INFONEWS n°48 du 26/09/99


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  SOMMAIRE
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Debate on line

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Decisions, Decisions Online (Blue Web'n Update 9/24/99)
Cultural Debates Online (Blue Web'n Update 9/24/99)
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Discuss in class
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To help people understand hate crimes (Ed.Net Briefs 9.27.99)
TV Tips for Parents (PBS Teacher Previews: September 27-October 3)
GIRLS SPEAK OUT ABOUT SEX, SCHOOLS, AND SELVES (ASCD Education
Bulletin--September 24)
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Language art
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Wacky Times (Cool Web Sightings September 24)
Only a Matter of Opinion? (Blue Web'n Update 9/24/99)
WRITING ADVENTURES (CLASSROOM FLYER, September 24th)
Online English Grammar (CLASSROOM FLYER, September 24th)
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Film
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Etude d'un film (site signalé par jean Sahai)
The Motion Picture Industry: Behind the Scenes (Cool Web Sightings September 24)
Interactive online screenplay writing (CLASSROOM FLYER, September 24th)
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Literature
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ANIMAL FARM SITES (CLASSROOM FLYER, September 24th)
SparkNotes (The Scout Report September 24)
Folklore and Mythology - Electronic Texts (Cool Web Sightings September 24)
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Geography
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cartes des USA (site signalé par Olivier Colas)
Going Places "New York City" (PBS Teacher Previews: September 27-October 3)
National Atlas of the United States (Hot.Five September 24)
CIA World Factbook 1999 (The Scout Report September 24)
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Other resources for teachers
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verbes irréguliers (site signalé par Olivier Colas)
les fêtes (site signalé par jean Sahai)
Online Halloween Games (Free Things for Educators!September 23)
Teacher Tidbytes (Hot.Five September 24)
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Y2K
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Y2K test (Message from on learn-net)
Y2K Travel Warnings (The Scout Report September 24)
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Internet
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abréviations (site signalé par jean Sahai)
Kodak Picture Playground Online (The Scout Report September 24)


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Debate on line
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Decisions, Decisions Online (Blue Web'n Update 9/24/99)
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Bring contemporary issues alive in your classroom with the Internet version
of the award-winning Decisions, Decisions series from Tom Snyder
Productions. As students role-play legislators faced with a critical
situation, Decisions, Decisions Online stimulates discussions that start
inside your classroom and continue outside of it. Each month,
Decisions, Decisions Online introduces students to the clashing viewpoints
behind a controversial social issue drawn from today's news headlines.
--> http://www.tomsnyder.com/ddonline
[ pour lycée. Le sujet actuel est sur 'gun control'. Ce site très bien
fait, basé sur de la compréhension audio à travers des vidéos de
discussions sur le sujet, puis des questionnaires, est une excellente bas
de discussion en classe. pensez cependant à vérifier auparavant que vos
machines permettent de visionner des vidéos en Quicktime3 de façon satisfaisante]

Cultural Debates Online (Blue Web'n Update 9/24/99)
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This online activity makes multicultural studies come alive! You'll watch
video, learn about issues, read and write opinions, and see what others
think too. You'll discover connections and differences between a rainforest
society, your own culture, and other communities of students.
--> http://www.tomsnyder.com/cdonline
[ lycée, compréhension audio. Un site proche du précédent, sur la
multiculturalité : des thèmes comme l'apparence physique ou l'usage de
l'informatique sont abordés à l'aide d'une vidéo de présentation, puis de
diverses opinions données par écrit. ]

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Discuss in class
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To help people understand hate crimes (Ed.Net Briefs 9.27.99)
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and work to prevent them, the SPLC published two guides, "Ten Ways to Fight
Hate" and "Responding to Hate at School" and sent copies to every mayor,
police chief and school principal in the nation. Every governor, state
attorney general and member of Congress also will receive copies. The law
center published both booklets on its Web site
--> http://www.splcenter.org
[ vous pouvez obtenir des kits, livrets et vidéos, en envoyant une demande
écrite de votre chef d'établissement : voir
--> http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html ]

TV Tips for Parents (PBS Teacher Previews: September 27-October 3)
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Pick up the remote and learn ways to help your kids watch TV. Access basic
tools for helping you fine-tune your kids' programming choices, plus
valuable tips for helping them get the most out of their viewing experiences
--> http://www.pbs.org/kids/rtl/tvtips.html
[ pour collège : voir les activités après visionnement, de bonnes idées
transférables à la classe --> http://www.pbs.org/kids/rtl/extendover.html
pour lycée : réflexion sur comment les parents doivent réguler l'usage de
la TV par leurs enfants : un point de départ intéressant pour une discussion en classe! ]

GIRLS SPEAK OUT ABOUT SEX, SCHOOLS, AND SELVES (ASCD Education
Bulletin--September 24)
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"Have sex to be popular." "Be skinny to fit in." "I'm only 16 but I feel
like I've been around this world twice." So say teenage girls about their
struggles with sex, peer pressure, and body image. "Voices of a Generation:
Teenage Girls on Sex, School, and Self," a new report by the American
Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation, is based on
Sister-to-Sister Summits sponsored nationwide by AAUW to bring together
girls ages 11 to 17 to talk openly with one another about the most
important issues they face today.
>From November 1997 to November 1998, girls participating in these summits
answered six questions about their daily lives. The report is a detailed
analysis of responses by 2,100 girls.
Sex and pregnancy are the top issues facing teenage girls today, according
to the report. Girls want to learn how to say no to sex and still say yes
to intimacy. The majority of girls list sex and boys as major issues in
their lives, but only a handful of girls discuss "love" or "sexuality."
Girls say they need the tools to learn how to say no and how to negotiate
emotionally charged relationships.
"Voices of a Generation" also notes the conflicting roles girls face. They
are torn between a traditional view of femininity and the contemporary
realities of being a woman, girls report. As one girl writes, "Girls need a
clear definition of girls or women. We are encouraged to be assertive by
TV, magazines, and some adults, but we're punished indirectly by the world when we do."
The report also finds that many girls point their fingers at the media for
promoting a very narrow, restrictive image of women and girls as skinny,
sexually alluring, and popular to the exclusion of more important
attributes and values. Girls fault educators for generally ignoring social
pressures that girls face every day in school.
A report summary is available at :
--> http://www.aauw.org/2000/voices.html  
[ pour lycée, pour réfléchir sur l'image de la femme dans la société
américaine et dans la notre, et sur la pression du groupe et des pairs sur
le comportement des adolescentes]

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Language art
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Wacky Times (Cool Web Sightings September 24)
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Wacky Times is a humorous online news publication with a slightly "wacky"
view on current events and more. Check out articles like "Animal Right
Advocates Sue Chrysler Over Car Names" and "Restaurant Tipping Increases
Sex Appeal". Past issues of Wacky Times are archived for your reading pleasure!
--> http://www.wackytimes.com/
[ pour lycée. Des textes décalés, pour encourager les élèves à laisser
libre cours à leur imagination....mais en respectant les règles de l'argumentation!]

Only a Matter of Opinion? (Blue Web'n Update 9/24/99)
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Editorials, columns, and editorial cartoons are classified as opinion
pieces. Only a Matter of Opinion? introduces opinion pieces, encouraging
all to write and to draw their own after instruction and research.
--> http://library.advanced.org/50084
[ pour série L et étudiants, un site très complet sur l'art d'écrire un document]

WRITING ADVENTURES (CLASSROOM FLYER, September 24th)
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Here you will find an extensive series of high school writing lessons
divided into three main categories: Composition I, Composition II, and
English II. Each contains several lessons and resources, such as writing
about plot, 100 journal topics, literary analysis, poetry project,
activities for specific novels--much more.
--> http://www.angelfire.com/ok/freshenglish/writing.html
[ pour enseignants de tous niveaux, des pistes pour faire composer et évaluer un texte]

Online English Grammar (CLASSROOM FLYER, September 24th)
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With a grammar clinic, practice pages, grammatical description and many
resources, both students and teachers can profit from this site.
--> http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar
[ une grammaire simple, en anglais, pour débutants. J'ai aussi trouvé des
leçons pour un niveau lycée, des textes sur le millenium, avec des fiches d'exploitation :
http://englishtown.ef.com/en/lessons/free/lessons99/

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Film
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Etude d'un film (site signalé par jean Sahai)
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projet de Bernard Moro sur le site de LXM en rapport avec l'opération lycéens au cinéma.
--> http://artic.ac-besancon.fr/lxm/matieres/anglais/cinema/blade_runner/index.htm
[ pour ceux qui s'intéressent à une étude de film en classe. Un site à suivre]

The Motion Picture Industry: Behind the Scenes (Cool Web Sightings September 24)
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The Motion Picture Industry: Behind the Scenes recognizes that there's
more to film making than directing, screenwriting, and producing. This
website describes each aspect, including publicity, stunts, and ratings,
that affects a film's production. For the budding screenwriter, the
"Script Buddy" helps format already-written scripts to proper industry specifications.
--> http://library.advanced.org/10015/
[ dès la 4ème, pour ceux qui s'intéressent à la vidéo : vous pouvez monter
votre film à partir de suggestions pré-enregistrées. Pour le lycée, voyez
les explications et conseils techniques dans 'library'. Les profs aussi
peuvent faire leur film....mon film a rapporté $12,500,000 et le votre?]

Interactive online screenplay writing (CLASSROOM FLYER, September 24th)
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Give your students a chance to write a movie script online! Students can
submit their scene and see if their characters' dialogue rings true. They
can read previous entries and also see how the actual screen-play was
written. From the Annenberg Project.
--> http://www.learner.org/exhibits/cinema/index.html
[pour lycée, pour tout apprendre sur la construction d'un film, avec des exemples concrets]

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Literature
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ANIMAL FARM SITES (CLASSROOM FLYER, September 24th)
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INTRO. LESSON TO ANIMAL FARM:
--> http://www.teachers-connect.net/TNT/mlp0018.htm
ANIMAL FARM COMPREHENSION TEST:
--> http://www.globalserve.net/~glamont/anifmkey.html
SUMMARY & SYMBOLISM IN ANIMAL FARM:
--> http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/animf.htm
[ niveau lycée, tout pour l'étude complète de l'oeuvre]

SparkNotes (The Scout Report September 24)
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Provided by _TheSpark.com_, an online magazine aimed at a college-age
readership and founded by four Harvard students, SparkNotes is a free
collection of summaries of more than 75 works of English and American
literature, written for a fee by a dozen Harvard students. Presented as an
alternative to Cliffs Notes (tm), SparkNotes cover a wide cross-section of
the more frequently-assigned texts in university literature courses. Each
SparkNote typically contains a review of the context and characters, an
overall summary, summaries of chapters or acts, and study questions.
SparkNotes also features message boards for each text where students can
pose questions and discuss the book or play. [MD]
--> http://www.thespark.com/sparknotes/
[ génial pour lycée et étudiants. Les ouvrages habituellement au programme,
avec contexte, étude des personnages, résumé chapitre par chapitre et étude
des thèmes. Des résumés indispensables!]

Folklore and Mythology - Electronic Texts (Cool Web Sightings September 24)
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An extensive collection of tales from around the world. The alphabetical
list has stories in categories such as frog kings & princes, human
sacrifice, multiple birth, nightmares, and werewolf and witchcraft
legends. The list also includes stories from such collections and authors
as Aesop's Fables, Bulfinch's Mythology, Grimm Brothers, as well as stories
from countries as varied as China, Iceland, Korea, Luxembourg etc.
--> http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
[ une compilation intéressante de textes, par exemples les différentes
versions de Cendrillon, du petit chaperon rouge ou de blanche neige. une
vue historique de l'évolution des contes et mythologies]

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Geography
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cartes des USA (site signalé par Olivier Colas)
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--> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/united_states.html
[voir en particulier les fonds de cartes]

Going Places "New York City" (PBS Teacher Previews: September 27-October 3)
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At the companion site, take a virtual tour of New York City from the Circle
Line to Ellis Island, Times Square to Central Park. Get insiders' tips on
what to see and do including museums, rock clubs and more.
--> http://www.pbs.org/goingplaces/

National Atlas of the United States (Hot.Five September 24)
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Click on Interactive Map Browser. This program allows you to select and
display map layers. Travel across America and zoom in to reveal more detail.
Point at map features to learn more about them. Locate 2 million geographic
names in the United States.
--> http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasvue.html
[ Tous niveaux, pour retrouver la petite ville où habitent vos correspondants!]

CIA World Factbook 1999 (The Scout Report September 24)
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The US Central Intelligence Agency has recently released the 1999 version
of its well-known annual country information reference book (last described
in the February 5, 1999 Scout Report). Data is available for more than 260
countries. For each country, map and flag, geographic, population, government, economic, communication, transportation, military, and transnational issue information is provided
for the latest date available (January 1, 1999 in most cases). "Included among the 266 geographic listings is one for the 'World,' which includes data and other information summarized where
possible from the other 265 listings." There are also eighteen reference maps in .pdf or .jpg format and eight appendices. Linked to from hundreds of sites, the World Factbook is widely recognized as
one of the finest online resources for quick country information. [MD]
--> http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
[dès la 4ème, on peut utiliser ce site pour comparer des pays. Textes simples et beaucoup de chiffres clairs sur lesquels on peut s'appuyer pour faire produire des comparatifs, superlatifs, contrastes (whereas...) tout en découvrant des pays du monde : comparez la structure d'age de la france et d'Haïti!!!!. J'ai déjà organisé cette activité avec succès à partir du 'World Almanac' du CD-Rom Bookshelf. On peut aussi envisager ce travail en autonomie au lycée.]

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Other resources for teachers
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verbes irréguliers (site signalé par Olivier Colas)
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--> http://www.multimania.com/stephmrs/
[ listes et tests en ligne]

les fêtes (site signalé par jean Sahai)
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    Halloween, St Valentine, Easter....
--> http://meyna.com/holiday.html
[niveau lycée, des textes, longs et sans liens extérieurs, mais très informatifs]

Online Halloween Games (Free Things for Educators!September 23)
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--> http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/hall.html
[ pour collège, des jeux simples, dont deux 'fill in the blanks' stories]

Teacher Tidbytes (Hot.Five September 24)
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Look for Internet Resources for the classroom, Student-teacher Tutorials,
Web-integrated Lesson Plans, and Kids Pages.
--> http://www.teachertidbytes.com/WebResources.html
[ des ressources variées, voir surtout les leçons utilisant le web:
--> http://www.teachertidbytes.com/WebLessonPlans.html ]

BUILDING BLOCKS OF A WEBQUEST (CLASSROOM FLYER, September 24th)
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This online lesson for teachers compares webquests to lesson creation. It
will take you through task, process, resources and evaluation in order to
design your own web quest.
--> http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html
[ pour enseignants de tous niveaux, un pas à pas simple sur la construction
d'une webquest, avec des exemples]

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Y2K
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Y2K test (Message from on learn-net)
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Curt Davis has compiled a few Y2k links that you might want to take a look at:
--> http://www.syspac.com/~cdavis/y2k.htm
[ lycée, à adapter pour 4ème/3ème. Une page de liens sur le bug, sans
commentaires. Utile en complément à ma page:
--> http://perso.wanadoo.fr/infonews/y2k.htm
Voir par exemple le texte:
--> http://newmedia.jrn.columbia.edu/1997/projects/Project_4/Y2k/eh1.html
un texte bien écrit, que je vais utiliser avec mes élèves pour étudier les transitions de paragraphes]

Y2K Travel Warnings (The Scout Report September 24)
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Last week, both the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the US
State Department released their analyses of the Y2K preparedness of other
countries. While designed to help travelers avoid disruptions and
complications, they also collectively offer a revealing, if concise,
evaluation of the potential impact of Y2K worldwide. Both sites list
countries alphabetically, with the FCO site focusing exclusively on Y2K
preparedness and the State Department folding their Y2K analysis into pre-existing Travel
Warnings and Consular Information Sheets. The FCO Country Statements cover
topics such as energy, water, communications, transport, business, and
health. The list is not yet complete and will continue to grow. The State
Department typically includes four or five
paragraphs offering an overview of each country's Y2K situation as well as
a standard statement on aviation and Y2K. The rest of the Consular
Information Sheets cover topics such as entry requirements, medical
facilities, crime information, security concerns, and consular access, among others. [MD]
Y2K Country Statements -- UK FCO
--> http://www.fco.gov.uk/travel/dynpage.asp?Page=144
Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets -- US State Department
--> http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
[ Informations officielles, pour lycée et enseignants, en complément aux autres adresses déjà citées]

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Internet
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abréviations (site signalé par jean Sahai)
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--> http://www.englishclub.net/forums/abbreviations.htm
[pour enseignants et lycéens, pour décoder certains messages et apprendre à parler 'web']

Kodak Picture Playground Online (The Scout Report September 24)
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Be sure you have some extra time when visiting this fun site from Kodak.
While aimed at younger users, almost anyone can enjoy manipulating photos
with the eleven different filters provided. Users can upload their own
digital photos from their computer, images from elsewhere on the Web, or
use some of the samples provided. Photos can be transformed into sketches
or antiqued prints, made psychedelic, or turned into oil aintings or neon
images. Users can also transform photos of people into cartoons, flowers,
or animals. Once finished, the new images can be saved or sent as a free
multimedia electronic postcard. Most file formats are accepted for upload,
and directions for preparing your pictures are provided. Special sections
on digital photography techniques and equipment (with some commercial
content) round out the site. [MD]
--> http://alts1.kodak.com/US/en/corp/playground/index.shtml
[ les profs aussi ont le droit de s'amuser sur le web!]

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