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We provide training and support for the integration of technology into the curriculum.
We support learning and teaching by making the materials we create freely available to all.

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• Consulting and Other Services - Least Tern offers to schools, districts, educational non-profits and individuals low-cost support and consulting in the development of digital educational programs.
• The Essential Web - a 3-5 day workshop for teachers
• Walk-Through Technology Integration Training
• 1-day & Half-day Workshops:
  • Beyond the Book - Turning e-Texts into Your Texts
  • Blog Talk
  • Building Web-based Activities
  • Collaborative Experience
  • Cool Free Tools for Teachers
  • Correcting and Peer-editing with Microsoft Word
  • Curriculum Mapping with FileMaker Pro
  • Curriculum Mapping with Inspiration
  • Designing and Evaluating Digital Projects
  • Digital Mapping - Mapping ideas, projects and more with TimeLiner and Inspiration
  • Fast FRUIT - find it, rate it, use IT - Internet in the classroom
  • FileMaker Pro in the Classroom
  • Hot Potatoes
  • Inquiry-based Learning - three tools
  • Introduction to Curriculum Mapping
  • Just Enough HTML (and a little CSS)
  • Laptops in the English Classroom - this sample workshop can be adapted for any discipline or grade k-12
  • MicroWorlds and Logo in the Social Studies classroom
  • The Rule of 3 x 3 - Master 9 Essential Skills
  • Show 'N Tell - presentation software
  • Software Toolkits for a Small Budget
  • The Software Web - a toolkit review
  • The Teacher in Oz - professional development for the Reluctant Teacher - and Change
  • Turning Teachers ON - creating a free - web-based environment for beginners
• Download Catalog
• Design Your Own Workshop - work with us to create a workshop or workshop series to meet the needs of your school or organization
• Quick Talks - hour long presentations for parent and faculty groups on topics essential to technology and education
• Teach Yourself Downloads - presentations for professional development: Curriculum Mapping, Teaching in a Laptop Classroom

English Class

• Middle School
  • eTexts - guide to the best of the online digital texts in English and American literature
  • Fiction - Study guide prepared by Least Tern
    • Alice in Wonderland
    • The House of Dies Drear
    • Beowulf
    • Haroun & the Sea of Stories
    • A Christmas Carol
    • To Kill a Mockingbird
    • Dragonwings
    • Nothing But the Truth
    • The Giver
  • Shakespeare
    • Shakespeare Homepage
    • Midsummer Night's Dream - study guide for teacher and students
    • As You Like It - performance script
    • Elizabeth Diaries - web quest
    • Shakespeare Theme Park - web quest
    • e-Texts
  • Poetry
    • Introductory Poetry Terms
    • Poetry in Presentation - lesson plan for using PowerPoint in poetry study and writing
    • Poetry Study with Mrs.Mac - poetry study unit for the laptop classroom - reading, analyzing, writing, sharing
    • Frost - guide to the study of five poems and the poet in general
    • Poetry on the Web - The most reliable texts and resources
  • Grammar - online resources for Middle and High School, Least Tern activities
  • Reading - use of online resources for teaching reading in Middle and High School, Least Tern activities for Middle School
  • Literary Terms - prepared by Least Tern
• High School
  • eTexts - guide to the best of the online digital texts in English and American
  • Poetry
    • Introductory Poetry Terms
    • Overview - Poets in Context - Survey by John McIlvain of British poetic tradition for the English Lit AP, with hyperlinks
    • Poetry on the Web - The most reliable texts and resources
    • Chaucer
    • Frost
  • Odyssey Guide - study guide for High School students
  • Journalism - PageMaker Tutorial with links to other tutorial resources
  • Journeys - a Course Guide for a course in the literature of the journey
  • Grammar - digital resources for Middle and High School, Least Tern activities

Tech Class

• Curriculum
  • Scope & Sequence
  • The Funny Curriculum - a curriculum for teaching tools skills to upper Elementary school students
  • Let's Get Serious About Cereal - a WebQuest for Upper Elementary
  • Technology for the Future - a WebQuest for grades 5-7
• Resources for Teaching About Technology
  • Terms
  • What's Inside
  • Robotics
  • Virtual Field Trips
  • Lessons & Quizzes
  • Bibliographic Citation - online tools
  • Computer History
  • Internet Ethics and Safety - copyright, plagiarism activities, For Parents resources, Internet safety
  • Hands-on Technology
  • Programming Languages
• Resources for Web Design

Resources for Teachers

• Resources for Learning About Teaching with Technology
  • Keeping Current - links to current readings and information about technology and technology integration
  • Standards - links to scope and sequence models
  • Copyright - laws, fair use, guidelines, AUP models, plagiarism (and how to avoid it)
• Resources for Teaching With Technology
  • Starting Points for Internet Research - both general and subject-specific portal sights, search engines
  • Lesson Plans, Activities, Integration Ideas - hunts, quests, puzzles, games, keypals
  • Rubrics and Assessment
  • About Software - tutorials, purchase, selection
  • About Hardware - what to buy, troubleshooting, where to buy
  • The Palm Connection
  • Content Delivery - commercial and open source solutions that support the "busy side" of teaching
  • Bibliographic Citation - online tools
• Resources for Web Design

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Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain 6/10/04