Areas of Specialty

specializes in bringing curriculum and technology tools together.

As our name implies, MentorToGo specializes in mentoring/supporting technology learners of all experience levels in an ongoing process to improve productivity, communication skills, data analysis, and collaboration.

We’ve taken a curriculum-based, thematic approach to the CTAP² Proficiencies and applied them to these specialties:

• Computer Basics
• Internet Basics, Search, and Resources for Teachers
• Desktop Publishing, Digital Imagery
• Web Authoring
• Multimedia Presentation
• Video
• Subject Area Teacher’s Specials

Popular Tech Integration Series

Technology makes the most impact when skills are integrated for timely and meaningful projects. This integrated approach also encourages sustained learning or ongoing professional development. Although we offer many thematic/integrated workshop series, the most popular ones are:

Digital Imagery Series: Need help communicating with pictures? Everyone is interested in digital cameras and editing photos, but can't find the coaching they need. This four-session series starts with foundational information about digital pictures and equipment, drawing tools, and picture tools in Microsoft Office. The two middle sessions incorporates photo editing and painting techniques using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2, 3 or 4. The culminating session is creating a picture slide show with music using PowerPoint.

Writing Across the Curriculum: Can't write without Inspiration? See how concept mapping can help create order out of chaos and teach important writing concepts such as outlining, sequencing, flow, and formatting. Learn how to synchronize written documents with concept maps and a slide show presentation. Use styles to format documents and create Table of Contents with ease.

Math Teacher's Special: Don't have time to incorporate technology into your Math curriculum? You can't afford not to! Learn how to utilize Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as powerful productivity tools for you and your students. Find exemplary resources on the Internet to help make abstract concepts more concrete.

Web Page Development: Are you still printing everything you need to publish? Keep your message available and accessible 24/7 by publishing everything on the web. Learn how to plan and develop a site. Use Macromedia Dreamweaver to author and maintain your website. Beginning web designers may want to start with Mozilla (free) until they gain confidence in web authoring concepts.

Arsenal of Tools

Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Adobe: Photoshop, PhotoShop Elements 2, 3, or 4, Acrobat
Macromedia: Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand
Freeware: Audacity, Mozilla Composer, MovieMaker 2, iMovie
Inspiration, Kidspiration, unitedstreaming

Flash Movie Gallery (must have Flash6Player to view)

Balloon Game
EdTech Quiz Show
About MTG Animation