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The Rockefeller Institute is very please to offer an online curriculum on New York State government to be be used in conjuction with the recent book by Robert Ward, New York State Government: What It Does, How It Works.
The curriculum was developed for the Rockefeller Institute by Maryanne Malecki, who serves as an instructional supervisor for the Albany City School District. Her certifications include secondary social studies, English/language arts, elementary education, developmental reading and school district administration.
The direct link to the curriculum is:
http://www.rockinst.org/publications/general_institute/nygov_curriculum/ny_state_gov_resources.htm
There's a new bibliography of online resources about SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) on the City College website which we hope you will find useful. The site is called "Government Views of SARS" and can be found at: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/SARS.html
This site concentrates on primary resource Government documents and information about SARS both from the United States and from international resources.
Topics covered include Blood Supply, Case Definitions, Cases Reported, Countries & Governments, General Background, Healthcare Facilities, Healthcare Personnel, Laboratories, Legal Resources, Presidential Communications, Prevention & Precautions, Public Health Campaigns, Quarantine, Travel Advisories, Travel & Transport, the Virus and the World Health Organization.
Grace-Ellen McCrann, Chief, Government Documents Division, The City College of New York, plans to update it frequently.
"Failed subscription agency RoweCom filed for Chapter 11 status in the Eastern Division of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Massachusetts January 27 and concurrently sued its parent company Divine to recover more than $73.7 million in subscription revenue it had transferred during the past 12 months. The lawsuit alleges that Divine had decided in the spring of 2002 not to support its subsidiary but that it continued to collect payments from thousands of libraries anyway. It also claims Divine "looted" its own agency "in bad faith and with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding RoweCom and its creditors."
The bankruptcy filing lists some of RoweCom's creditors, the largest of which include the National Institutes of Health Library ($2.4 million), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ($1.6 million), the 3M Company ($1.3 million), and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories ($1.2 million)."
If you know of a school library or school district that is/or could be a creditor under the RoweCom action, please contact: Julie A. Walker, Executive Director, American Association of School Librarians, Young Adult Library Services Association, at 800-545-2433 x4388 or 312-280-4388 or 312-664-7459 (FAX) or jwalker@ala.org or for further information go to www.ala.org
The following information from Susan Keitel, Executive Director of NYLA, concerns the grant money that was earmarked for the "New Century Learning: A Collaborative Approach" workshops in which many of you are participating. If this funding is reduced, it may affect the continuation of this program. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.
The New York Library Association is alerting the New York library community to the status of funding through the federal Library Services and Technology
Act (LSTA). Congress has not passed the proposed legislation that would reauthorize the LSTA grant program (with some revisions agreed upon by a
broad library constituency). The program is now operating on an extension of the previous authorization.
Actual appropriation of funds for the federal fiscal year starting October 1, 2002, is unclear at this point. The federal government is running on a
continuing resolution that will expire on January 11, 2003. The appropriations bill that includes LSTA funding still awaits passage by
Congress. It is possible that when the bill finally passes, it may include cuts in some programs. This may affect the total that New York will receive
for LSTA for federal FY 2002–2003.
LSTA supports many vital statewide and local library services in New York State. It provides a catalyst for leadership innovation and partnerships as
well as for core services. The only federal funding specifically for libraries, this small federal investment helps leverage additional money
from states and local communities.
The NOVEL Databases Project (formerly the EmpireLink pilot project), which forms the foundation of NOVEL (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library),
has been funded through LSTA since 1999. More than 4,000 libraries are now using these databases. LSTA helps to support adult and family literacy
programs, supports training for library staff and users in new technology, helps provide access to job and consumer health information, and assists
entrepreneurs and small businesses. LSTA also supports statewide services from the New York State Library to the libraries of the State.
New York has requested 25 percent of its anticipated funding for federal FY 2002–2003 based on the previous year’s allotment of $9 million, and has been
notified that that amount will be available. The federal Institute for Museum and Library Services cannot at this time specifically state that
federal funding will be reduced. However, grant recipients and all those who depend on programs funded through LSTA should be aware of that possibility.
What can we do to keep LSTA working for New York’s libraries?
* Advocate for reauthorization of LSTA through the Museum and Library Services Act in 2003 at increased funding levels.
* Contact your representatives in Congress, and let them know how important this legislation is to libraries. Tell them what LSTA does to enhance your
library and community. To find out who your congressional representatives are, go to
http://capwiz.com/ala/dbq/officials
.
* Urge representatives and senators to…
…introduce, sponsor, and pass the proposed bill in the House.
…introduce, sponsor, and pass the proposed bill in the Senate.
…agree on a bill to send to the President for signature.
For information on how federal LSTA funds have benefited New York’s libraries,
visit the New York State Library’s website at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov
. For more information on LSTA reauthorization, visit the ALA Washington Office website at
http://www.ala.org/washoff/lsta.html
Reminder! Dec. 6 is the deadline for submissions to the "Letters about Literature" sponsored by the Weekly Reader, the New York Center for Books and Reading, and the Library of Congress Center for the Book. The number of submissions thus far from New York is quite low, so the chance of winning at the state level is very, very good (a small cash award with statewide publicity and, if possible, a public awarding of the certificate).
There are three categories, grades 4-6, 7 & 8, and 9-12. For details see the web sites www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook or www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/letters.html. The project director is at lalessay@epix.net. Individual children may enter who are not part of a class project; this is entirely suitable for home-schooled children. The letters can be quite short and the experience is enriching on many levels.
Please send in your Letters about Literature!
Hello,
We are a 5th grade class located in Uniontown, PA and we would like your help. Can you please read this e-mail and forward the e-mail to friends and family outside of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. We are going to use the information gathered from this to help us in class. Our teachers, Miss Peavornick and Mrs. Mildren are helping us by using their e-mail address as our e-mail receiver. We have decided, after seeing this done at another school, to map an e-mail project. We want to see where in the world our e-mail will travel via the Internet between November 14, 2002 and December 14, 2002.
Please:
1. E-mail us back at: peavornick@mail.uniontown.k12.pa.us and tell us your: city/state/location so we can plot it on our map.
2. Send this letter on to everyone you know so that they can send it on to everyone they know and so on to help us reach even more people.
We thank you for your HELP...
A special series and Web site has been produced for teens as part of Thirteen's contribution to helping young Americans cope with the effects of 9/11. The three-part series is called "In the Mix: The New Normal" and will be broadcast on Thirteen on the following dates/times: Sundays, September 15, 22, and 29, all from 11:30 AM-12:00 Noon and also from 6:00 PM-6:30 PM. (Check local listings in your area.)
The New Normal programs deal head-on with what teenagers are feeling and confronting in the aftermath of 9/11. In brief, the three specials cover the following:
-Living With Change: Teens from NYC and other parts of the country relay compelling personal stories about the day of the attacks--how they responded to and coped with the events of the past year--and how their perspectives on life have changed.
-Get the News?: Delves into the media's role in shaping teens' reactions to the tragedy.
-Dealing With Differences: Explores what schools, organizations, and individuals are doing to deal with racial, religious, and culture stereotyping and bias in the aftermath of this horrific event.
The New Normal Web site can be accessed at http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/newnormal
Over the past year, Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org, has maintained and broadened their resources in the collection, "September 11 and Beyond" which can be found at http://lii.org/911. They have focused on adding resources that are highly informational, non-sensational, and represent a variety of points of view.
Use September 11 and Beyond to locate anniversary events, lesson plans, videos, artistic responses, and economic studies. Find out how we used the Internet on September 11. Explore archives for radio, television, and other media, and see the plans for rebuilding and recovering.
They have also included links to sites that reflect topics not directly related to September 11, but that have been part of our collective consciousness in this past year.
You are welcome to use these and any other lii.org resources in your own pathfinders, provided you include a note that these annotations are "Copyright 2002 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org."
bigchalk has utilized their vast information resources to provide education communities with a bookcart they've created called: 9/11 One Year Later. To access this information, go to: http://www.bigchalk.com then click on the "Special Report".
1. New York, NY -- August 19, 2002 - On September 4th, Teachers College Columbia University will launch a website with resources for teachers who are seeking ways to bring a more global approach to their teaching.
Columbia University's Teachers College prides itself on providing ideas and tools to support teachers as they look for ways to incorporate broader views of the world in their classrooms. The events of September 11 brought the need for greater world awareness to the forefront of education discourse. In January 2002, Teachers College hosted the Teach In, a forum allowing curriculum and diversity experts to collaborate with educators about this pressing issue as it relates to classroom practice.
During September 2002, as a follow-up to the Teach-In, Teachers College will present a website and online forum. The website will be launched September 4th and will include lesson plans, video presentations and other materials from leaders in curriculum development and diversity issues, including faculty from New York City public schools and Teachers College. Beginning September 9th, visitors to the site will have the opportunity to reflect on and share their experiences and ideas with others in a web-mediated discussion forum. Teachers College invites all interested educators to visit http://dlp.tc.columbia.edu/teachin starting September 4th.
( From the TEACHERCENTERALERTS Digest for Tuesday, September 03, 2002,
sara@teachercenter.org )
2. Cable in the Classroom Online
One year later, September 11th still affects our daily lives. Several Cable in the Classroom programs offer perspective on the terrorist attacks
and their impact on events worldwide to help students understand what happened that day and how things have changed since. For a copy of a
programming roundup with live links to complete program descriptions as well as support materials, visit
http://www.ciconline.org/document.cfm/5/50/null/1334.
3. History Channel Classroom
Special Presentation: Relics from the Rubble,
This one-hour documentary chronicles the unprecedented effort to rescue, preserve and archive artifacts from the World Trade Center and the attacks
of September 11. Airs on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 10pm on the History Channel. Teacher's guide
available at http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/guides/.
(from Time-Warner Cable's Education Connection Issue #23 September 2002)
4. The Families and Work Institute (FWI) has developed 16 web-based lessons commemorating the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Curricula topics cover safety and fear, interaction with others, empathy skills, heroes, reflective processing and resiliency, diversity and compassion, values, social and civic action, understanding current events and media awareness, and history and international studies. Materials include a reading list for students and adults, web-based student writing exercises, and other online resources. To access any of these lessons, visit http://www.familiesandwork.org
5. September 11, 2001 was a defining moment in American history. As we begin a new school year, teachers at every level are grappling with the challenge of helping their students to confront, and make sense of, the horrific events of that day. In accordance with its mission to contribute to the interdisciplinary study of contemporary issues, The Clarke Center is pleased to sponsor the "Teaching 9-11" web site. The site provides hundreds of useful links for teachers. The listing of resources, sample lesson plans, syllabi and modules should be especially helpful. Ideally, the site will grow exponentially as a result of feedback from visitors to our site. In the end, as always, it will be up to each teacher to work with this raw material in ways that serve his or her students. http://www.teaching9-11.org
The Find-it-All Collection from Follett Software Company will be accessible for a one-month free trial through the School Library System at Southern Westchester BOCES. The Find-it-All Collection includes one-stop searching of multiple online resources, access to 160,000 Safe, High-Quality K-12 Web Sites and much more.
For more information about the Find-it-All Collection, you can go to www.fsc.follett.com/products/find-it-all-collection.
To subscribe to the Find-it-All Collection, contact Janet Jamal at the School Library System at (914) 345-8500 ext. 122 or jjamal@swboces.org
Ready for the new students, new teachers, and new resources in your library? Get a head start on back to school with free support resources from bigchalk by visiting www.bigchalk.com/bc/backtoschool.
Here you’ll find the tools you need to promote your library and develop effective researchers. All you have to do is view, download, or print the resources you need—it’s that easy.
- Quick Start Guides—offer the fastest way to successful searching
- PowerPoint Demos—deliver powerful tools for user training
- Library Notices—introduce students, teachers, and parents to your library with customizable fliers
- Press Releases—customize and publish library announcements in your school or local paper
- Logos and Icons—provide colorful web artwork for linking to your bigchalk products
- And much, much more!
So, start spreading the word about your library—print and distribute the notices and guides in teacher mailboxes, email attachments to staff and students, post fliers and artwork on your media center or school web pages.
The bigchalk Back to School web site will be available to you and your colleagues from now through November 15, 2002 at www.bigchalk.com/bc/backtoschool.
The Tourbus Home Page can be found at http://www.TOURBUS.com
TEACHING RESOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES LEARNING NETWORK - Created for students and teachers in grades 3 through 12, The Learning Network is a free news service that
provides news summaries, quizzes, and even daily lesson plans. http://www.nytimes.com/learning
ASKERIC LESSON PLANS - More than 2000 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers. If you have a
great lesson plan you would like to share with educators all over the world, send it in.
http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons
REFERENCE TOOLS
REFDESK - In a library, if you don't know where to look for a reference book, you go to the Reference Librarian. On the Internet,
if you don't know where to look for answers, you go to Refdesk.com. At first glance, the sheer amount of useful links on the Refdesk home
page can be overwhelming. But it's really quite well organized and useful.
http://www.refdesk.com
LIBRARY SPOT - Convenient links to popular online Almanacs, Calculators, Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias, Historic
Documents, Quotations, Statistics, and Thesauri. http://www.libraryspot.com
HOMEWORK HELPERS
HOMEWORK SPOT - A free homework information portal that features the very best K-12 homework-related sites. With the help of students,
parents and teachers, their team of educators, librarians and journalists has scoured the Web to bring you the best resources for
English, math, science, history, art, music, technology, foreign language, college prep, health, life skills, extracurricular
activities and much more. http://www.homeworkspot.com
INFOPLEASE HOMEWORK CENTER - Find useful information by subject area, develop better writing, note-taking and study skills, and search
through previous questions and answers from other students. http://www.infoplease.com/homework
THE KIDS ON THE WEB - This is an excellent site maintained as a labor of love by Internet luminary Brendan Kehoe. Kids on the Web has links
for Homework Tools, Educational Sites and much more. You could spend days exploring all these links, and Brendan adds new ones every month.
http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids-homework.html
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The New York Library Association is now conducting a statewide survey of ALL New York State librarians--whether NYLA members or not--for the purpose of evaluating NYLA services and planning. The survey is anonymous and self-tabulating. The comments typed into the open-text box will be automatically compiled into one file. Please pass this message along to librarians who may work for you, so that all librarians get a chance to fill out this survey.
Deadline for responding: SEPTEMBER 30, 2002.
This survey can be completed quickly, so please take the time to fill it out. A large number of responses will be very useful. Fill out the survey at http://clrc.org/nyla/survey.asp Click on "Submit" when you are finished.
A Quick and Easy Guide to Banned Books Week http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bbwlibrarians.html
This page includes links to two new pages:
Sample Press Release: Let Freedom Read: (Library name) hosts read-out as part of national Banned Books Week celebration
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/sample2002.html
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/sample2002.pdf
Sample Editorial: Celebrating Steinbeck's 100th anniversary and the freedom to read
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/ed2002.html
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/ed2002.pdf
Banned Books Week, September 21-28, 2002 http://www.ala.org/bbooks/
Learn about this year's read-out! http://www.ala.org/bbooks/#readout
1. NYSED Learning Technology Grant Application, 2002-03 Competitive grant application for funds to enhance school capacity to implement the NYS
learning standards through the use of instructional technology. Grant awards are up to $50,000.
Constance Centrello (518) 486-5832 & Ken Chieu (718) 722-2778
Due 9/23/02
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/funding/currentapps.htm
( from www.eschoolnews.com , Subscribe today for FREE! *eSN School Technology ALERT http://www.eschoolnews.org/resources/enewsletters/Alert/ )
2. Grant Title: Grosvenor Grant Program 2002
Organization: National Geographic Society Education Foundation
Deadline: September 15, 2002
The Grosvenor Grant Program, offered by the National Geographic Society Education Foundation, supports the creation of experiential learning opportunities for students; professional development and mentoring programs for teachers; the development of valid student learning assessments in geography; and advocacy efforts to secure a place for geography in state curricula. Priority is given to applications that include letters of commitment from other funding sources that match the funds requested from this program. The program deadline occurs three times a year; the foundation expects to award between $50,000 and $70,000 for 25 to 30 proposals in total. Applicants for the Grosvenor Grant Program may also apply for Teacher Grants of up to $5,000 to assist teachers with the implementation of innovative geography programs in their schools. http://www.coexploration.org/ngs/grosvenorgrants
3. Grant Title: Environmental Education Grants
Organization: PG&E National Energy Group
Deadline: September 30, 2002
PG&E National Energy Group is accepting applications for its annual Environmental Education Grant Program. Grants ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 will be awarded for innovative programs that encourage and support educating young people about the environment. Those eligible to apply for grants include elementary, middle and high schools and non-profit organizations that are engaged in educational projects related to earth science, conservation and the environment. Teacher training programs with hands-on student activities that focus on earth science and environmental education projects also can qualify. http://www.neg.pge.com/grantFAQ.html
4. Grant Title: Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science & Technology
Organization: Siemens Foundation
Deadline: October 1, 2002
The Siemens Foundation distributes more than $1 million in scholarships, awards and grants annually. The Foundation is dedicated to providing scholarships and increasing access to higher education for gifted students in science, mathematics and technology-related disciplines. Established in 1998 to promote and support educational activities, the Siemens Foundation recognizes and supports America¹s most promising science and mathematics students and teachers, as well as schools that are doing the most to promote education in the core sciences. The Foundation¹s mission is based on the culture of innovation, research and educational support that is the hallmark of Siemens¹ U.S. operating companies and its parent company, Siemens AG. For more information on the 2002 Siemens Westinghouse Competition visit http://www.siemens-foundation.org
5. Grant Title: Schools for a New Millennium Program
Organization: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: October 1, 2002
This program, offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities, helps K-12 educators improve humanities teaching throughout their entire school by engaging teachers, administrators, students, scholars, and others in professional and curricular development and the use of new technologies. Program funds are not intended to buy computer equipment, although modest purchases of equipment for use exclusively in the project are permitted. Depending on the scope of the project, grants can provide up to $100,000 for a project lasting up to two years. http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/milschools.ht
6. Grant Title: The Starbucks Foundation Literacy Grants
Organization: The Starbucks Foundation
Deadline: October 1, 2002
These opportunity grants support school (K-6) or community based programs that complement or enhance literacy curriculum and that encourage individuals to make one-on-one commitments to tutoring or mentoring needy children around reading and writing. The Foundation also offers Language of Hope grants which benefit writing programs for older youth aged 12 to 21. The goal of these grants is to stimulate personal development and encourage social commitment, especially programs that include a spoken word performance and/or publishing component to promote youth voices. To apply, organizations should review qualifying criteria and then submit a concept paper by the deadline dates, Oct. 1 and April 1. http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/grantinfo.asp
7. Grant Title: Exemplary Education Projects
Organization: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: October 15, 2002
Through its Education Development and Demonstration program, the National Endowment for the Humanities provides these grants to schools, colleges, universities, libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions to improve formal humanities education in the United States from kindergarten through college. The program supports projects that promise national significance by virtue of their content, approach, or reach. Often of multiyear duration, these grants may fund the development of humanities materials (including technology-based approaches to teaching humanities) and ways to disseminate humanities scholarship and teaching practices to a national audience. The size of a grant depends on the scope of the project, its duration (up to three years), and the number of participants, although NEH seldom provides more than $250,000. http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/eep-hfg.html
8. Grant Title: Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
Organization: The National Science Foundation
Deadline: October 17, 2002
This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant program aims to increase the opportunities for students and teachers to learn about, experience, and use information technologies within the context of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ITEST addresses the shortage of technology workers in the United States and builds on the earlier NSF program for youth called After School Centers for Exploration and New Discovery (ASCEND). The program has three components: youth-based projects with strong emphases on career and education paths; comprehensive projects for students and teachers; and resource centers that engage in studies related to funded projects and provide technical support. The NSF anticipates awarding 20 to 25 grants totaling $15 million. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02147/nsf02147.htm
9. Grant Title: Initiative to Develop Education through Astronomy and Space Science (IDEAS)
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Deadline: October 25, 2002
Developed by NASA in 1991 and administered by the Space Telescope Science Institute, the IDEAS program provides opportunities for scientists to share their knowledge and excitement about astronomy and space sciences with students, educators, and the general public. The program funds innovative, start-up educational outreach projects that enhance science education through collaboration between astronomers and educators. Awards of up to $40,000 will be made to instructors of kindergarten through college-age students in collaboration with professional astronomers or space scientists. http://ideas.stsci.edu
10. Grant Title: Ventures in Leadership
Organization: Wallace-Reader¹s Digest Funds
Deadline: December 1, 2002
This program is funded by the Wallace-Reader¹s Digest Funds and is designed to support innovative ideas in education leadership from a wide range of communities, especially those in low-income neighborhoods. Eligible projects include a school developing the technology to support data-driven instructional decision-making. Awards range from $5,000 to $50,000, depending on the size of the submitted budget and recipients will have up to two years to implement their leadership idea. Awards will be made on a monthly basis through December 2002 and every effort will be made to notify candidates of the status of their applications within six weeks of the time they submit it. http://www.wallacefunds.org/programs/ventures.cfm
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