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The complete 28th Edition of the Kraus Curriculum Development Library is now available online at KCDLonline.com. (available from library database offerings). With 435 new documents, the KCDL database now contains over 7,500 curricula, frameworks, and standards from 1983 through 2009. In total, there are now almost 4,000 records with full-text documents.Some changes to KCDLonline: ---reversed the

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During the summer posts will be bimonthly on average.1 Day Professional Development Plan (PDP) Reviewer Training Session*SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE!*The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education-Outreach, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Public InstructionThursday, June 18, 2009, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Training will allow participants to be listed in the DPI database as

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This publication is free by going to this site: http://www.bestevidence.org/evidenceed/The Best Evidence Encyclopedia is a free web site created by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) under funding from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. It is intended to give educators and researchers fair and

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Are you an educator, library media specialist, administrator, or technology coordinator? Are you interested in learning more about how media and technology can be integrated into schools? If so, then join us for the inaugural GLS Educator Symposium on Saturday June 13th. This free event runs from 9:30 am to 4 pm at the Memorial Union in Madison, Wisconsin.The GLS Educator Symposium features panel

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From the ECB..........As your schools close or begin planning for a possible closure due to the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), I want to call your attention to the resources online and broadcast on Wisconsin’s public television stations that can be used to continue or review instruction at home. In Wisconsin these stations include: WHA-Madison, WPNE-Green Bay, WHRM-Wausau, WHLA-La Crosse,

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From the ECB.......Looking for an exciting way to demonstrate concepts like kinetic and potential energy or velocity and acceleration? Want your students to experiment with circuits without setting up a lab? You'll find this and lots more in these Physics web sites in this month's Surf Report from ECB.Learn how to build your own cosmic ray detector, or design virtual vehicles and structures and

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National libraries from more than a dozen countries, in coordination with the United Nations’ education agency, put some of humanity’s earliest written works online April 21 with their launch of the World Digital Library, a web site in seven languages -- English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian -- that leads readers through a trove of rare finds. Among these are a 1562

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National libraries from more than a dozen countries, in coordination with the United Nations’ education agency, put some of humanity’s earliest written works online April 21 with their launch of the World Digital Library, a web site in seven languages -- English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian -- that leads readers through a trove of rare finds. Among these are a 1562

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This Wednesday April 22 is Earth Day. The Curriculum Library has many titles about the earth, it's resources, and problems. Plan some time to share issues and spark excitement using these or the many free resources found on the internet, including worksheets, coloring templates, lesson ideas and more.

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Use Eighteenth Century Collections Online to access the digital images of each page from books,pamphlets, essays, broadsides and more, published during the 18th Century. Over 136,000 titles - mainly works published in the UK but also thousands from elsewhere. With full-text searching of millions of pages, the product allows new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history,

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The Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) FY2009 Competitive Grant application and supporting documents are posted on the Instructional Media and Technology Team website at _http://dpi.wi.gov/imt/nclbindex.html_. This grant funds professional development programs for raising student academic achievement by increasing educators’ use of instructional technology tools and strategies in their

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Check out this site! Graphic novels and comics are a great way to engage learners and reluctant readers. "The Graphic Classroom is a resource for teachers and librarians to help them stock high quality, educational-worthy, graphic novels and comics in their classroom or school library." Find it at: http://graphicclassroom.blogspot.com/

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Annenberg Media's multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home. It is part of The Annenberg Foundation and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.The web

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From ECB:Record these programs to use in your classroom or keep in your school library!The following series will begin airing the weeks of March 30 and April 6 on Wisconsin’s public television stations. Check the Parade of Programs schedule book or the instructional database http://explore.ecb.org/itv/ for individual program information and more details. WEEK OF MAR. 30 Business and Marketing

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The public library is a key agency in supporting the educational and learning needs of every person in the community. Libraries offer vital resources for early literacy development, homework help, home-school families, continuing education, and lifelong avocations. n the third of a series of reports related to technology access in U.S. public libraries, the American Library Association (ALA)

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Webinar on Restorative Practices: A Positive Approach to DisciplineWhen: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 3:30-4:30Where: Your computerCost: $75Who: All K-12 educatorsLearn how to use Restorative Justice practices to: •Eliminate noon detention •Reduce suspensions (in and out-of-day school) •Decrease the number of police referrals •Reduce the

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Music Education Can Help Children Improve Reading SkillsChildren exposed to a multi-year program of music involving training in increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal, and practical skills display superior cognitive performance in reading skills compared with their non-musically trained peers, according to a new study. More information at: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316075843.

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Friday, March 20th at 7:00 pm on Wisconsin Public TelevisionWisconsin Superintendent of Schools DebateDPI candidates Tony Evers and Rose Fernandez will answer citizen and moderator questions in Wisconsin Public Television’s studio. The debate is a co-production of Wisconsin Public Radio and TV. The moderators will be Shawn Johnson from WPR and Frederica Freyberg from WPT.

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Free Live Webinar:*Creating Effective Teacher Professional Development in Tough Economic Times*When:* Thursday, March 26, 4 p.m., Eastern time.*Free registration is now open at: http://edweek.org/go/profDev Teaching experts don't necessarily see the current financial crunch in schools as all bad when it comes to teacher professional development. Many believe it could bring focus and innovative

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UW-Milwaukee now has access to Gale's Literature Criticism Online which includes Children's Literature Review. Access this database through Metasearch or a title search in the online catalog or from this link: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitCrit?locID=cicctrLiterature Criticism Online brings together backfiles of several literary series from Gale: Contemporary Literary Criticism,

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Sprechen Sie Deutsch? The March Surf Report from ECB features Web sites for teachers and students of German. You'll find audio and video clips with native speakers, games, information about Germany and German culture and more.Surf on over to _http://explore.ecb.org_Permanent link to German surf report:_http://explore.ecb.org/surf/surf_report?subject=116_

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Applications for the Chancellor's Golda Meir Library Scholars Awards are due before 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 6, 2009!*Description of the Program.*The Chancellor’s Golda Meir Library Scholar program is designed to provide two advanced graduate students with the resources necessary to pursue a year’s intensive research in their chosen academic fields. The primary criteria are as follows: 1. The

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Free Live Webinar:*Economic Stimulus & Powering Through the Recession*When:* Tuesday, March 10th at 1pm Eastern time.*Free registration is now open at: http://edweek.org/go/economic-stimulus What will President Obama's stimulus package mean for K-12 budgets? How can you make best use of federal dollars to protect instruction and extend achievement amid cutbacks at the state and local levels?Join

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Nationally known education author Jonathan Kozol will speak at the UWM Union Wisconsin Room on Monday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. The event, "An Evening with Jonathan Kozol,: Public Education, Poverty, Race and Segregation," is co-sponsored by the School of Education.Advance tickets are available in the UWM bookstore and advance tickets are free to students. Advance ticket cost is $8 for faculty/staff

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Need in-depth ideas about using favorite resources? If so, we invite you to read and/or subscribe to the News from TeachingBooks.net blog. Written by our staff (with occasional guest-blog appearances by award-winning authors), you'll get ideas for integrating specific multimedia author and book resources into your reading and library activities.Subscribe today to either receive: 1. All

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