Volume 2, Number 6
February, 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

Note: All links this month are the home pages of Fayette County Technology Resource Teachers (in reverse alphabetical order)

Suitable for middle school studentsMaggie Wilson
Suitable for middle school studentsPaula Whitmer
Suitable for middle school students
Kim Overstreet
Suitable for elementary school students Jenni Keith
Suitable for middle school studentsSuitable for high school students Jeffrey L. Jones
  Mike Johnson/Adam Brewer
Suitable for middle school studentsRichard Forston
Suitable for elementary school students Joy Buckingham
Suitable for middle school students Cathy Brandt
Suitable for elementary school students Barbara Barr

SOWC 2002 cover © UNICEFMaggie Wilson 

 

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Learning with Technology is a website maintained by Maggie Wilson, District TRT for Instructional Websites. Learning with Technology offers a variety of excellent educational websites, arranged by curriculum area, as well as a wealth of information and ideas about how to integrate the use of technology into the classroom.

Paula Whitmer

 

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Links, materials, presentations - available on STLP Coordinator Paula Whitmer's site! " . . . Technology can be overwhelming at times. It changes every day. Learning how to integrate it into your classroom instruction though shouldn't be overwhelming. I've designed my website so that, hopefully, it won't overwhelm my visitors as well. I provide links to resources that I feel will be useful to any classroom teacher. Some of these resources were created by myself, other technology resource teachers or just really great ones I've found on the web. Check it out!"

Learning Through TechnologyKim Overstreet

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Learning Through Technology is the name of Kim Overstreet's website. Kim serves Winburn, Leestown, Southern Middle and Jessie Clark. Under Training Resources Kim has handouts that she uses for training and her Tips of the Week that she emails on Mondays. Under Activities and Lessons, you will find lessons using spreadsheets, PowerPoint, and also many webquests. On this webpage, there are also collections of links to other sites grouped by subject area, links to other Fayette County pages, and a page that shows Kim's schedule. Explore and see that this page has to offer.

Jenni Keith 

http://www.fayette.k12.ky.us//trt5/

The home page of Jenni's website has a Tech Tip of the Day, a Website of the Day, the ever-popular weekly What's Happening? newsletter, and a site search box. Included on other pages within this website are educator professional resources, curriculum resource links for every subject area, tips & tricks for various software programs, and showcase pages for Clays Mill Elementary, Garden Springs Elementary, Picadome Elementary and Julia R. Ewan Elementary.

Go to Jeffrey L. Jones home pageJeffrey L. Jones

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Jeffrey's website reflects his diverse interests and skills, including documentation and help on a wide variety of tools associated with multimedia. There is help for video editing, music writing/recording/production, image manipulation, and presentation media including PowerPoint and web page. In all, the emphasis is in the application and use of computer-based art, music, and video in instruction. Mr. Jones is also responsible for a piloted on-line streaming video instructional environment (), which has so far produced modules on Office with Mark DiMascio, and Windows2000 with Sam Conder.

Mike Johnson, Adam Brewer

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From Mike and Adam: " . . . LearningSpace offers easy access to websites and resources specifically chosen to meet the high standards set for students by the Fayette County Public Schools and the Kentucky Department of Education. Your gateway to those websites is a search form linked to a database of resources. The websites included in this database were selected or created by instructional technology specialists to meet requests made by classroom teachers."
Their current project, with TRT Nathan Cornett, is a collection of instructional ideas and resources associated with the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Click on the link to the left to look!

Richard Forston

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From Dick: ". . . You are invited to browse here for a place to start when seeking information about a variety of topics, from local resources to Internet resources. You'll also find such things as links to sites for many of the educational television networks, (i.e.. History Channel, Discovery, etc.) There are a few projects or collections of resources there which you should feel free to make yours as necessary. Contact me for other resources not included on these pages - especially for the middle school crowd."

The Joy of Teaching
Joy Buckingham

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From Joy: " . . . My website is customized for the teachers that work with me. For example "Teacher Requests" is compiled from the lists of subjects/objectives that teachers ask me to help them research to find information or activities for them or their classroom. One complete page is devoted to all the Literacy (First) Workshops and activities I have compiled (and still growing) since I work with three "Literacy First" Schools."

Cathy Brandt

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Need assistance with planning technology integration or specific student activities? Cathy's website features help for teachers to plan and keep track of technology integration, templates to download for student activities, web-based activities, and a focus on using the Web to foster literacy skills. Her website serves as the hub for these and other resources in support of instruction. In addition, Cathy serves as the liaison for teacher on-line professional development through the Kentucky Virtual High School delivery. Contact her for details.

Barbara Barr

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"Learning in the 21st Century" is a site developed by Barbara Barr. Education in the 21st Century will be very different from learning in centuries past. Today we teach a generation of students who have grown up on computers and Play Stations. These students will porobably not be engaged by a chalk board. Teachers are very busy people, and Barbara Barr's web site provides collections of resources to help hard working educators find sites and information to increase test scores and enhance learning in the classroom.