A class web site can be a creative way of getting students excited about a subject, keeping them up to date on assignments, and providing them with valuable online resources. Because a class site should be engaging, I'll present information that makes the subject interesting and fun, such as brain teasers or polls about current events. Of course, I'll want to include plenty of links so students can explore a wealth of ideas on the web.
Here are examples of the content I might include. Events and Announcements
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Meet the Challenge! 
This meet the challenge goes for the following dates 1/14/2002 - 1/21/2002
These words follow a logical progression:
Sunken
Monasticism
Tuesday
Wedgies
Thumb-sucker
Frivolity
Which of these could be next?
Squander
Satiate
Mine
Table
Please explain how you got your answer. Last week's answer: A brother and sister are present with a child who is the same sex as the parent, however the brother and sister are not with their spouses.
Last week's winner: Anthony Laquire |
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In the News 
Here is something to make you think out of the news. Tell me what you think.
100 Teachers Jailed In N.J. School Strike
Associated Press
Thursday, December 6, 2001; Page A10
FREEHOLD, N.J., Dec. 5 -- The number of striking teachers thrown in jail climbed to more than 100 today as the schools superintendent said the labor dispute that has shut down the 10,500-student district for nearly a week had become "a war."
Negotiations were scheduled to resume tonight between the Middletown Township Education Association and the town's Board of Education, but both sides appeared to be hardening their positions.
"It's become a war," Superintendent Jack DeTalvo said.
The district's 17 schools have been closed since last Thursday, when about 1,000 teachers went on strike. They have defied a judge's order to return to work and 135 have been jailed this week.
About 110 teachers broke ranks with the union today and returned to work, DeTalvo said. But classes were canceled again Thursday.
At issue in the negotiations over a new contract is a board proposal that would require the teachers to pay more for health insurance.
Among the teachers jailed today was Philip Couch, a 20-year veteran of the Middletown schools. He was handcuffed and taken away in a sheriff's van with five other teachers as his wife and children watched.
A few teachers have been excused by two judges because of medical problems or pressing family issues. Most who appeared in court were defiant in their refusal to return to work.
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