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Hi everyone,
Below is an e-mail I forward to you all. This is a great resource for U.S.,
and World events, especially for middle school and high school. There is
also a Feature story (currently the Sun and solar storms expected). Lesson
plans abound everywhere, every story. Enjoy.
Paula Tortorice
tortoric@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us
Schmitz Park Elementary
Computer Lab I.A.
www.seattleschools.org/schools/spark
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From: Michael Hutchison [mailto:mhutch@CHARTER.NET]
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:32 PM
To: SOCIAL-STUDIES@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM
Subject: [Fwd: K12> CNNfyi.com]
Hello, everyone,
Here's a good CNN resource you might be interested in (this came from
Gleason Sackmann's Net-Happenings list).
Michael H.
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Subject: K12> CNNfyi.com
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 07:16:43 -0600
From: Gleason Sackmann <gsackmann@classroom.com>
Reply-To: Net-Happenings <NET-HAPPENINGS@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM>
To: NET-HAPPENINGS@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 14:11:21 -0700
From: heather.higgins@turner.com
FACTS - AT-A-GLANCE
What is CNNfyi.com?
CNNfyi.com is an interactive, multimedia news and information resource,
offering powerful educational content for middle and high school students
and teachers. Produced and written by journalists, teachers and students,
CNNfyi.com presents daily news and information in a unique, exciting context
students can understand, while making the material relevant for
teachers.
A Powerful Partnership of News & Education Leaders CNNfyi.com is the first
Web site created by CNN specifically as an educational resource. The site
combines CNN's 20 years of worldwide journalism expertise with more than a
decade of first-hand classroom experience from Turner Learning, the
educational division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
A unique partnership created CNNfyi.com, integrating high-tech, relevant
content, information and learning tools from education leaders Riverdeep
Interactive Learning, Harcourt and HighWired.com.
Tailored Editions for Students and Teachers
CNNfyi.com Student Edition
For students, CNNfyi.com offers news stories, historic video clips,
youth-specific topics, a homework help center with research and reference
tools, college resources, message boards and "Quick Vote" surveys. Students
have access to a multimedia area featuring games, some of which are
educational, and entertainment elements.
A highlight of CNNfyi.com is the CNN Student Bureau (CNNSB) area. As part
of CNNSB, CNN's official student newsgathering and reporting program,
students worldwide create and submit news stories on topics of interest to
teens. CNNSB stories appear on CNNfyi.com, on CNN NEWSROOM, the network's
daily television news program for schools, and on the broader CNN
networks. More than 500 schools worldwide have applied to participate or
are already involved with CNNSB.
CNNfyi.com Teacher Edition
For teachers, CNNfyi.com offers teachers lesson plans and activities for the
day's top news and features, curriculum-specific lesson plans and
professional development opportunities. All lessons and activities are
correlated to national standards and can be integrated into various
educational areas.
CNNfyi.com incorporates lesson plans and material from CNN NEWSROOM, the
network's award winning educational program. Teachers also have access to
daily education news, "Quick Vote" surveys, an editorial planning calendar
of upcoming features, information on educational conferences and links to
Web sites of interest to them.
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