Volume 2, Number 8
April, 2002

Content Guide:
Suitable for elementary school students Elementary School
Suitable for middle school students Middle School
Suitable for high school students High School
 General tips for teachers General

Technology Applied
Into the Classroom
STLP News
Through a Student's Eyes
Assistive Technology
The Web
Red-Hot Links
Literacy On Line
Tech Help
Tips from the Pros
Training Schedule at the Ambrose Lab
Staff profiles
Miscellaneous
"The network is down . . . " (humor)
The TIPS Archives

Instructional Technology Home Page
Fayette County Public Schools home page

Editor: Jeffrey L. Jones,
District TRT jjones@fayette.k12.ky.us

This website is intended for the instructional use of students and staff of Fayette County Public Schools

 


Tips on this page:General tips for teachers Mark's Corner: From the Office Expert
General tips for teachers Who's watching your email? 
General tips for teachers KET - The Video Connection
General tips for teachers PET Projects! Apply Now!  


 

 

Tips from the Ambrose Office Expert

 

Outlook Hints

 

View Web Sites in Outlook

If you have a Web site you frequent (for example, a vendor's site, or your company's intranet), you can access it in Outlook 2000 by specifying it as the home page for an Outlook folder.

You can create a new folder for the site or assign a home page to an existing folder. To assign a home page to a folder:

  1. Right-click the folder you want to assign the folder home page to, click Properties on the shortcut menu, and then click the Home Page tab.
  2. In the Address box, type the address of the Web page you want to use as the folder home page, or click Browse to select from a list.
  3. If you want to see the Web page whenever you click the folder, select the Show home page by default for this folder check box.

Now, when you select the folder, the contents of the Web page will appear in the Outlook window. You can also add a shortcut to the Web page on the Outlook Bar. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Outlook Bar Shortcut to Web Page.

Organize Your Outlook Contacts Using Categories

Use the Categories feature in Outlook to organize your Contacts list. For example, you can group your contacts into categories such as Family, Friends, and Business.

  1. Select the contacts you want to assign to a category. To select multiple contacts, click the first contact, and then hold down CTRL and click additional contacts.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Categories.
  3. In the Available categories box, select the check boxes next to the categories you want.

If the category you want isn't available, you can quickly add a new category to the Master Category List. Type the category name in the Items that belong to the categories box, and then click Add.

You can quickly view contacts by category. On the View menu, point to Current View, and then click By Category.
 Submitted by Mark DiMascio
Who's watching your email?

One of the options when you send an email is "Read receipt," which tells you  when an email you sent has been read. Here's how to see who's put "Read Receipt" on email coming to you! 

  • Open your Outlook Inbox, and on the View menu, point to Toolbars and click Advanced to show the Advanced toolbar.
  • On the Advanced toolbar, click Field Chooser. 
  • In the Field Chooser drop-down box, select All Mail Fields. 
  • Scroll down until you see Receipt Requested. 
  • Click Receipt Requested and drag it onto the column heading in your Inbox. The double red arrows indicate where the column will be placed when you release the mouse. 
  • Close the Field Chooser box. 

Now you'll see a new column in your Inbox with the label Receipt Requested that will have a Yes in it when the message has a read receipt request attached or a No if it does not.

 Submitted by Kim Overstreet
Kim Overstreet
KET HomeKET - the Video Connection

As many schools, classrooms, and teachers move towards incorporating edited video into their lesson plans, PowerPoints, computer club projects, and elective class offerings, one finds that this area of technology is showing all of the disorientation and lack of organization of a growth-spurt adolescent! Below are several resources available through the Kentucky Educational Television network website to help you along.

  • Video Equipment Bid List - here is a one-stop source for video production equipment, including camcorders, mixing equipment, and digital video resources, available from MCSi, the state bid vendor for this equipment. It's a lot easier to negotiate then MCSi's own site!
  • Video Discussion Forums: There are two - one is a general K-12 video discussion forum, the other is about the new curriculum project sponsored by KET and KDE. (If you're interested in video curriculum, contact Mr. Jones about a KTLN panel discussion this month!)
Submitted by Jeffrey Jones
Apply Now for PET Project Development Session June 5-6!

What's PET, you say? Here's the quote, straight from the PET webpage: " The PET Project has been established to assist classroom teachers in developing standards-based instructional units that integrate technology. Teachers in Fayette County Public Schools come as a team to work with curriculum and technology resource teachers to develop these units. These same resource teachers will assist the teachers with the implementation of the unit."

The application for the summer PET Project development session is now available on line. Don't wait - deadline for application is April 26th!

Submitted by Paula Whitmer
Paula Whitmer