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Here is a copy of the AOL@School Newsletter in case you would like to have
more information about this service that AOL sponsors.  You do not have to
have an AOL account for this and it is provided free of charge for any school
who wishes to use it.  It is web based.  There is a telephone number in the
news letter if you want to call them for more information.

Kathy Ross
Stone Middle School
Wiggins, MS

NEWS@SCHOOL


March 3, 2001
Welcome to the latest edition of the AOL@SCHOOL Newsletter, your insider's guide to AOL@SCHOOL. http://school.aol.com

Tell your colleagues about NEWS@SCHOOL!

Feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone who might like to know what's new and coming up on AOL@SCHOOL. If you've received this newsletter from a friend, sign up now to have it delivered directly to your e-mailbox each Saturday morning:

Administrators: http://school.aol.com/administrators/adn_newsletter.adp
Teachers: http://school.aol.com/teachers/tch_newsletter.adp

If the hyperlinks below have been lost in the mail, you can read the newsletter online at that same address any time.

Get AOL@SCHOOL's FREE software for your school, with web filtering, e-mail and more. Call 888-468-3768 to find out more and order an installation packet today.

This Week's Theme: Women's History Month

AOL@SCHOOL presents a view of history that shows the accomplishments of women. Primary students will find out about unusual women inventors, including movie star Hedy Lamarr, whose idea has become the basis for satellite communications today. At the Children's Encyclopedia of Women they can see a timeline of important dates in women's. Elementary students can celebrate the accomplishments of women around the world by joining Webster at the Women's History Math Hunt! At PBS, watch video clips about the lives and accomplishments of two women who, in seeking to win the ballot for American women revolutionized the political and social conditions of women in our society.

Middle School students will have access to the contributions of women writers throughout history along with biographical information. They can take a virtual tour of the National Museum of Women in the Arts to view the works of women artists of all periods and nationalities. High School students can read biographical essays about women in mathematics and their numerous achievements. They can then travel along on the westward journeys of Women Pioneers through journals, letters and diaries.

Teachers can gather a number of lesson plans and ideas for student projects to celebrate all month long at Women's History from Scholastic. Then they can have older students analyze gender equality in the past, present and future.

Administrators will survey a summary of the efforts to provide discounts on the costs of telecommunication services and equipment to all public and private schools and libraries at E-Rate and the Digital Divide. Then read the results of a university professor's review of middle school science textbooks and why he believes they are failing our students.

Message Boards

Share your thoughts with fellow educators on our message boards.

Come pull up a chair and share stories with your fellow educators!

Express Yourself

To visit our Message Boards any time, click on the Community button and then Teachers' or Educators' Exchange.

Chats

Check out our wide variety of interesting chat topics, using the FREE AOL@SCHOOL software or regular AOL, by reading the chat schedule and clicking on a link, to enter a chat of interest to you.

Administrators Chat Schedule
Teachers Chat Schedule

Here's what some of you said in last week's Teachers Lounge about standardized tests:
"Isn't it fun spending an entire year teaching for a test? It's taken the joy out of it here in Texas."

"They have set impossible standards for ours - it grades the schools not the individual students."

Scheduled Chats:
--> African History Chat - Find information on Ancient Egypt and other ancient African civilizations here, on Monday, March 5th at 9:00pm ET.

-->Teacher to Teacher: Student teaching - Is it worth it? Tell us on Tuesday, March 6th at 8:00pm ET.

Other Points of Interest
Conferences for Administrators

Check out our list of Conferences to maximize your exposure to issues and ideas in education. Plan on attending high-quality workshops, seminars, and other professional development opportunities.

Teachers Publications

Read the latest issues and see what the K-12 decision maker's concerns are and how this might impact your classroom. Get access to hundreds of articles of educational importance and value.

Language Arts Activities

What is more powerful than the written word? Celebrate the joys of reading by including in your classes many of the online activities, reviews and study aids from the textbooks listed.

Upcoming AOL@SCHOOL Themes

Each week AOL@SCHOOL will center its highlights around a theme of educational interest to you and your students. Take a look at what's coming up each Saturday in the weeks to come:

March 10 - Ireland
March 17 - Music
March 24 - Space
March 31 - Humor & Illusions


As always, if you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please visit one of our online newsletter pages to unsubscribe:

Administrators: http://school.aol.com/administrators/adn_newsletter.adp
Teachers: http://school.aol.com/teachers/tch_newsletter.adp .


Thanks!
The AOL@SCHOOL Staff


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