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MEET THE BABY!

NEW USEFUL LINKS FROM FORREST (2/07)
-Here are some other assorted links that I wanted to pass along to you:
http://www.readingrockets.org - Reading solutions for young readers
http://www.writeboard.com/ - Another online word processor (like Google Docs)
http://www.sacredcowdung.com/archives/2006/03/all_things_web.html - A great list of web resources
http://computershopper.com/roundups/200610_the_best_web_20_sites_1 - More web resources
http://www.assortedstuff.com/top101/ - "Top 101 Web Sites for Teachers"
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/sciencesites.html - "10 Cool sites"

GENERAL

TECHNOLOGY

Power Point Rubric Examples

http://www.ithaca.edu/jwiggles/computers/ppt1_rubrics.htm

http://educatoral.com/ProjectAssessRubric.html

http://educatoral.com/Oral_Presentation_Rubric.html

http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/curtech/WEBQPRE/assesspp.htm

http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/pptrubric.html

http://teacherweb.com/CA/AlbanyHighSchool/MrBrown/HTMLPage1.stm

A Guides to Rubrics and Places to Make Rubrics

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder/rubric.htm

http://myt4l.com/index.php?v=pl&page_ac=view&type=tools&tool=rubricmaker

MATH LINK FOR NEW MATH STANDARDS and VIRTUAL MATH MANIPULATAIVES

Educational Technology Standards for Students
A Crosswalk between ISTE's Standards and NYS Learning Standards

Standards

A Crosswalk between NYS Learning Standards/Performance Indicators and ISTE’s Standards and Competencies by Subject Area

Crosswalk

Opportunity to Find Treasure
The TreasureChest, a free not-for-profit magazine, is a collaboration of students’ artwork from all schools within Dutchess County for grades Kindergarten through eighth. Their purpose is to bring all local schools together through the creative works such as poetry and art, and to share it with the public through this publication. Their goal is to have participation from all Dutchess Country schools.

The Treasure Chest Magazine

New Veteran/Student Pen Pal Program
Assemblyman Joel Miller has announced sponsorship of an Adopt a Soldier/Adopt a Veteran program for the school/children in his 102nd Assembly District. This will be a pen pal program for students K-12 to engage and interact with local veterans and our soldiers both home and abroad.
In hope to give the school/children an appreciation of the work being done currently and in the past to keep the country safe, this program will be tracked and launched upon your interest. If interested, or need more information, please contact the assemblyman’s office at (845) 463-1635.

Great Science Link for Botany

Other good links

http://www.medialit.org/
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/LibrariesandTechnology/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy
http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/32/9/pdfs/32722s.pdf

Upon recommendation of the School Library System Technology Committee, the
following electronic resources were purchased for the 2006-2007 school year:

URL: http://www.2facts.com

Web site's of the Month
1. Math Activates with Printable sheets from Teacher Vision
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/mathematics/curriculum-planning/5779.html?detoured=1

2. Health Links for Month of April Health Awareness Month from Teacher Vision
There are several printable worksheets available to teachers to use.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/6565.html?detoured=1

3. NASAexplores provides free educational articles and lesson plans on current projects of NASA on a weekly basis. All materials are downloadable and printable and meet national standards in math, science, technology and geography. Each lesson plan come in four grade-leveled versions, as well as on just for teachers.
http://www.nasaexplores.com/

4. Librarian’s Index to the Internet (LII) a portal to searching or browsing the Web for suitable K-12 content.
http://lii.org

5. KidsClick! Worlds of Web Searching teaches youngsters (and adults) about the various ways to search for information on the Web. The site was started and developed by Librarians’ Index to the Internet.
http://www.rcls.org/wows/

6. Your Guide to Online K-12 Resources from Dr. HOTLIST.
http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?p=14

7. Online Sources in research papers can be tricky but Answers.com has developed a number of tools and resources to help students tackle the chore. The site offers downloadable posters to explain the basics of online citation with lesson plans.
http://www.answers.com

8. New York Philharmonic Kidzone
www.nyphilkids.org
Bring the symphony to your classroom with this interactive website of the New York Philharmonic orchestra. The biographical information will motivate your students to find out more about each personality. Clicking on Dressing Rooms lets students learn about the conductors and the soloists while listening to the instruments they play. There's even a Composers' Gallery for researching composers and musicians.

9. NGA Kids
www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
Kids are now able to explore color, shape and line with interactive explorations in the National Gallery of Art. These awesome adventures in art include an animated sculpture garden that is set to music, Native American art and many more interactive art studies. Be sure not to miss The Art Zone for your own creative art.

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Tips of the Month

Why does my computer do that?
Marilyn Western
mwestern@edzone.net

Windows Questions

1 Question: My taskbar is suddenly on the side of my screen. How do I get it back to the bottom where it belongs?
Answer: Click on a blank spot in the middle of the taskbar. Hold your click and drag it back to the bottom of your screen.

2 Question: End of the year and I’m cleaning out my files. Click and delete. Click and delete. There’s got to be a faster way!
Answer: Click once on the first folder to select it. Hold the Shift key and click once on the last folder. This will select the 1st folder, the last folder, and everything between.
To select just a few folders, hold the Ctrl key and click on each folder you want to delete.

3 Questions: I’ve got a millions of things on my desktop. How can I clean it up?
Answers: Create 3 folders by right clicking on the Desktop and selecting New and Folder. Name your folders Downloads, Pictures, and Current Project. If it doesn't’t go in one of these - file in My Documents! Drag & drop into the folders for a clean look.

4 Questions: I have a program open and it doesn't’t have a minimize option in the upper right hand corner. Do I have to close the program to view something else?
Answers: Hold the Control key down and press Escape. This will bring up the task bar and the Programs menu.
To view your Desktop, hold down the Windows key and click D for Desktop.

5 Questions: It takes forever to scroll down a page using the arrow in the scrollbars.
Answers: You are moving one line down by clicking on the down arrow.
Click once just above the scrollbars and it will move one page down.
Or click and hold the scroll and drag it to the bottom of the page.

6 Questions: I’m tired of minimizing and maximizing to go between two windows.
Answers: Maximize both your windows.
RIGHT click on an empty part of the bottom task bar.
Select Tile Windows Vertically or Tile Windows Horizontally.

7 Questions: I have a hard time finding the program I want in the Start menu.
Answers: Put your programs in alphabetical order. Click on Start and Programs. Point to any program and RIGHT click. Select Sort by name.

8 Questions: I love my autoplay for cds, but sometimes I don’t want the cd to play automatically.
Answers: To insert a cd but not have it play, hold the Shift key while inserting the cd.
NOTE: If you have a Power Point slide show with a cd track set up to play on a particular slide, the cd should be inserted, but not playing.

9 Questions: Oops - I just moved, copied or deleted the wrong file
Answers: Press Ctrl and z up to 10 times
Or Edit and Undo
Oops - went too far? Ctrl and y will undo your undo or you can Edit and Redo ;-)

10 Questions: I have several windows open and I’m tired of minimizing them all individually. Any shortcuts?
Answers: Hold down the Windows key and press m for minimize or d for desktop.

1. "Computers for Lunch"
Teachers are expected to use new technologies, and to integrate computers into classroom work. But where can teachers who are just beginning to develop their computer skills get help and support and advice? "Computers for Lunch" is a cost-free, stress-free and relevant skill-building "class" which teachers anywhere can work on in their own time and at their own pace.
http://www.sfu.ca/~cfl/index.htm

2. AAA Math
Hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills.
Interactive Practice on every page.
An Explanation of the math topic on each page.
Several Challenge Games on every page.
Math Problems are randomly created.
For K-8 students and teachers
www.aaamath.com

3. WritingFix
More than 100 interactive writing “games” are available at WritingFix. Created by teachers and writers, the exercises and writing prompts address common problems, such as poor organization, grammar or word choice, sentence fluency and more.
http://www.writingfix.com

4. Internet4Classrooms
At i4c internet4classromms, you’ll find entry points for many K-12 needs. One click goes to collections of curricula and assessment hotlinks, for example. Another button leads to online tutorials for software commonly used in classrooms. Still others target teacher training, grants or education news. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/

5. Gary Stager
Leading educator on Educational Pod casting is Gary Stager. His site offers references and links to free software and resources for pod casting.
http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html

6. SimonSays
Practical tools and rich resources for grade-leveled reading instruction at simonsaysteach.com. Librarians will find state reading lists, awards, conferences and more. http://www.simonsays.com/ Plus for K-8 try http://www.simonsayskids.com for new releases, author interviews, special newsletter options and several “Enter to Win” contests of free book and other prizes.

7. http://www.oatsoft.org/
The OATS project is the world's first site dedicated to Open Source (Free) Assistive Technology Software. Open Source software is free software where the 'source code' that makes the software is openly published. Assistive technology software is software that allows people (with disabilities) to overcome some of the disabling effects of society and technology.8. Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Free Resources for Teachers, Parents and Students
http://www.ed.gov/free

Tip of the Month

Internet Secrets
By Domenic A Grignano in Classroom Connect Newsletter

When using Internet Explorer 5.5 and Higher, here are secrets which may eliminate frustration while using the Web.

Delete Temporary Internet Files Automatically:
From Internet Explorer, select Tools, and then Internet Options. Select the Advanced Tab, scroll down to the Security section, and check the option "Empty internet Files folder when browser is closed."

Eliminate Pop-Up Ads:
When the new browser windows start appearing, hold down the Alt key and press and release the F4 key when each new window opens. As an alternative, for home use only www.panicware.com works with Window's products and it is free.

Track History in Internet Explorer:
Have you ever wanted to know the sites that your students have accessed? After class, just click on the History button at the top of Internet Explorer. A panel on the left will display a list of the sites visited for the past three weeks. If you click on the listings, the individual Web addresses will appear. If you ever forget a Web Site that you recently visited, this a great tool to find it again.

Printing Sections of the Web Page:
Hold the left button of the mouse down and drag it over the portion of the page that will be printed. Go to the IE browser window, click File, then Print, and click on Selection. Presto ... that's it! Also, for doing multiple tidbits of notes, open a Word document, copy and paste portions of the Web page needed, and then print all your notes form one document at the end of class.

1. Teaching Heart
www.teachingheart.net
Teachers love to share their resources and this web site shows it! This is just might be the ultimate teacher-created site, featuring a collection of free back-to-school ideas. Organizational ideas, read-aloud books, getting-to-know-you activities and dozens of other categories can be found here. This site is for all levels.

2. Mailbox Magazine, great for elementary teachers
http://www.theeducationcenter.com/cgi-bin/tec/guest.jsp

3. Fun Online Interactive Learning Center
http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm

4. Extension Lesson Plan Ideas for the End-of-the-Year from TeacherVision
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/curriculum-planning/teaching-methods/5855.html?detoured=1

5. Online Student Games for Math from TeacherVision
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/mathematics/games/5838.html?detoured=1#

6. Read, Write and Think
Interactive activities for all levels.
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

7. Download a Health Tracker Chart from the Two-week Blue Zones LifeQuest
www.bluezones.com

8. Packetville is a free content-rich eLearning web portal to teach students ages 8-14 about internet and IT careers. The lessons, games and fun activities integrate technology into the core content as well as reflect the different ways the Internet Impacts the world based on the NETS standards.
www.cico.com/go/packetville/

9. Google Digitizes Historic Video clips from the National Archives
http://video.google.com/nara.html
Students and teachers now have free online access to more than 100 historic films including old World War II Newsreels and NASA documentaries, thanks to an agreement between internet search giant Google Inc. and the National Archives.

10. Use PDFCreator to generate PDF (Portable Document Format) files directly from and Windows program. This is a free open-source application. http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm

11. OpenOffice.org is a full-featured productivity suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet, web page edutor, presentation program, and database tools. This is a free open-source application.
http://www.openoffice.org

Tips of the Month
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Argh! Why Does My Computer Do That ?!?
Printing Questions

By Marilyn Western
mwestern@edzone.net

Question: How can I save paper when I print out a draft?
Answer: Click File and Print. Under Pages Per Sheet, select 2. You’ll print out 2 pages on 1 page of paper.

Question: When I print PowerPoint slides, #1 is on the bottom of the pile and #20 is on the top - backwards!
Answer: If you have 20 slides, click on File and Print, then make the Print Range from 20 - 1 instead of 1-20.

Question: When I print, the bottom border gets chopped off.
Answer:
You just need to readjust your borders.

Check your border margins You might have positioned your border too close to the edge of a page. Most printers cannot print to the edge of a page - especially to the bottom of the page. The minimum amount of space needed between the margin and the edge of the page varies by printer. To adjust the page border margin, click Borders and Shading (Format menu), click the Page Border tab, and then click Options. Under Margin, adjust the settings you want.

Check the distance between the page border and the text The distance between the page border and the text might place the border outside the page margin width. To adjust the distance, click Borders and Shading (Format menu), click the Page Border tab, and then click Options. Click Text under Measure from. Under Margin, adjust the settings you want.

Check your page margins You might have set the page margins too close to the edge of the page. Adjust the page margins.

Question: When I print 3 copies of a 2 page document, the printer prints 3 copies of page 1 and then 3 copies of page 2. I’m tired of collating by hand.
Answer: Click on File and Print. Select how many copies you want and make sure there is a check mark in the Collate box.

Question: Oh no! I hit the Print icon instead of the Save icon --- again!
Answer: Move the Print icon further down the taskbar.
Click on View and Toolbars and Customize.
Click on the Printer icon on the toolbar and drag it to the right.
Let go of the button and it is now in its new spot.

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