TWTW Teaching with the Web	The Instructional Technology Journal of Greenwood School District 50 http://www2.gwd50.org Volume 02, Number 15 February 1, 2007
Valentine’s Day 2/1/07 Why not use the internet to find out about Valentine’s Day? Check out these activities from Filamentality! A Hot List on Valentine’s Day http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listvalentinel.html Hunt for Hearts: A Treasure Hunt on The History of Valentine's Day http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/hunthistorygo.html Valentine’s Day WebQuest http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/webvalentinmr.html Lets Travel Around The Internet for Valentine's Day http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/hunttravelkv.html	Important Teacher Notes · Projector Bulb Lifespan: To extend the lifespan of your projector bulbs, remember to shut the projector down when it is not in use. After using the projector, do not move it until the bulb has enough time to cool down. · Emails within the District: What do you do when you don’t recognize the sender of an email? We are all so conscious of avoiding virus infected emails that we sometimes delete important email. In your Groupwise Mailbox under the “From” column, you can observe a pattern. Emails from within District 50 contain the name only. Emails from outside of the District include the email address in the “From” column. Be sure to read the email from within the District so you won’t miss important information!
High Court: Don’t Delete that eMail! New rules make eMail subject to legal review According to a report in eSchool News Online (http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6748), “the new rules, which went into effect Dec. 1, [state that] schools, businesses, and other organizations are required to keep tabs on all eMail, instant messages (IM), and other digital communications produced by their employees.” The ruling is not to scrutinize employee communication; instead, it is to convey the importance of preserving electronic communications “with the same care and diligence as other business-related documents” in case “any entity involved in litigation must…produce ‘electronically stored information’ during the discovery process, in which opposing sides of a legal dispute must share evidence before trial.” As the article states, “employees should expect limited privacy when using school-owned technology.” Greenwood School District 50 will provide employees with information on the kinds of information that can be deleted or must be saved. Don’t forget to check the Technology Staff Development Calendar for February: http://www2.gwd50.org/hughesc/Hughes_Staff_Development_Calendar.htm	Site Survey: Websites that Educate, Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage · KidsClick! http://www.kidsclick.org/ KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System to address concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites. Check out the search tools on this site! · Karina’s Educational Cybersite http://www.studio2productions.com/edu.html “A site to assist educators in utilizing the World Wide Web within their curriculum.” The “Teacher Resources” link provides a wealth of information. · Grammar Girls http://grammar.qdnow.com/ An Arizona technical writer has turned the seemingly dry subject of grammar into a popular podcast. Mignon Fogarty, the woman behind "Grammar Girl's Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing," has been explaining the finer points of commas, colons and split infinitives since July. Read an article on CNN about Grammar Girls: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/01/22/grammar.girl/index.html · PHOTOMUSE.ORG http://photomuse.org/ Thanks to the Internet and the World Wide Web, museums have an opportunity to serve audiences that do not have easy access to our buildings and collections. Photomuse.org is the online expression of a long-term alliance between The International Center of Photography (ICP) and George Eastman House (GEH).
	The Laptop-and-Projector Project Website Tech Project: http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/TechPlan2006.htm Instr. Resources: http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/StaffDevResources.htm Previous TWTW Issues: http://www2.gwd50.org/techplans/TWTW-Index.htm