Volume 2, Number 4
December, 2001


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
And now he's an administrator. How does that work?

Several years ago, students at a local high school, as a joke, sent a strongly-worded email to the FBI from an anonymous email account under the name of the school technology coordinator. The FBI, predictably, failed to see the humor, and paid a visit to the coordinator with a list of difficult questions.

Another example of the failure of the public education system . . . 

A local elementary school lost several computers to theft. The perpetrators were apprehended, and the computers recovered, when the pawn shop receiving the goods discovered the thieves' full names entered as data folders on the still-intact hard drives. 

Announcement - TIPS Goes Public

TIPS, the Fayette County technology newsletter announces its initial public offering (IPO) through NASDAQ on the 21st of December, 2001. As a gesture to potential investors within the public school district umbrella, teachers and other employees of Fayette County Public Schools will be allowed to participate in this IPO before the NASDAQ listing by attaching funds (cash only, please) to an email addressed to mindlessly_greedy@hotmail.org. Shares will be offered at $20 for the three days before the IPO, and are expected to drop dramatically after that.

Blue Screens of Death You'll Never See Department