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WELCOME to the 161st Issue of EduHound Weekly!

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judi

This week's topic is:

CHINESE NEW YEAR

Chinese New Year is celebrated in late January to early February (depending on the year - it starts on a New Moon and ends with the lantern festival on the full moon 15 days later). In 2004, Chinese New Year is celebrated on January 22; the year 2004 is the Year of the Monkey . In the Chinese calendar, it is the year 4701.

Some sites to help in this effort: 

• 2004 Chinese New Year Festival & Parade
  Here you can have fun making traditional crafts, playing traditional games, coloring in the coloring book, or even making your very own fortune cookies.
  http://www.chineseparade.com/history/fun/fun.asp
  

• Chinese New Year
  The Web site for 5,000 years of Chinese cultural heritage - Just a tiny bit of it anyway.
  http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
  

• Arts & Crafts for Chinese New Year
  These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. The crafts use materials found around the house.
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/
  

• Chinese New Year at Web Holidays
  Explores the roots of this festival, as well as the Chinese Zodiac, origami, Chinese food, and tea trivia.  
  http://www.web-holidays.com/lunar/

• China: New Year or Spring Festival
  In these activities, students learn about Chinese New Year or Spring Festival and do lantern, paper cut and scroll activities related to the celebration of Chinese New Year.
  http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/china__dim_sum__spring_fes.html

Note: Instead of copying and pasting these links into your browser, simply go to http://www.eduhound.com and select our "Holidays" category.

Enjoy!

judi

EduHound Spotlight Site of the Week!

In honor of Chinese New Year, this week's featured site is:

Chinatown Online
http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk

Chinatown Online is a non-political, non-religious and non-partisan site which provides information about China, the Chinese community in the UK, Chinese businesses and business involved in trade/commerce with China. There is a dual focus to the site: information and education. Specific areas of the site are geared towards the educational sector and/or activities for children.

Be sure to visit the Teacher Resource page at http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/learn/teachers.html

Enjoy!

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EduHound Spotlight School/District of the Week!

St. Peter Lutheran School
Edina, Minnesota
http://www.stpeter.pvt.k12.mn.us

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EduHound Spotlight Classroom of the Week!

Mr. Farthing's Computer Lab Class
@ Garfield Middle School
Garrettsville, Ohio
http://www.gmscomplab.homestead.com

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Educational Conference Planning

Other upcoming conferences:

• Midwest Education Technology Conference (2004)
  January 26-28, 2004 - St. Louis, Missouri
  http://www.csd.org/metc2004
• 22nd Annual International Conference- Technology, Reading & Learning Difficulties (TRLD) 2004
  January 29- 31, 2004 - San Francisco, California
  http://www.trld.com

*For a complete listing of all educational conferences, check out T.H.E. Journal's Calendar at: http://www.theconferencecalendar.com

Ask Judi!

This week's question comes from Mark:

"I teach television production at the high school level and I'm looking for ideas and lesson plans.  Whenever I search the web it usually leads me to site appropriate for middle school and elementary.  Do you know where I can find high school aged materials?"

Absolutely, Mark

Here are some sites to get you started:

• SCHOOLTV.COM
  Your Web site for news and information about the exciting world of school-based television production.
  http://www.schooltv.com

• RTNDF's High School Journalism Project
  Seeks to identify, inspire, train and challenge the next generation of diverse electronic journalists and First Amendment advocates.
  http://rtndf.org/resources/highschool.shtml

• Media Awareness Network: Teacher Resources
  Practical teaching units and classroom activities for media education.
  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/index.cfm

• Focus Enhancements - Educators
  We are committed to helping teachers and students learn more about video editing and production. You'll find curriculum suggestions, contest information, and links to other educational resources.
  http://www.focusinfo.com/educators/

Good Luck!

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