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Volume 4 Number 5
COVER STORY
Too many people in the general public continue to think that teaching is a job that anyone can do. Wrong! Teaching is a special calling. Teaching is a mission.
Overworked and Under- appreciated - A Tribute to Teachers...
COLUMNS
Applying for a Teaching Job in a Tight Market, Part 1 Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong
Listening Lessons -- How to Help Kids Learn and Comprehend Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall
Streamlining the Writing Block 4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon
Extreme Reading! Postcard from Planet Esme - News from the world of children's books by Esmé Codell
Springtime Learning Clubs---Simple Solutions to Spring Fever! Instant Ideas for Busy Teachers by Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber
SGID: Teachers Learn From Student Feedback -- Small Group Instructional Diagnosis Leads to Increased Learning Teachers As Learners by Hal Portner
There's A Book Inside of You! - You Reflect On Your Idea eBook Authoring by Glenn F. Dietzel
Hassles on the School Bus Ask the School Psychologist by Beth Bruno
It's That Time Again, Ginny's List of Ten The Eclectic Teacher by Ginny Hoover
I Retired From 'Teaching' Back in 2009 and Now I'm Back! - Reporting from the future (Part 2) Ed-Tech Talk by Dr. Rob Reilly
Language Arts Sites Part 1 The Busy Educator's Monthly Five (5 Sites for Busy Educators) by Marjan Glavac
May Articles
May Regular Features
May Informational Items
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About Marjan Glavac...
Marjan Glavac (BA, BEd, MA) is a professional speaker, teacher and author. He has used computers in education on the very first day he began teaching in 1982. Since that time, he has introduced thousands of students K-University, parents and teachers to computer technology and to the Internet through online courses, websites, classroom lessons, workshops, speeches, articles, computer columns, newsletters and his latest best selling book, The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web 2ND EDITION (Foreword by Dr. Harry Wong author of The First Days Of School).

Marjan is currently a gr.5 home room teacher at Wilfrid Jury Public School in London, Ontario, Canada where he resides with his wife Maria and their two children, Vanessa and Collin. He can be contacted by e-mail at marjan@glavac.com or through his website at: http://www.glavac.com

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The Busy Educator's Monthly Five...
 by Marjan Glavac
Each month Marjan Glavac, professional speaker, teacher and author of The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web 2ND EDITION (Foreword by Dr. Harry Wong author of The First Days Of School) presents The Busy Educator's Monthly Five -- five websites for educators that are easy to read, simple to use and worthwhile to know. Sign up for his monthly free Busy Educator's Newsletter at: http://www.glavac.com
Language Arts Sites Part 1

Here are five Language Arts sites:

The Biography Maker
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm

Step by step lessons to help students write biographies. Very useful.

Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.com

Created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and sponsored by well known educational associations and corporations, Book Adventure is a free, reading incentive program dedicated to encouraging kids in grades K-8 to read.

Channel One News
http://channelonenews.com

A detailed media literacy curriculum with lesson plans, worksheets and support materials you need to teach the news.

The Children’s Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown

Links to author’s websites, resources for K-12 teachers, book reviews.

CRAYON
http://crayon.net

CRAYON (Create Your Own Newspaper) is a personalized Internet news service. Here’s a way to encourage even the most reluctant reader to read. Easy step by step instructions show students (and adults) how to create their own newspaper with links to news sources from the Internet. E-mail address is required. Younger children may need guidance due to links to tabloids.

Marjan Glavac's website: http://www.glavac.com

Email Marjan Glavac: marjan@glavac.com

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