Newsletter

 Tech Note

    Drop down the "Views" button in Outlook and see the variety of ways you could set up your Outlook screen.  Test them out and see which works best for you.

Integration

It's the law now!  According to NEA's April online article entitled Are you Ready  "new laws require teachers to show greater ability to integrate technology into their lessons."

Sites Recommended by Others (Thank-You!)

From Deborah Jordan via Beth Drake:  Brainchild Online Assessments provide multiple choice test practicing for students.

Literacy

       Word Turtle has been the gold mine for Johnson Elementary.

New Additions to

"The Joy of Teaching"

Website

    * Teacher Request Page

•           - Try this virtual games that leads kids through the economics of managing a budget on planet Knab.  Students have to earn $10,000 for a ticket back home by earning money from a job, budgeting living expenses, writing checks and investing.   

• More lessons for electricity from the Science joy site. 

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Special Dates to Remember

Fayette County Public Schools Technology Fair

March 29, 2003

Writing 

Digital Stories are beginning to come in.  Check out the one done by a the one done by a team of first graders at Arlington Elementary.  Also Jacob's Story from Picadome has been posted.  Take a look at "Samples" on the Digital Storytelling page.

Newsletter Archive

My Schedule-April

J-Johnson

A-Arlington

MT-Mary Todd

DW-Digital Story Telling

F-Float

S-staff meeting

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SPRING BREAK

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Arlington STLP

Making Address Labels

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Arlington

Wacky Wednesday

Integrating Core Content & Tech standards-

creating lesson templates

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WKU Writing Project

Spring Retreat

Carl Andersen, speaker

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