-----Original Message----- From: owner-schoolnotes@news.edgate.com [mailto:owner-schoolnotes@news.edgate.com]On Behalf Of Copernicus Learning Communities Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 8:23 PM To: schoolnotes@news.edgate.com Subject: SchoolNotes Community News ========================================================== SchoolNotes Community News A feature of EdGate's Copernicus Learning Communities http://www.EdGate.com ========================================================== January 5, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------- This Issue's Theme: Getting An Olympic Start News in this issue: + CHECK IT OUT! + HOT TIPS + WHAT'S HAPPENING AT EDGATE + SCHOOLNOTES SPOTLIGHT + TODAY'S TRENDS (New!!!) + SUPER SITES ============================================================ CHECK IT OUT! So you want to become an Olympic athlete? Believe it or not, the book "Guide to Become an Olympic Athlete" summarizes the process in a book co-written by a former Olympian, John Bickar and other authors that work for the fabjob.com website: http://www.careerbuilder.com/gh_jh_0010_olympic.html The book offers a list of 10 steps to a "Fab Job" as an Olympic Athlete. This might be just the advice your students need to get started on the road to gold. ========================================================== HOT TIPS: It's time to get an "Olympic Start" using SchoolNotes. With the 2002 Winter Olympics starting on February 8, its time plan some ideas for integrating the Games into teaching and SchoolNotes can help. There are many good sites, which cover all the different venues of the Olympics, so why don't you build your own SchoolNotes page and focus on the Games? When you create the new page, just title it so students and parents know that it is a special page with a Winter Olympic theme. You can add the Winter Olympic links to help students and parents save time and enjoy the vast information, which is organized through your page. Check out the Winter Olympic Super Sites in this newsletter to discover the best Olympic Web sites to add to your School Notes page. You can create a Web Quest and post it on your Olympic SchoolNotes page for your students to use. You can also use your Olympic SchoolNotes page as a results area where students can select a sport or a country and email you through SchoolNotes with the medal count and you can post it on the page for the whole class to follow. So, get in shape... the Winter Olympic Games are just around the corner... GO USA! =========================================================== WHAT'S HAPPENING AT EDGATE As a new regular column of this newsletter, the International Center for Leadership in Education and its President, Dr. Willard R. Daggett will provide information of interest to educators on our changing society and its impact on schools. This month, "Today's Trends" focuses on home schooling. A new EdGate section has teachers talking! The EdGate Monthly Calendar of Resources features hundreds of links to historic events for a specific date, thematic content for the season and an easy-to-use listing of famous birthdays and world events. The thematic units, which are organized by topic and also indicate appropriate grade level, make it easy to find just the right lesson for a current curricular area of study. The EdGate Monthly Calendar of Resources is available from the main page of any Copernicus Learning Community. Coming Soon to Edgate!!: Olympic Winter Games http://www.edgate.com/wintergames/ ========================================================== SCHOOLNOTES SPOTLIGHT: This month, in preparation for the Olympics, we are highlighting the page of Mr. Jim Walter of El Segundo, California. He uses Olympic research reports as some of the make-up for work for students who are absent from his P.E. class. Check out the "Possible Assignments If You Are Absent" section of his SchoolNotes page at http://www.schoolnotes.com/90245/jwalter.html. ========================================================== TODAY'S TRENDS: Bill Daggett Reports on Trends in Technology and Education HOME SCHOOLING CONTINUES TO EXPAND According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in 1999 there were an estimated 850,000 home-schooled children in America. Two and a half years later, the National Home Education Research Institute puts that number at between 1.6 million and 2 million. This doubling of the home-school population is striking, as is the diversity of those children. Minority groups are now a growing segment of the home schooling population. According to the NCES study, 9.9% of home-schooled children are African-American and 9.1% are Latino, with both groups growing at a faster rate than other ethnic groups. Today's home schooling families tend to share a belief that conventional schooling is not serving their children's' educational and social needs. The NCES study included a survey asking these families why they chose to take their children out of public schools. The results: 49% thought they could provide a better education at home, 25.6% cited the poor learning environment at school, 15.1% wanted to develop character/morality at home, and nearly 12% felt that school did not challenge their children. Home schooling is clearly here to stay, and public schools cannot afford to ignore this trend. It provides another alternative that, along with charter schools, distance learning and school choice programs, creates increasing competition for our public schools. - WRD Links: National Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/ National Home Education Research Institute: http://www.nheri.org/ American Homeschool Association: http://www.americanhomeschoolassociation.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resources for Rigorous and Relevant Learning - The Tenth Annual Model Schools Conference is June 30-July 3 in Washington, D.C. For further information go to http://www.leadered.com/model_schools.html =========================================================== OLYMPIC SUPER SITES: Edgate: Winter Games http://www.edgate.com/wintergames/ Coming Soon! USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/educate/wintergames.htm USA TODAY offers lessons, daily activities and will have a reporter at the Games with special coverage of individual sports. Ancient Olympics http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/ A cultural and historical overview of the ancient games including detailed information of the diverse sports played. Stories of some famous ancient athletes are available. E.L. Easton: Olympics http://eleaston.com/sportmat.html#oly This section of the Easton English Online site targets the Olympics and sports vocabulary. The site also contains links to Olympic lesson plans and foreign language sites for sports vocabulary. Journalist's Toolbox: 2002 Winter Olympic Games http://www.geocities.com/mike_reilley_2000/newswriting/olympics2002.html See the sources like those professional journalists use when researching the Olympics. Learning About the 2002 Winter Olympics http://www.kusd.edu/lessons/ellessons/willkomm_project.html Learn about the events, mascots, and facts relating to the 2002 Winter Olympics in this elementary Physical Education lesson. Olympic History http://www.journale.com/kodak/olympics/olympichistory/ Kodak has created a photographic history of the modern Olympics. This site has some stunning images connected to a timeline. Olympics Through Time http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/olympics/ Take a journey through time and learn about the history of the Olympic Games from Ancient Greece when athletic contests were held during religious ceremonies until the First International Olympic Games in 1896. Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html Dr. David Gilman Romano bases the Real Story of the Ancient Olympics Web site on a published article. There is plenty of material here for lively class discussions. Salt Lake City 2002 http://www.saltlake2002.com/ The official web site of the 2002 games is a must on the tour of Olympic Web sites this season. Younger children will enjoy some of the coloring pages. Sports Illustrated: 2002 Winter Olympics http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/ Where else would a child go for sports information than Sports Illustrated? Big kids will also enjoy the articles and photography available at the Sports Illustrated site. Utah Education Network http://www.uen.org/2002/ The Utah Education Network has done a wonderful job of creating lessons and other curricular material for the 2002 games and winter sports. Paralympics: International Paralympic Committee http://www.paralympic.org/ The International Paralympic Committee is the international representative organization of all sports and disabilities. Check out the link to the 2002 Paralympic Games. Paralympics: Where Heroes Come http://www.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca/schools/riverbend/studentresources/languagear ts/paralympics/ [You may need to copy this long URL in sections and past it into the Location or Address bar on your browser.] Learn more about the Paralympics and the role they play in today's world with this teaching unit. World T.E.A.M. Sports http://www.worldteamsports.org/StudioDP_WebTech/web_design/speciallinks.htm [You may need to copy this long URL in sections and past it into the Location or Address bar on your browser.] World T.E.A.M. Sports encourages all individuals, with a special focus on athletes with disabilities, to participate in sports. =========================================================== HOW TO CONTACT US Send us feedback or recommend your favorite educational Web links at http://www.EdGate.com/contact . To change your subscription status or delivery address, or to read past issues, visit EdGate's Newsletter Center at http://www.EdGate.com/edunews . To receive information about creating a customized Copernicus Learning Community for your school or district, contact info@edgate.com . Copernicus Learning Communities offer easy access to best-of-the-Web resources for K-12 educators, students, and parents. Visit our Web site: http://www.EdGate.com . © 2002 by EdGate.com, Inc. All rights reserved. ==========================================================
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