NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 1 May 2000 - Special issue (#2000-243)
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Topics in this special issue:
1. MISC> [netsites] Hungry Minds
2. K12> [I.T.] KidBibs
3. MISC> [netsites] Stationed in the Stars
4. UPDATED> The Math Goodies Newsletter
5. MISC> ALN ANNOUNCEMENTS - Online Workshop Summer 2000
6. K12> [netsites] FunBrain.com
7. RESOUR> [netsites] Views of the Solar System
8. MISC> [netsites] Europa
9. ***> Offline 3pm central Friday, May 5, 2000 - 9AM central Friday, May 12,
2000 < ***
10. RESOUR> [netsites] Free-Nets and Community Networks
11. EZINE> [netsites] New Moon - The Magazine For Girls & Their Dreams
12. K12> [netsites] Mexico for Kids
13. RESOUR> Vietnam 25 Years Later: Special Report
14. K12> The Bronte Creek Project, A high school Environmental Leadership
Training Program
15. UPDATED> Announcement of Additions to the American Memory Historical
Collections
16. UPDATED> Things to Do in May @ The Franklin Institute Online
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:12:48 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Hungry Minds
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <asha...@ashlists.org>
To: <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 6:16 AM
Subject: [netsites] Hungry Minds
Hungry Minds - The Online Learning Marketplace
http://www.hungryminds.com/
"Hungry Minds provides the most comprehensive compilation of online
courses - from original classes to university based instruction. It's
the Web's most accessible gateway to knowledge."
Alan
asha...@ashlists.org
http://www.ashlists.org/
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:15:40 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> [I.T.] KidBibs
From: "Walter McKenzie" <walterm...@yahoo.com>
To: <innovativ...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:55 AM
Subject: [I.T.] KidBibs
Another great resource!
Dear Mr. McKenzie,
If you decide to send out an addendum for this week's IT list (like you
sometimes do), please consider adding KidBibs. Many of our articles
provide strategies and resources that can help parents support the
reading, writing, and learning of their children.
You may also want to consider adding the Parenting Coalition. The URL is
http://www.parentingcoalition.org. They provide a multitude of parenting
articles and resources. Further,
http://www.familyeducation.com
includes many articles for parents with an emphasis on education.
Joyce
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Joyce Melton Pages, Ed.D.
KidBibs International
"We bring kids and books together!"
http://www.kidbibs.com
jo...@kidbibs.com
Phone: (817)279-1781
Fax: (817)573-3938
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wal...@surfaquarium.com
Creative Classroom Consulting
Let's see what we can do for your staff!
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:18:11 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Stationed in the Stars
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <ASHa...@MASTNET.net>
To: <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:54 AM
Subject: [netsites] Stationed in the Stars
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/station/
"Welcome to the companion Web site to the NOVA program "Stationed in
the Stars," [which broadcast on April 25, 2000.] The broadcast explored
America's manned space program and the crisis caused by Russia's delay
in delivering the critical third piece of the International Space Station."
Alan
ASHa...@MASTNET.net
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:27:15 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: UPDATED> The Math Goodies Newsletter
From: Gisele Glosser [mailto:in...@mathgoodies.com]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:34 AM
The May Issue of the Math Goodies Newsletter went out to 2,925 subscribers!
Our free newsletter is e-mailed at the beginning of each month with
information about site updates, math news, articles and events.
For more information or to subscribe, visit:
http://www.mathgoodies.com/newsletter/
Back issues are available at:
http://www.mathgoodies.com/newsletter/back_issues.shtm
Gisele Glosser
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:27:22 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> ALN ANNOUNCEMENTS - Online Workshop Summer 2000
From: jason...@vanderbilt.edu
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:23:41 -0500
ANNOUNCEMENT 1: NEWEST ALN WORKSHOP
ALN Workshop: "Getting Started Creating Online Courses - FrontPage2000"
Summer 2000 session: May 29 - July 21, 2000. Register now! at
http://www.netlearning.org/gs-summer2000/
This workshop includes 4 modules that can be taken as a package or
individually:
Module 1: Basics (HTML and FrontPage 2000 basics)
Module 2: Advanced FrontPage (more advanced features of FrontPage 2000
such as forms, frames, themes, shared borders, etc.)
Module 3: Database Management *PC only (Setting up the database
connection, submitting to a database, displaying database results,
searching a database, passing parameters)
Module 4: Advanced Media (multimedia documents, streaming technology,
discussion forums, netmeeting)
This workshop is geared to show you what is currently going on in the
area of online courses, and walk you through the steps to produce
your own course using Microsoft FrontPage. You get your own
development space on a FrontPage server while taking the workshop.
A large part of the workshop involves interacting in an online conference
setting with other participants (typically around 50) and the workshop
facilitators who give excellent support and feedback.
ANNOUNCEMENT 2: 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING NETWORKS
HOLD THE DATE -- ALN 2000 will take place November 3-5 at the University
of Maryland University College Inn and Conference Center located in the
suburbs of Washington, D.C. Details will be posted on the Conference web
site as
soon as they are available -- http://www.aln.org/alnconf2000
Thank you for your time and interest in ALN.
Jason Mann
jason...@vanderbilt.edu
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:31:11 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> [netsites] FunBrain.com
From: "Vod Ka" <vo...@sendmail.ru>
To: "Net Sites" <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:06 AM
Subject: [netsites] FunBrain.com
"FunBrain is the #1 site for online educational games for kids of all ages.
(math, grammar, science, spell, history)"
Vod Ka
< vo...@sendmail.ru >
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:31:18 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Views of the Solar System
From: "Vod Ka" <vo...@sendmail.ru>
To: "Net Sites" <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:09 AM
Subject: [netsites] Views of the Solar System
"Views of the Solar System presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding
the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more.
Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space
exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through
a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos.
Views of the Solar System offers enhanced exploration and educational
enjoyment of the solar system and beyond."
Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German.
http://www.solarviews.com/homepage.htm
Vod Ka
< vo...@sendmail.ru >
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:31:23 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [netsites] Europa
From: "Vod Ka" <vo...@sendmail.ru>
To: "Net Sites" <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:12 AM
Subject: [netsites] Europa
"The server of the European Union. Press releases; information,
documentation on objectives, policies, activities , institutions of the
European Union"
http://europa.eu.int/index-en.htm
Vod Ka
< vo...@sendmail.ru >
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:32:19 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: ***> Offline 3pm central Friday, May 5, 2000 - 9AM central Friday,
May 12, 2000 < ***
Just a quick note from your moderator:
I will be offline from 3pm central Friday, May 5, 2000 -
9AM central Friday, May 12, 2000.
Filters will be in place to delete incoming postings to prevent a
backlog of messages.
Posting will resume at 9AM central Friday, May 12, 2000.
Thanks.
Enjoy the break!! :)
<Gleason>/Classroom Connect
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:41:06 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Free-Nets and Community Networks
From: "BC" <acqu...@uswest.net>
To: "NetSites" <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 10:29 AM
Subject: [netsites] Free-Nets and Community Networks
Visit this site and find links to freenets available in 17 different
countries.
Many other excellent resources can be found here, too.
http://www.lights.com/freenet/
BC
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:41:09 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: EZINE> [netsites] New Moon - The Magazine For Girls & Their Dreams
From: "Airy Zona" <azna...@myrealbox.com>
To: "NetSites" <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 10:35 AM
Subject: [netsites] New Moon - The Magazine For Girls & Their Dreams
"...created New Moon as a place where girls and adults work hand-in-hand, as
peers, to create a publication that gives girls a chance to explore
themselves, their dreams and their ideas. Twenty girls, aged 8 to 14, worked
for six months to develop the departments, themes and features of New Moon -
a process which continues today with a 20-member Girls Editorial Board."
Airy Zona
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:41:16 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> [netsites] Mexico for Kids
From: "Airy Zona" <azna...@myrealbox.com>
To: "NetSites" <nets...@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: [netsites] Mexico for Kids
"Discover Mexico. You´ll love our traditions, music, culture, myths, etc.
Also, you will find useful information for your research on our history,
government and geography. Welcome!"
http://explora.presidencia.gob.mx/index_kids.html
Airy Zona
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:41:27 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: RESOUR> Vietnam 25 Years Later: Special Report
From: "Elliott Parker" <3zl...@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
To: <CAR...@LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:43 AM
Subject: Fwd: Vietnam 25 Years Later: Special Report (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:15:28 +1000
To: asia-www...@coombs.anu.edu.au
From: "T.Matthew Ciolek" <tmci...@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Subject: [**] Vietnam 25 Years Later: Special Report
Sender: owner-asia-...@coombs.anu.edu.au
The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early May 2000, Vol. 7, No. 113
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01 May 2000
Vietnam 25 Years Later: Special Report
Asia Society, New York, USA
Supplied note: "On April 30, 2000, [falls] the 25th anniversary of the
[...]
communist victory throughout [Vietnam], and the unification of North and
South. The Vietnam War, perhaps one of the worst instances of proxy warfare
during the Cold War, ended in an embarrassing defeat for the United States
[...].
This Special Report includes links to articles and commentaries, special
features and other Vietnam-related websites."
[Over 20 annotated links to sites on the US and S.Vietnam's policies,
conduct,
and atrocities during the Vietnam war. No online information is made
available,
however, on the N. Vietnam's policies, conduct and atrocities in the course
and in the aftermath of that war. - ed.]
http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=18414
Link suggested by: Nermeen Shaikh (nerm...@AsiaSoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]:
Interesting
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Src: The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
Announce your new/improved Asian Studies' Web sites
via http://coombs.anu.edu.au/regasia.html
- regards -
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Dr T. Matthew CIOLEK tmci...@coombs.anu.edu.au
Head, Internet Publications Bureau,
RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra
ph +61 (02) 6249 0110 fax: +61 (02) 6257 1893
http://www.ciolek.com/PEOPLE/ciolek-tm.html
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Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 USA <URL:mailto:3zl...@cmich.edu>
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:41:25 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> The Bronte Creek Project,
A high school Environmental Leadership Training Program
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:09 PM
From: mike....@sympatico.ca
http://www.brontecreekproject.com
Environmental Leadership Training Program for senior high school students
who earn four credits
in five months by teaching Earthkeepers to elementary kids; includes a 5-day
adventure trip & rock climbing day.
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:48:02 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: UPDATED> Announcement of Additions to the American Memory Historical
Collections
From: "Danna Bell-Russel" <db...@LOC.GOV>
To: <LM_...@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:41 PM
Subject: Announcement of Additions to the American Memory Historical
Collections
Following are announcements of two new American Memory collections
presented by the American Folklife Center. These announcements have been
sent to a number of lists. Please accept our apologies for any duplicate
postings.
"NOW WHAT A TIME": BLUES, GOSPEL, AND THE FORT VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVALS
(1938-1943)
Audio recordings from what may be the first folk festival created by and
for African-Americans are featured in the latest addition to the
American Memory online collections of the Library of Congress.
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals,
1938-1943 is a folk music collection consisting of approximately one
hundred sound recordings and related documentation such as song lists
and correspondence created during trips to the Fort Valley State College
Folk Festival in Fort Valley, Georgia. These recordings, which are a
part of the American Folklife Center collections held at the Library of
Congress, were made in 1941 and in March, June and July 1943. Recorded
at a historically black college founded in 1895, the recordings include
blues and gospel songs recorded by John Wesley Work III, Lewis Jones,
and Willis Laurence James, with the support of the Library's Archive of
American Folk Song, now known as the Archive of Folk Culture. These
recordings include both choral and instrumental works performed by
artists such as Will Chastain, Buster Brown, the Silver Star Singers,
and Traveller Home Singers. Supplementing the recordings and song lists
are other publications about the festival, including a special issue of
the Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University) student
newsletter, the Peachite. Also included in this collection are
recordings made in Tennessee and Alabama between 1938 and
1941 by John Wesley Work III. These recordings include six songs by
Sacred Harp singers created in 1938 and a recording of the Holloway High
School Quartet made in 1941.
As the Fort Valley Music Festivals took place during World War II, this
collection also provides a unique opportunity to feature the Center's
wartime collections documenting soldiers' songs and other folkloristic
material growing out of the war. In addition to preserving blues and
gospel songs of the time, "Now What a Time" also documents the topical
re-wording of several standard gospel songs to address the wartime
concerns of those performing at the festival. Users will enjoy
listening to the music and will learn more about the impact of World War
II on the people within the African-American community.
The presentation of "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort
Valley Music Festivals (1938-1943) is made possible by the generous
support of The Texaco Foundation.
This collection can be found at the following URL:
<http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/>
FIDDLE TUNES OF THE OLD FRONTIER: THE HENRY REED COLLECTION
The American Folklife Center's Henry Reed Collection is now available
online through the Library of Congress American Memory Web site at the
following URL:
<http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hrhtml/>
This unique American music collection, released on the 116th anniversary
of his birth in Peterstown, West Virginia, features traditional fiddle
tunes performed by Henry Reed. Recorded in Glen Lyn, Virginia, by
folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-67, when Reed was over eighty years old,
these tunes represent the music and evoke the history and spirit of the
Appalachian frontier. Many of the tunes presented in this collection
have enjoyed new popularity during the fiddling revival of the later
twentieth century, and are performed today by a new generation of musicians.
The online presentation includes 184 sound recordings, available in
WaveForm, MP3, and RealAudio formats; Jabbour's fieldnotes; and
sixty-nine musical transcriptions. New descriptive notes on tune
histories and musical features accompany the sound recordings, and an
extensive listing of related publications and a glossary of musical
terms provide further avenues for exploration.
An essay by Alan Jabbour (with photographs by Carl Fleischhauer, Karen
Singer Jabbour, and Kit Olson) discussing Reed's life, art, and
influence accompanies the collection as a special presentation.
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress was created by
Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife." The Center
incorporates the Archive of Folk Culture, which was established at the
Library in 1928 as a repository for American Folk Music. The Center and
its collections have grown to encompass all aspects of folklife from
this country and around the world. Other folklife-related online
collections, selected publications of the American Folklife Center, and
information about products and services are available from the Center's
home page: <http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife>
American Memory is a project of the National Digital Library Program of
the Library of Congress, which, in collaboration with other
institutions, is bringing important American historical materials to
citizens around the world. Through American Memory, over seventy
multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded
sound, motion pictures, and text are now available online, free to the
public for educational purposes. These collections are the eighth and
ninth collections from the American Folklife Center to be added on the
American Memory Web site. All American Memory collections can be
accessed through:
Please direct any questions to ndlp...@loc.gov.
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:07:35 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: UPDATED> Things to Do in May @ The Franklin Institute Online
From: Karen Elinich [mailto:keli...@fi.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:01 AM
May 1, 2000
Things to Do in May @ The Franklin Institute Online
http://www.fi.edu
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Explore the Attic
http://www.fi.edu/qa00/attic5
It's Springtime at The Franklin Institute and the backyard seemed more
inviting than the attic, so we offer you an imaginary trip to outer space
with "Backyard Spacecraft...Imagine the Moon."
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Watch our Webcast
http://www.fi.edu/webcast
Each year, a distinguished group of scientists and business leaders gather
for the presentation of The Franklin Institute Awards. On Thursday, April
27, from 7:00 to 8:00PM EDT, the awards ceremony was webcast live to an
international audience.
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Spend a Minute with ME
http://www.fi.edu/qa00/me5
Have you ever wondered how teachers create those neat wordsearch puzzles on
webpages? Margaret can show you how. Her instructions will lead to lots of
fun to get you through the last few weeks in your classroom.
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Solve the Problem
http://www.fi.edu/school/math/
"Puzzling And Perplexing Problems" are seasonal problems for the middle
school math class. Gwenn Holtz and Mary Lee Malen, two math teachers at the
Levering School in the School District of Philadelphia, have developed a
monthly series of math problems. May offers "How Does Your Garden Grow" and
"The Shape of Things."
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Catch a Braindrop
http://www.fi.edu/braindrops/
Science surrounds you everyday, in every way. Braindrops, like vitamins, are
your once-a-day way to stop and notice science. Browse by every day for a
fresh Braindrop.
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What's Happening @ The Museum This Month?
If you're in the Philadelphia area, plan to visit The Franklin Institute
Science Museum during May.
"If you haven't been here lately, you haven't been here at all!"
This Weekend @ The Franklin Institute
http://www.fi.edu/ThisWeekend.html
This handy page offers a short range look at upcoming events at The Franklin
Institute. Plan a visit for this weekend.
Ride the SkyBike! Now!
The new SkyBike ride is open for business...risky business. Take a ride on a
two-wheeler, balanced on a one-inch cable suspended twenty-eight feet above
the ground.
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/info/skybike.html
In The Tuttleman IMAX Theater...
Through Sept 29: "Africa's Elephant Kingdom"
Through June 22: "Whales"
Selected showtimes: "Everest"
Opening June 23: "Extreme"
Schedule of showtimes: http://www.fi.edu/tfi/info/omnivers.html#showtimes
(For reservations, call 215.448.1254.)
In the NEW 3D Theater...
"The Illuminated Brain" takes you on a three-dimensional journey inside the
human brain.
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/info/3d.html
Re-Opening on May 27...
Science Park is packed with outdoor science fun!
Coming Soon in the Mandell Center:
Opening June 9: "Aliens: Worlds of Possibilities"
Plan early for Summer 2000...
The Discovery Camp 2000 program is now available.
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/programs/discovery/index.html
For more information,
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/info/
or 215.448.1200
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