NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 5 May 2000 - Special issue (#2000-254)
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Topics in this special issue:
1. MISC> Update: WIW Writers Conference, May 12-13, Washington, DC
2. MISC> Access Place Women
3. MISC> [WebSiteDaily] Napster MP3 Banned On Campus
4. SCI> T2T> biomes sites
5. K12> Valerie's Best of the Web Links
6. PROJ> Care Project
7. K12> Education Site: Nations of the World
8. PROJ> Mind's-Eye Monster Project Exchange
9. NEWSLTR> May Issue: Classroom Connect Newsletter
10. MISC> [DUC] INFO/NYT: All the Information Your Government Thinks Its Fit
To Print: Censoring the Internet by Governments
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:22:08 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> Update: WIW Writers Conference, May 12-13, Washington, DC
From: Ken Reigner [mailto:cbsm...@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:57 PM
Building a Thriving Free-lance Career
To Be Focus of Writers' Conference
Lawrence Block To Discuss Successful Marketing Techniques
Washington--Advancing your free-lance writing career will be the focus
of Washington Independent Writers' Spring Conference, Friday evening and
all day Saturday, May 12-13, at the National Press Club in downtown
Washington.
Famed mystery writer Lawrence Block will address the group Friday
evening on "The Non-Writing Part of Being a Writer." Block will share what
he's learned about promotional tours, book signings and other important,
but often neglected, aspects of selling a book.
And, in an unusual move for a keynoter, Block will also participate in
a Saturday morning panel, joining science fiction/thriller author Steven
Spruill and romance writer Kathleen Gilles Seidel in revealing some tricks
of the trade to keep readers turning those pages.
On Saturday, Washington-area native Breena Clarke, whose first novel,
"River: Cross My Heart," was selected for Oprah's Book Club, will tell the
audience "How To Write a Novel While Holding Down a Full-Time Job."
"The Great Myths of Free-lancing" will be detailed in a talk by Nancy
Lloyd, who has parlayed her expertise in money management into a
successful, multi-medium free-lance career. Adding advice on money
management will be Ric Edelman, best-selling author of "The Truth About
Money: The New Rules of Money" and the recent "Ordinary People,
Extraordinary Wealth."
To assist conference participants further in their writing and
publishing endeavors, 10 literary agents from New York and Washington will
meet with attendees in pre-arranged, 10-minute one-on-one sessions.
Agencies to be represented include The Literary Group, Jane Dystel Literary
Agency, Spectrum and Jabberwocky.
"We are very excited about the huge response we're getting from writers
who want this chance to meet with an agent as part of the Spring
Conference," said Margaret Blair, Spring Writers Conference Chair. Blair
said she expects the slots for agent meetings to be filled up within the
next several days. New York book editor and consultant Ellen Roberts will
also offer manuscript critiques for $125.
Twenty panels in all will offer tips and insights into writing
biography, travel, children's books, plays and book proposals. Panels will
also deal with magazine and newsletter markets, university presses,
advanced marketing techniques, "Finding the Right Niche: Articles vs.
Books" and the growing world of online publishing.
A new panel this year will be "Success Stories," highlighting local
writers who have come a long way in a short time. Among them will be
Yolanda Young, whose still-in-progress memoirs were recently auctioned off
by her agent to Random House for a six-figure amount.
Registration for the conference is $125 for WIW members, $175 for
nonmembers and $210 for a combined membership/conference fee. Prices
increase for registrations postmarked after May 5.
For more information, contact the WIW office, 220 Woodward Building,
733 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 347-4973, fax (202)
628-0298, <mailto:washw...@aol.com> (washw...@aol.com). WIW's Web site
<www.washwriter.org> has further details. A registration form is available
at <www.washwriter.org/events/registration_form.htm>.
Washington Independent Writers is non-profit professional organization
based in Washington, D.C., for independent writers, editors and
journalists. With approximately 1,900 members, WIW is the largest regional
writers' group in the United States. WIW also sponsors a Listserv e-mail
discussion list called WIW-L.
For a free WIW-L subscription, send an e-mail message to
<mailto:list...@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> (list...@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu), and
in the body of the message, type "subscribe WIW-L YourFirstName
YourLastName" (without the quotation marks). Or send a blank e-mail message
to <mailto:WIW-L-subsc...@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>
(WIW-L-subsc...@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu).
--
Ken Reigner mailto:cbsm...@earthlink.net
Member, Board of Directors List Owner, WIW-L and WIW-JOBS
Chairman, Technology Committee wiw-l-...@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu
Washington Independent Writers wiw-jobs...@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:22:16 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> Access Place Women
From: Access News [mailto:me...@accessplace.com]
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 6:54 AM
For women's Web resources, check out:
Access Place Women
http://www.accessplace.com/women.htm
Access to magazines, chat rooms, support groups, career advice,
working mothers, money management tips, health resources, family
issues, pregnancy, childbirth, baby, fashion, wedding planning.
Bryce Westover, Editor
mailto:me...@accessplace.com
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:22:21 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [WebSiteDaily] Napster MP3 Banned On Campus
From: "Rob" <r...@rwneill.com>
To: "WebSit...@egroups.com" <websit...@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:32 AM
Subject: [WebSiteDaily] Napster MP3 Banned On Campus
Napster MP3 Banned On Campus
http://collegelife.about.com/library/weekly/aa050300a.htm
The Napster MP3 program is being banned from university campuses. College
Life Guide Ben Miller has details.
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:22:27 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: SCI> T2T> biomes sites
From: "Tracey Robinson" <Tracey_...@mac.pattonville.k12.mo.us>
To: <t...@teachnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:46 PM
Subject: T2T> biomes sites
Hereare some biome sites. Hope you like them.
*Biomes of the world:
http://www.snowcrest.net/geography/slides/biomes/index.html
*Tour of Biomes:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
*Reference Page
http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/mountain_environments/resour
ces/biomes.html
Misc Sites:
http://www.pacific-academy.surrey.bc.ca/ms/biomes.html
http://www.marlborough.la.ca.us/depts/science/biomes.html
http://www.UCMP.Berkeley.EDU/glossary/gloss5/biome/
What's It Like Where you Live
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/biome/map.htm
Neat site
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html
A 3rd grade teacher's Unit Overview of a Biome's Unit
http://k12.albemarle.org/MurrayElem/White/WebQuests/Biomes/question.html
Zoo Creation - students make biome - unit plans from a school dist. in
oregon
http://www.wallowa.k12.or.us/wallowa/scicluster/index.htm
Biomes Web Pages made by 9th graders
http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/index1.html
mailto:Tracey_...@mac.pattonville.k12.mo.us
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:34:13 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> Valerie's Best of the Web Links
From: "Valerie L. Thomas" <vth...@EROLS.COM>
To: <K12A...@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 12:56 AM
Subject: Valerie's Best of the Web Links
Here is the url for my Best of the Web page that I developed for a class
at the University of Delaware:
http://homes.arealcity.com/K12MathScience/
It has some interesting links that can be used for K12 education. Feel
free to send me feedback.
Valerie
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:56:20 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: PROJ> Care Project
From: "Housley, Kathleen" <KHou...@CLASSROOM.COM>
To: <C...@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 9:20 PM
Subject: Care Project
Our project is part of the Grassroots program promoted through Canada
SchoolNet. This project is the result of an application we submitted to
Canada SchoolNet. The website has been created totally by kids. Our kids
are sharing information about
us and what we're doing and we're looking for kids from around the world
to share with us with the hopes that we can all work together to create a
better world by reaching out and caring.
Our web site is http://parps.haltonbe.on.ca Here's an overview of our
project:
At Park School, the Care program forms the foundation of how we live and
learn. Since its inception a few years ago, it has done much to create a
caring, safe and respectful environment. Our Grassroots project, which we
are calling LINKS (Learning, Information technology, Natural environment,
Knowledge, Sharing), extends this philosophy beyond our school. Each of
our classes has developed a project based on an aspect of the Ontario
Curriculum. In each case, they will be sharing, via our web page, what
they are doing. They will also be requesting a sharing of information and
response from students around the world:
* Kindergarten - we're creating a 'care' garden to demonstrate that
we
care about our environment; what things are other Kindergarten children
doing to make their world a better place?
* Grade 1 - what roles and responsibilities do you have in your
family
(what's the same and what's different in families around the world
* Grade 2 - tell us about your community (goal will be to see what's
the
same, what's different amongst different global communities
* Grade 2/3 - what are you doing in your community to protect your
environment
* Grade 3 - through using various community resources, they will be
building an I Care garden; what are you doing in your community to make it a
better place
* Grade 4 - tell us about your habitat; what factors are affecting
changes in local habitats and how these changes are affecting plant and
animal life
* Grade 5 - what makes you feel unsafe in your school and community;
what strategies do you have in place to deal with this; what role does the
media
have in promoting violence; what can we do about it?
We invite you to visit our web page to see what we're doing to extend our
I Care philosophy beyond our school. We would encourage you to share your
thoughts and ideas with us. We would also be very interested in pursuing
a collaborative project so that, together, we can make a difference and
make the world a more caring place for everyone.
Marg Davies
mailto:Marg_A....@chat.haltonbe.on.ca
Park School
Georgetown, Ontario
Canada
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:56:25 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> Education Site: Nations of the World
From: "Housley, Kathleen" <KHou...@CLASSROOM.COM>
To: <C...@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 9:22 PM
Subject: Education Site: Nations of the World
The E-Conflict World Encyclopedia site profiles each nation and province in
the world.
There are hundreds of pages including information on world history, weather,
governments, economies, people, etc. You can view maps, flags or listen to
national anthems. You may want to add it to your list of Internet resources.
The site address is: http://www.emulateme.com
Thank you,
David Driggs
mailto:exp...@emulateme.com
E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
http://www.emulateme.com
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:56:31 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: PROJ> Mind's-Eye Monster Project Exchange
From: "Housley, Kathleen" <KHou...@CLASSROOM.COM>
To: <C...@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 9:25 PM
Subject: Spring Monster Project
WinStar for Education http://www.win4edu.com is very excited to announce
that the Spring 2000 Mind's-Eye Monster Project Exchange is ready for YOUR
classroom. Join the FREE project that thousands of students' worldwide have
participated in!
Signup begins immediately at...
http://www.win4edu.com/minds-eye/monster/
and is only open to the first 500 schools!
What is THE MONSTER PROJECT?
"Students try to communicate an original monster image into another child's
mind using writing skills and technology."
PROJECT COORDINATOR'S NOTE: This project depends on the use of the World
Wide Web.
Everything you want and need to know such as: "What is the Monster Exchange
Project?, What does the project offer to the student and teacher?, How does
my school, classroom, or "home schooler" participate?, Do I need to be a
computer genius to participate?, and, "What equipment do I need to have?"
can be found at:
http://www.win4edu.com/minds-eye/monster/
To successfully participate in this project, Internet tools such as a chat
room, mailing list, and partner matching, have been designed to help make
teachers and students successful. Winstar for Education tools can be seen
at the above web address. Knowledge of HTML is not required to publish in
the
monster galleries or for any other features of this project. Please note,
however, that you do need to be able to save student drawings in either GIF
of JPG format to successfully upload drawings to the Monster Galleries.
There is information on the site detailing instructions on exactly what to
do. You also need to make sure you have either Netscape 2.0 or higher or
Internet Explorer 4.0 to participate. Please read the project information
pages before committing your classes to the project.
Dates: Registration begins immediately. The project starting date is May 5,
2000, and continues through July 1, 2000, the closing date for
the additions to the monster galleries. Sign up will be limited to the first
500 schools. Please check to make sure these dates do not conflict with
other classroom activities before registering.
Online automated signup for the project is accomplished by logging on to the
Minds-Eye home page
http://www.win4edu.com/minds-eye/monster/
and clicking on the link called "signup".
Grade Levels: K-12
Objectives: to use writing process/skills to communicate a drawing of
student-created monster into detailed written descriptions that students
from cooperating schools read to duplicate the original drawing as closely
as possible. The real challenge is that the remotely drawn monster is
created only from reading the description! At the end of the project, both
the original and duplicate drawings are digitized and published on the web
in the Mind's Eye Monster Galleries so that participants can see the
resulting drawings for comparison. Evaluation of student work: write a final
email message to the partner class discussing the differences between each
of the student's work.
PLEASE NOTE: Illustration content drawn by the students should be
appropriate for cross cultures and suitable for children of all ages.
Example: Illustrations with blood and weapons may be inappropriate for some
children.
Peace,
Susy
Monster Exchange Project Coordinator
****************************
Susy Calvert
Teacher/Coordinator of Gifted Education
Maxwell Hill Gifted Center
1001 Maxwell Hill Road
Beckley, WV 25801
304-246-4619 (classroom)
304-256-4599 (school office)
304-256-4584 (school fax)
Monster Project Administrator
Web page: http://maxwellhill.rale.k12.wv.us
Monster Project Web Page:
http://www.win4edu.com/minds-eye/monster/index.htm
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:56:37 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: NEWSLTR> May Issue: Classroom Connect Newsletter
From: "Housley, Kathleen" <KHou...@CLASSROOM.COM>
To: <C...@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 5:14 AM
Subject: May Issue: Classroom Connect Newsletter
Here's What You'll Find in the May issue of the Classroom Connect
Newsletter:
The May 2000 issue of the Classroom Connect Newsletter contains such
favorites as Lesson Plan Goldmine, Connected Calendar, A+ Web Gallery, Wired
Success Story, Kids' Corner, Net Pro, Net Lessons, Global Projects, and
Internet Activities. In addition, you'll also find these great articles:
* In our cover story, Deirdre Kelly writes about "Hosting a
Technology Night" (pages 4-6).
* School Webmaster Chris Mautner gives you a wealth of information
about Webcams (page 8).
* Chris Hofer Borror tells you what you can expect when you attend
one of our Connected
Classroom Conferences (page 9).
* Read all about "Virtual Field Trips, Doorways to Learning," (page
10).
* Find a wealth of resources on the Web about Brain-based Learning
(page 16).
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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 07:56:45 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [DUC] INFO/NYT: All the Information Your Government Thinks Its
Fit To Print: Censoring the Internet by Governments
From: "David P. Dillard" <jw...@astro.ocis.temple.edu>
To: "Diversity University Collaboratory" <d...@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 5:43 AM
Subject: [DUC] INFO/NYT: All the Information Your Government Thinks Its Fit
To Print: Censoring the Internet by Governments
REGARDING A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE WITH LINK AND EXCERPT BELOW:
A report "Censor Dot Gov: The Internet and Press Freedom
2000," and a 30-page annual survey of press freedoms in 186 countries,
shows that there is substantial censorship of websites and email in
certain countries. There are several methods of censorship employed.
Keeping people off of the internet through deliberately prohibitively high
telecommunications costs is one very effective method of preventing
content on the web and in email that is undesirable to the censoring
government. Laws about content and long prison terms for their violation
is another powerful censorship methodology. In countries that permit wider
participation on the internet by its citizens, censorship methods include
blocking, filtering and online surveillance.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204-4584
jw...@astro.temple.edu
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Source: New York Times (NYT)
Author: CARL S. KAPLAN
Title: Governments Learn How to Censor the Internet, Report Says
Source Date: May 5, 2000
Resource Type: News Article
Description/Keywords: Foreign Countries, Internet Access, Freedom of
Speech, Censorship, Governments, Filtering/Blocking, Access Cost, Legal
Regulation, Legal Penalties, Imprisonment, Online Surveillance
URL: Listed Below Article Summary
(Free Registration Required by the New York Times)
May 5, 2000
By CARL S. KAPLAN
Governments Learn How to Censor the
Internet, Report Says
Conventional wisdom dictates that governments cannot really control
speech on the Internet. Try to stamp out an idea or a conversation, the
theory goes, and users of the global network will re-route around the
local "damage" and continue talking as before.
The theory is wrong. In reality, many
governments around the world are doing a
pretty good job of censoring or restricting
speech online. That is the conclusion of a report
on world press freedom released this week by
Freedom House, a respected New York-based
human rights organization.
"The Internet is the new technology, and we're seeing censorship in
many kinds of countries now," said Leonard R. Sussman, a senior scholar at
Freedom House and author of the report. It includes an essay, "Censor Dot
Gov: The Internet and Press Freedom 2000," and a 30-page annual survey of
press freedoms in 186 countries.
Countries use a variety of methods to control online speech, Sussman
explained in his essay. At the first level, some simply prevent a majority
of their citizens from gaining access to the Internet, either passively
through a high-cost telecommunications infrastructure that limits
participation, or more directly through laws or licensing.
Web Sites Related to This Article:
Freedom House
http://www.freedomhouse.org/
Freedom House's Press Freedom Survey 2000, including essay
on Internet censorship by Leonard R. Sussman
http://www.freedomhouse.org/pfs2000/
Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://www.epic.org/
Global Internet Liberty Campaign
http://www.gilc.org/
International Freedom of Expression eXchange
http://www.ifex.org/
"Freedom of Expression on the Internet," report from Human
Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k/Issues-04.htm
"The Twenty Enemies of the Internet," report from Reporters Sans
Frontieres
http://www.rsf.fr/internet/ennemis.html
"10 Worst Enemies of the Press," report by Committee to Protect
Journalists
http://www.cpj.org/enemies/enemies_00.html
Digital Freedom Network
http://www.dfn.org/
Check My Articles on Database Searching
http://www.Edu-CyberPG.com/
Click on Ringleaders and Then Reference
Diversity University Collaboratory Mailing List (DUC)
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/diversity.html
Full Story May Be Read At:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/cyber/cyberlaw/05law.html
MSNBC.com AND USA TODAY HOT SITE PICK AWARDS
The Educational CyberPlayGround <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com>
Diversity University Collaboratory Listserv [DUC]
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/diversity.html>
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