April, 2002
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"The network is down . . . "
(humor)
The TIPS Archives
Editor: Jeffrey L.
Jones,
District TRT jjones@fayette.k12.ky.us
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 Marly
Cain's Micronautic Adventures
Real images from Intel® Play QX3® Computer Microscopes are on display on this site. You can even focus and zoom them! Lots of ideas, games - even full instructions on creating 3-D images! (Remember those tinted glasses?!) Fun with your microscope! |
Submitted by Jan Ross |
 Digital
Storytelling
Storytelling is an old and venerable art. Put the results of your story into a computer-delivered format, include digital stills or videos from your own life, and you have digital storytelling. Here are some sites relative to this writing process: Digital Storytelling: http://www.storycenter.org/
A quote from their "Who we are" page: ". . . Our mission is
to assist people in using digital media to tell meaningful stories from
their lives, with source material generated from their personal image
archives." A seven-step process to developing digital stories is
at http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html
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Submitted byDonna Eustace, Ky.
Dept. of Ed. |
 Puzzlemaker
This is an old favorite that made the rounds a few weeks ago. Puzzlemaker automatically constructs puzzles on line in several formats for printing and use in your class. Included are traditional crosswords, word searches, plus cryptographs and mazes. Supplied by Discovery Schools (a service of Discovery.com) free of charge. An alternate puzzle constructor is available at AwesomeClipArtForKids. |
Submitted by Joy
Buckingham |
 David
Rumsey Historical Maps
http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm_web.php3 David Rumsey maintains this site as a display of his private map collection. It contains more than 6,500 high-resolution digital images. Over the next five years, it is the intent of Mr. Rumsey to post over 50,000 maps plus interactive 3-D visualization tools. |
Submitted by Barbara Barr |
 Internet4Classrooms
- Kindergarten
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/kindergarten_links.htm This is a collection of links for resources appropriate to early grades, especially Kindergarteners. Updated regularly, and sorted by subject. |
Submitted by Cathy
Brandt
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 The
ESL Lounge
From the site: "esl-lounge gives free access to hundreds of ESL lesson plans and materials that can be used for communicative English lessons in the classroom. The emphasis on this site is on communication. The majority of resources are geared towards getting students talking." Included are lesson plans, worksheets, activities, links, even games. More ESL resources: ESL Resources On-Line: http://www.wuziegames.com/esl.html |
Submitted by Richard Forston
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