NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 1 May 2000 - Special issue (#2000-242)
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Topics in this special issue:
1. SCI> Spotting Tornadoes from Space
2. K12> Electric Teacher Web Site
3. PROJ> [HILITES] Ages 5-12: The Pencils problem
4. K12> [KidsWeb] Special: Privacy for Kids
5. K12> NZ Sites for Social Studies & Chemistry
6. K12> [netsites] Scholarships
7. MISC> [netsites] CyberSoup and Other Recipes
8. MISC> [DUC] ARTICLE: Sunday Times (London) 30th April: MI5 builds new
centre to read e-mails on the net
9. MISC> BlackSingleMoms.com: Mailing List and Website
10. MISC> Greater Lexington, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
11. UPDATED> Internet Resources Newsletter: May Issue
12. PROJ> [HILITES] Ages 6-12: Suspensenet
13. K12> 2000 SACNAS K-12 Teacher Workshops
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:22:39 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: SCI> Spotting Tornadoes from Space
From: "NASA Science News" <scienc...@msfc.nasa.gov>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:11 AM
Subject: Spotting Tornadoes from Space
NASA Science News for May 1, 2000
One year ago this week killer tornadoes raged across Oklahoma.
Now, NASA scientists are figuring out how to predict such storms
using lightning data from Earth-orbit.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast01may_1m.htm
<a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast01may_1m.htm">Spotting
Tornadoes from Space</a>
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:22:43 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> Electric Teacher Web Site
From: "Housley, Kathleen" <KHou...@CLASSROOM.COM>
To: <C...@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 11:03 PM
Subject: Electric Teacher Web Site
The Electric Teacher is a site built for teachers. It includes links to
exemplary sites in the core curricular areas, a photo archive, tutorials on
using Microsoft Office programs, a discussion group for teachers who use
programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Frontpage and much more.You can post
questions and get help with using the program or just get ideas from others.
The discussion forum is new so tell your friends about it and use it
yourself and see how quickly you can get answers to your questions and pick
up some valuable tips. I am a technology integration specialist
and I work at a nationally recognized school district in Oswego, NY. I
have also written 2 books and working on a third that helps teachers in a
step by step fashion so they can use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and
FrontPage successfully in their classroom. The focus is on teachers and
includes many activities they could incorporate into their daily teaching.
The site is can be found at http://www.electricteacher.com. Stop by and get
plugged in today! Some pages are still a work in progress so stop back
often. Hope you enjoy it.
Cathy Chamberlain
mailto:cat...@twcny.rr.com
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:22:49 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: PROJ> [HILITES] Ages 5-12: The Pencils problem
From: <ARM...@AOL.COM>
To: <HIL...@LISTS.LIGHTSPAN.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 1:33 PM
Subject: [HILITES] Ages 5-12: The Pencils problem
Project Information
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Project Author: Annie Milligan <ARM...@aol.com>
Project Title: The Pencils problem
Project Begin & End Dates: 4/20/00 to 4/11/00
Project Summary:
In our school the students are having so much problems with bringing in
pencils. So my class and I decided to do a research on ways that this
problem can be alleviated. We want to find out if other schools are facing
the same issues. In our school the supplies are limited and the parents are
not supported. Our school is located in a poor area in New York.
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Project Details
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Project Level: Basic
Curriculum Area: Business, Community Interest, Information Technology,
Mathematics, Technology
Technologies Used: CU-SeeMe or Other Video Conferencing, Email, Web Based
Discussion Forum
Project Sponsor: Class 1-10 CES 2X Bronx NY
Full Project Description:
The full project description is to find ways in which we can get some
donations of pencils, and to find out if other school are having the same
problem.This project is being done by a first grade class.
Objectives:
To find ways of helping students whoes parents are not buying them pencils.
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Project Registration Information
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Project Email Address: ARMIL49
Registration Acceptance Dates: 4/01/00 to 4/30/00
Number of Classrooms: 30
Age Range: 5 to 12 years
Target Audience: Anyone
Registration Instructions:
none
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Project Contact Information
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Annie Milligan - mailto:ARM...@aol.com
Teacher - School/ CES 2x
New York, New York
Bronx,US
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:22:54 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> [KidsWeb] Special: Privacy for Kids
From: "Den Ferrara" <barn...@uswest.net>
To: <Kid...@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 6:40 PM
Subject: [KidsWeb] Special: Privacy for Kids
Hello KidsWeb Members,
Special Web Site Notice:
There are now laws protecting the privacy of kids on the Internet.
The Federal Trade Commission has a very nice site for parents
and kids to read and learn these rules.
KidsWeb believes that this web site is a must see (must read really).
Privacy for Kids
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/index.html
Later, Dennis
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:23:03 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> NZ Sites for Social Studies & Chemistry
From: "Housley, Kathleen" <KHou...@CLASSROOM.COM>
To: <C...@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 11:03 PM
Subject: NZ Sites for Social Studies & Chemistry
If you're looking at studying New Zealand for a Social Studies topic these
are some recommended sites.
Akiko virtual tour of New Zealand http://nz.com/tour/ - this site looks at
the history, culture and cities of New Zealand. It also explores Maaori
communities, geographic sites and takes you on a virtual tour of New
Zealand.
Another site called Kiwi Web Chemistry and New Zealand
http://www.chemistry.co.nz/index.html looks specifically at Chemistry and
chemistry resources and then you can take a look at the Waikato region, kiwi
slang, the Kiwi bird, endangered flora, NZ regions and cities, tourism and
New Zealand Facts. The New Zealand fact page looks at the history of New
Zealand, Maaori culture, Maaori myths and Legends, a Maaori - English
dictionary, and details on the Treaty of Waitangi. The weather, a timeline,
and a capsule history of New Zealand from 26,000,000Bc to 1984 are also
available. The site also looks at the geological history, general
information, and you can picture the volcanoes and glaciers and can also
listen to our National anthem. I would recommend using the site map. This
site also links to other excellent sites.
Thanking you Jennie Vallance
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:23:09 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Scholarships
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <ASHa...@MASTNET.net>
To: <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:51 AM
Subject: [netsites] Scholarships
http://www.4scholarships.4anything.com/
"Apply for college scholarships, financial aid, search for
scholarships, scholarship programs, scholars and use scholarship
resources at 4Scholarships.com."
Alan
ASHa...@MASTNET.net
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:23:14 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] CyberSoup and Other Recipes
From: "The Listateer" <List...@MailandNews.com>
To: <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:58 AM
Subject: [netsites] CyberSoup and Other Recipes
"The one-stop cooking website giving you the opportunity to share your
favorite recipes with others around the world!"
The Listateer
list...@mailandnews.com
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:45:15 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [DUC] ARTICLE: Sunday Times (London) 30th April: MI5 builds new
centre to read e-mails on the net
From: "Karen Ellis" <guava...@earthlink.net>
To: "DUC" <d...@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 5:28 PM
Subject: [DUC] ARTICLE: Sunday Times (London) 30th April: MI5 builds new
centre to read e-mails on the net
From: "Caspar Bowden" <c...@fipr.org>
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/04/30/stinwenws01034.html
MI5 builds new centre to read e-mails on the net
Nicholas Rufford
MI5 is building a new £25m e-mail surveillance centre that will have the
power to monitor all e-mails and internet messages sent and received in
Britain. The government is to require internet service providers, such as
Freeserve and AOL, to have "hardwire" links to the new computer facility so
that messages can be traced across the internet.
The security service and the police will still need Home Office permission
to search for e-mails and internet traffic, but they can apply for general
warrants that would enable them to intercept communications for a company or
an organisation.
The new computer centre, codenamed GTAC - government technical assistance
centre - which will be up and running by the end of the year inside MI5's
London headquarters, has provoked concern among civil liberties groups.
"With this facility, the government can track every website that a person
visits, without a warrant, giving rise to a culture of suspicion by
association," said Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information
Policy Research.
The government already has powers to tap phone lines linking computers, but
the growth of the internet has made it impossible to read all material. By
requiring service providers to install cables that will download material to
MI5, the government will have the technical capability to read everything
that passes over the internet.
Home Office officials say the centre is needed to tackle the use of the
internet and mobile phone networks by terrorists and international crime
gangs.Charles Clark, the minister in charge of the spy centre project, said
it would allow police to keep pace with technology.
"Hardly anyone was using the internet or mobile phones 15 years ago," a Home
Office source said. "Now criminals can communicate with each other by a huge
array of devices and channels and can encrypt their messages, putting them
beyond the reach of conventional eavesdropping."
There has been an explosion in the use of the internet for crime in Britain
and across the world, leading to fears in western intelligence agencies that
they will soon be left behind as criminals abandon the telephone and resort
to encrypted e-mails to run drug rings and illegal prostitution and
immigration rackets.
The new spy centre will decode messages that have been encrypted. Under new
powers due to come into force this summer, police will be able to require
individuals and companies to hand over computer "keys", special codes that
unlock scrambled messages.
There is controversy over how the costs of intercepting internet traffic
should be shared between government and industry. Experts estimate that the
cost to Britain's 400 service providers will be £30m in the first year.
Internet companies say that this is too expensive, especially as many are
making losses.
About 15m people in Britain have internet access. Legal experts have warned
that many are unguarded in the messages they send or the material they
download, believing that they are safe from prying eyes.
"The arrival of this spy centre means that Big Brother is finally here,"
said Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes. "The balance between the
state and individual privacy has swung too far in favour of the state."
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:47:18 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> BlackSingleMoms.com: Mailing List and Website
From: ron...@ix.netcom.com [mailto:ron...@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:47 AM
The Black Single Moms (BlkSnglMoms)mailing list will bring together Black
Single Moms and providers of products and services created to provide
family, parental, safety, and entrepreneurial business development
assistance to Black Single Moms.
BlkSnglMoms will support the website of BlkSnglMoms which is located at:
http://www.blacksinglemoms.com
To Subscribe to the mailing list, just send a blank message to:
BlkSnglMom...@egroups.com
Roney Smith
ro...@blacksinglemoms.com
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 09:44:24 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> Greater Lexington, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:48 AM
From: ttu...@lexchamber.com
The Lexington Chamber of Commerce offers resources for businesses in the
Central Kentucky area. Business relocation, resources for small business
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 09:44:30 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: UPDATED> Internet Resources Newsletter: May Issue
From: Roddy MacLeod [mailto:r.a.m...@hw.ac.uk]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:46 AM
____________________________________________
Internet Resources Newsletter
____________________________________________
The latest edition of the FREE, monthly, non-subscription
newsletter for academics, students, engineers, scientists
& social scientists is now available at:
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn68/irn68.html
Featured in this issue:
Comment:
Over 100 new good quality Web sites: ejournals, directories,
academic sites, search engines, institutions, recruitment
agencies, publishers, government sites, etexts, booksellers,
publishers, gateways, calls for papers, software, news services,
conferences, research groups, etc.
New email resources
Nice Web site(s) of the month report:
LateRooms.com
The Internet in Print (reviews of Internet magazines, etc):
Yahoo! Internet Life
Network News: BIDS, NISS, BUBL, EEVL, SOSIG,
EDINA, CHEST, MIMAS, RUDI, OMNI, Netskills, ELDIS,
Biz/ed, AHDS, Mailbase, Data Archive, TASI
Press Release
Government Statistics
Get a life ! Leisure Time
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No subscription or registration is needed to access this free
Newsletter at the above site.
Published by Heriot-Watt University Library,
and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.M...@hw.ac.uk)
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:12:36 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: PROJ> [HILITES] Ages 6-12: Suspensenet
From: <turv...@OANET.COM>
To: <HIL...@LISTS.LIGHTSPAN.COM>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 9:13 AM
Subject: [HILITES] Ages 6-12: Suspensenet
Project Information
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Project Author: Joni Turville <turv...@oanet.com>
Project Title: Suspensenet
Project Begin & End Dates: 4/01/00 to 4/30/00
Project Summary:
Our students have been working on writing interesting story beginnings with
descriptive settings and characters. They have written story starters and
invite
your students to finish their stories.
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Project Details
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Project Level: Basic
Curriculum Area: Language
Technologies Used: Email
Full Project Description:
Our students have been working on writing interesting story beginnings with
descriptive settings and characters. They have written their story
starters
on this site (http://rhem.pschools.st-albert.ab.ca/susp.html) and invite
your students to finish their stories.
Story endings with the first names of students who submit endings (and
their
location) will be posted under each story starter, so it should be fun to
see how story endings differ.
Instructions on how to participate can be found at the site or you can link
to it through our school site under "projects"
http://rhem.pschools.st-albert.ab.ca/default.htm
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Project Registration Information
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Project Email Address: turv...@oanet.com
Registration Acceptance Dates: 4/30/00 to 6/30/00
Number of Classrooms: 20
Age Range: 6 to 12 years
Target Audience: Anyone
Project URL: http://rhem.pschools.st-albert.ab.ca/susp.html
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Project Contact Information
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Joni Turville - mailto:turv...@oanet.com
mailto:turv...@pschools.st-albert.ab.ca
Teacher - Ronald Harvey Elementary School
http://rhem.pschools.st-albert.ab.ca/
St. Albert, Alberta,CA
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:12:42 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> 2000 SACNAS K-12 Teacher Workshops
From: "Bonnie Bracey" <BBr...@AOL.COM>
To: <K12A...@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:34 AM
Subject: 2000 SACNAS K-12 Teacher Workshops
2000 SACNAS K-12 Teacher Workshops
October 12-15, 2000
Atlanta, Georgia
NOTE: Deadline for applying for scholarships is June 16, 2000.
http://www.sacnas.org/National_Co
The Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
(SACNAS) seeks to promote science and mathematics education in
underrepresented minority communities. Held in conjunction with the
Society's professional scientist annual conference, the SACNAS K-12 Teacher
Workshops are designed to support educators in addressing the needs of
pre-college students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the
sciences.
Workshop participants will:
* Acquire skills in the variety of inquiry-based methodologies
* Expand background knowledge in science, mathematics and engineering
* Gain innovative curriculum to implement in the classroom
* Build nationwide networks of teachers and scientists dedicated to
minority education
In addition to interactive sessions lead by SACNAS, activities include
in-depth workshops presented by partner organizations, keynote speaker and
Nobel laureate addresses, off-site visit to a local informal education
site, catered meals, exhibits and social events. Partner organizations to
present teacher workshops include National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the GLOBE Project, the American Society for Microbiology,
National Institutes of Health/ Office of Science Education, Oregon Museum
of Science and Industry, EQUALS math program, Wonderwise: Women in Science
Learning Series, the SMILE program and more.
Registration: Final Deadline: September 15, 2000 (postmarked).
Registration includes participation in all activities of the teacher
workshops and national conference. Meals are included.
Scholarships: Application Deadline: June 16, 2000 (postmarked).
Selected educators will receive full airfare and lodging scholarships to
attend the Workshops.
For more information or to request registration and preliminary program
materials please contact Lin M. Hundt at: (831) 459-0170 x222,
l...@sacnas.org, or download registration form and scholarship application
from the SACNAS website at: www.sacnas.org/National_Co
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