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/
Archived newsletters are available at http://teach.fcps.net/trt4/enews.htm

Thursday, December 12, 2002

Just for Kids!

Finally!  A safe zone for kids!  We now will have a new name for kid friendly sites so you can identify safe sites.  President Bush has signed a bill to create ".kids.us" as a safe domain for children.  For more information, see this story:

http://www.pencilnews.com/index.php?fuseaction=home.tn1

My Schedule

Thursday, Dec. 12 Grant Writing
Friday, Dec. 13 Lansdowne
Monday, Dec. 16 Lansdowne
Tuesday, Dec. 17 Harrison
Wednesday, Dec. 18 Harrison
Thursday, Dec. 19 Staff/Float Day
Friday, Dec. 20 Conference/Flex Day

         

Web Sites of the Week

Word Shark
http://www.popcap.com/

Intermediate Grades:  This is a fun typing game that would be great for a center or in the lab.

Read.Write.Think  
http://www.readwritethink.org/   

Teachers:  This site is from The International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and MarcoPolo.  There are standards based lesson plans and activities.

WINTER & HOLIDAY SITES
http://teach.fcps.net/trt4/December%20Holidays.htm

Teachers and Pre-K to 5:  More sites have been added.  Links for non and emergent readers include pictures.