| Project Gutenberg created a CD with 600 books... and it is FREE to use, FREE to copy, FREE to distribute. Will your school sign up to distribute the "600 Books CD" to all of its students? Who will duplicate the Gutenberg CD for all students? Read below the "challenge letter." Find out more... call 954 646 8246 PRINT a partial list of the books on the CD |
TeachersToTeachers.com Go ahead... Contact Steve McCrea and invite him to speak at your group... Learn more about the use of ebooks and mp3 files and CDs in homes and classrooms. ___ The Electronic Library: Steve describes Project Gutenberg and the philosophy of Michael Hart, the project's founder. The talk includes a discussion of the Gutenberg CD, which every participant will receive. FREE: 600 books on one CD ___ Famous Speeches on the Internet -- Bring Churchill, Roosevelt and Eisenhower to Life on your child's computer! It took 45 hours to find these famous speeches, including Churchill's inspiring "Finest Hour" talk. We've heard of FDR's fireside chats, but what did he say? This talk lets you practice using a CD with mpeg audio files. FREE: Each participant receives a FREE CD filled with mp3 files available on free web sites. The demo does not need computers, since a step-by-step visual presentation is included. All of these workshops and talks include a free CD for each member of the audience. The audience leaves with the feeling that they have a role to play in spreading the use of electronic books and podcasts to children. Each CD can be copied freely -- in fact, the Gutenberg Project aims to distribute 200 million ebooks each year through users of its free CD that holds 600 ebooks. |
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| These schools have been contacted about the Gutenberg CD Chapin School, New Jersey Middle School of the Arts, West Palm Beach Sunrise Middle School |
| These schools have at least one teacher who has started to distribute the Gutenberg CD Nova Southeastern University Downtown Academy of Technology and Arts in Fort Lauderdale, FL Dennis Yuzenas' class at MSOA.com |
| The Challenge Letter for the "GET AHEAD" CD Dear MIDDLE SCHOOL Principal, I’m a former middle school teacher. I’d like to offer a free “enrichment talk” that I give to parents and grandparents. It’s called “Put Something Educational On That Ipod.” The talk is described in the enclosed sheet. The core message is that most teachers are so overwhelmed with covering the curriculum that it’s difficult to introduce something that is available – free — on the Internet. The “Get Ahead” CD (a text file of the book and videos are on the CD) is a gold mine for anyone who cares about kids – and that’s the upbeat message for everyone (from computer techie to someone who fears computers). The free CD that I give to every person in the audience is a gateway to new horizons for most children. If you are interested, let me know. I’m eager to share with anyone who wants to have a free CD with the “Get Ahead” booklet – plus there is the “List of Web Sites” for a no-school day. Steve McCrea, Tutor and former teacher Fort Lauderdale, FL mistermath@comcast.net 954 646 8246 I can also work with your teachers to create a specially crafted CD with ebooks and short videos made for your school. The CD could become a helpful addition to your school's yearbook, giving students and staff videos to review years from now. I’ve enclosed a response sheet for your convenience. S. McCrea Box 30555 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33303 954 646 8246 |
| Challenge letter for the "600 Books on a CD" from Project Gutenberg Dear HIGH SCHOOL Principal, I’m a tutor of SAT Test Prep. I’d like to offer a free “pep talk” that I give to parents and grandparents. It’s called “Put Something Educational On That Ipod.” The core message is that most teachers are so overwhelmed with covering the curriculum that it’s difficult to introduce something that is available – free — on the Internet. The “On The Media” CD (with audio mp3 files and transcripts on the CD) is a gold mine for anyone who cares about kids – and that’s the upbeat message for anyone, computer techie to technophobe. The free CD that I give to every person in the audience is a gateway to new horizons for most children. If you are interested, let me know. I’m eager to talk with students and parents about the Gutenberg Project and the CD with 600 books. I’ve enclosed extra copies so that several teachers might have a chance to evaluate these CDs or come up with their own ideas for “cool stuff on a free CD.” You might consider making a CD with videos made by your teachers, which turns into a useful supplement to your school's yearbook. Steve McCrea, Tutor and former teacher Fort Lauderdale, FL mistermath@comcast.net 954 646 8246 I’ve enclosed a response sheet for your convenience. |
| The Project Gutenberg CD – 600 books on one CD There is a potent library there… Shakespeare, Kipling, Dickenson, and other texts: Koran, Bible, Book of Mormon and Bhagavad Gita. How is that for balance? Here is the central message of the Gutenberg CD: This CD contains a set of electronic books, or eBooks, from Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is one of the oldest all-electronic information providers on the Internet. Project Gutenberg is committed to producing freely available literature in multiple formats and languages and has more than 8000 titles available. The eBooks on the CD consist mainly of text and HTML files, with a few movie files. As for any reading material, Project Gutenberg recommends that children receive guidance from adults in determining what books are appropriate for them. You are encouraged to give away copies of this CD, and the eBooks on it. Read the license text in the eBooks for other uses. Consider giving someone you know a gift of great literature! |
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| Other Input (from a teacher in Seattle, Wash.) Steve I think that this area might be of interest to you and your current project: http://www.apple.com/education/garageband/lesson_plans/ Look at http://www.apple.com/education/ too, as there is much more ... Tony in Seattle |
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Dear Steve, Thank you for the mailing. We have examined the CDs and conclude that: (Comments go here) __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Check at least one of the following: ___ We are not able at this time to take advantage of your offer. ___ Yes, we agree with you. We welcome your offer to donate enough CDs for every student in our school. The current number of students is _______________ students. Please deliver the CDs before _______ (date) _____ You are invited to speak at a future parents’ meeting. Please call _________________ (person) at ___________________ (phone number) to arrange a convenient time to speak. ____________________________________________ Person who completed this form RETURN THIS FORM TO S. McCrea, Box 30555, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33303 |
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| Comment by a professor "I LOVE the Gutenberg CD and I am making it a requirement for my students." Barbara Brodman, Ph.D. Latin American History Nova Southeastern University |
| What books are on the CD of 600 Books? Here are some of the titles and authors... >>>>>>>> |
What is on CD called "The speeches CD" Here is a list of speeches and interviews found on the internet Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present (CWPP) 26 files, including an interview with the person who pretends to be George Washington Winston Churchill, 8 clips, including "This was there finest hour" and Barbara Bush's Commencement Speech at Wellesley Nomination Speech by Barry Goldwater at the 1964 Convention 3 speeches by JFK Malcolm X (three mp3 files) Richard Nixon's resignation speech. 8 clips by FDR, including 4 fireside chats. There are more than 120 clips on this CD. ON THE MEDIA CD This CD has transcripts of the radio show The transcripts are grouped by month. The mp3 files are grouped to make it easy to transfer them to your iPod or to listen to them on your computer. 1. Scan the titles of the news stories in the HTML (web page) format. 2. When you find the date that you want, look up the mp3 file. If the transcript has the letter "a" at the end of the text file format, the story is at the beginning of the mp3 file. If the transcript has a letter near "e" or "f" (such as 09152006e), then the story is likely to be at the end of the mp3 file. 3. Search for difficult words in the transcript and pre-teach the meaning of the words. Ask students to ask their parents to think of a way to remember these words. 4. Listen to the file with your class or give students homework ("listen to the mp3 file with your parents"). --------------------- Information about the 600 books CD A selection of some books on the 600 list. Education of Henry Adams, The Henry Adams eduha10.txt eduha10h.htm Aesop's Fables Aesop aesop11.txt aesop11h.htm Little Women Louisa May Alcott lwmen12.txt Beowulf Anonymous bwulf11.txt bwulf11h.htm Cinderella Anonymous cndrl10.txt Birds, The Aristophanes birds10.txt Clouds, The Aristophanes cloud10.txt Frogs, The Aristophanes 8frog10.txt Poetics (On the Art of Poetry) Aristotle poeti10.txt Treatise on Government, A Aristotle tgovt10.txt Confessions of St. Augustine, The Augustine tcosa10.txt Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius, The Marcus Aurelius tmrcr10.txt Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen pandp12.txt Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen sense11.txt Essays of Francis Bacon, The Francis Bacon ebacn10.txt English Constitution, The Walter Bagehot thngl10.txt Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens J.M. Barrie ppikg10.txt Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Oz Book 4 L. Frank Baum doroz10.txt doroz10h.htm Magic of Oz, The Oz Book 3 L. Frank Baum magoz10.txt magoz10h.htm Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of England Robert Bell oleng10.txt oleng10h.htm Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge, An Ambrose Bierce owlcr10.txt Songs of Innocence and Experience William Blake sinex10.txt Decameron, The Vol 01 Giovanni Boccaccio thdcm10.txt Agnes Grey Anne Bronte agnsg10.txt agnsg10h.htm Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte janey11.txt janey11h.htm Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte wuthr10.txt wuthr10h.htm Bulfinch's Mythology Thomas Bulfinch bllfn10.txt Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan plgrm11.txt plgrm11h.htm Secret Garden, The Frances Burnett gardn11.txt Return of Tarzan, The Tarzan #2 Edgar Rice Burroughs tarz210.txt Tarzan of the Apes Tarzan #1 Edgar Rice Burroughs tarzn10.txt 1001 Nights [Arabian Nights] Vol 01 Richard Burton 11001108.txt Way of All Flesh, The Samuel Butler wflsh10.txt Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll alice30.txt Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll lglass18.txt lglass18h.htm Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Symonds) Benvenuto Cellini 8clln10.txt Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes 1donq10.txt Don Quixote Part I (Dore) Miguel de Cervantes qxp1w10h.html Canterbury Tales, The Geoffrey Chaucer cbtls12.txt Troilus and Crisyde Geoffrey Chaucer troic10.txt Uncle Vanya Anton Chekov vanya10.txt vanya10h.htm Man Who Knew Too Much, The G.K. Chesterton mwktm10a.txt Secret Adversary, The Agatha Christie secad10.txt Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Coleridge rime10.txt Analects of Confucius, The Confucius cnfcs10.txt Heart of Darkness, The Joseph Conrad hdark12a.txt First Voyage Round the World James Cook cfvrw10.txt cook.html Last of the Mohicans, The James Cooper mohic10.txt Red Badge of Courage, The Stephen Crane badge10a.txt Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 2yb4m10.txt La Divina Commedia di Dante (H.F. Cary) Dante 0ddcc10.txt Autiobiography of Charles Darwin, The Charles Darwin adrwn10.txt Descent of Man, The Charles Darwin dscmn10.txt On the Origin of Species Charles Darwin otoos11.txt Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci, The Leonardo DaVinci 8ldvc10.txt Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis sphjd10.txt sphjd10h.htm Beauty and the Beast, The Marie Le Prince De Beaumont btbst10.txt Ethics Part 1 Benedict de Spinoza 1spne10.txt Moll Flanders Daniel Defoe mollf10.txt Bleak House Charles Dickens blkhs10.txt blkhs10h.htm Christmas Carol, A Charles Dickens carol13.txt David Copperfield Charles Dickens cprfd10.txt Great Expectations Charles Dickens grexp10a.txt Hard Times Charles Dickens hardt10.txt Oliver Twist Charles Dickens olivr10.txt Tale of Two Cities, A Charles Dickens 2city12.txt Poems of Emily Dickenson Series 1 Emily Dickenson 1mlyd10.txt Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky 8crmp10.txt Idiot, The Fyodor Dostoyevsky idiot10.txt Notes From The Underground Fyodor Dostoyevsky notun11.txt Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass duglas11.txt Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Arthur C. Doyle advsh12.txt advsh12h.htm Hound of the Baskervilles, The Arthur C. Doyle bskrv11a.txt Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Arthur C. Doyle memho11.txt Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Arthur C. Doyle rholm10.txt Conservation of the Races, The W. E. B. DuBois conra10.txt Souls of Black Folk, The W. E. B. DuBois soulb10.txt Count of Monte Cristo, The Alexander Dumas crsto12.txt Man in the Iron Mask [novel] Alexander Dumas ironm11.txt ironm11h.htm Three Musketeers, The Alexander Dumas 1musk12.txt Mill in the Floss, The George Eliot mlfls10.txt mlfls10h.htm Middlemarch George Elliot mdmar10.txt Over the Top Arthur Guy Empey ovtop10.txt ovtop10h.htm History of Tom Jones, The Henry Fielding 8tomj10.txt Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert mbova10.txt mbova10h.htm Howard's End E.M. Forster hoend10.txt hoend10h.htm Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The Benjamin Franklin bfaut10.txt Golden Bough, The James G. Frazer bough11.txt bough11h.htm Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 1 Edward Gibbon 1dfre10.txt dfre110.htm Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert, Sullivan cpogs10.txt She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith sstcq10.txt Wind and the Willows, The Kenneth Grahame wwill10.txt Grimm's Fairy Tales Grimm & Grimm grimm10.txt Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy jude11.txt Mayor of Casterbridge, The Thomas Hardy mayrc10.txt Return of the Native, The Thomas Hardy nativ10.txt Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy tess10.txt Uncle Remus/Songs/Sayings Joel Chandler Harris remus10.txt Autobiography of Black Hawk, The Black Hawk bhawk10.txt History of the United States [1492-1775] Vol. 1 Julian Hawthorne 8ushx10.txt Scarlet Letter, The Nathaniel Hawthorne scrlt12.txt Voice of the City, The O. Henry vccty10.txt Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Patrick Henry liber11.txt liber11h.htm History of Herodotus Vol 1 Herodotus 1hofh10.txt Siddhartha Herman Hesse siddh10.txt Army Life in a Black Regiment T. Higginson armyl10.txt Iliad, The (Pope) Homer iliad10b.txt Odyssey, The (Butler) Homer dyssy10.txt Himalayan Journals J.D. Hooker hmjnc11.txt index.html Prisoner of Zenda, The Anthony Hope zenda10.txt Les Miserables Victor Hugo lesms10.txt Principles of Morals, The David Hume nqpmr10.txt Criticisms on Origin of Species Thomas Huxley thx1010.txt Evolution of Theology: An Anthropological Study Thomas Huxley 8saht10.txt Reception of the Origin of Species, The Thomas Huxley oroos10.txt Science & Education Thomas Huxley 8sced10.txt 8sced10h.htm Ghosts Henrik Ibsen 8ghst10.txt Life of George Washington, The Vol 1 W. Irving 8wsh110.txt Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Washington Irving sleep11.txt sleep11h.htm Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 8celt10.txt Engish Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 8eftl10.txt Turn of the Screw, The Henry James tturn10.txt Golden Bowl, The William James gbwlc10.txt Works of Samuel Johnson Vol 4 Samuel Johnson sjv0410.txt Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I Comedies Samuel Johnson 8josh10.txt Alchemist, The Ben Jonson lchms10.txt Every Man in His Humor Ben Jonson emihh10a.txt Every Man Out of His Humor Ben Jonson emohh10.txt Volpone; Or, The Fox Ben Jonson vlpnr10.txt Dubliners James Joyce dblnr11.txt dblnr11h.htm Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A James Joyce prtrt10.txt prtrt10h.htm Ulysses James Joyce ulyss12.txt ulyss11h.htm Critique of Pure Reason, The Immanuel Kant cprrn10.txt Beethoven: The Man And The Artist Life of Abraham Lincoln, The Henry Ketcham lflcn10.txt Legends of Babylon and Egypt Leonard King beheb10.txt Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling cptcr11a.txt Jungle Book, The Rudyard Kipling jnglb10.txt Women in Love D.H. Lawrence wmnlv10.txt Book of Nonesense, The Edward Lear nnsns10.txt Phantom of the Opera, The Gaston Leroux phant12.txt Journals of Lewis and Clarke 1804-1806, The Lewis & Clark lcjnl10.txt Writings of Abraham Lincoln, The Abraham Lincoln 7linc11.txt Life of Chopin Franz Liszt lfcpn10.txt Zambesi Expedition David Livingstone zambs10.txt Red Planet, The William Locke rplan10.txt Call of the Wild, The Jack London callw10.txt White Fang Jack London wtfng10.txt Prince, The Niccolo Machiavelli tprnc10.txt Mort d'Arthur, Le Vol 1 Thomas Malory 1mart10.txt Sinking of the Titanic Logal Marhsall ttnic10.txt Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe drfst10.txt Communist Manifesto Marx & Engles manif12.txt Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham humbn10.txt Moby Dick Herman Melville moby11.txt Entire PG Works by George Meredith, The George Meredith gn06v10.txt Paradise Lost John Milton plrabn12.txt Koran/Q'uran, The Mohammad koran12a.txt Complete Essays of Montaigne, The Montaigne mn20v11.txt Utopia Thomas More utopi10.txt Well at the End of the World, The William Morris wwend10.txt Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche bygdv10.txt Thus Spake Zarathustra Friedrich Nietzsche spzar10.txt Anna Christie Eugene O'Neill nnchr10.txt Japanese Fairy Tales Yei Theodora Ozaki jpnft10.txt Age of Reason, The Thomas Paine twtp410.txt American Crisis, The Thomas Paine twtp110.txt Common Sense Thomas Paine comsn10.txt Rights of Man, The Thomas Paine twtp210.txt Diary of Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys sp85g10.txt Yellow Wallpaper, The Charlotte Perkins ylwlp10.txt Visit to Iceland Ida Pfeiffer vstil10.txt Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, The Pinches 8rbaa10.txt Death of Socrates: Apology 1 of 3 Plato pplgy10.txt Republic, The Plato repub13.txt Plutarch's Lives Plutarch plivs10.txt Works of Edgar Allen Poe, The Vol 1 Edgar Allen Poe poe1v10.txt Essay on Criticism Alexander Pope esycr10.txt esycr10h.htm Essay on Man Alexander Pope esymn10.txt Roget's Thesaurus Roget roget15a.txt Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt trabi10.txt History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Edmund G. Ross hioaj10.txt Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand cdben10.txt Confessions J.J. Rousseau jj13b10.txt jj13b10h.html Lady of the Lake, The Walter Scott llake10.txt Rob Roy Walter Scott rob3w10.txt rob3w10h.html Black Beauty Anna Sewell bbeau10.txt Forgotten Empire, A Robert Sewell fevch10.txt All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare 2ws3010.txt Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare 2ws3510.txt As You Like It William Shakespeare 2ws2510.txt (plus another 45 works including the Sonnets) Major Barbara George B. Shaw mjbrb10.txt Pygmalion George B. Shaw pygml10.txt Art of the Story-Teller, The Marie Shedlock strtt10.txt strtl10h.htm Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Percy Shelley shlyc10.txt Frankenstein Mary Shelly frank14.txt Jungle, The Upton Sinclair jungl10.txt Myths and Legends of Our Own Land Charles Skinner cs10w10.txt Renascence of Hebrew Literature, The (1743-1885) Nahum Slouschz 8rheb10.txt Wealth of Nations Adam Smith wltnt10.txt Specimens of Greek Tragedy Goldwin Smith 8grtr10.txt Book of Mormon, The Joseph Smith mormon13.txt Irish Fairy Tales James Stephens rshft10.txt Tristram Shandy Laurence Sterne shndy10.txt Treasure Island Robert Stevenson treas11.txt Dracula Bram Stoker dracu12.txt Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe utomc11.txt Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift gltrv10.txt gltrv10h.htm Modest Proposal, A Jonathan Swift mdprp10.txt Tacitus on Germany (Gordon) Tacitus tctgr10.txt Fugitive, The Rabindranath Tagore tfgtv10.txt History of Greek Art, A F.B. Tarbell hgrkr10.txt Principles of Scientific Management, The F.W. Taylor pscmg10.txt Vanity Fair William Thackeray vfair12.txt vfair12h.htm Irish Race in the Past and the Present Thebaud irish10.txt On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau civil11.txt civil11h.htm History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides plpwr10.txt War and Peace Leo Tolstoi wrnpc10.txt Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoi nkrnn11.txt Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Vol 1 Mark Twain hfin110h.html Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Vol 1 Mark Twain saw110h.html Prince and the Pauper, The Mark Twain prppr11.txt prppr11h.html Art of War, The Sun Tzu sunzu10.txt Apollo 11 Lunar Landing US Government landing.avi Apollo 11 Lunar Landing readme file US Government read116.me Declaration of Independence US Government when12.txt when12h.htm United States' Bill of Rights US Government bill11.txt bill11h.htm United States' Constitution US Government const11.txt const11h.htm Bhagavad-Gita,The (Sir Edward Arnold) Various bgita10.txt Collection of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica Various homer10.txt Complete State of the Union Addresses Various suall10.txt Complete US Presidential Inagural Addresses Various inagu10.txt Federalist Papers, The Various feder16.txt Holy Bible: Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) Vol 1 Various 1drvb10.txt Malayan Literature Various 8mala10.txt Moorish Literature Various 8moor10.txt Myths and Legends of the Sioux Various sioux10.txt 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne 2000010.txt Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne 80day11.txt Plus 6 more stories Aeneid, The (Dryden) Virgil anide10.txt Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Lew Wallace benhr10.txt Time Machine, The H.G. Wells timem11.txt War of the Worlds, The H.G. Wells warw12.txt Importance of Being Earnest, The Oscar Wilde tiobe10.txt Why We Are At War Woodrow Wilson whwar10.txt whwar10h.htm |
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--------------------- This page is posted to inform you about the ebooks on CD Here are some of the titles in the CD called Mr. Mac's Reading CD This CD is made for children and adults -- c'mon, kids, let's show those adults how to use a CD to dig into famous books. Dr Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde Treasure Island by Robert L. Stevenson Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Jack London's Stories: Call of the Wild and White Fang Aesop's Fables Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Little Women by L. M. Alcott Around the World in 80 Days 20,000 Leagues under the Sea Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne Oliver Twist by Dickens Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare Heidi The Odyssey by Homer Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle) Anderson's Fairy tales Campfire Girls Dickens' A Christmas Carol Two mysteries by Agatha Christie Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Aesop's Fables Three Musketeers by Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas Grimm's Fairy Tales Booklists for 6th, 7th and 8th grades (recommendations) FOR ADULTS Here are some books that many parents have not gotten around to looking at. Don Quixote by Cervantes Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley Kafka's Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka The Education of Henry Adams The Bible The Koran A Room with a View by EM Forrester Oliver Goldsmith by Washington Irving Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy AUDIO mp3 files An audio book reading of the Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson Great speeches of the 20th Century Students for the Climate I started this campaign to bring more ebooks to South Florida by giving ebooks on CD to the students at Downtown Academy. It's about availability and accessability. Students and parents need to know what's out there and then find the downloading service that is right for you. I want to show you the EASIEST way to get these electronic books -- right now, get in the car and drive to one of the schools on this list: We call this site CDs For Parents Some parents tell their kids, "Do well in school! Learn! Study!" but students do well when they can copy an adult. When was the last time you read a book, read an ebook on a computer screen or learned a phrase in a new language? Yes, the CDs are for students, but Learning Is For Families. LIFF Learning is a Family Affair! Many teachers give CDs to students and hope the books get seen... If the CDs are received by parents, then adult and child can work together. Some adults have misgivings about computers, so we have developed a workshop to address fear of technology. Libraries and Principals can contact Steve McCrea for workshops and seminars for reducing anxiety in adults and children toward CDs and ebooks. Learning Is A Family Affair ----------------------------------------- Lifelong learning is for Parents, too! Use the Reading CD with your children. There are ebooks for everyone to read on the FREE Summer Reading CD "Parents, you are the original teacher." Pat Harris, Family Therapist Get Over Your Fear of Computers Don't say: "I'll give this CD to my child." REFRAME: "I'll ask my child to show me how to use this CD." More Information about EBOOKS Coming in January 2007: more "Put Something" topics. Often we hear about teenagers and college graduates who don't remember when the Civil War took place ("Uh, 1914?") or who Napoleon was ("Did he invent the Caesar salad?") or who wrote the Declaration of Independence ("uh, George Washington?") Put Something Cultural on That iPod Put Something Historical on That iPod Put Something Educational on That iPod Put Something Mathematical on That iPod Put Something Biological on That iPod Put Something Scientific on That iPod Workshops by Steve McCrea and Pat Harris For Registration, call 954 646 8246 or email jk33301@comcast.net FREE WORKSHOPS Tutor offers free list of web sites //////////////////////// Get ahead this weekend on the Internet How about ten more minutes to “get ahead”? With Steve McCrea’s “Get Ahead List,” students are guided to web sites that stimulate imagination and encourage independent thinking. McCrea, a tutor for SAT test preparation, developed the list for middle school and high school students. “It’s a competitive world. Kids in Asia know a lot more about North America than our kids know about Asia. We can get ahead, but it means less entertainment and more edutainment.” “Plan ahead for no-school days,” McCrea added. “Download the web sites onto your home computer’s hard drive and the sites will be ready for your child to use.” “The list is great for keeping the learning going,” says Pat Harris, a family therapist. “I hand it out to my clients because kids need guidance on the Internet.” To get the free Get Ahead list of web sites, go to TeachersToTeachers.com (scroll down). A no-school day? Did bad weather close your school? Use this checklist and get smarter. Impress your friends! Show your work to an adult. Visit some web sites! LookForPatterns.com (it’s time for more exploring) infoplease.com/homework (lots of categories to explore) thebeehive.org click on “SCHOOL” in the left hand margin school.discovery.com/students Lots of activities factmonster.com Big green screen BuildingInternationalBridges.com (to learn about interesting cultures) To participate, get an email account with a service like yahoo or gmail. lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/s Poetry of our era is on Broadway. SCIENCES sciencenewsforkids.org homeworkspot.com/middle/science help with homework howstuffworks.com (recommended by Mr. Rice at DATA Downtown Academy) nhc.noaa.gov for the science of storms quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm Quizhub.com fun quizzes refdesk.com/homework.html a useful gateway ars.usda.gov/is/kids news about plants and animals hhmi.org/coolscience Cool Science For Curious Kids kids.earth.nasa.gov Learn about earth science sciencemadesimple.com Science projects SOCIAL STUDIES History.com (of course!) nationalgeographic.com social studies WhatDoYaKnow.com by Mr. Y Who is this guy? ? bpl.org/kids/socialstudies.htm Boston Library socialstudies.org from a National Council eduref.org/cgi- bin/res.cgi/Subjects/Social_Studies Geographyolympics.com They created a world puzzle. Spanish.about.com a general web site for learning Spanish READING Practice reading on these sites. ncte.org/middle/topics/content/117565.h tm National Council for Teachers of English has a book list snopes.com Read about urban legends and find the truth. gutenberg.org Over 10,000 books online (FREE) refdesk.com/homework.html More Homework Help Middleschoolhub.org a collection of interesting quizzes MATH algebra.com (for general help with math) Mr. Mac's SAT Prep Page math.com Good pages for review number2.com Olemiss.edu/mathed/contest Math contests Math is Interesting MathForArtists.com (an artistic and visual way of learning about math) -- Click on “challenging problems” for interesting math exercises. Get more sites at TeachersToTeachers.com |
| Three ways to participate: 1. Get a copy of the Gutenberg CD and make hundreds of copies. 2. Ask me to send you 30 copies, enough for one class (and encourage those students to make copies). 3. Ask me to adopt your school I "adopt" one school each year and I give every student a copy of an ebook CD. |
| Three ways to participate: 1. Get a copy of the Gutenberg CD and make hundreds of copies. 2. Ask me to send you 30 copies, enough for one class (and encourage those students to make copies). 3. Ask me to adopt your school I "adopt" one school each year and I give every student a copy of an ebook CD. |
| Three ways to participate: 1. Get a copy of the Gutenberg CD and make hundreds of copies. 2. Ask me to send you 30 copies, enough for one class (and encourage those students to make copies). 3. Ask me to adopt your school I "adopt" one school each year and I give every student a copy of an ebook CD. |
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| The Get Ahead CD and the Project Gutenberg CD with 600 Books turn your computer into a DEVICE, not a DISTRACTION. The Internet can enhance education, not entrance our children. |
| Three ways to participate: 1. Get a copy of the Gutenberg CD and make hundreds of copies. 2. Ask me to send you 30 copies, enough for one class (and encourage those students to make copies). 3. Ask me to adopt your school I "adopt" one school each year and I give every student a copy of an ebook CD. |
| Three ways to participate: 1. Get a copy of the Gutenberg CD and make hundreds of copies. 2. Ask me to send you 30 copies, enough for one class (and encourage those students to make copies). 3. Ask me to adopt your school I "adopt" one school each year and I give every student a copy of an ebook CD. |
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