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Happy Reading For Today

1)
New Pew Internet Data on Parents and Internet Use
Summary:
Teens who want to be safe are generally safe and that Teens who indulge in risky behavior put themselves at risk.
Teens are generally safe online and that the profile of a teen who is not safe online is very similar to a teen that is not safe off-line.
Teens who use social networks to flirt and encounter strangers, may also be using chat-rooms.
We don't know If the survey differentiates between where stranger contacts were made.
Stranger contacts attributed to social networking sites are actually attributable to chat-rooms.

The Pew Internet & American Life Project Report
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/225/report_display.asp
Parents view the internet less favorably than in
2004; Teens are more likely than their parents to
say tech devices are helpful Washington, DC -
Parents are engaged with their children's media
consumption, but have less positive views of the
internet today than they did in 2004.  A new data
memo issued by the Pew Internet and American
Life Project based on a telephone survey in
October-November 2006 found that 59% of parents
think the internet has been a good thing for their
children, down from 67% in 2004.
The majority of parents check up on their teens'
internet use-65% say that they check to see what
websites their teenagers visit.  An even larger
percentage of parents have rules about media
consumption; 77% of parents have some sort of
rule about what their regulated their teenage
children's media use.
The majority of parents also say that digital
technology makes their lives easier, but their
children are even more positive about the
benefits of digital devices.  88% of teens report
that information and communication devices make
their lives easier, compared with 69% of their
parents.


2)
CREATING A TELEVISION AD FOR AN INTEREST GROUP
http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_creatingad.htm
participants are asked to introduce the lesson plans, resources, and techniques that have proven successful in teaching about Congress in their classrooms. A 2007 participant, Gregory Stewart, Whitewater High School, Whitewater, WI, presented his lesson entitled,
Background information for this lesson follows:
It is important for students to understand what they, as citizens, can do to become involved in the political process. In addition, students need to understand the way in which bias and stereotyping are used by various media and interest groups to influence popular opinion.
In this lesson, students examine propaganda and media bias and explore the ways interest groups get their message across through the use of media campaigns. Following the development of their own interest group, students develop an advertising campaign which includes the development of a radio and television commercial.

3)
Video Production Curriculum
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Arts/Video_Production_Curriculu.html
Educational Technology Curriculum
Scope & Sequence: Video Curriculum Grades K-8
Video Copyright Laws and Issues
HOW TO VIDEO YOURSELF WITH A WEBCAM

4)
The National Museum of the American Indian is pleased to announce the new Visual and Expressive Arts Grants program. 
The National Museum of the American Indian Visual and Expressive Arts
Grants program offers support to a wide range of arts activities with
the goal of increasing the knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of
contemporary Native American arts. The NMAI considers the recognition of
living artists of the Western Hemisphere to be of primary importance and
will direct support to projects that strengthen the scholarship in this
underserved field and create opportunities for new and innovative work.
Grant amounts will be from $7500 to $15,000.

Applications are accepted in two funding areas:

VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM <http://www.nmai.si.edu/vaeag/visual.html>
Exhibitions and Installations/Publications and Critical Writing

EXPRESSIVE ARTS PROGRAM <http://www.nmai.si.edu/vaeag/expressive.html>
Expressive and Performing Arts

Application receipt deadline:  January 15, 2008
Awards announced:  March 15, 2008
Grant period:  May 1, 2008-April 30, 2009

The NMAI is able to present this opportunity thanks to generous support
from the Ford Foundation's IllumiNation grant program
http://www.fordfound.org/newsroom/view_news_detail.cfm?news_index=203

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5)
Middle School Integrated Unit

Lesson Plans for Cross-Curricular Thematic Instruction
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/Cross_Curricular_Thematic.asp

For Ideas:
An Interdisiplinary Thematic Unit for the United States Virgin Islands
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/culdesac/USVI/usvi.html

A thematic reading module includes music, reading and technology integrated into the classroom.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/whatresearch7.asp

Virgin Islands Dutch Creole Language
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Linguistics/vi.html

Anansi, Tekoma, and the Cow’s Belly Folktale
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/bhm/tekomastory.html
A Brother Anansi and Brother Tecoma Stories spoken in
Standard English and Negerhollands English - translated and spoken by Dr. Robin Sabino.

ABOUT DIALECT: Learn More American Virgin Islands Creole
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/
Kwa is considered to be a language family. Kwa is not a language but a large cluster of more than one hundred languages spoken in south of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Twi (Akan Ashanti...) is a Kwa language. All Kwa languages are tonal languages. Ijo, spoken in the delta of Niger, is also a tonal language.

Definition of Tonal Language Explained
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/perfectpitch.html


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