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Summertime Selections
7/15/08
Sites for you to enjoy
during your summer break:
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Rachel
Ray
You’ll find Rachael’s recipes as well as TV
highlights, news, blogs, and even cooking sites for kids here!
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Half.com
Love to read? Hate the rising cost of
books? Half.com offers books, music,
movies, video games, and game systems at incredible prices – I haven’t been
disappointed yet! Hint: if you are buying several items, try to
find as many as possible from the same seller to save postage. (You can buy and sell on Half.com.)
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Catalog Choice
Is your mailbox full of catalogs you
didn’t order? Catalog Choice
is a free service that allows you to decide what gets in your mailbox. Use it to reduce your mailbox clutter and
save natural resources.
Blogs
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NPR Blogs
http://www.npr.org/blogs/
Check out the blogs from NPR programs, music, and
others. There is a preview with each
blog to inform the reader of the most recent topic.
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Campaign K-12: Your Education Road
Map to the 2008 State and National Elections
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/
Blog with Michelle McNeil and Alyson Klein, reporters for Education Week, about the upcoming
elections and how they will impact education.
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NCLB: ACT II - The latest news on
the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/NCLB-ActII/
David J. Hoff has been reporting on
the biggest issues in K-12 education for more than 10 years for Education
Week. Join his blog on the
reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.
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How to Create
an Email Group in GroupWise
1. Click “Address
Book” on the toolbar.
2. Click the
address book to place the group.
3. Click New
on the toolbar > Group > OK.
4. Type a
name for the group and comments if needed.
5. Type
comments, such as a description of the group.
6. Click
Add.
7. Click To,
CC, or BC > double-click or Ctrl+click and drag the users and resources
for your group.
***If the users you want to add
are in a different address book, click the address book on the “Look In”
drop-down list.
8. To add an
entry that is not in an existing address book, click New Contact > fill in
the information > click OK > double-click the entry.
9. Click OK
twice.
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Important Teacher Notes
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Student Engagement Conference
http://www2.gwd50.org/conf/
On July 30 & 31, our district is sponsoring a conference featuring
many of our own engaging teachers as presenters as well as visiting
presenters. Concurrent sessions will
run both days, during which time there will be eight technology integration
sessions!
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Techtorials from Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/techtorials.shtml
What a gold mine of resources! Education World provides step-by-step
directions for everything from cleaning your computer, to creating a seating
chart in Excel, and to finding a lost file!
You will want to add this site to your IE Favorites!
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Computer Help
http://www.computerhope.com/
The first step, if you are having a technical
problem with your laptop, is to fill out a “Technology
Helpdesk Ticket” found on the District 50 Home Page. What about if you are working on your home
computer or if you have a computer question that is not a technical problem? Computer Hope has been designed to
assist all types of computer users with any of their computer related
questions as well as a great location to learn more about your computer and
its hardware and software.
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How to sort data in Word
To alphabetize a list you've typed in Word, make sure you typed
each list item on a separate line (i.e. clicked Enter/Return between items.) Then click Table > Sort and OK. If text other than the list appears on your
page, highlight the list before sorting.
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Site Survey:
Websites that Educate,
Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage
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Epilepsy Classroom
http://www.epilepsyclassroom.com/home/index.aspx
Epilepsy is often surrounded by fear and negativity; usually it’s just
misunderstood. Epilepsy Advocate™ developed this resource to help teachers
effectively manage and discuss epilepsy in the classroom. (K-12 lesson plans are included.)
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Book Wink (Gr: 3-8)
http://www.bookwink.com
“Bookwink's mission is to inspire kids to read” using
online video and podcasting. The
three minute videos are updated monthly.
Each video booktalk is about a different topic, and additional
read-alikes can be found on the Bookwink website. You can look for books by subject, grade
level, author, or title. The booklist is
constantly updated.
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To Fly is Everything
http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/
Calling itself a “virtual museum covering the invention of the airplane,”
this site offers a digital library, photo gallery, inventors’ gallery, plane
database, and a “tale” about the history of the airplane. It is the most comprehensive site on
aviation that I’ve ever seen!
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