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Using Outlook 

Check out the Outlook 2000 Tips and Tricks  .  Find out how to automatically delete email you don't want such as virus mail with a certain subject name.  

Did you know you can quickly add to your contact list by right clicking the person's name in the From box and choosing "add to contacts" ?

In Class

Teresa Burke's class at Johnson has finished an Explorer's unit which included creating "Trading Cards" using the Internet for research and Power Point to create the cards. For more information check out this month's TIPS "Through Student Eyes".  

Bonnie Orthmeyer's class at Linlee created a movie with SpinPhotoObject of a solid changing to a liquid.  Pictures were taken at 1 minute intervals to record the change.  While students were performing this experiment each step of the scientific process was recorded by each student.  You can find a similar movie here.  Please allow time for download

Carole Bailey's class at Mary Todd is also studying the three states of matter.  A Power Point was used for instruction and practice drill. Students determine the state of matter of objects in pictures.  Also some open response questions were discussed in this power point.  

Judy Olson at Arlington is using Power Point to help students understand sequencing of time events.  

NEWSFLASH

TRT Jenni Keith is involved with Mrs. Watt's second grade at Gardensprings and their Chick Hatching project.  Take a look at their LIVEvideocam.  Respond to the class on the TALK link.  They'd love to hear from you.  The birthday is suppose to be Feb. 13.

Literacy First Idea

     VoyCabulary^(tm) makes the words on any WebPages into links so you can look them up with just a click!  Various dictionary and thesauri are provided along with language conversions.  You simply copy the URL from the site you want converted and paste into the http box provided on the Voycabulary page.

New Sites

• Lesson Planet - Over 16,000 lesson plans online 

• Music Teachers check out this online music mixer @ Loop Labs.

• World Almanac for Kids .  A short and to-the-point quick reference for students.

• Beantime Stories to read to Preschool to Primary students. 

• On Think.com explore Symmetry groups on this site.  Check out other math puzzle sites as well.

• Check out this month's PCTeachIt site.  There you will find a Black History Month online quiz. 

• Take this trip on the Road to Revolution by PBS.

New Additions to

"The Joy of Teaching"

Website

• Practice matching upper and lower case letters

• Civil War Basic Scavenger Hunt

• Geology-Rocks, Internet Scavenger Hunt

My Schedule-February

13

 8:30-10:30Staff Meeting

11:10-3:00- booked

3:00-Help Al @ Salvation Army

14

Mary Todd

BOOKED

15

Out of school

18

OUT

19

Mary Todd

8:00-11:00-Booked

20

Float

am-Mary Todd

pm-Arlington

3:30-STC meeting

21

Arlington

Some time available

3:00 meet with PET @ Johnson

22

Arlington

Time available

Sites Recommended by

Other TRTs and
Teachers

Nathan Cornett: Kids Democracy

Maggie Wilson:  Black History Treasure Hunt

Jan Ross:  Jamestown Adventure

Barbara Barr:  ABC's to Excel

Cathy Brandt:  Underground Railroad

Dick Forston: Classical Music

Mike Johnson: Citation Machine

Adam Brewer: Hot Potatoes

25

Johnson

Afternoon-booked

26

PET

27

PET

28

Johnson

Some time available

March 1

Mary Todd

Open

March 4

Mary Todd

Morning booked

March 5

BOOKED

March 6

Arlington- Open

Leave for KTLC

March 7

 KTLC

March 8

KTLC

For further dates see MY SCHEDULE.