In a message dated 97-09-08 15:58:38 EDT, you write:

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Hi Martha,
Thanks for the information on the new collections.  My students and I have
been working with the collection for the past few weeks and so we had noticed
the new additions.  In fact, it was neat because we worked in the morning one
day and when I we came back on in the afternoon, lo and behold!, the
panoramic photos were there.  Joy and I were asked to make a brief, last
minute presentation to the faculty yesterday and found them receptive and
interested in the collection.  I have the lower thirty percent of the 8th
graders this year on my team this year so I have learned a lot about how to
use the collection with low readers and low motivation students.  It has been
interesting.  On the other hand Joy has found that her gifted students are
flying through the activities that take my students a long time to complete.
 Oh, by the way,  we were unable to get into the collection most of the day
today.  Was it because of adding new collections?   Also, have the checks
been mailed yet?  More later,
Laura