WELCOME

Billings Public Schools has joined the Montana tales grant.

Grant Overview

The Grant Overview and Team Members pages were created in Powerpoint®. If you are running a Mac, you may have trouble viewing these files from your browser. To remedy this, please feel free to download the Powerpoint® files along with the PowerPoint® Viewer program. Mac Viewer PC Viewer

TALES Grant Overview Show in zip format

Team Members

1999-2000

2000-2001

2001-2002

The 1999-2000 team members are middle school teachers from Lewis & Clark Middle School and Castle Rock Middle School. They represent several curriculum areas including English, Science, Social Studies and Health Enhancement.

TALES Members Show in zip format

Projects

As the TALES teachers are learning new technology, not only are they are passing along this knowledge to their students, but they are also creating projects of their own. This site is filled with student work taught by TALES teachers and projects created by TALES teachers. We will be adding more projects as they are completed.

Family Outreach

One of the goals of the MT TALES Grant is to create a stronger community-school relationship. As part of the grant, we have created several Family Outreach programs.

Other TALES Schools

These other Montana schools are also participants in the Montana TALES Grant. Please visit their school websites to learn more about them and their role in the TALES grant.

Billings Public Schools

Please visit the Billings Public Schools Homepage to see what other schools in our district are doing.

Lessons Online

Tony Brewer has a wonderful site that is filled with literally thousands of lesson plans. There are even sites to which you can submit your successful lessons.

WebQuests

What is a WebQuest? It is today's version of thematic lessons. They are web-based projects that are student centered. Bernie Dodge's webpage is one of the best for explanations and resources as he is one of the founders of WebQuests.

Check out the Billings TALES Integers WebQuest.

Health Webquest

Integration Resources

From this page, you will be able to link to a large number of web-sites that address the topic of integrating technology into the curriculum.

Storytelling Links

Storytelling can be an extremely effective method for teaching a concept. Listed on this page are links to storytelling websites.

Search Engines

Links to many search engines are located on this page. Having trouble using search engines? There are also tutorials on searching the internet.

Join TALES WebQuest

We have created a WebQuest for you to become more familiar with the MT TALES grant. Please click here to start a very simple project to help you gain knowledge about this staff development grant.

Questions about this site Email the Billings TALES OSC at croffk@billings.k12.mt.us

Grant Overview	The Grant Overview and Team Members pages were created in Powerpoint®. If you are running a Mac, you may have trouble viewing these files from your browser. To remedy this, please feel free to download the Powerpoint® files along with the PowerPoint® Viewer program. Mac Viewer PC Viewer TALES Grant Overview Show in zip format
Team Members 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002	The 1999-2000 team members are middle school teachers from Lewis & Clark Middle School and Castle Rock Middle School. They represent several curriculum areas including English, Science, Social Studies and Health Enhancement. TALES Members Show in zip format
Projects	As the TALES teachers are learning new technology, not only are they are passing along this knowledge to their students, but they are also creating projects of their own. This site is filled with student work taught by TALES teachers and projects created by TALES teachers. We will be adding more projects as they are completed.
Family Outreach	One of the goals of the MT TALES Grant is to create a stronger community-school relationship. As part of the grant, we have created several Family Outreach programs.
*Other TALES Schools*	These other Montana schools are also participants in the Montana TALES Grant. Please visit their school websites to learn more about them and their role in the TALES grant.
*Billings Public Schools*	Please visit the Billings Public Schools Homepage to see what other schools in our district are doing.
*Lessons Online*	Tony Brewer has a wonderful site that is filled with literally thousands of lesson plans. There are even sites to which you can submit your successful lessons.
*WebQuests*	What is a WebQuest? It is today's version of thematic lessons. They are web-based projects that are student centered. Bernie Dodge's webpage is one of the best for explanations and resources as he is one of the founders of WebQuests. Check out the Billings TALES Integers WebQuest. Health Webquest
*Integration Resources*	From this page, you will be able to link to a large number of web-sites that address the topic of integrating technology into the curriculum.
*Storytelling Links*	Storytelling can be an extremely effective method for teaching a concept. Listed on this page are links to storytelling websites.
*Search Engines*	Links to many search engines are located on this page. Having trouble using search engines? There are also tutorials on searching the internet.
*Join TALES WebQuest*	We have created a WebQuest for you to become more familiar with the MT TALES grant. Please click here to start a very simple project to help you gain knowledge about this staff development grant.