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Spotlight School/District of the Week!
Spotlight Classroom of the Week!
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WELCOME to the 63rd
Issue of EduHound Weekly!
From the Desk of Judi!This week's topic is: ONLINE HOMEWORK HELP
My 8th grade son already has research to do for an upcoming paper. Here are some great resources to use as a starting point.
Our "Reference" category can be found within our main page category listings in the blue shaded box. Some of the sites you will find here:
Britannica.com
Note: Instead of copying and pasting these links into your browser, simply go to www.eduhound.com and select our "Reference" category. Enjoy! Judi
EduHound Spotlight
Site of the Week! In honor of Homework Help, this week's featured site is:
RefDesk.com Refdesk.com has three goals: (1) fast access, (2) intuitive and easy navigation and (3) comprehensive content, rationally indexed. The prevailing philosophy here is: simplicity. "Simplicity is the natural result of profound thought." And, very difficult to achieve. Enjoy! **You can now see our past "Sites of the Week" live
on EduHound at:
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School/District of the Week! South Point Local School District 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:
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Spotlight Classroom of the Week! Mrs. Mowle's Fifth Grade Class @ Barbara C.
Jordan Intermediate 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:
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Ask Judi!This week's question comes from Adriane: "I will be the computer teacher for a grade K, 1, 2 school. I have to find software to load on 20 new IMAC computers that students can use to supplement the classroom curriculum. What are some basic software programs for that age level--including a word processing program." Great timing, Adriane! If you go to our page at: http://www.eduhound.com/edumatch/main.html Also, this week we are beginnning a brand new monthly software giveaway! 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 September:
Grades: All Here is the ultimate information manager designed with teachers in mind. You can manage detailed student information including grade books, attendance sheets and seating charts. You can even integrate pictures of your students. Basic and advanced modes accommodate users varying degrees of computer experience. ENTER FOR FREE & REVIEW CONTEST RULES HERE: 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 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!
http://www.eduhound.com/edumatch/main.html We've teamed with edumatch.com to bring you a revolutionary new way to buy educational software. In fact, now that edumatch is here, 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. You can purchase online or off, with a school purchase order, share your finds with your colleagues or create a requisition or quotation. edumatch offers so many ways to select software that you're bound to find innovative ways to integrate it into your curriculum!
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