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WELCOME to the 79th Issue of EduHound Weekly!

From the Desk of Judi!

This week's topic is:

GROUNDHOG DAY!
&
VALENTINE'S DAY!

This year we celebrate Groundhog Day on Saturday, February 2nd & Valentine's Day on Thursday, February 14th!

Some sites of interest:

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

Enjoy!

Judi

EduHound Spotlight Site of the Week!

In honor of Valentine's Day, this week's featured site is:



Awesome Clipart for Kids: Valentine's Day!
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/valentine.html

Includes Valentine's Day clipart, backgrounds, lines, fonts & puzzles!

Enjoy!

**You can now see our past "Sites of the Week" live on EduHound at:
http://www.eduhound.com/weeklyspotlight.cfm


EduHound Spotlight School/District of the Week!


Niles North High School
Skokie, Illinois

http://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/north/

See for Yourself & Submit your School/District Today!

**You can now see our past "Schools/Districts of the Week" live on EduHound Schools on the Web at:
http://www.eduhoundschoolsontheweb.com/schoolspotlight.cfm


  EduHound Spotlight Classroom of the Week!


Aurora Middle School Art Department @ Aurora Middle School
Aurora, Nebraska

http://www.esu9.k12.ne.us/~swegenas/index.htm

See for Yourself & Submit your Classroom Today!

**You can now see our past "Sites of the Week" live on EduHound Classrooms on the Web at:
http://www.eduhoundclassroomsontheweb.com/classroomspotlight.cfm


Educational Conference Planning

Florida Educational Technology Conference 2002
March 6-8, 2002
Orlando, Florida
http://www.fetc.org/fetc2002/

Other upcoming conferences:

*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 Mary:

"With Groundhog Day coming, could you please provide some great weather-related links?"

Certainly, Mary!

Enjoy!

Each week, I'll use this area to answer questions that have been streaming in from YOU! As the saying goes, "If you have a question or comment, chances are that others have it too!" So please write us at EduHoundWeekly@eduhound.com and watch for your answer here!


EduHound Site Updates!

http://www.eduhound.com/edumatch/main.html

Have you entered yet?
www.eduhound.com/giveaway.cfm

*Note: You only have to enter ONCE per school year to be eligible for ALL our monthly contests. However, you can only WIN one time.

If you go to our page at: http://www.eduhound.com/edumatch/main.html
You can go to edumatch to search for and purchase software by grade, platform, state standards and more!

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When we teamed with edumatch we brought a revolutionary new way to buy educational software. Now, we bring you but a great way to win FREE software for your school too! edumatch will offer a new title every month.

Here's what's up for December & January:

Student Writing & Research Center, School Edition
Grades: 4 -Adult
Publisher: Learning Company
Platform: Windows

The Student Writing & Research Center combines the Student Writing Center, Compton's concise Encyclopedia, and new unique student research and writing features together on one CD-ROM! No other word processor puts multimedia research just one click away. And, no other encyclopedia comes with a full-featured word processor for students. Thousands of articles, 8,000 pictures, over 75 videos, 3-D animations and multimedia presentations, an atlas, timelines, and a dictionary are among the special features that will make writing and research an exciting and stimulating experience for your students!

This edition requires 486 with 33 MHz or better, a double-speed CD-ROM drive, 256 color SVGA monitor, 8mb, Windows 3.1, and DOS 5.0. Value: $69.95

ENTER FOR FREE & REVIEW CONTEST RULES HERE:

www.eduhound.com/giveaway.cfm

*Note: You only have to enter ONCE per school year to be eligible for ALL our monthly contests. However, you can only WIN one time.

And don't forget: We think it's the only way to buy software that makes sense! edumatch matches curriculum software from over 150 publishers to your state's curriculum standards, your teaching style, your students and your hardware: http://www.eduhound.com/edumatch/main.html



www.eduhound.com/hotlist

Create Your Own FREE Educational Web Pages, HotLists and Worksheets!

Educators everywhere are already using the HotList! They're making their own personal web pages, webquests, assessments and worksheets. We've also provided a direct address for each of your ad free HotLists so you can link it to your already existing district, school or personal education pages.

See for yourself how fast, easy and impressive your own educational web page can be!


We have archived ALL the past issues of Eduhound Weekly!
They can be found on our revised "Subscriptions & Archives" page at: http://www.eduhound.com/eduhoundweekly.cfm

So if you missed an issue, misplaced an issue, recently subscribed, receive the text version and want to see EduHound Weekly in its colorful HTML format...now you can! Enjoy!



http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com

Awesome Clipart for Kids has Kid, Teacher & Family-Friendly FREE clipart, coloring pages, backgrounds, banners, fonts, icons, lines, skins, worksheets and wallpaper with aliens, animals, cats, creatures, dogs, education, holidays, robots, sports, toys, weather & more! Created & maintained by 13-year-old Tom Brown.



Please visit T.H.E. Journal Online for the latest trends and applications in the educational technology market...and to get your FREE subscription to the magazine: http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/subscription/sub.html

That's all for this week!
"Remember...the Web is a terrible thing to waste!"


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