WHO Boosts Health Information Via Internet
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Open Society Institute (OSI), a
part of the Soros Foundation network, have teamed with leading information
providers ISI and SilverPlatter, to provide access to high quality
scientific information, via the Internet, to research centres in countries
in Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. A WHO statement said Tuesday
that other public and private partners are involved in the project, while
discussions are also under way with Elsevier Science to join the initiative.
It said the pilot project is part of a wider UN programme called "Health
InterNetwork," which aims to improve global public
health by facilitating the flow of health information worldwide, using
Internet technologies.
<snipped for copyright restrictions>
http://www.allafrica.com/stories/200012050294.html
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Andy Carvin an...@benton.org
Senior Associate
Benton Foundation
http://edweb.gsn.org/andy
http://www.DigitalDivideNetwork.org
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http://edweb.gsn.org/anatolia
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:59:38 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsac...@classroom.com>
Subject: Last posting for Wednesday, Dec 6, 2000
Last posting for Wednesday, Dec 6, 2000
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