TIPS Volume 3, No. 2
October, 2002

     Grade Level Key 
     = Elem,  = Middle
     = High, = Teachers

The Kentucky Tele-Linking Network (KTLN)

KTLN - yet another crazy education acronym - what in the world does it mean and how can it help you? We are one of the few counties lucky enough to have two KTLN classrooms which are available to any teacher. They are located at Dixie Elementary (Jan Ross is the facilitator) and Winburn Middle (LaVece Hughes is the facilitator). The KTLN system is routed through Frankfort and can link through a T-1 network line with schools throughout Kentucky or anywhere in the world. Links anywhere in Kentucky are free and costs to link outside Kentucky vary. 

The KTLN classrooms at both schools stay busy with many different educational opportunities for teachers and students. They are limited only by your imagination. Last year, we had students presenting Power Point presentations; Kentucky authors discussing their books; content providers such as the Louisville Science Center, the International Department at the University of Kentucky, the Primate Rescue Center, the

Further information on the KTLN System is available on the KTLN page accessible through KET. Contact Jan or LaVece to schedule sessions, or there is an on-line session request form on the KET website.

Ohio Historical Society and others making presentations; a new Kentucky web page was presented to teachers throughout the state, and Library Media Specialists were offered several sessions of special programming. 

You can subscribe to the KTLN offerings listserv by sending an e-mail  to KTLN-offers@dlmail.ket.org. This will let you know all the sessions which are offered, but you can also present a session or have your students present a session. It's just like presenting in your classroom only you have a few more students listening in! We will handle the equipment, so all you have to do is teach.