The Graves County (KY) public schools wanted their curriculum guides to not only describe the course of instruction, but also provide their teachers with links to technology resources that would enhance the classroom experience. We created a customized library for them (on our "KentuckyLearns.com" website), and the project rolled out in August, 2003. The results have been exceptional!

"Our curriculum alignment makes sure all teachers lead students toward the material they need to learn. The real innovation here is that those links provide the latest, updated material available on the Web," said Instructional Supervisor Janice Kendall. "The company filters all sites for appropriate material and to be free of pop-up ads. They regularly update the links and respond to the needs of our specific curriculum."

To date, Graves County teachers and students have "clicked through" to over 90,000 instructional websites through their curriculum documents. "As a Language Arts teacher with three young children of my own, one of my most precious commodities is time," said Lee Ann Rodgers of Graves County Middle School. "This makes planning and implementing innovative lessons very time efficient. There are direct links to interactive sites with tutorials, games, and virtual fieldtrips that can be used to enhance classroom instruction through group or individual projects."  "On the first day I saw them, I already found a lot of useful links that I plan to use in my classroom during the year," said Shay Brown, a Lowes Elementary School teacher. "I can't count how many hours I have spent looking for sites like these. The ones I have found on my own do not hold a candle to some of these."

Click on the above documents to view samples of the Graves County Integrated Curriculum. To learn more about developing a customized library for your school, click on the link below!

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