NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 17 Mar 1998 to 18 Mar 1998 - Special issue (#1998-192)
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Topics in this special issue:
1. K12> The Odyssey World Trek for Service and Education
2. K12> seeking additional American and foreign schools
3. K12> World Bank's Development Education Program
4. K12> [Classroom Connect] A-Z Teacher Stuff
5. K12> [EW-Newsletter] Education World Newsletter Vol.2 Issue 11
6. MISC> 4 Million Bids at ONSALE!
7. MISC> Internet Demand Is Moving Faster Than Technology, Panel Says
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:59:02 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> The Odyssey World Trek for Service and Education
From: Monica S. Flores <mcfl...@ucsd.edu>
To: k12...@gsn.org <k12...@gsn.org>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 3:37 PM
Subject: K12OPPS> The Odyssey World Trek for Service and Education
The Odyssey: World Trek for Service and Education is an "interactive world
trek" that will link students in classrooms with volunteers traveling around
the world for two years learning about different cultures and volunteering
with local grassroots organizations. The link will be established via the
World Wide Web free of charge.
The World Trek and its interactive, multi-media use of the Web will capture
and maintain students' interest. Once "hooked", students will learn
important computer skills, interact with a diversity of cultures, and learn
of some of the practical and inspirational ways that people throughout the
world struggle to overcome poverty and oppression. The students will
participate in service learning activities in conjunction with The Odyssey
and learn how to support each other's activities via the Web.
Visit us at: http://wwww.worldtrek.org/odyssey
1,000,000 STUDENTS + 50,000 MILES + September 1998-September 2000
Antigua, Guatemala
Cuzco, Peru
Bamako, Mali
Harare, Zimbabwe
Cairo, Egypt
Jerusalem, Israel
Istanbul, Turkey
Teheran, Iran
New Delhi, India
Xi'an, China
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Our mission:
+ To educate youth about diverse communities around the world
+ to empower youth through service learning to effect change locally and
globally
+ to actively engage students and teachers in the use of emerging technologies
as tools for education and social action.
In service of this mission, the Odyssey will link students via the World
Wide Web to a team of volunteers traveling and performing community service
throughout the world.
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:59:11 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> seeking additional American and foreign schools
From: sliv...@webtester.co <sliv...@webtester.co>
To: k12...@gsn.org <k12...@gsn.org>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 3:47 PM
Subject: K12OPPS> seeking additional American and foreign schools
Center for Internet Education and Cooperation
111 North High Street
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
(888)-924-8378
E-Mail:sliv...@webtester.co
The Center for Internet Education and Cooperation was established to foster
learning and international understanding between domestic and foreign high
schools (grades 6 - 12) through the use of the Internet.
The basic concept is to provide free to schools very low cost (less than
$500 per school), readily commercially available, video conferencing
hardware and software to allow real-time audio and video Internet
connections to link classes in the US with classes overseas at dial-up data
rates.
The objective of the Center is to use technology to build bridges between
the nations - hopefully leading to teacher and student exchanges and
technical cooperation.
The Center provides free to the foreign school, the special hardware
(cameras, modems, mikes, software, hardware upgrades, etc.) needed to
communicate real-time audio and video with US schools on the Internet using
dial-up telephone lines. The client school must supply its own computer
(Pentium 133 minimum with Windows 95), Internet connection (typically 28.8
KB minimum), an English speaking technical point of contact and an English
speaking teacher as the educational point of contact. The Center also
funds travel costs for participating teachers to come to the US to work
with the American High School.
The Center recruits American secondary schools who want to communicate with
the foreign schools - normally schools which have large ethnic population
or rural schools that want to broaden their students cultural awareness.
In the past these schools have been in Pennsylvania, but the Center is
expanding to other areas - particularly the Chicago, Illinois area. The
American school supplies its own equipment and a teacher to administrate
the program (although the Center has supplied camera and special equipment
to American schools if needed).
The program consists of joint Internet-based cultural and educational
exchanges. The Center is also looking into the possibility of language
training.
The program is in its formative stages. The first foreign school is in the
new Baltic nation of Lithuania - the Jablonskis School in Kaunas. Two
rural American public secondary schools - one in Minersville, PA and a
second in Reynoldsville, PA are currently participating. Initial projects
have included training in Internet programming, creation of a school WEB
page by foreign students on one of the American systems and cultural
exchanges.
Based on these initial experiences, the power of the Internet to allow
students and teachers to share educational and cultural experiences and
resources is substantial. A Catholic girl’s high school in Chicago and
three more Lithuanian and one Latvian schools are currently being added.
The Center is now seeking additional American and foreign schools who
desire to participate in this project. If any schools are interested,
please contact us for additional information or for a demonstration at one
of our participating schools. If anyone desires additional information,
check out our WEB site at:
http://www.webtester.com/foundation
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:59:18 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> World Bank's Development Education Program
From: abloome <abl...@worldbank.org>
To: k12...@gsn.org <k12...@gsn.org>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 4:03 PM
Subject: K12OPPS> World Bank's Development Education Program
Hello.
Wanted to let you know about an exciting new WWW site that has just been
produced by the World Bank's Development Education Program.
Our brand new Sustainable Development web site for secondary school
teachers and students is at www.worldbank.org/depweb. The site’s
interactive learning modules use charts, maps, case studies, photos, and
data tables -- all based on World Bank data and resources -- to teach
about social, economic, and environment issues of sustainable
development. Special features include an on-line newspaper for students
and an extensive “For Teachers” section.
We invite you, your colleagues, friends and family to explore this
“living site” at www.worldbank.org/depweb and give us your feedback and
suggestions. Additionally, we'd be delighted if you included us in your
projects registry and let partner schools know about the site.
Thanks much.
Tony Bloome
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The World Bank, 1818 H St. NW, Washington DC 20433, U.S.A.
http://www.worldbank.org +1(202)477-1234
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:59:26 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> [Classroom Connect] A-Z Teacher Stuff
From: Tim Mclain <TMc...@classroom.com>
To: Classroom Connect Mailing List <c...@listserv.classroom.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 6:26 PM
Subject: [Classroom Connect] A-Z Teacher Stuff
From: Holly Walsh <rif0...@ride.ri.net>
One of my student teachers gave me this site. It is fantastic! Check it out!
http://nic.smsu.edu/~alh004s/
A to Z Teacher Stuff
It is organized for finding quick lesson ideas: Lesson Plans, Thematic
Units, and Activities for Children's Literature. The links are organized
by theme for thematic unit resources and by title/author for book
activities. There are also links to other educational resources.
Enjoy!
Holly Walsh
Third Grade Teacher
rif0...@ride.ri.net
M.I. Robertson School
Central Falls, RI 02852
Clean Up Club Project
http://www.ri.net/schools/Central_Falls/ro/annex/Clean_Up_Club.html
http://www.ri.net/schools/Central_Falls/ro/annex97/sld001.html
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:59:34 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> [EW-Newsletter] Education World Newsletter Vol.2 Issue 11
From: Patricia Carnabuci <webm...@education-world.com>
To: ew-...@eyecatchers.com <ew-...@eyecatchers.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 7:10 PM
Subject: [EW-Newsletter] Education World Newsletter Vol.2 Issue 11
Education World Newsletter
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WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK AT EDUCATION WORLD(tm)
Vol.2 Issue 11
March 16, 1998
Dear Education Professionals,
You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up to receive
updates on What's New at Education World. Thank you for your interest.
Education World, the Educator's Complete Resource Guide to the Internet,
offers education professionals, parents, students, and administrators a
place where they can start each day to find the lesson plans and research
materials they are looking for. This site is updated weekly with fresh new
lesson plans and curriculum ideas, articles on issues that are of interest
to educators, parents, and students, and much more. See the newsletter
below for descriptions of What's New This Week! Education World is located at:
http://www.education-world.com
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NEWS FLASH!!
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Education World announces a new feature! Due to the popularity of our
Education Employment Listings section
<http://www.education-world.com/jobs/>, we now offer a Education Jobs
Distribution List. This distribution list will send you one email every 1-2
weeks which announces new education job listings that have been submitted
to us by school administrators. And for administrators, it will also
provide a summary of new resumes that have been submitted to our database.
For more information about joining this free list, go to:
http://www.education-world.com/maillist.shtml#jobs
We hope this will be a great resource for educators and administrators to
keep up-to-date on employment within the education profession!
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OUR FEATURE OF THE WEEK:
LESSON PLANNING:
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson055.shtml
"Children Act Fast...So Do Poisons!"
The theme of this year's National Poison Prevention Week (March 15-21) is
"Children Act Fast...So Do Poisons!" -- a reminder to educators that we
must "act fast" to teach poison prevention.
Included: Internet connections and classroom activities to teach poison
prevention!
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CURRICULUM:
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr062.shtml
Getting Started on the Internet 105: Add YOUR Name to a Listserv -- TODAY!
Every teacher should join a listserv. Listservs offer a quick and easy way
to connect with teachers around the world. Don't miss out on the sharing,
the learning, and the fun! Included: Links to hundreds of listservs for
educators.
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BOOKS IN EDUCATION:
http://www.education-world.com/a_books/books038.shtml
Making Maple Syrup "At Grandpa's Sugar Bush"
Transport your class to a sugar bush where the sap is flowing. Although
this book was written for young children, everyone can learn something new
At Grandpa's Sugar Bush. Included: Classroom activities and Internet
resources for learning more at all grade levels!
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ADMINISTRATORS:
http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin056.shtml
>From Billboard to Chalkboard: Advertising Creeps Into the Classroom
Corporate advertisers are spending big buck$ to get their names into
classrooms around the world. And schools strapped for ca$h are letting them
do it. Why? And what can school administrators and teachers do to make sure
kids are getting the right me$$age?
Included: Media literacy and money managing Web sites for kids!
http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin055.shtml
"Family Involvement in Children's Education"
Strategies used by 20 local Title I programs to overcome barriers to parent
involvement are featured in an idea book recently added to the U.S.
Department of Education's Web site. Here we explore in-depth one of those
programs.
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OUR EDUCATION SITE HOT PICK OF THE WEEK:
http://www.education-world.com/awards/past/r0796-07.shtml
NickNacks: Collaborative Education on the Internet
If you'd like to plan a collaborative internet project don't know how, this is
the site for you.
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HEADLINE NEWS:
http://www.education-world.com/education_news/
A Corporate Seat In Public Classrooms
Check out the latest from education news sources around the world and catch
up on today's headlines from USA Today.
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COOL SCHOOL:
http://www.education-world.com/cool_school/
South Knox Elementary School
Monroe City, IN
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:00:00 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> 4 Million Bids at ONSALE!
From: Susan Gray <su...@connors.com>
To: gle...@rrnet.com <gle...@rrnet.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 8:04 PM
Subject: 4 Million Bids at ONSALE!
Contacts:
Stefanie Elkins Pamela Coddington
ONSALE, Inc. Connors Communications
650-470-2448 415-217-7500
sel...@onsale.com pam...@connors.com
ONSALE REPORTS FOUR-MILLIONTH BID, HALF
MILLION REGISTERED CUSTOMERS AND ONE MILLION ORDERS
MENLO PARK, Calif., March 17, 1998 - ONSALE Inc. (NASDAQ: ONSL), the
leading online auction retailer, reported today that more than four million
bids have been placed on its site at www.onsale.com since its launch in May
1995. This landmark bid comes nearly 2 ‡ months after ONSALE logged its
three-millionth bid. Additionally, ONSALE announced its registered
customer base has grown to more than 500,000, and more than one million
orders have been filled.
ONSALE's four-millionth bid was placed by Pawin Suthapong of West
Lafayette, Indiana, on March 4, 1998. The bid, which was Mr. Suthapong's
13th since becoming an ONSALE customer less than a month before, was placed
using BidWatch , ONSALE's downloadable desktop application that allows
customers to create and track a customized list of open ONSALE auctions.
"Mr. Suthapong is a typical ONSALE customer -- he visits the site
frequently and bids on many different types of items," said Jerry Kaplan,
CEO of ONSALE. "Three of his 13 bids were successful, for a Sony Discman,
an Aiwa home theater system and a modem he purchased from a private party
through the ONSALE Exchange. Like a growing number of our bidders, Mr.
Suthapong took advantage of BidWatch, which provides real-time auction
information and direct bidding access."
"I heard about ONSALE and a few other auction sites from one of my friends
and I soon discovered that ONSALE is the best among those auction sites,"
said Mr. Suthapong. "ONSALE offers a great deal of quality products in both
the computer and consumer electronics areas. I have been very pleased with
my home electronics purchases and I even found a great bargain on a modem
at the ONSALE Exchange."
About ONSALE
ONSALE (NASDAQ: ONSL) is the leading electronic retailer pioneering an
efficient and entertaining new distribution channel -- the interactive
online auction. The company currently specializes in selling excess
merchandise and services -- such as personal computers, consumer
electronics, fitness equipment, sports memorabilia, vacation rentals, and
specialty foods -- over the Internet's World Wide Web. ONSALE operates
seven daily auctions each week, and posts tens of thousands of items in a
typical week. The Company leverages the interactivity and sense of
community possible on the Internet to build an effective new sales medium
that generates a high level of customer loyalty and enthusiasm. ONSALE's
Web site is located at www.onsale.com.
ONSALE® is a registered trademark of ONSALE, Inc.
Susan Gray
Connors Communications
415.217.7500
FAX: 415.217.7503
http://www.connors.com
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:00:09 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> Internet Demand Is Moving Faster Than Technology, Panel Says
From: John Walker <jwa...@networx.on.ca>
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 12:52 AM
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Select:
--> Internet Resources, then
--> Educational Resources, then
--> Astronomy Related Links
Asteroid 1997XF11: Close Encounter in 2028?
One-Mile-Wide Asteroid to Pass Close to the Earth in 2028--HSCA
Asteroid Will Miss Earth by Comfortable Distance in 2028--NASA JPL
Discovery Observation of 1997XF11--UA Spacewatch
Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Home Page--NASA JPL
Astronomers Track Down Asteroids in Hubble Archive--STSCI
These five sites provide information related to the recently discovered
asteroid 1997XF11 and how close it will come to Earth in 30 years.
Courtesy Scout Report
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Internet Demand Is Moving Faster Than Technology, Panel Says
(03/16/98; 3:13 p.m. EST)
By Jeff Sweat, InformationWeek
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/0398iwld/TWB19980316S0017
Internet bandwidth demands, fueled by technology such as video and
IP telephony, are rising so rapidly that backbone providers may not
be able to keep up, a panel of ISPs and equipment vendors said Friday
at Spring Internet World '98 in Los Angeles.
The panelists, speaking at a keynote session, said Internet use is
shooting up more rapidly than expected. According to Alan Taffel,
vice president of marketing and business development at Fairfax,
Va.-based ISP Uunet Technologies, the Internet used to double in size
once a year, but now it's doubling every three to six months -- a
tenfold increase per year. "We have to radically alter our backbone
very, very regularly," he said. "We and everybody else are going to
have a difficult time keeping up with bandwidth demand."
Other panelists concurred, saying building up a backbone is made more
difficult because ISPs and network equipment providers have to see
what uses emerge for the Internet. "We're being asked to build
bandwidth for the future without really knowing what the traffic will
be," said David Garrison, chairman of ISP Netcom On-Line
Communications Services, in San Jose, Calif.
And new applications such as video have significant impact on
existing infrastructure. "As new applications come along, it [the
Internet] is gonna break. So we scramble like crazy to try to fix
it," said Jeanette Symons, founder and chief technology officer of
Ascend Communications, in Alameda, Calif.
Internet users have come to expect that Internet services are "free"
after the user has paid infrastructure costs, but the panelists said
the business model won't hold up as specialized services such as IP
telephony put extra demand on the network. "Eventually, people will
have to pay," Symons said. "If they're investing in their
infrastructure, the money for that has to come from somewhere." What
still has to be determined is whether users have to pay for the
service, for time, or for distance.
The ISPs on the panel said the cost of building a "long-haul"
nationwide backbone, as opposed to short- distance segments, is so
high that providers may be forced to move to a telephone
company-inspired distance pricing system. "Distance-sensitive pricing
may reemerge," Uunet's Taffel said.
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Also in this issue:
- Year-2000 Problem: Can Its Ripples Cripple The Net?
Web sites addressing the year-2000 problem often display clocks
ticking to show how little time is left until the next millennium.
But many of these clocks have one critical flaw. They themselves will
show the wrong date after ticking past Dec. 31, 1999. The clock is
ticking on Internet hardware and software - and Internet
professionals who think their systems are unaffected may be in for a
surprise.
- Internet Demand Is Moving Faster Than Technology, Panel Says
Internet bandwidth demands, fueled by technology such as video and
IP telephony, are rising so rapidly that backbone providers may not
be able to keep up, a panel of ISPs and equipment vendors said Friday
at Spring Internet World '98 in Los Angeles.
- Australia aims to be Net player
MELBOURNE, Australia--Australian Prime Minister John Howard said
today that his government was keen to reap the benefits of the
information economy, and would not seek to tax electronic commerce or
put a "bits" tax on the Internet.
- Net 'Infrastructure Fee' Dropped
The National Science Foundation and Network Solutions Inc., the
government-appointed registrar of .com domain names, announced today
that they will stop collecting a 30 percent surcharge on
registrations instituted in 1995 to fund enhancement of the Internet.
- Devices to overtake people on the Internet
NEW YORK -- World Wide Web site developers today are fighting over
the millions of users online, but within several years they will be
wooing a far larger but less animate crowd: a vast array of devices,
from refrigerators to light bulbs and toys, according to two keynote
speakers at the Seybold Seminars conference here.
- Investors Pour $1.8B Into Internet Firms
Underhyped and loving it, that's the Internet, the number one
investment for venture capitalists in many cases.
- New Lists and Journals
1) Journal of Public Economics
2) Public Illumination Magazine
3) Successful Schmoozing
4) Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
5) International Immunology
6) CrashSite
7) Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
8) Journal of Experimental Botany
9) Journal of the National Cancer Institute
10) Journal of Petrology
11) Logic Journal of the IGPL
12) Medical Image Analysis
13) Greece and Rome
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