Cette semaine, encore quelques sites sur Thanksgiving et un dossier
complet de 'Scout Report' sur l'Irelande. Découvrez aussi le nouveau jeu
vidéo * 'Pokemon', le site ***de Time for Kids, et un site interactif **sur
'Multiple intelligence'. Voyez aussi l'offre d'emploi de 'Alapage'...
bonne lecture!

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    SOMMAIRE
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A la une
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Five for Thanksgiving (The Scout Report, November 19, 1999)
THANKSGIVING RESOURCES PAGE ( Education World Newsletter Vol.3 Issue 35)
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In the news
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Ireland (The Scout Report, November 19, 1999)
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Life in the USA
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PROGRAM TEACHES LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO GIRLS (Ed.Net Briefs November 22)
The Star-Spangled Banner (The Scout Report, November 19, 1999) and (COOL>
Cool Web Sightings - Issue #51)
Department of Justice - Kids & Youth (COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #51)
* Pokemon World
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Resources for teachers
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Shakespeare's Globe (COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #51)
ABC News (HOT> Library Hot Five #16: News Sources)
New York Times Learning Center (HOT> Library Hot Five #16: News Sources)
***Time for Kids (HOT> Library Hot Five #16: News Sources)
Letters to future generations -- UNESCO (The Scout Report, November 19, 1999)
The First Americans (LII> [LIIWEEK] November 15, 1999)
WEB EVALUATION TOUR (CLASSROOM FLYER, Wednesday, November 17th)
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Teaching practice
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**Tapping into Multiple Intelligences (wNetSchool Bulletin - November/December 1999)
GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING STUDENT INTERNET EXPERIENCES (CLASSROOM FLYER, Wednesday, November 17th)
A Dozen Articles Every Educator Should Read! ( Education World Newsletter Vol.3 Issue 35)
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Science and technology
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F1 Live (COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #51) and (LII> [LIIWEEK] November 15, 1999)
Theater of Electricity (LII> [LIIWEEK] November 15, 1999)
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offre d'emploi enseignants
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Alapage.com


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A la une : Thanksgiving
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Five for Thanksgiving (The Scout Report, November 19, 1999)
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We hope these five sites will help users plan and enjoy a stress-free
Thanksgiving holiday. The first site, from the Food Network, offers a
number of recipes and tips, a shopping and cooking game plan,
solutions to "Turkeytastrophies," and advice on what to do with all
those leftovers. For vegetarians, who sometimes feel left out on
"Turkey Day," In a Vegetarian Kitchen provides recipes for a complete
meatless feast that makes full use of fall's bounty. What's
Thanksgiving dinner without dessert? A good place to look for pie
recipes and tips is the Pie Page, which contains recipes for over 100
pies, photos and instructions for a perfect crust, and some
observations on making a fresh pumpkin pie. Users taking a trip to
watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade or maybe just planning to
watch it from home may enjoy the parade site from NYCTourist. It
features news on this year's parade, photos of balloons and the crowd
from last year's parade, and a brief review of the parade's history
with several historic photos. Finally, users who want more
Thanksgiving resources can turn to the 4anything Web guide, which
contains links to turkey recipe pages, the history of Thanksgiving,
pie recipes, crafts and activities, virtual cards, clip art, and more. [MD]
Food Network: Thanksgiving Therapy
http://www.foodtv.com/fn/features/thanksgiving/index.htm
A Vegetarian Thanksgiving
http://www.vegkitchen.com/thanksgiving.html
The Pie Page
http://www.teleport.com/~psyched/pie/pie.html
Thanksgiving Day Parade
http://www.nyctourist.com/macys_menu.htm
4Thanksgiving.com
http://www.4thanksgiving.com/

THANKSGIVING RESOURCES PAGE ( Education World Newsletter Vol.3 Issue 35)
---------------------------------------
NEW HOLIDAY CENTER LAUNCHES THANKSGIVING RESOURCES PAGE!
Find articles, activities, crafts, clip art, and much more!
--> http://www.education-world.com/holidays/
[une page sur thanksgiving à ajouter à celles du n°55 d'infonews. ]

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In the news
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Ireland (The Scout Report, November 19, 1999)
----------------------------------------
Supporters of the peace process took heart in this week's
developments in Northern Ireland. Eleven weeks ago, former US Senator
George Mitchell revived his role as mediator and conducted a review
of the peace process, which was stalled in mutual recriminations and
acrimony. The central issue was, and remains, decommissioning, the
surrender of arms by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Loyalist
paramilitary groups. The majority Ulster Unionists, led by First
Minister David Trimble, have refused to form an executive including
Sinn Fein, as envisaged by the 1998 Good Friday peace accord, until
the IRA has begun to surrender its weapons. Sinn Fein, led by Gerry
Adams, has argued on the one hand that they cannot control the IRA,
and on the other that the accord does not stipulate decommissioning
as a prerequisite for forming the executive, an essential step before
the establishment of a devolved administration in Northern Ireland.
Not least among Mitchell's many accomplishments is the fact that
Adams and Trimble, who previously could hardly be convinced to sit in
the same room, now appear to have a comfortable working relationship,
evidenced by mutually conciliatory statements each made this week.
The potential breakthrough came on Wednesday, when the IRA indicated
for the first time that it is willing to discuss disarmament and that
it will appoint a representative to the disarmament commission led by
Canadian General John de Chastelain. This would occur on the same day
that an executive including Sinn Fein was formed. While Trimble
secured support for the deal from his party executive today, he still
faces a very tough sell between now and November 27, when his party's
860-member party council meets to approve or reject the compromise measure.

The first three sites, from _The Irish Times_ and the BBC, offer
excellent introductions to and overviews of the present peace process
and its historical roots, with profiles of key figures, reviews of
key events, overviews of the Good Friday Agreement and the Assembly,
and breaking news. Special sections from ABC News and _The
Independent_ offer news, analysis, related stories, and audio
selections. As would be expected, a number of newspapers have
commented on the negotiations in their editorial pages. Users can
read editorials from the _Washington Post_, the _Examiner_, _The
Irish Times_, and the _Belfast Telegraph_ at the above URLs. Finally,
the three major parties in Northern Ireland have all posted
statements and press releases concerning the current situation on
their respective Websites. More resources on Northern Ireland and the
peace process can be found in Signpost, the _Scout Report_'s
database. These include the outstanding CAIN Web Service, the Patten
report: "A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland", and the full
text of the Good Friday Peace Agreement. [MD]
Optimism in Ulster
The Path to Peace -- _The Irish Times_
http://www.ireland.com/special/peace/
The Search for Peace -- BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/northern_ireland/
Northern Ireland -- BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/
Northern Ireland's Pursuit of Peace -- ABC News [RealPlayer]
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/irelandindex2.html
Ulster -- _The Independent_
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Ulster/index.shtml
Editorials:
"On the Threshold of Peace" -- _Washington Post_
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/19/070r-111999-idx.html
"There is no other way forward" -- _The Examiner_
http://ted.examiner.ie/archives/1999/november/19/opinionpage_0.htm
"A Pivotal Point in History" -- _The Irish Times_
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/opinion/1999/1119/edi1.htm
"Pressure on to sell deal" -- _Belfast Telegraph_
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/today/nov19/Opinion/apt.ncml
Sinn Fein Homepage
http://sinnfein.ie/
Socialist Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP) Homepage
http://www.sdlp.ie/
Ulster Unionist Party Homepage
http://www.uup.org/

Signpost
http://www.signpost.org/
CAIN Web Service--The Northern Ireland Conflict
http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/page/00005546.html
"A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland" (Patten Report)
http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/page/00011059.html
The Agreement: Agreement Reached in the Multi-party Negotiations
http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/page/00007113.html

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Life in the USA
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PROGRAM TEACHES LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO GIRLS (Ed.Net Briefs November 22)
---------------------------------------
At Denny Middle School (Seattle, Washington), a leadership program is being
tested with the goal of teaching girls how working as a team can help them
achieve other goals in life, such as making friends. The program,
introduced in three Seattle-area schools by the non-profit organization
Powerful Voices, grew out of a 1995 American Association of University
Women (AAUW) study, which showed that many of the ways women behave as
adults have their roots in adolescence. The study found that the ability
of women to seek out support for their ideas, as well as their willingness
to take risks in life, was tied in with the support they received as young
girls. According to Ann Muno, co-founder and project director for Powerful
Voices, the most important thing the girls learn to do is work together as
a team, agreeing as a group on everything they do before starting. Powerful
Voices decided to focus on middle school girls because many studies in the
early 1990s revealed that girls were having a particularly hard time in
school compared with boys.
[Judy Hunt, "Program teaches leadership skills to schoolgirls", Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, November 19, 1999, C11]
--> http://www.seattle-pi.com/pi/local/girl19.shtml
[ pour lycée et enseignants, civilisationellement intéressant, point de départ pour un débat]

The Star-Spangled Banner
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(The Scout Report, November 19, 1999)
This recently expanded site from the Smithsonian National Museum of
American History is intended to serve as "the most comprehensive
on-line resource about the 186-year-old banner, which inspired the
words to the National Anthem." The site offers a number of
illustrated short essays, tracing the history of the flag and the
national anthem and preservation efforts over the years. It also
features several mysteries surrounding the flag that users can try to
solve using primary sources and then read a historian's opinion.
Educator information and teaching materials, and an online quiz round
out the site. Users can browse the site's content via a menu on the
left or access selected sections by scrolling over the flag on the main page. [MD]
--> http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/

(COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #51)
[From the Website] The Star-Spangled Banner Preservation Project is saving
an American treasure--the flag that inspired our national anthem. At the
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, we are engaged in a
significant effort to preserve this icon, which has been endangered by
time, and exposure to pollution and the elements. In this Web site, you
may learn the Star-Spangled Banner's origins and history, consider the
flag's symbolism, track the conservation team's progress, and explore our
educational offerings. We also hope you will visit the museum and see our
conservation team working to save the Star-Spangled Banner.
--> http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/2_home/fs2.html
[ pour info]

Department of Justice - Kids & Youth (COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #51)
---------------------------------------
The Department of Justice has followed the CIA in having their own kid's
website. The DOJ kids site provides information on different aspects of
justice such as internet crimes, drug prevention and laws that protects
your rights. Their site is broken down by school grades, K to 5th, 6th to
12th, and a special section for parents and teachers. Even though the site
is geared towards kids, I found this site extremely informative and easy
to get around. Definitely worth a visit.
--> http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/
[ déjà signalé dans infonews. Un site intéressant mais un peu trop
exhaustif, en particulier sur les drogues, ce qui pourrait inciter les élèves à essayer]

* Pokemon World
---------------------------------------
(LII> [LIIWEEK] November 15, 1999)
If you don't know a Pikachu from a Bellsprout, this is the place to learn.
This heavily graphic site presents an encyclopedia of characters (Pokedex),
television show synopses (in Cartoons), games (with strategy guides), how
to spot counterfeit merchandise (in News), and a Canadian site in French
(much smaller than this Englishone; oddly, there is no link to a Japanese
site). This a commercial site, but the descriptions of the related graphic
novels, comics, candy, books, trading cards, and Nintendo and Game Boy
products provide a thorough guide to this world. - wh

(COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #51)
Last year the craze was Furbies, and this year - Pokemon. If you don't
know a Pikachu from a Bellsprout, this is the place to learn. This site
presents an encyclopedia of characters (Pokedex), television show synopses
(in Cartoons), games (with strategy guides), and how to spot counterfeit
merchandise (in News). Caution: This is a graphic heavy site, so pages may
load slow depending on your Internet connection speed.
--> http://www.pokemon.com/
[ Au moment où Furby arrive seulement en France, voici le nouveau sujet qui
passionne les petits américains (4 à 10 ans) . Un film vient de sortir,
mais le jeu vidéo, les cartes et la série TV, étaient déjà une passion
l'an dernier. Pour travailler 'hooked' et 'addicted', j'ai préféré les jeux
vidéos à la drogue. J'ai fait une séquence intéressante avec une classe de
2nde. Nous sommes partis d'un texte de Time For Kids (voir ***) 'Hooked' :
http://www.pathfinder.com/TFK/archive/worldreport_v4n20/v4n20_cover.htm
Les élèves ont ensuite découvert Pokemon à travers le site web, rassemblé
des idées pour et contre les jeux vidéos puis nous avons terminé la
séquence par un débat où ils se sont beaucoup exprimés tout en prenant des
notes pour rédiger ensuite un texte argumentatif.]

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Resources for teachers
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Shakespeare's Globe (COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #51)
---------------------------------------
This site provides a history of the original Globe theater and the
reconstructed Globe that opened in 1997. There is a virtual tour of the
new playhouse and booking information, as well as a theater timeline,
FAQs, and links to other theater and Shakespeare sites of interest.
--> http://www.rdg.ac.uk/globe/
[ un superbe site pour une visite virtuelle ou préparer un voyage]

ABC News (HOT> Library Hot Five #16: News Sources)
---------------------------------------
Look for up-to-date news reports from around the world, plus business,
technology, science, health, travel, entertainment, and weather news.
--> http://www.abcnews.com
[ une adresse pour retrouver les thèmes traités sur ABC en clair sur Canal Plus le matin]

New York Times Learning Center (HOT> Library Hot Five #16: News Sources)
---------------------------------------
This wonderful resource for students in grades 6-12 allows them to read the
current news summaries while having direct links to the Merriam-Webster
Collegiate Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Atlas. Check definitions to
difficult words or locate places where the events are taking place. Also,
don't miss what happened On This Day!
--> http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
[ un site très bien fait, déjà recommandé dans Infonews]

***Time for Kids (HOT> Library Hot Five #16: News Sources)
---------------------------------------
Find out kids' views of current events in this special version of the
popular news magazine. Explore the top stories, read the quote of the week,
or guess the mystery person.
--> http://pathfinder.com/TFK/index.html

Letters to future generations -- UNESCO (The Scout Report, November 19, 1999)
---------------------------------------
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific
Organization), an organization composed of 188 Member States,
attempts to contribute expertise across all of the sciences to enrich
both today and tomorrow's world. In developing Letters to future
generations, essays written by 22 world leaders and thinkers, UNESCO
has done just that. Addressed to people living in 2050, the letters
share reflections and concerns on topics ranging from beauty to
biological infections. Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN,
suggests "a culture of peace," while Rita Colwell, of the National
Science Foundation, discusses the benefits of a diverse scientific
culture, and Hubert Reeves, an astrophysicist, entreats us to be
environmentally aware so we can ensure that a future generation will
greet the 21st century. To paraphrase philosopher Fernando Savater,
while UNESCO's Letters to future generations may not be a new idea,
this "mental registry" is nonetheless thought-provoking. [ATW]
--> http://www.unesco.org/drg/lettres/
[ des textes pour lucée]

The First Americans (LII> [LIIWEEK] November 15, 1999)
---------------------------------------
Written for third graders, this site has sections on Indian shelters of
various kinds, legends, a map of the area in which individual cultures were situated, a table with links
to food, clothing, and interesting facts. The five cultures focused on are
Northwest, California-Intermountain,Plains, Southwest, and Woodlands. Some information is
quite detailed, for example the section on the Pomo Indians of California.
Good for class assignments. From Germantown, IL, Elementary School. - sjs
--> http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/intro.html
[ dès la 4ème, un excellent site sur les indiens, avec des illustrations et des explications simples]

WEB EVALUATION TOUR (CLASSROOM FLYER, Wednesday, November 17th)
---------------------------------------
Since anyone at all is able to publish a webpage, it is wise to know a few
tools in evaluating the material you find on the net. Educators especially
need to be concerned about content quality. This "tour" will address these
issues, with an eye toward some basic principles in your own evaluations.
--> http://www.infosearcher.com/cybertours/tours/tour04/_tourlaunch1.htm
[ergonomie désagréable, mais en ouvrant les pages dans une nouvelle
fenêtre, le site est utilisable. En autonomie sur ce site, des élèves de
lycée peuvent acquérir des critères et une démarche pour évaluer un site]

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Teaching practice
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**Tapping into Multiple Intelligences (wNetSchool Bulletin - November/December 1999)
---------------------------------------
It starts on November 15th. wNetSchool and The Disney Learning Partnership
have joined forces to launch CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM, an exciting series of
FREE interactive workshops for educators across the U.S., available on the
World Wide Web.
The nine monthly online seminars cover some of the big issues in education
today and contain expert-developed content, interactive learning
activities, live chats, discussion boards, and much more. One new workshop
will be "in session" each month from November 1999 to July 2000. Topics
include the theory of multiple intelligences, constructivism, Inquiry-based
learning, cooperative and collaborative learning, assessment, standards,
WebQuests, and more. The workshops:
- The first workshop, "Tapping into Multiple Intelligences," starts on
November 15th and will feature a live chat with well-known M.I. theorist
and expert Howard Gardner at 8pm (ET) on November 22nd.
wNetSchool
--> http://www.wnet.org/wnetschoolwNetSchool  
the Disney Learning Partnership
--> http://disney.go.com/disneylearning/teachercenter/main/index.html  
[ Ces deux adresses demandent un enregistrement un peu fastidieux. wNet
propose des cours payant et quelques leçons gratuites dont :
pour lycées techniques et LP : building a bridge :
--> http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/bridges/index.htm
et how to build a "Recycled Racer", suivi de liens intéressants:
--> http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/racecar/

C'est à la deuxième adresse que l'on trouve le cours sur 'multiple intelligence' pour enseignants et étudiants : un cours très intéressant du pédagogue Howard Gardner. Le 22 novembre, il sera même en ligne en direct pour un 'chat' avec les participants. Les sujets suivants sont aussi intéressants, mais ne resteront peut-être pas gratuits!
Vous trouverez sur cette page :
- une page interactive superbe utilisable dès la 3ème, sur le thème de
l'orientation scolaire. L'élève répond à des questions et obtient son profil personnel:
http://disney.go.com/disneylearning/teachercenter/workshops/month1/w1_interactive1.html
- une présentation claire de la théorie (pour stagiaires IUFM)
- deux vidéos de H.Gardner avec sa transcription (utilisable en compréhension audio en lycée)]

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING STUDENT INTERNET EXPERIENCES (CLASSROOM FLYER, Wednesday, November 17th)
---------------------------------------
This ten step, tip-oriented guide provides a framework for teachers
planning on using the internet as resources, webhunts, teaching tools or
research. Student Start Pages contain applicable bookmarks for elementary
research. Also check page bottom for ideas on using a one-computer classroom.
--> http://www.lburkhart.com/elem/guide.htm
[ pour enseignants . Conseil utiles pour les débutants]

A Dozen Articles Every Educator Should Read! ( Education World Newsletter Vol.3 Issue 35)
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A Dozen Articles Every Educator Should Read! By Gary Hopkins
Looking for practical teaching ideas and classroom tips? That's what
Education World is all about! This week, in celebration of Ed World's 100th
weekly issue, we highlight a dozen of the best and most practical stories
from our archives. Included: Activities to develop young readers and
writers as well as tips to strengthen teaching skills!
--> http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr181.shtml
[Pour les plus jeunes, voir en particulier cette page d'idées pour intégrer
utiliser des journaux en cours:
--> http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson072.shtml   ]

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Science and technology
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F1 Live
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(COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #51)
A very comprehensive and informative site on all aspects of Formula One
racing. Includes the latest news, F1 links, current calendars for the
racing season, team and driver lineups, and the status of the
championships.

(LII> [LIIWEEK] November 15, 1999)
A thorough and informative site about all aspects of Formula One racing.
Includes the latest news, F1 links, current calendars for the racing
season, team and driver lineups, and the status of the championships. An
excellent site for F1 fans! - ht
--> http://www.f1-live.com/
[ pour les passionnés de F1]

Theater of Electricity (LII> [LIIWEEK] November 15, 1999)
---------------------------------------
Explore the history of the Van de Graaff Generator, which "was originally
used as a research tool in early atom-smashing and high energy X-ray
experiments." The site also includes information about the generator's
construction, with an animation of how it works and pictures of it
producing sparks; of lightning and Benjamin Franklin and his kite;
information and images of Tesla Coils; a discussion of lightning, including
a safety quiz; resources for teachers; and a video and picture gallery.
[From the Museum of Science, Boston. - dl]
--> http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/
[ des expériences et des explications : pour classes techniques ou scientifiques]

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