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- Subject: Re: LM_NET Digest - 17 Jan 1995 - Special issue
- From: Cross Keys HS <gdd012@SOL1.SOLINET.NET>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 13:15:46 -0500
>
> There are 13 messages totalling 455 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics in this special issue:
>
> 1. Greetings Request
> 2. Alexandria Automation System
> 3. Earthquake fingers
> 4. BigSix - new listserv
> 5. Need help with Wearnes monitor
> 6. NASSP article
> 7. AASL Publ Award; *UConn Ladies #1
> 8. scholarships for ADD students
> 9. Research the Internet
> 10. History of Periodic Table
> 11. Block scheduling
> 12. need help on quote
> 13. hit-->laptops vs.labs
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 05:40:17 -0600
> From: Betty Dawn Hamilton <bhamilt@TENET.EDU>
> Subject: Greetings Request
>
> Hello group. This is another greetings request. I am presenting a
> program about available technology to our local AAUW chapter on February
> 16. It will be in my library so I can actually *show* them what we have
> available for our students. The only problem is that our school Tenet
> station is NOT state of the art -- it's a sort of "put together" that
> doesn't always work as well as it should.
>
> I'm thinking about seeing if I can get them and some of our civic clubs
> to adopt us as a project to update our access to the internet.
>
> I'll use Diane's idea of putting up a map and pinpointing where
> all of our messages originate instead of trying to *show* a group the
> screen with messages on it, so you can begin sending messages whenever
> it's convenient.
>
> If you have time, please send greetings -- however brief! Thanks!
>
> Betty
> .----.
> Betty Hamilton, LRS | | 701 Cub Drive
> bhamilt@tenet.edu ____|* ~~~~~~. Brownfield TX 79316
> Brownfield High School \ | (806) 637-4523
> \_/\ . /
> \ {
> \ }
> ~
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 06:55:55 -0400
> From: Jill Eaton <jjeaton@CS1.PRESBY.EDU>
> Subject: Alexandria Automation System
>
> I work parttime in a school library media center. The librarian is
> planning to automate this year or next and a school board member has recommend
ed
> the Alexandria System. Is anyone using it in their school and would you
> give me some feedback as to its pluses and minuses. You may respond
> directly to me. Thank you.
>
>
> Jill Eaton <jjeaton@cs1.presby.edu> ! \____ _
> Thomason Library /___\ } \
> Presbyterian College / \ / \_
> Clinton, SC 29526
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 07:32:59 -500
> From: Fred Muller Newton <fmuller@PLANET.NET>
> Subject: Earthquake fingers
>
> Does anyone know how to finger earthquake statistics from Japan. I have
> many for locations in the US. THank you
> Fred Muller
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 07:47:53 -0500
> From: Mike Eisenberg <mike@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: BigSix - new listserv
>
> Greetings LM_NETTERS! You are now over 3,300 strong - we grew
> by 135 last week alone! And yes, there are hundreds more in touch by
> other means.
>
> Today, we make history again. Bob Berkowitz, Barbara Jansen, and I are
> pleased to announce a new listserv: BigSix
>
> We consider this list to be a satellite listserv of LM_NET. Many of you
> will recognize the topic - Information Literacy and the Big Six approach
> to integrated library & information skills instruction. We hope to have
> lots of sharing of ideas, lessons, tips, and questions.
>
> The "offical" announcement is below along with instructions on how to
> subscribe. So, please join us (and be patient - it takes time to get the
> ball rolling).
>
> Mike, Bob, and Barb
>
> ==============================================================================
> BigSix Listserv: A discussion of Big Six approach to information literacy
> BigSix on LISTSERV@SUVM.BITNET For those on Bitnet.
> or LISTSERV@SUVM.SYR.EDU For those on Internet
>
> BigSix: A World-Wide Discussion Group For School Library Media
> Specialists and other educators interested in the Big Six Skills approach
> to information literacy skills instruction.
>
> A listserv called BigSix has been established to serve the school library
> media community and other interested educators, world-wide.
>
> This list is operated by:
>
> Mike Eisenberg, Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse
> University
>
> Bob Berkowitz, Library Media Specialist & K-12 Coordinator for Library
> & Information Literacy Programs, Wayne Central (Ontario Center, NY)
> School District, Adjunct Instructor, Syracuse University, School of
> Information Studies
>
> Barbara Jansen, Librarian & Consultant, Live Oak Elementary School,
> Round Rock ISD, Round Rock, Texas
>
> We invite school library media specialists and other information
> professionals and educators to join in a discussion of information
> literacy and the Big Skills approach to library & information skills.
>
> The Big Six Skills is a generalizable information problem-solving
> curriculum that places isolated library & information skills into a
> process framework. Conversation on this list will focus on the
> theory and practice of designing and implementing an effective Big Six
> Skills program. Topics for discussion include: instructional
> strategies for teaching the Big Six, ideas for integrated units and
> lessons, successes and concerns, the nature of the overall process
> and specific skills, and technology in a Big Six context. This is a
> listserv aimed at improving practice through sharing ideas, solving
> problems, and providing assistance or information.
>
> This discussion group is open to anyone interested in integrated
> information skills instruction. The primary audience is the school library
> media specialist, however other information professionals and educators
> are welcome to participate in this focused discussion of information
> literacy, information skills instruction, information literacy, and the
> Big Six approach.
>
> HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO BigSix
>
> BigSix has automated its handling of requests for membership. Request
> are handled automatically by the Syracuse University listserv computer
> and software.
>
> To subscribe to BigSix, just do this:
> Send the following command to LISTSERV@SUVM.BITNET
> or LISTSERV@SUVM.SYR.EDU
>
> In the BODY of e-mail type:
> SUBSCRIBE BigSix yourfirstname yourlastname
> For example:
> SUBSCRIBE BigSix Jane Derry
>
> The BigSix listserv computer will respond with an informative message,
> which will ask you for a confirmation. You will then be added if you
> properly follow the simple directions.
>
> So, if information literacy and the Big Six interests you, please join
> us.
>
> BigSix Co-Owners:
>
> Mike Eisenberg (mike@ericir.syr.edu)
> Bob Berkowitz (reberkow@mailbox.syr.edu)
> Barbara Jansen (bjansen@tenet.edu)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 07:15:53 -0600
> From: Linda Ramsey <lramsey@BIGCAT.MISSOURI.EDU>
> Subject: Need help with Wearnes monitor
>
> Dear LM_NETTERS,
>
> I bought a Wearnes Beethoven computer with an Everview monitor from
> Damark. It has begun to blink occasionally....white colors turn lilac or
> pale green for a moment, then it returns to normal.
>
> Can anybody tell me what might be happening?
>
> Also, has anyone ever been able to communicate with human technical
> support from the Wearnes company? There has been no response to my calls
> and faxes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Linda Ramsey <lramsey@bigcat.missouri.edu>
> Centralia High School Library
> Centralia, MO 65240
> 314-682-3508
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 13:38:10 GMT
> From: "Global SchoolNet Fdn (FrEdMail)" <lmnet-l@ACME.FRED.ORG>
> Subject: NASSP article
>
> If anyone has the current issue of "National Association of Secondary School
> Principals" I would appreciate a copy of the article on grants. (One of our
> Assistant Principals asked me if I could get a copy of it)
> Thanks,
> Linda Strauss, Tottenville H.S. Library
> (718) 356-2220 ext 452
> fax: (718) 317-0962
>
> --
> ((.) (.)) Linda Strauss lstrauss@llwnet.ll.pbs.org
> ---oOo-----(_)-----oOo-- Tottenville H.S. Library
> peeking over the edge 100 Luten Ave, Staten Island, NY 10312
> of technology (718) 356-2220 ext 452
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 08:44:54 -0500
> From: Charles White <CHASWHITE@DELPHI.COM>
> Subject: AASL Publ Award; *UConn Ladies #1
>
> DEADLINE POSTMARK FEB. 1, 1995 The American Association of School
> Librarians awards annually the Emergency Librarian Periodical Award. It will
> be given in Chicago this June for an outstanding publication of a school
> library media association that is an affiliate member of AASL.
> Applications are available from Marie Louise Settem 800-545-2433 x4381 AASL
> office as well as the AASL Regional Coordinators. I will additionally fax
> the 2 page application if you email a request and return fax number, or
> leave a number with Linda at 203-638-4191 for the AASL form. THIS IS A
> CASH AWARD supported by Emergency Librarian Publications, Ken Haycock,
> publisher. There will be a committee meeting at the Midwinter ALA
> Philadelphia meeting Saturday February 4, 2:00pm to 5:30pm Marriott Grand
> Ballroom Salon E,F . The committee and interested state affiliate
> representatives will discuss the award application review process at this
> session.
>
> Committee members (Oct 7,1994 mailing) : Charles White, chair
> chaswhite@delphi.com; Linda Hartman mohmte@delphi.com; Judith King
> jking@umd5.umd.edu; Jean Lowry (407) 334-4048 ; Catherine Murphy
> murphy@lis.unt.edu
>
> Go UConn Ladies #1 Women's Basketball team
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:12:28 -0500
> From: Geri Moulton <gmoulton@FREENET.COLUMBUS.OH.US>
> Subject: scholarships for ADD students
>
> I have a colleague who is interested in scholarships for kids with
> Attention Deficit Disorder. Does anyone know of any? Thanks.
>
> Geri Moulton Beechcroft High School Library
> gmoulton@freenet.columbus.oh.us
> 6100 Beechcroft Road
> Columbus,Ohio 43329 614-365-6800
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:18:58 -0500
> From: Sandra Brown <SandraB730@AOL.COM>
> Subject: Research the Internet
>
> We would like some suggestions about how to help teachers and students make
> use of the Internet for research purposes
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:30:09 -0400
> From: KAY PAHL <PEHS_LIB@NOECA.OHIO.GOV>
> Subject: History of Periodic Table
>
> Need resources for student report on the History of Periodic Table. This is
> an opportunity to show another dept. that this net is a powerful tool. I have
> used the resources of my small library and an looking for more in the BIG
> World of the net and to prove to staff that we in the library do alot more
> than check out books. Many thanks for help in advance. I'll be waiting!!!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:38:00 EST
> From: "Richard R. Shook" <rshook@EDCEN.EHHS.CMICH.EDU>
> Subject: Block scheduling
>
> Math teacher here would like info/data on Block Scheduling,
> especially as pertains to Math classes. Any input appreciated.
> Thanks. Richard Librarian
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:47:40 -0500
> From: "Jan Weeks - N. Knox Schools" <jweeks@IDEANET.DOE.STATE.IN.US>
> Subject: need help on quote
>
> We have 5 books on famous quotations and I can't find the author of the
> quote"living well is the best revenge" or "the best revenge is living
> well". I thought it sounded like GB Shaw or WC Fields, another teacher
> thought a Vanderbilt or Rockefeller but tried all those. Does anyone
> have an answer with a source? Our economics teacher would be grateful.
> Thanks!
>
> ******************************************************
> * Jan Weeks, Librarian @ North Knox High School *
> * Box 187, Bicknell, Indiana 47512 *
> * email: jweeks@ideanet.doe.state.in.us *
> ******************************************************
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 08:46:17 -0600
> From: Michele Missner <MISSNERM@VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>
> Subject: hit-->laptops vs.labs
>
> Date sent: 17-JAN-1995 08:45:33
> Sorrry to take so long compiling and posting
> In depends on your needs.
>
> If portability is so important, then the decision is obvious.
>
> However, you need to pay much more for a laptop than a desktop for equal
> power. Also, think about the security problems posed by laptops. Will
> they
> be secured somehow? Do you have the manpower (sorry, personpower) to be
> unlocking and locking them at a moment's notice? Who will be responsible
> for
> keeping track of them? Will they be going home with teachers? When
> teachers
> have a laptop to take home, I think they they are more enthusiastic about
> preparing lessons.
>
> Also, are you going with ibm or mac? Big difference in laptop prices.
> However, if you don't need color, you can get macs fairly cheap.
>
> Michele,
>
> Up until a couple of months ago, I would have said desk top all the way.
> _However_ the prices of laptops have come way down and the quality has
> gone way up so I am, at this point, exactly in the middle of the road!!
> If I could have anything I wanted, I would reverse what we have now. We
> have a Mac in every (almost every?) room, a laptop for the principal, and
> a laptop to be loaned. Instead, I think, I would give each teacher and
> administrator a laptop (or, at the bare minimum, a laptop for each of the
> 8 "teams".) In addition, I would have a small network of desktop
> computers w/CD-ROM. This would involve some pretty solid ground rules -
> who is responsible if the laptop gets lost, stolen, or broken, are
> students allowed to use them or check them out, etc.?
>
> I guess my answer for the moment, though, would be that I would decide how
> to get the most for my money. I would rather have features like larger
> hard drives, more memory, etc. than portability and I would rather order
> three desk tops than two laptops. There must be a compromise somewhere.
>
> Good luck with your new school! Happy Holidays!
>
> Karen Chepko
> kchepko@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
>
> The use of Laptops is neat and has the potential for a lot of learning
> extensions out of the classroom. However, expect a marked increase in
> maintenance and theft. Laptops also tend to cost more than similarly
> equiped
> desktop models, so your dollars are either going to purchase less laptops
> or
> less powerful ones to maintain the same numbers. You will also have to
> consider battery life, which tends to be relatively short, particularly if
> your batteries are not regularly reconditioned. In addition, at least in
> our
> experience, a large number of students have PC's at home and therefore
> would
> not require the loan of equipment.
>
> Scott Baker :-)
> Teacher Specially Assigned
> Computers in Education
> Scarborough Board of Edcuation
> Scott_Baker@scribe.sbe.scarborough.on.ca
> -----------------
> ScriBE, the Scarborough Board of Education BBS, Canada
>
>
> Michele, Our edtech sends this message:
> You MUST read "How to make your child PC literate" in Fortune Magazine
> Nov. 14, 1994. The new trend is to go with all laptops and do away with
> labs except to teach computer classes. Supposedly laptops are more
> feasible and more efficient for classroom teachers.
>
> If you wish to coorespond further with her you may reach Julie at
> (jmansfie@ideaner.doe.state.in.us)
>
> I am Rebecca Dann the elementary librarian at South Adams in Berne Indiana.
>
> You may reach me at (rdann@ideanet.doe.state.in.us)
>
>
> It depends on who's paying & what you are using them for. We debated
> whether
> or not we should require our students to purchase laptops. We found that
> for
> applications in subject areas like music or science, additional equipment
> would be needed making laptops impractical or too expensive to require
> students to purchase.
> Hope this helps a little.
>
> Michelle, One of the nearby schools solved this question
> with a group of five desktops and one docking laptop (for
> the teacher or a student to take home. Each classroom will
> have a station set up in this way. Makes sense to me.
> Have a nice holiday.
>
> --
> Donna Carroll
> Alden High School
> Alden, NY 14004
> ac862@freenet.buffalo.edu
>
> Hi again,
>
> My high school opened in August 1993. We have 8 computer labs spread
> about the school, and are 80% IBM and 20% Mac. We have a Novell network
> which links all the IBMs. I have a lab of 6 Macs and 10 IBMs off the
> media center which I supervise. When we looked into portables the cost
> was almost 2x as much as a desk top unit for the ones that "dock" into
> the network. We visited a school with the same networking configuration
> that purchased 4 laptops which they checked out to students and
> teachers. They had modems on these circulating units so that the patron
> could access the network from home.
>
> When we built the high school we hired a technology director away from
> the company that handled the installation of the computer network. His
> name is Pat Holz and his phone number is 317-362-2340. We are on break
> now until Jan.3, but Pat is usually willing to share his opinions on what
> works best.
> Our Macs are in the English dept. lab and are not networked around the
> school. It was a change order and extra cost had not been considered
> initially.
>
> I hope this helps. You are always welcome to come visit. It is warmer
> here than in Wisconsin. My brother lives in Cedarburg,WI and told tales of
>
> a hard winter last year.
>
> Kathy Keck kkeck@ideanet.doe.state.in.us
> Crawfordsville High School Crawfordsville, IN
>
> #11 9-JAN-1995 11:56:53.62
> laptop
> I would take the portables everytime over a lab setting. More flexible in
> every way. Especially good when you only want a few students working in a
> classroom setting on the computers. No worries about not being able to get
> into the lab because another class is in there but you only want a couple
> of
> computers.
>
>
> Michele Missner
> Appleton High School West
> 610 N. Badger
> Appleton, wi 54914
> voice (414) 832-4162 (business)
> 730-0768 (home)
> fax (414) 832-6239
>
> Bitnet - missnerm@oshkoshw
> Internet - missnerm@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of LM_NET Digest - 17 Jan 1995 - Special issue
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