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	CONTENTS
	* 1. The Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling Site has been re-launched by Oracle 
	* 2. Lost Leonardo COLLECTORS EDITION CD available...high resolution collector's edition. Click Here   for details
	* 3. We welcome partnership with Sites for Teachers  
	* 4. Shroud of Turin selected as Site of the Month at Teaching Treasures 
	* 5. Overcome Your Greatest Teaching Challenges With This Ebook!  
	* 6.  Marjan Glavac includes Lost Leonardo Workshop eBook as FREE incentive
	* 7. Newton's Castle gains in Popularity
	* 8  PowerPoint Class announced at UFT Learning Center.
	* 9  Ten Best Foods Ten Worst Foods adds new content to relieve stress ans pain
	* 10. Forward School of Creative Writing adopts ATM with Web Interface
	* 11. Mona Lisa Select Site Award Winners for AUGUST announced.
	* 12. Please visit our new sponsors for your Art Supplies and Dental Health needs
	* 13. Create and send FREE Musical Greeting cards without registration. 
	
	The Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling Site has been re-launched by Oracle and is now part of the ThinkQuest Library at is original ThinkQuest Library address.
 During the nine month hiatus the guestbook was de-activated and the counter was reset, but we are grateful that the original graphics, artwork and articles 
were preserved.  Read about Oracle's selection process here. http://users.erols.com/sjfeld/response.htm
	  

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Shroud of Turin selected as Site of the Month at Teaching Treasures 

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Take the quiz to be rewarded with the DaVinci Divination, a math skills activity which is really fun:
When the quiz page loads, press the next question button  in order to begin this challenge. 
http://tqnyc.org/NYC063363/quiz.htm


				Steve Feld 
				Editor, ThinkQuest NYC Newletter 
				

			http://www.tqnyc.org/tqnews/newsletter/index.php 
			





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	1. Being completely exhausted from constantly disciplining students?
	2.  Allowing fear and procrastination control you and keep you from becoming the teacher you've always wanted to become?
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		Marjan Glavac includes Lost Leonardo Workshop eBook as FREE incentive
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		Hello Steve,
		SORRY for taking so long getting back to you.  Your eBook offer has been added to my website at:

		http://www.howtomakeadifference.com/ebook.htm 

		AND a great big CONGRATULATIONS on your appointment as editor of the ThinkQuest Newsletter http://tqnyc.org/NYC063566/.

		You must be very proud. Keep up all your great work,  Marjan

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Mr. Marjan Glavac author, editor, teacher
FR-EE subscription to The Busy Educator's Newsletter
Jam-packed with time saving tips, ideas and websites
http://www.glavac.com/resources.html
"There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind."

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We welcome our partnership with Sites for Teachers

	We would also very much appreciate if you cast your vote at Top 50 Award Winning Web Sites each day!
	Find the light blue graphic logo link on our winners page http://tqnyc.org/NYC051308/award/winners1.htm

	
	

			You are invited to visit us through these magnificent teacher and awards indexes. 
			You can help improve our standing on these major teacher resources by visiting these sites each day. 
			While there, you are certain to discover other web resources that interest you.
			
			
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Newton's Castle gains in Popularity 
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Learning Links for Gifted 1-5 Grade Students
http://bw005.k12.sd.us/Links%20pages/learning_links_for_gifted_3-5th_gr.htm
Collinsville Comunity Unit School District 10 Site of the Day
http://www.kahoks.org/New_Web_Sept_02/Unit10_webpage/siteoftheday.html
Linksgiving Kids and Teens Science
http://www.linksgiving.com/dir/Kids_and_Teens/Science/ 
  Kid Info Physics
http://www.kidinfo.com/Science/Physics.html
Incredible Art Department Art Games
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/artgames.html
SchoolHouseTech Resources
http://www.schoolhousetech.com/resources/resources.htm
Mad Physics Dot Com
http://www.madphysics.com/links/
The Knitting Circle -  Isaac Newton
http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/stafflag/isaacnewton.html
 Great Sites for Kids
http://www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/science.asp
Dr. Sue LeBeau Science Links
http://www.suelebeau.com/miscscience.htm
Garden of Praise
http://www.gardenofpraise.com/ibdnewt.htm 


			The Science Spot KidsZone <http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzphysics.html> 
			


			
			


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PowerPoint Class announced at UFT Learning Center.
The class will be five sessions beginning  September 11, 12:30 to 2:30. If you can fit it into your schedule, 
I would be delighted if you registered for the class XF 307 USING POWERPOINT TO PRODUCE PRESENTATIONS.  
Here is the brief description:
Introduction in using digital photographs to tap into the potential of PowerPoint. 
It is recommended that participants purchase a USB flash drive
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PowerPoint: Designing Slide Shows 

		Are you getting tired of the look of your PowerPoint presentations - why not change them? 
This can be accomplished easily using the Design Template. Click From Design Template in the task pane. 
Thumbnails of the templates available on your computer pop up. Use the scroll bar to move through them, and click one you like. 
These templates assign elements such as backgrounds and type colors that look good together. 
Here are some principles to follow when laying out your slides: 
		

		*	No more than six lines per screen 
		*	No more than six words per line 
		*	Text should be at least 32-points 
		*	Text should be flush left 
		*	Text and headings should be in a sans serif font 
		*	None of the words should be in all CAPS 
		*	No more than two different fonts should be used 
		*	There should be high contrast between the text color and background color 
		*	Pictures should be at a 72 dpi resolution for Macintosh and 96 dpi resolution for Windows. 
		*	Only meaningful pictures should be used. 

On Line PowerPoint Presentations

Lost Leonardo Workshop     http://tqnyc.org/NYC051308/ll/sld001.htm 
Do the Math     http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC040609/tips/sld001.htm   
Focal Point Gallery     http://tqnyc.org/NYC040609/galleryframe.htm 
Graphics Students Take a Stand     http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips/t5prod/feldpp2_files/v3_document.html 
Freedom of Speech     http://users.erols.com/sjfeld/pp/ 
Vatican Bans Da Vinci Code     http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips/t5prod/feld/sld001.htm 
Power Point Advanced Unit      http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/prodev/ppau.html


Free On Line PowerPoint Utilities

Convert PowerPoint Slide Shows  to eBook format
You can download PDFConvertor here  http://www.dziweb.com/index2.php?subcategory=105 

Insert Flash Animations into PowerPoint  
Swift  Point Player http://www.globfx.com/products/swfpoint/ 
Flash Saving Plugin  http://www.browsertools.net/Flash-Saving-Plugin/ 



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  Ten Best Foods Ten Worst Foods adds new content to relieve stress and pain
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Also featured in David Bradley's Science Base
http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/healthy-foods.html

Middle Web Hot Links Archive
http://www.middleweb.com/mw/aaHotLinks.html

E-learning Centre
http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/showcase/lll.htm

ESL City Interesting Sites
http://www.eslcity.com/english/?doc=links/esl_link.php

Nancy Metz Academy
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/food.htm

Science Across the World
http://www.scienceacross.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.showcontent&node=173


			

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Forward School of Creative Writing adopts ATM with Web Interface

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The Forward School of Creative Writing has hired me as Technology Consultant to bring
Attendance Taker and Mediator, a computerized system allowing students to become 
accountable for their own attendance by having them scan in to record classroom attendance.
 
The ATM also empowers their parents by giving them a method to monitor daily classroom attendance 
and homework assignments of their child, after the teacher easily uploads this data to the web at: 
http://myclassinfo.org  
 



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  See the newest Award Sites! rated  Mona Lisa Select Site Award Winners

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Mona Lisa Select Site Award Winners for July 
now featured with thumbnails
http://tqnyc.org/NYC051308/award/aug2006.htm 
We would also very much appreciate if you cast your vote at Top 50 Award Winning Web Sites each day!

  Shroud of Turin wins additional AWARDS and distinctions
http://tqnyc.org/NYC063363/additions.htm <http://tqnyc.org/NYC063364/additions.htm> 

  
  
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Please visit Sites for Teachers    
We would also very much appreciate if you cast your vote at Top 50 Award Winning Web Sites each day!
Find the light blue graphic logo link on our winners page http://tqnyc.org/NYC051308/award/winners1.htm




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	Best regards,
	Steve