Education on the Internet

Number 133: 17th October, 2004

Introduction

Introduction

Education on the Internet is published by Spartacus Educational every week. The newsletter includes news, reviews of websites and articles on using ICT in the classroom. Members of the mailing list are invited to submit information for inclusion in future newsletters. In this way we hope to create a community of people involved in using the Internet in education. Currently there are 51,345 subscribers to the newsletter.

All reviews are added to our web directory. There are sections on Internet Services, Online Seminars, Primary Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Modern Languages, History, Geography, Design & Technology, Business Studies, Special Needs, Media Studies, ICT, Sociology, Music, Politics, Economics, Photography, Art & Design, Theatre Studies, Physical Education and Religious Studies.

John Simkin

Online Seminars

Modern Foreign Languages at KS4: An online debate led by Audrey Billon. As she points out in her opening statement: " MFL are going optional in more and more schools these days. I know that the decision was made 3 years ago, however, it is only now that we are starting to see the full extent of the decision. I am very concerned at various level. The teacher in me is concerned about the fact that children are not going to be given the opportunity to have some sort of experience of a foreign culture and I think this is a problem very specific to Britain." If you have views on this subject, register with the Education Forum and join the debate.

News and Articles

Spam Arrest: With Spam Arrest, you can continue to use your current email program (such as Outlook, Outlook Express, or Eudora) or use our webmail system to access your email from anywhere. You configure who is allowed to send you email by importing your address books or entering their email addresses directly into the system. Emails from unknown senders will receive an auto-reply message, containing a challenge. If the sender completes the challenge, their email is moved to your inbox, and they are added to your authorized sender list. The challenge is easy for people, but impossible for automated systems to complete.

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Website Reviews: Science

The

Book Section

A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts: On the 25th anniversary of the first landing on the moon, the story of the first men to visit another world. Through the eyes of the astronauts training to land on the moon, this book reveals previously unknown personal details, as the author chronicles the Apollo missions from their disaster-plagued beginnings, through their spectacular climax to their premature end. From flamboyant prankster Pete Conrad to scientist Jack Schmitt, who had to prove he was made of the "right stuff" to go to the moon, memorable characters abound. With consummate ease, the author makes technological details accessible to the lay person and gives each aspect of the moon voyage, from a Saturn V lift-off to the euphoria of a moon walk, a minute-by-minute feeling of excitement. (£10.99)