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During October, SIRS Discoverer Deluxe, the award-winning children's
reference database for kids, turns its attention to animal safety and
protection in the database's Spotlight of the Month feature.
Spotlight of the Month topics draw their inspiration from Chase's Calendar
of Events. Articles in Spotlight are also accessible within the main
database and remain in the Spotlight of the Month archive for a year. For
more information about Spotlight of the Month on SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
and
SIRS Researcher, call 1-800-232-SIRS or visit www.sirs.com.
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Linworth Publishing, Inc.
***SPECIAL 20% EL-ANNOUNCE DISCOUNT***
VIDEO PRODUCTION FOR SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS: Communication and
Production Techniques
by Terry McConnell and Harry W. Sprouse
Create videos that communicate effectively with teachers and
administrators,
students and parents.
* Bring new visibility to your school library media program and promote
its
strengths to all its constituencies
* Learn how to teach video production as a communications tool
* Use video-making to encourage reading, writing, and research and for
school news shows
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PeopleSpot.com Celebrates Humanity on the Web
New Web Site Simplifies the Search for Information About People - Past and
Present
EVANSTON, Ill. PeopleSpot.com, a new information portal celebrating
humanity on the Web, debuts today at http://www.peoplespot.com. Designed
for anyone looking for, researching or interested in helping people,
PeopleSpot.com is a powerful free information resource center that
simplifies the search for the best and most useful information about
people on the Web. From the site, quickly and easily find records,
statistics, opinions, reference tools, biographies, service organizations
and more.
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Visit Follett at eSchool Follett Software Company is proud to co-sponsor
the eSchool Technology Conference & Exposition October 2-4 in Kissimmee,
Florida. Come visit us at Booth #206 to learn all about the Schools
Interoperability Framework and how our products and services help your
students develop critical information literacy skills. And....
Save $100.00! Get free updated labels! Recently, the Accelerated Reader
(AR) program was modified to include a new method of calculating the
reading levels for AR books called ATOS (Advantage TASA Open Standard).
When you upgrade to AR v5.12, you can take advantage of the new ATOS
levels and connect your students to books that better challenge their
reading and comprehension abilities. Follett Software Company can make
your switch to ATOS easy with our affordable, time-saving ATOS Conversion
Package.
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Cathy de Moll, OnlineClass
cdemoll@onlineclass.com
http://www.onlineclass.com
*** Dinosaurs Alive! (Grades K - 6) is an interactive study of
dinosaurs in which participating schools each adopt a dinosaur to
study. Online material leads the schools through an investigation of
the dinosaur era, the way dinosaurs are discovered, the theories
about dinosaurs, the classification of dinosaurs, etc.
Paleontologists are available online for Q&A. Student research, art
and creative writing is published online. Visit the online classroom
at <http://www.onlineclass.com/dinosaurs>
*** Bugs Count! (grades K - 3) is an interactive data collection
project that investigates the basic science of bugs. The program also
takes advantage of insect facts to reinforce simple math and counting
concepts, inviting students to count the bugs they see each week, and
posting math challenges online. Activities are posted for
non-readers, early readers and advanced readers.
<http://www.onlineclass.com/Bugs>
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This Month on BookSpot.com: Banned Books Week,
Literary Journals and More
Looking for quality book-related resources online? Get the latest
and greatest book sites delivered to you monthly from the editors at
BookSpot.com. Sign up for this FREE newsletter today at
http://www.bookspot.com/newsletter.htm.
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Libraries Unlimited, Dept. AEL, P.O. Box 6633, Englewood, CO
Phone: 800-237-6124 Visit: www.lu.co
Mention EL-Announce (Dept. AEL) to receive 20% discount prices.
Celebrate Computer Learning Month
Essential Books for Computer Learning Month--Beginning October 1st
1. The Internet Resource Directory for K-12 Teachers and Librarians:
2000/2001 Edition. Elizabeth B. Miller
2. New Virtual Field Trips
Gail Cooper and Garry Cooper
3. Early Literacy: The Empowerment of Technology, Revised Edition
Jean M. Casey
4. Practical Steps to the Research Process for Middle School
Deborah B. Stanley
5. Practical Steps to the Research Process for High School
Deborah B. Stanley
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For more information about ordering the Time4teachers Language Arts
CD-ROM and workshops, visit our website at http://www.time4teachers.com
The Time4teachers Language Arts CD-ROM is a new concept in teacher
resource - it contains over 400 Language Arts and Time Saving blackline
masters, all of which can be modified to better meet student/program
needs. Our CD saves teachers a tremendous amount of time in the
planning and preparation of curriculum. As classroom teachers we felt
there was a real need for a product such as this. Grades 2-7 teachers
have been most interested in our product, however, we have kindergarten
and high school teachers who are singing its praises too! We are also
finding Adult Basic Educators and Special Education teachers using it
because of being able to modify to meet specific needs.
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Big6 eNewsletter, (Sept., 2000, e1.3)
Fall issue is now online!
http://www.big6.com/enewsletter
In this issue....
--Why some honors students excel, while others struggle
--How to use a geographical clues to learn Big6 mini-lessons
--How a Big6-Mars theme launches students into creative projects
--Ways to prepare students to create high-quality video projects
.....and more
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Great Pacific Booksource
The Great Pacific Booksource has lots of new titles to start the new
school year. If you haven't visited lately, now is the perfect time.
We have some terrific new non-fiction titles for your students including
Jefferson's Children by Shannon Lanier and Jane Feldman, My America: A
Poetry Atlas of the United States selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and
Nature's Fury: Eyewitness Reports of Natural Disasters by Carole G. Vogel.
We also have the newest I Spy Extreme Challenger! and the Look-Alikes and
Look-Alikes, Jr. with free screen-saver and game CDs included.
Our hours are Tuesday - Friday 9:00 to 5:00 and Saturday 9:00 to 3:00.
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Can you help your patrons find the high-quality web sites they need? Can
you direct teachers and students to curriculum-related web sites that
support learning? Sagebrush can help! With The Web Resource Library (WRL)
you can add thousands of educational web sites to your collection easily
and inexpensively.
You can find more information about the Web Resource Library at the
Sagebrush web site: http://www.sagebrushcorp.com, or you can call us at
1-800-533-5430.
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