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Volume 12 Issue 25
June 24, 2008

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THIS WEEK'S REVIEWS
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Book Wink
An educator’s and video book talks on reading for grades 3-8.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r0907-24.shtml

Whyville
Why not? An online community with educational value, for tweens.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r0907-17.shtml

Terri Husted's Homepage
By a teacher for teachers – a “home grown” gem.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r0907-12.shtml

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REVIEWS
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Book Wink
An educator’s and video book talks on reading for grades 3-8.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r0907-24.shtml

REVIEW: A+
Bookwink seeks to get students excited about reading by providing video book talks online as well as booklists that are appropriate for grade levels three through eight. Book talks are categorized by theme or topic, with the books of the day featured on the main page. The archive includes two or three books in each of eight themes including witches, World War II, sharks, 19th Century, love, mythology, volcanoes, and mermaids. Sonja Cole, a middle school librarian and high school English teacher, is the host of the site and the book reviewer. Visitors to the site can subscribe to the Wink-list to receive news of upcoming videos or to the video podcast to automatically receive the latest videos. Additionally, there is an extensive list of books that are appropriate for grades 3-8 that can be perused by subject, grade level, author, or title. Book titles include a brief description and link to a site where they can be purchased.

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Whyville
Why not? An online community with educational value, for tweens.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2007/r0907-17.shtml

REVIEW: A+
Tweens will enjoy the activities and the interaction with other students in the Whyville community. Visitors to the page will want to begin by creating their own persona and joining the community (membership is free). Then they can participate in activities that range from science and math to art, civics, and economics. Examples include earning a salary by participating in educational activities, managing finances and shopping in the bazaar. Destinations within Whyville include the playground, pool party, room decorator, smartcars arena, spinlab, sportplatz, the Whyville Times, and much more. Whyville works with such institutions as NASA, the Getty Museum, the School Nutrition Association, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to bring the educational content to its “citizens.”

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Terri Husted's Homepage
By a teacher for teachers – a “home grown” gem.
http://educationworld.com/awards/2007/r0907-12.shtml

REVIEW: A+
This site has something for newbies and veteran teachers alike. Teacher Terri Husted offers advice from her own experience to teachers new to the profession on such topics as classroom management, making connections, homework, assessments, and clarity, as well as providing a list of resources for new math teachers that can be found on the Web. There are also "most loved problems" that include an archive of problems that have been contributed by students and teachers. Another section includes math and science Internet lessons for grades 5-9 with notes for teachers and handouts for students that can be downloaded for free. These lessons cover such topics as density, percent, interactive problem solving, the stock market and more. Additionally, users will find links to more Internet lessons, data for statistics lessons, science sites, elementary sites and graphing calculator sites that can be found elsewhere on the Internet.

Each week, Education World spotlights books of interest to educators. This week, read a brief summary of two more of our "top 50 books for educators."

School Success for Kids With Asperger's Syndrome
Subtitled "A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers," this book is an important resource to help both teachers and parents deal with a set of challenges that can be very profound and certainly is being recognized as affecting ever higher numbers of kids. Asperger's is a syndrome some think of as milder than autism, but sharing some characteristics. The book includes how to recognize Asperger's, suggests best practices in school, and offers suggestions as to how to deal with the school system's administration, among many other topics.
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You Have to Go to School -- You're the Teacher!
This second edition offers 50 new tips within its 250 classroom management strategies that are intended "to make your job easier and more fun." This book is very practical for teachers, not only in having lots of brief ideas that are well organized, but also in reflecting the teacher's day to day life. For example, one chapter is called "They're Not Here Yet," in which the reader is given specific guidance under such headings as "Get to School Early," "First Name Versus Surname," and "Don't Take Their Behavior Personally."
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