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#1. January 6, 2010
Dear Reader,
Can you do me a favor? Can you visit the http://www.Surfnetkids.com home page, and hit “Refresh” or “F5”
to reload the page?
Thanks! You now have the most recent copy of our homepage displaying in your browser.
What’s the deal? Here’s the long story, if you’re interested.
One popular way to for webmasters to get their webpages to load faster is to issue
instructions to the browser to cache (or save) certain elements of the page locally (on
your own computer) so the browser doesn’t have to spend extra time going out to the
Internet for each and every image, Flash, or script file.
So, being the jack-of-all-trades that I am, I have been making changes to my Apache
configuration (server computer) to speed things up. But a few weeks ago I made a
blooper of a mistake, that caused some visitors (maybe you?) to not see a new
Surfnetkids homepage for 220 days. Simply manually refreshing any of the Surfnetkids
pages will get rid of that old caching instruction, and get you the updated page.
Hey, I love to learn new things, and making mistakes is part of learning. As
comedian Steven Wright once said, “Experience is something you don’t get until just after
you need it.”
See ya on the Net,
Barbara J. Feldman
"Surfing the Net with Kids"
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#3. Best of 2009
by Barbara J. Feldman
https://www.surfnetkids.com/best_of_2009.htm
Best of 2009 Printable (** for premium members only)
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As I spent time planning for 2010, I also took time to look back over the fifty-one subjects I reviewed in 2009. I chose these five sites as representative of the best of the best. Keep in mind, unlike the Oscars, these are not sites that were new in 2009, just culled from my archive of educational website reviews done during the year.
Environmental Literacy Council
The Environmental Literacy Council website is a huge library of K-12 lessons, articles and news about environmental studies, including subjects such as global climate change, biodiversity, energy, and land use. Topics can be accessed via the subject menu on the left-hand side, from the site map, or via the site search. Each article concludes with an outstanding collection of Recommended Resources, making this site a terrific first stop for further research and one of my picks for middle-school and high-school students writing papers or doing science fair projects.
Mrs. P
“Mrs. P is concerned because fewer and fewer kids are reading these days. Also, according to recent reports Mrs. P has seen, it is becoming harder and harder for many parents to find the time to read to their children.” Storyteller Mrs. P (played by actress Kathy Kinney) is my video pick of the year, with her classic children’s stories, read along options, engaging personal anecdotes, animated games and clever presentation. If you have a high speed connection, you can turn on more even more animated fun by clicking on Start Here, and selecting options such as “Bookcase titles say funny things.”
Multiplication.com: Interactive Games
Woo hoo! Multiplication.com is one of yearly picks because of the unique themes that make their games super fun. For example, in Pizza Pizazz you are presented with a problem, such as 8 x 9, a pizza, and a restaurant full of tables waiting for their order. To earn a point, you need to deliver your pizza to table number 72. Other fun concepts include Math Models (“Mix and match clothes to come up with your favorite outfit. The more math problems you get right, the more clothes you have to choose from.”) and Color Creations (“Unlock the colors to paint the pictures by answering the problems correctly.”)
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#5.Surfing the Calendar
Paul Revere’s Birthday
Jan 1, 1735
Betsy Ross’ Birthday
Jan 1, 1752
Emancipation Proclamation Effective
Jan 1, 1863
Ellis Island Opened
Jan 1, 1892
National Environmental Policy Act Established
Jan 1, 1970
Beanie Babies Introduced
Jan 1, 1994
New Years
Jan 1, 2010
New Years Resolutions
Jan 1, 2010
Jacob Grimm’s Birthday (one of the Grimm Brothers)
Jan 2, 1785
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday
Jan 3, 1892
Alaska Admitted as 49th U.S. State
Jan 3, 1959
Spirit Robotic Rover Lands on Mars
Jan 3, 2004
Quadrantids Meteor Shower
Jan 3-4, 2010
Sir Isaac Newton’s Birthday
Jan 4, 1643
National Trivia Day
Jan 4, 2010
Elvis Presley’s Birthday
Jan 8, 1935
War On Poverty Anniversary
Jan 8, 1964
International Thank You Day
Jan 11, 2010
#6.Quote of the Week
“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” ~~ Victor Hugo, Les Miserables (February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) French poet, playwright, novelist, statesman, human rights activist. Click here for more reading quotes.
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