Education
on the Internet
Number
50: 24th December 2002
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 30,380
subscribers to the newsletter.
All
reviews are added to our web
directory. There are sections on Primary
Education,
English,
Mathematics, Science,
Modern Languages, History,
Geography, Design
& Technology, Business
Studies, Media Studies, ICT,
Sociology, Music,
Politics, Economics,
Photography,
Art & Design, Theatre
Studies, Physical Education and
Religious Studies.
John Simkin
spartacus@pavilion.co.uk
News
and Articles
BETT:
The BETT show, the annual international event that encourages and
extends effective use of ICT in education, is being held at Olympia
on 8th to 11th January, 2003. At the show there are numerous opportunities
for professional development including the seminar programme and the
Policy in Practice area offering practical advice on implementing
education policy and funding. With thousands of educational software,
hardware, online, multimedia and IT support products and services
on display, this event has become the only opportunity in the education
calendar where you can establish the best products for your institution
from the entire range of leading educational suppliers.
Spring
Day Plaza: The Plaza is where visitors to the website can find
teachers from Europe and beyond. It is the place where you to talk
about life, family, the past, present and future of Europe. The plaza
includes a lobby for everybody to meet, a special area for scheduled
chats, and chat rooms for topical talks. People can open their own
chat rooms to get some peace and quiet for a conversation.
Windows
Protection Errors can occur due to many different causes, including:
virtual driver (VxD) problems, conflicts between real-mode and protected-mode
drivers, a damaged Registry; a virus; Plug-and-Play malfunction; and
hardware problems, including a malfunctioning cache, malfunctioning
RAM, or a damaged motherboard. The articles on this website should
be quite helpful in identifying and resolving these problems.
European
Directory: A directory of 280 Internet links on Europe. The material
is organized under the headings: Enlargement, Economy, Newspapers,
Politics, History, Citizen & Culture, European Union Institutions,
Statistics, Atlas, European Countries, Pedagogy and Miscellaneous.
History
GCSE
History Pages: A website produced by history teachers at the Dartford
Technology College. A revision site for GCSE Schools History project
students it has been online for 18 months and is steadily growing.
It's main features include interactive tests and quizzes, revision
tips, practice exam papers with mark-schemes for self assessment,
revision notes and structured lessons. It also has an ask a teacher
facility which is open for anyone to use.
The
Alger Hiss Story:
This website recreates one of the most important legal cases in this
country's history, often cited as a turning point in 20th century
American thinking. The website is an authoritative portal for access
to primary information about Alger Hiss, the Hiss case and the early
Cold War years - including new scholarship, newly released official
documents from various governments and government agencies, and the
archival material, such as trial testimony, court and government records
and commentary, collected in many libraries and online repositories.
English
LibrarySpot:
Published by StartSpot Mediaworks in the Northwestern University,
LibrarySpot is the first in a family of vertical information portals
designed to make finding the best topical information on the Internet
a quick, easy and enjoyable experience. LibrarySpot is a free virtual
library resource center for educators and students, librarians and
their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring
the Web for valuable research information. To date, LibrarySpot has
received more than 30 awards and honors.
Roget's
Thesaurus: Peter Roget was a physician at the Manchester Infirmary.
As a young man he began to compile a simple wordlist for his own use
and during his lifetime he continued to improve and add to it. In
1852 he published his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a collection
of words and phrases arranged according to ideas rather than alphabetically.
This website provides a free online version of this amazing work.
Geography
European
WebQuest: A collection of WebQuests on European issues. Subjects
include Europa (Janet Spalding), Western Europe Geography (Debbie
Joy & Brenda Tomlinson), Travelling in Europe (Gayle Mitchell
& Sandra Ellis), Travelling in Western Europe (Reanne Gruhn),
The Best Way to See Europe (Patricia Dube) and EuroQuest (Shannon
Hemmingson).
Geography
Virtual School: David Robinson's website provides thirteen geography
lessons. Titles include: The Structure of the Earth, Plate Tectonics,
Causes of Earthquakes, Predicting Earthquakes, Earthquake Case Study:
Klobe, Volcanoes and Volcanics, Volcanoes Case Study: Mt. St Helens,
Rock Groups, Types of Glaciers, Erosional Glacial Features, Depositional
Glacial Features and Glacier Case Study: Mer de Glace.
Music
Silent
Night Museum:
Silent Night has become an anchor for Christmas celebrations throughout
the world. Its lullaby-like melody and simple message of heavenly
peace can be heard from small town street corners in mid-America to
magnificent cathedrals in Europe and from outdoor candlelight concerts
in Australia to palm thatched huts in northern Peru. This cyber-museum
was created by historian Bill Egan to provide a world wide audience
with the true story behind the composition of "Silent Night"
by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber.
Pure
Eighties Pop:
Relive your memories of the decade that gave the world the sound of
pop, the unforgettable 80s! Try the quick quizzes, search for that
certain song through our sound files, tell us your top tens or look
at our links to find out about those eighties icons. All this and
loads more at the ultimate UK tribute to the decade of pop. This site
is regularly updated, so always check out the noticeboard and the
what's new section for latest additions.
Media
Studies
Slip-Ups:
The term "Slip-Up" means any amusing accidental blooper
or mistake that wasn't caught, and made its way to the viewing public.
They can be inconsistencies in movies, like an actor wearing something
in one shot, and it's missing in the next shot. Or they can be funny
errors in books. The website includes sections on Movies (9,052),
TV (2,148), Books (266) and Quotes (181).
Internet
Movie Database: The Internet Movie Database is the ultimate online
movie database covering over 325,000 titles and over 1,000,000 people
with facts, trivia, reviews plus multimedia links from the earliest
films to the latest releases. The Movie database can be searched by
Movie/TV Title, Cast/Crew Name, Character Name and Word Search.
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Teacher
Created Materials: Teacher Created Materials is an educational
publishing company founded in 1982 by Rachelle Cracchiolo and Mary
Dupuy Smith, two classroom teachers. All the products available on
the website are "created by teachers for teachers and parents."
You can search by item number, title, keyword, topic, subject area,
or age/grade.
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