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