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From the Desk of Judi!

This week's topic is:

NEWS IN EDUCATION

"For children to become competent lifelong learners, they must learn how to use nonfiction materials to expand their knowledge base, solve problems, and make decisions." Edward F. DeRoche, The Newspaper: A Reference for Teachers and Librarians (ABC-CLIO, Inc., 1991).

Some sites to help in this effort:

• The Stock Market Game
  The Stock Market Game gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in a real-time portfolio. They think they're playing a game. You know they're learning economic and financial concepts they'll use for the rest of their lives.
  http://www.smgww.org
  

• Headline Spot
  Quickly and easily find sources for 56 U.S. metropolitan areas, 50 states, 59 countries, 27 industries and dozens of subjects from arts and automobiles to technology and travel.
  http://www.headlinespot.com

• New York Times Student Learning Network
  World events indepth studies, a daily lesson plan to correspond with the news of the day, daily current events quizzes and theme based crossword puzzles.
  http://nytimes.com/learning/students/
  

• NewsHour Extra's Teacher Resources
  Want to build your students' analytical thinking and critical analysis skills? Are you searching for ways to make your subject matter more relevant and engaging? NewsHour Extra is here to help! 
  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/index.html

• CNN StudentNews
  Educators use CNN Student News in their classrooms for the news of the day, as well as segments that encourage student participation. It's is easy to integrate into any lesson and is closed-captioned for use by hearing impaired or ESOL classes.
  http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com

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

Good Luck!

judi

EduHound Spotlight Site of the Week!

In honor of News in Education, this week's featured site is:

NIE Online
http://nieonline.com

NIE Online provides online lesson plans and other innovative materials for use on NIE websites to provide valuable newspaper-oriented resources to teachers through the Internet. These resources help build repeat traffic to NIE websites and provide greater exposure to your programs, special offers. We also provide hosting services for NIE websites with rates scaled based on newspaper print circulation.

Good Luck!

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EduHound Spotlight School/District of the Week!

Thayer Academy
Braintree, Massachusetts
http://www.thayer.org

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EduHound Spotlight Classroom of the Week!

Mrs. Jones 8th Grade Laptop AB 1 & 2
@ Reyburn Intermediate School
Clovis, California
http://lv.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/lv/reyburn/hp.nsf/HomePages/ninadictos

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Educational Conference Planning

Other upcoming conferences:

• Ohio SchoolNet Technology Conference 2004
  March 1-3, 2004 - Columbus, Ohio
  http://www.osn.state.oh.us/stateconf/
• MACUL 2004- Enhancing Education Through Technology
  March 10-12, 2004 - Grand Rapids, Michigan
  http://www.macul.org/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 Megan:

"I'm looking for some educational sites about transportation history. Could you please list a few in your newsletter?"

Certainly, Megan

Here are some sites to get you started:

• America on the Move!
  See how we got here. Transportation transformed America. Choose from these three interconnected routes to explore how transportation shaped our lives, landscapes, culture and communities.
  http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/

• Library of Congress Railroad Maps 1828-1900 Collection
  Maps and information that illustrate the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html

• Underground Rails: The New York City Subway System
  Students explore the New York City subway system as a link to the people and places and to study its history and compare it with the history of subway systems in other cities
  http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/00-1/lesson0022.shtml

• eThemes - Transportation: Aircraft
  Resources about the history of aviation. Includes photographs of different types of aircraft, principles and concepts of flight and plane construction, women in aviation and how to construct paper airplanes.
  http://emints.more.net/ethemes/resources/S00000150.shtml

Enjoy!

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