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

Wednesday, December 18, 2002


Have a safe, happy, and restful Winter Break!

Tech Tip

Class web pages can be very simple.  I have been helping quite a few teachers make easy one page class web pages.  Newsletters can be easily inserted into your web page.  If you are already writing a parent newsletter in Word, it simply takes 3 to 4 clicks to put that newsletter on the web.

In your newsletter in Word

- On the menu bar, click on Edit/Select  All

- One the menu bar, click on Edit/Copy

Open up your web page in FrontPage.

- Highlight old information and press Delete.

- On the menu bar, click Edit/Paste

Save and pat yourself on the back for keeping an up-to-date class web page!

It would be my pleasure to help you create and maintain your classroom web pages!

My Schedule

Wednesday, Dec. 18 Harrison
Thursday, Dec. 19 Staff/Float Day
Friday, Dec. 20 Conference/Flex Day
Monday, Jan. 6 Yates
Tuesday, Jan. 7 Yates
Wednesday, Jan. 8 Central Office
Thursday, Jan. 9 Central Office

    

 

 

 

 

Web Site of the Week:

Tumble Books
http://www.TumbleBookLibrary.com

username: fayette           password: books

TumbleBooks Inc. produces animated, talking picture books. They have just launched a TumbleBookLibrary program for elementary schools.  It is an on-line collection of 36 tumblebooks which can be accessed by teachers and students from every computer in your schools with an internet connection.

In order to showcase the product, they have offered our school district
a free trial. There is a customized TumbleBookLibrary for your review.

Just click on the link below

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/auto_login.asp?
U=fayette&P=books

or log onto http://www.TumbleBookLibrary.com

 

username: fayette

password: books

Please feel free to share this link with your colleagues. They would love to get feedback from teachers and students alike. They have just posted the first of our TumbleLessons and TumbleTasks which will be accompanying every title.

TumbleBookLibrary is only $300/school/year for unlimited access. Our district pricing discounts of up to 75% can bring the price down to as little as $75/school/year.

Many thanks to Beth Drake (Media Specialist/co-STC at Yates) for sharing this site.