Connect With Janie

 

Free SKYPE or OoVoo connect… No need for expensive videoconferencing equipment, just do a free download from Skye at http://www.skype.com/download or from OoVoo at http://www.oovoo.com/download.aspx. (Remember if you are using a MAC computer you must download the MAC software.)

Once you have download, have set your privacy settings and are ready to connect, contact me.

We can set up a time where you can invite your classroom to do a FREE 30 minute Author Visit connection where your class can ask questions about whatever is on their mind. Don’t worry about a small screen, connect your computer to a projector and I will be there life size in your classroom

 

 

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April 2010— May 2011

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J.L. Panagopoulos

 

Research: Not Just a Story

 

Contact Janie to email you the PowerPoint presentation Pandex@prodigy.net

 

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Citing online resources

When using Internet for research credit should always be given for the information used.

World Wide Web (WWW) Form:Author's Last Name, First Name (if given). "Title of Document." Type of Medium. URL. Accessed Day Month Year.

Examples:Johnson, Mary. "The New School." Online. http://www.example.com. Accessed 21 January 2000.

"Citing internet Resources." Online. http://aardvark.oes.edu/ls/citing.html. Accessed 14 December 1999.

E-Mail Form:Author. "Subject Line from Posting." Type of Medium. Posted Day Month Year.

Example:Paff, Lou. "How to Login." Personal e-mail. Posted 11 February 2000.

CD-ROM databases Form:Author/editor (if given). "Title of Article." Title of Work. Type of Medium, version. Place of Publication: Publisher, date.

Example:Minkoff, Eli C. "Aye-aye." New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, Macintosh. Danbury, CT: Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc.,1994.

"Aye-aye." Mammals: a Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, DOS. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1990.

Listserv Form:Author (if given). "Subject Line from Posting." Posted Day Month Year. Type of Medium. Address. Accessed Day Month Year.

Example:Johnson, Bill. "Re: Using the Internet in the Classroom." Posted 14 November 1999. Online. teachertalk@lists.psu.edu. Accessed 17 November 1999.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Form:Author (if given). "Title of the Document." Type of medium. Address of the ftp site (path/filename). Accessed Day Month Year.

Example:"Internet Educational Games." Online. ftp.minn.net/resources/games. Accessed 17 January 2000.

Gopher Form:Author (if given). "Title of the document." Type of medium. Address of the gopher site, path. Posted Day Month Year (if given). Accessed Day Month Year.

Example:"Computing with Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches." Online. gopher://ericir.syr.edu:70/00/Lesson/TechLessons/PeanutButter. Posted 4 March 1996. Accessed 27 Apr. 1996.

 

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On-line Research Links

• Best of History Websites http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml Though the audience for this site is K-12 history teachers, it is a useful and up-to-date guide to reputable Web sites, arranged by region and period, with links to art history, maps, news, and teaching materials. The site is maintained by Tom Dacord of the Center for Teaching History with Technology.
• WWW Virtual Library: History Central Catalogue http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html The premier meta-site for history, organized by research methods and materials, historical topics, countries and regions, and eras and epochs.
• American Women's History: A Research Guide http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html Offers clearly organized information on more than 2,000 print and online resources. Includes a subject guide, a state index, and an introduction to research tools for primary and secondary sources. The site is maintained by Ken Middleton, a reference librarian at Middle Tennessee State University.
• WWW Virtual Library: United States History http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/index.html Organized by period and topic, with links to research tools and associations, this selective directory focuses on history sites of interest to scholars.
• American Memory http://memory.loc.gov A rich source of electronic reproductions of texts, images, sound, and film from the collections of the Library of Congress and collaborating libraries and museums. Materials include motion pictures from as early as 1897, sound recordings from World War I, and more than 300 pamphlets written by African Americans between Reconstruction and World War I. Browse collections using the "collection finder" or search across collections.
• The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm A collection of full-text primary source documents particularly rich in legal and diplomatic history and human rights. Organized by period and topic and searchable by keyword, this collection is well edited and of high quality. Documents include internal links to materials referenced in the text.
• EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs A wealth of primary source material from 22 countries (plus Vatican City). Sites are sorted by country and listed chronologically. Available sources include letters, facsimiles of paintings and photographs, journals, and official documents. The links are compiled by Richard Hacken at Brigham Young University Library.
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/index.html A large collection of online texts and primary documents for the study of history. Three major sourcebooks, edited by Paul Halsall of Fordham University, cover ancient, medieval, and modern history; other collections are focused on history of science, African history, Islamic history, women's history, and more.
• Making of America http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp A digital archive of books and journals from the antebellum period through Reconstruction, extremely useful for the study of American social history, with strengths in education, science and technology, psychology, sociology, and American history. A work in progress, it already includes the full text of over 8,000 books and 50,000 journal articles published in the nineteenth century .
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/about.html A repository of proclamations, speeches, statements, photographs, and other presidential papers. Currently available online are documents from the George H. W. Bush administration on. Papers from Hoover on will eventually be added; for now, see the print version of Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (Washington: Office of the Federal Register, 1957–).

 

 

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Google Earth Trips in Time and How to Get your Free KMZ Files

 

Contact Janie for Free KMZ files and directions

Contact Janie for her free "Trips in Time" KMZ files for

Tour 1-4 The Fur Trade, plus Traders in Time     research and scavenger hunt

 

A Faraway Home: An Orphan Train Story

Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp

 

Pandex@prodigy.net

 

 

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Google Earth Scavenger Hunt

KMZ files just a bit too much for 3-5 graders? Try this neat Trips in Time Google Earth Project.

In the classroom have your students answer these 10 questions concerning locations associated with the book Traders in Time. In the computer lab have them take their answers to Google Earth and "Fly To" the locations and placemark them.

1. From which continent did most fur traders come from?

A. Continent of Europe (create a placemark on Europe)

2. What continent, in the 1600s, did fur traders travel to, to harvest furs?

A. North America (create a placemark on North America)

3. What major ocean did most fur traders cross while traveling west to get to North America?

A. Atlantic Ocean (create a placemark in the Atlantic Ocean)

4. The Great Lakes are located in what country?

A. America (create a placemark in America)

5. What state is shaped like a mitten and surrounded by the Great Lakes?

A. Michigan (create a placemark on Michigan)

6. Grand Haven, where our story begins is located on what coast of Michigan and on which of the 5 Great Lakes? (hint: use "Fly to" to find an answer)

A. The west coast of Michigan on Lake Michigan (create a placemark on Grand Haven)

7. Meggie, LeClaire, Nick and Chris paddled their canoe in which direction, towards the Straits of Mackinac.

A. North

8. Cross Village, Michigan, is currently the located in the center of the area once known as L'Arbre Croche. Using GE "Fly to", what is the latitude and longitude of Cross Village?

A. Latitude: 45°38'32.02"N Longitude: 85° 2'15.20"W

9. What is the name of the island where Fort Mackinaw is located? (hint: zoom in)

A. Mackinac Island

10. Can you locate Fort Mackinac on the island using Google Earth? (hint: zoom in very close)

 

 

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Connecting Your Classroom with Janie Free!

 

Connect your classroom with Janie Free!

Want an author visit for you students but your district can't afford it?  Students have questions best answered by an author?  Your classroom is reading books by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos and the have lots of questions?  

Let me help.   With our nation’s economic troubles and all school budgets cut, frozen or non-existent, the least I can do is offer my services, as an author, to our nation’s teachers and do my part in support of education. As a person who truly believes in what teachers are trying to do in the classroom and also to "Thanks" those of you who have read, shared, purchased, and emotionally supported me over the years, here is what I can do...

 EMAILING:  The simplest and least expensive of all connections, if your class has book questions or they need to interview an author for a report, simply email me.  I will answer back as soon as possible.  If you have classroom questions, please list them on one email, number the questions and email it to me.  I will cut and paste your email into a return letter and answer the questions numerically.  Email: Pandex@prodigy.net

 BLOGS:  I have numerous workshop blogs located in different places.  I am currently setting up a new blog on the word press site under http://www.anewadventure.org/write-right/

 I also have a blog site on this website that you or your students can use to blog to me. www.JLPanagopoulos.com

If you are reading my books and want me to visit you on your school blog... simply invite me and we can set up a day and time that will work for everyone...  Keep in mind, these are all FREE.  Blog tours are fun and simple to do!

SKYPE OR OOVOO: No need for expensive videoconferencing equipment, just do a free download from Skype at: http://www.skype.com/download or Oovoo at: http://www.oovoo.com/Download.aspx  (REMEMBER if you are using a MAC computer you must download the MAC software.)

 Once you have your download in place, you MUST set up your privacy settings and check with your tech. person to make sure the firewall and ports are open to use these programs in your school.  After that, get your video camera set up by going to tools>options and connect your video.

 After all this is completed, send me an email and invite me to connect.  I will set up a date and time with you for a test connect, just to make sure everything is working on your computer (you might want to invite your tech. person to sit in on the test for additional pointers). 

 After the test connect, we can set up a time where you can invite your classroom to do a FREE 30 minute connection where they can ask me questions about whatever is on their mind.   (Don't worry about a small screen contact, you or your tech. person can simply connect the computer to a projector and I can be projected life size to your students and I will also be able to see and interact with them.)

 I do have other programs, workshops and residencies that have a basic per hour fee, but if I can help you out by testing with you and help your class out by getting comfortable with this type of program...  It is my pleasure to do so. 

 Until I can figure out how to fly, drive or give books away free without going broke, this will be my way of helping to support all of you and "Thank you" for supporting me and my work.

                                         Working together, we will all get back on our feet again!

Pandex@prodigy.net or Author@prodigy.net website: www.JLPanagopoulos.com