Weekly News from the Director of Camp Internet.

Winners have been selected for the Spring Essay and Poetry Contest. The Elementary Class Award goes to Elderberry Elementary for a set of excellent essay's on Mars.

The Middle School / High School Award goes to Mckenzie Junior High School in Guadalupe, CA.

Each class will receive an IO Digital Pen and Software.



Summer Session is comming near with the yearly Camp Internet Summer Reading Program and new this summer, for High School students, a 6 week course in Linux.

Differentiated Learning is a technique Camp Internet encourages.

Letting students set their level and goals is important and you will find Camp study units are easy for students to work with from many different levels.

One of the most valuable things about the design of Camp Internet is the way a Teacher or Student is able to weave in and out of more than one curriculum area at a time. Geology, Literature, History, Environmental Studies, these and all the other areas of study within Camp Internet are inter-connected. Combined they weave a strong fabric of knowledge that will benefit students and teachers.

The No Child Left Behind Act has a lot of impact on teaching in the classroom. Camp Internet is working with a focus on developing tools for individual classrooms which will help Teachers understand and work within the requirements of the NCLB Act.

Be sure to email me if you have questions or information about your experiences since the NCLB Act. Send email to rain@rain.org

For Students This Week

Exciting Learning Adventures continue this week -

Islands explores the history of each Channel Island since transfer to American ownership - Who settled these remote and rocky lands ? How did they survive? http://www.rain.org/campinternet/channelhistory/expedition3/Adopt an Island and have students prepare reports we can post online.

The PGI (Peaceful Gaming Ideas) class continues to explore non-violent games. Over break we are exploring a new Nancy Drew DVD, created by a studio in the U.S. dedicated to developing games that girls can play. Go to http://www.rain.org/pgi to check out this new class in Digital Gaming.

The American History class has a special, and growing, study unit on "Civics, the History and Working of the American Government". This is a class all your students should spend some time in as we get ready for the Election of 2004. Go to http://www.rain.org/campinternet/american-history" to check out the class.

Backcountry steps to the end of the 19th century to meet the daring explorers and artists / writers who were the first to venture into the California Backcountry Sierra Nevada on foot and then widely exhibit or publish their work. From John Muir to Thomas Moran, from the formation of the Sierra Club to Albert Bierstadt - these explorers were the first to take photographs, pint, and write in depth about the Sierra wilderness. http://www.rain.org/campinternet/backcountry/railroads/turn-century.html Do an art project to tie a hands on to the online history unit.

Southwest now moves to meet the Hopi and Acoma online and learns about their lives today and their art and culture. See how the Anasazi live on in the pueblos. Hopi http://www.rain.org/campinternet/southwest/hopi/ Acoma http://www.rain.org/campinternet/southwest/acoma.html Do an art project to tie a hands on to the online LIVING history unit.

New Garden Spring Equinox Studies Gardens are planning their gardens, sprouting seeds, and preparing their soil Goto: http://www.rain.org/global-garden Create your own garden, in a pot, on a window sill, in your yard ... give back a gift of Spring celebration to the Earth.



Camp Internet will releasing the first edition of our new Pacific Indigo Journal of Independent Learning & Technology. Send an email to rain@rain.org if you are interested in receiving a copy.

Have you had any special reports or discussions in class about Camp Internet subjects? If so send a note over and let us know. Send a note over to us here

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Ocean Studies Class
New Ocean Studies class with special video units. Check the interview with Dr. Childress, UCSB and the deep ocean worms he has brought back.

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Homeschool Campus

Homeschool this week features an Introduction to the Peace Studies program and a new Homework Helper student web. Goto http://www.rain.org/homeschool

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We are now able to offer our Camp Internet Classrooms and families local, high speed Internet access through our new National Public Internet Network of over 2,300 phone numbers.

If you are within one of our new line areas try out Camp Internet as your Internet Source.

Special for Camp subscribers, $10 month for a 1 year subscription.

Our new National Network includes Accellerator and spam blocking on all new accounts.

If you are interested in trying the new National Public Internet go to http://www.rain.org/services and enter to phone number in the search tool to see if one of our new lines is in your area. If you find a match you can request an accout from that same web site and we will have you online right away.

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Where would you like to explore this week?
Camp Internet
Global Garden
Video Library & Broadcasting
Homeschool Campus
American History
ESL
Ocean Studies class Search the Camp web