Barbara Barr, Technology Resource Teacher
Fayette County Public Schools
Instructional Technology
701 East Main Street, Lexington, KY  40502
Cell Phone/Pager:  859.983.3602                                       FAX: 859.381.4763 
E-mail:  bbarr@fayette.k12.ky.us                 Website: http://teach.fcps.net/trt4/
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Thursday, January 9, 2003

KENTUCKY VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

KVHS Spring ’03 Semester Online PD Sessions For Kentucky Educators will start January 16

The Kentucky Virtual High School (KVHS) Spring 2003 professional development and school improvement courses for Kentucky educators will begin January 16. These fee-based, online courses are accessible to participants anywhere, anytime, anyplace via Internet-connected computer.

Thirteen Facilitated Interactive Online PD Courses are now available:

·         *$70 Using Microsoft PowerPoint Across the Curriculum

·         *$70 Engaging Students in Reading With the World Wide Web

·         *$70 The Science Classroom and Technology Integration

·         *$70 The Elementary Math Classroom and Technology Integration

·         *$70 The One Computer Classroom and Technology Integration

·         *$70 Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning

·          $70 Using the Online Stock Market Game in Your Classroom

·          $70 Using Internet Resources to Integrate Economics K-5

·         *$70 Principal Selection Training for SBDM Council Members

·         *$70 Introduction to Comprehensive Improvement Planning (formerly Consolidated Planning)

·           $70 Teaching All Students- For Emergency/Probationary Special Education Teachers   (Modules 1-5)

·         *$70 Getting Started with Limited English Proficient Students (KTLC & summer session only)

·          *$100 Spotlight On Algebra (KTLC session only)

Registration is Open!   Registration Closes January 16, 5 p.m.

Courses Open January 13, Courses Close February 28,

For more information, contact Bob Fortney, at bfortney@kde.state.ky.us or toll free at (866) 432-0008.  

A rather new aspect of weather watching, courtesy of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, is available at the following site. This is a part of the 511 traffic alert system. If you click on the weather station indicated, you'll get a really neat graphic representation of the weather along Kentucky highways. It is also a pretty good use of a variety of graphing systems. The Transportation Cabinet has established remotely operating sensor stations at a variety of locations along Kentucky roads, with as many as 40 of these stations planned.

http://www.kytc.state.ky.us/rwis/

Also, if you would like to share with your students the methods by which the National Weather Service determines the conditions at unmanned stations such as Bluegrass Field, take a look at the following site. Exactly how do they know when it's snowing instead of sleeting at an unmanned station?

http://205.156.54.206/oso/oso1/oso11/oso112/asos/sensrgrp.html

Many thanks to TRT, Dick Forston, for this information!

Web Sites of the Week:

MAGNETIC POETRY 
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/scramble.htm

50 FUN WAYS TO IMPROVE READING:
http://familyeducation.com/article/
0,1120,23-16986,00.html#homework

Teachers and Parents: This site offers more than fifty very creative activities for encouraging reading and writing skills, from scavenger hunts and time capsules, to Vote for Me! and achievement pennants.

THE HUNGER SITE:
http://www.thehungersite.com/

Start off the New Year with a giving attitude. Click on the Hunger Site to donate food--it's free, and it's an easy project for your class to take on. The Hunger Site now has a tracker of how often you donate, so your students can keep track of their donations for you. Have them also create a graph of how much rice/food is contributed each day (this amount shows up as soon as you click to donate).  From Classroom Flyer.

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