Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Digital Wish Grant

NYSCATE just announced the NYSCATE-Digital Wish Grant - DEADLINE SEPT 30, 2008

Digital Wish is a website designed to help educators find funding for classroom technology. Teachers register, create profiles and shop for much-needed technology products, similar to a wedding registry. Wish lists stay posted online and teachers can then elect to use their profile to fundraise for donations from parents, the community, or administrators. Digital Wish also runs a monthly grants program. Anyone who has registered and created a profile is automatically entered to win one of 43 Digital Wish technology grants. Check out the monthly Digital Wish grant schedule here: http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/grants_sched.


Win a site license of Tool Factory Software for your school!


The NYSCATE Digital Wish Grant is a new program created exclusively for current NYSCATE members. Simply register on Digital Wish and enter “NYSCATE” into the “Professional Associations” field of your profile page. Three winners will be selected at random on September 30, 2008 at 5pm EST and awarded $1,000 in Tool Factory Software each!

To enter the Digital Wish/TLN grants contest:

Register for Digital Wish www.digitalwish.com. In “My Account” Click “Edit Profile”. Enter “NYSCATE” in the field “Professional Associations”. Optional – Enter “www.nyscate.org” in the “Association Website” field. Select “Save”.

Friday, September 12, 2008

US. Constitution Day

The following is from the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Initiative Listserve:

To mark the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787, Congress has asked that educational institutions take one day to teach the document that shaped America's democratic government. In support of students and teachers in their studies, a variety of online resources are available from the Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) web site. Additional resources are available from the National Archives and Records Administration and the National History Education Clearinghouse. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/fund/guid/constitutionday08.html.

Also, on Constitution Day/Citizenship Day, schools are encouraged to participate in "Pledge Across America." The synchronized Pledge will begin at 2:00 p.m. EDT; 1:00 p.m. CDT; 12:00 noon MDT; 11:00 a.m. PDT; 10:00 a.m. in Alaska; and 8:00 a.m. in Hawaii. For more information, please go to http://www.celebrationusa.org.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Are You Looking for 2008 Presidential Election Resources?

Are you looking for 2008 election resources?

Here are 169 Presidential Election 2008 resources you may find helpful in your classrooms. Please feel free to add more if you come across them to complete this running list.

YouTube - Electing a US President in Plain English

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill & National

PBS Teachers Access, Analyze, Act: A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement PBS
Teachers

http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/campaign08/index.html
Campaign K-12

Twitter / educationweek

US Presidential Election - Interactive Probability Calculator

Election 2008 : NPR

The Student's Guide to Voting

Scholastic News Online: Election 2008 Scholastic.com

PBS Teachers . PBS VOTE 2008 . Secondary

http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/election2008/index.htm

MoveOn.org Political Action: Free Obama/Biden stickers!

Campaign Finance - Election Guide 2008 - The New York Times

Election 2008: Campaign coverage for the digerati - CNET News.com SAVE

The Election Guide: Your Guide to 2008 U.S. Elections, the Presidential Race and Presidential Candidates.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/

Election Guide 2008 - Presidential Election - Politics - Home - The New York Times

Presidential Election Guide 2008 - Election Guide 2008 - The New York Times

Presidential campaign ads: Watch, rate - USATODAY.com

4President.tv

PCL: Campaign 2008

The Living Room Candidate

2008 Presidential Candidates

2008 Election Guide - MSN

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

2008 Polls for President - Presidential Election Polls - Democrats, Elections, Candidates

Presidential Candidates 2008

Vote Help.org - Obama vs. McCain Candidate Calculator Quiz - who should I vote for?

http://www.watchblog.com/

Create a Political Election Page - Who's Your Favorite Candidate

Electoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily

RealClearPolitics - RealClearPolitics Poll Averages

Roll Call

Election 2008

Politics1 - 2008 U.S. Presidential Election (P2008)

Political Information (.com) -- A search engine for politics & policy

Election 2008 - GovSpot.com

Politics Navigator - New York Times

Ballot Access News

United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 2nd Session

GOP.gov - House Republican Conference - Home

WhiteHouse 2000: Context

Internet Archive Wayback Machine - Election 2000

League of Women Voters US: Election Day 2008 Will Affect Your Entire Family

Rock the Vote

2005 Bush Presidential Inauguration Resources

Women's Voices. Women Vote.

CQ.com - MoneyLine

The Color of Money -- Campaign Contributions, Race, Ethnicity, and Neighborhood

Commission on Presidential Debates

Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections

The Skeleton Closet

WhiteHouse '08: Logistics

OnPolitics

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

http://www.gallup.com/poll/election2008.aspx

Libertarian Party Smaller Government Lower Taxes More Freedom

Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties

Republican • National • Committee

The Democratic Party

http://www.ehow.com/how_2276516_run-mock-election-classroom.html

Teacher Magazine: Mock Election 2008

Civics Lesson Plans, Student Mock Election - Youth Leadership Initiative

National Student/Parent Mock Election

National Student/Parent Mock Election

2008 Presidential Election Resources & Teaching Tips (Grades K-12) - TeacherVision.com

Browse Money

Best Web sites for election info Video - Free Video Downloads - CNET TV

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

IEM - Iowa Electronic Markets - The University of Iowa

Glassbooth - Quiz to help you choose best 2008 presidential candidate

VOTE411.org

Project Vote Smart - American Government, Elections, Candidates and Voting

PolitiFact A service of the St. Petersburg Times and CQ

FactCheck.org

OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting

Follow The Money National Institute on Money in State Politics

Google 2008 U.S. Election

Google - Campaign Toolkit

Google For Educators

Elections '08 Map Gallery

Power Readers in Politics

Add gadgets to your homepage

Google 2008 U.S. Election

Online Activities and Interactive Learning for Students in Grades PreK-12 Scholastic.com

Online election resources Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET

Presidental Project

2008 Presidential Election Interactive Map and History of the Electoral College

PBS Teachers . PBS VOTE 2008

YouTube - Presents

Federal Election Commission

Scholastic, Helping Children Around the World to Read and Learn Scholastic.com

Presidential Candidate Survey -- 2008 Election ProCon.org

2008 Election ProCon.org -- Which candidate would make the best U.S. President?

2008 Presidential Election Candidates on the Issues

US Census Press Releases

ChannelOne.com - OneVote 2008 - Your guide to the 2008 presidential elections.

CNN's Electoral Map: Who's ahead - CNN.com

Election result maps

CyberBee's 2008 Election Activities

Pick Your Candidate

US election 2008 Articles By Subject Economist.com

Election Center 2008 - Election & Politics News from CNN.com

Presidential Campaign Game - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan

AAAS - Science and Technology in the 2008 Presidential Election

2008 Election Polls for President - Presidential Polls 2008

Election 2008 TV Reports - Number One Video Sharing Social Network For Politics

IFES Election Guide

Election Law

2008 Presidential Election Candidates Results - America’s Election HQ

United States presidential election, 2008 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

FactCheckED.org

2008 Elections

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

Indecision 2008 - Funny coverage of the 2008 election, Daily Show and Colbert Report clips,
downloads, blog, polls, graphs, puns and

Home - Kids Voting USA

Elections 2008

Election 2008

League of Women Voters of the United States Home

McClatchy Washington Bureau Election 2008

- Politics - MSNBC.com

NAFSA - 2008 Presidential Election Resources

Election 2008: Campaign coverage for the digerati - CNET News

Political Dashboard - 2008 Presidential Election on Yahoo! News

2008 Presidential Election on Yahoo! News

Writing Our Future - National Writing Project

2008 presidential election - presidential election - 2008 election - WSJ.com

Banking on Becoming President OpenSecrets

OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting

Online NewsHour: Presidential Election Coverage: Vote 2008 PBS

perspctv

Primary and Caucus Results - Election Guide 2008 - Percent of Vote - The New York Times

Election Guide 2008 - Presidential Election - Politics - Home - The New York Times

Politics1 - 2008 U.S. Presidential Election (P2008)

Pollster.com - Political Poll Trends, Charts and Analysis

Pop + Politics

The American Presidency Project

(Presidential Election .com) Presidential Election 2008 Official Web Site

The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century

RealClearPolitics - Topics - Election 2008

2008 Presidential Candidates - US Elections Reuters

Rock the Vote: Home

Welcome to Googlitics (Googlitics)

U.S. presidential election, 2008 - Congresspedia

2008 Presidential Election Information — State Library of Iowa

Presidential Election 2008

Think MTV Activism, Community, Politics, Education, Sexual Health and Other Issues

Free standards-based lesson plans, interactives, 21st Century skills and professional development Verizon Thinkfinity for Educators

Time For Kids Classroom

Posts from the Prez Election 2008 Category at TMZ.com

2008 Presidential Election News - Topix

Election 2008 - The University of Iowa

2008 Polls - Presidential Election, Latest Political - Democratic Candidate Poll - Tracking Current

USA-Presidents.Info - Biographies and information on every American president.

Political News: U.S. Politics, Election 2008 & Presidential Candidates - USATODAY.com - USATODAY.com

Extreme Election 2008 - USA TODAY Education

presidential election 2008 - News - US News and World Report

Find Your Candidate for the 2008 Election

Vote Gopher McCain and Obama on the Issues Iraq, Healthcare, Education, Economy, and more

Project Vote Smart - 2008 Presidential Candidates

Presidential Candidates on Health Care

US Presidential Election 2008

Educational Twitters Feed

Maukie - the virtual cat

Teacher Book Wizard

FEEDJIT Live Traffic Feed

Puzzle for your Webpage

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