Meet Harriet Tubman

The Story of a Web Site

By Patty Taverna and Terry Hongell

Patty Taverna ((taverna@ pocantico.lhric.org) teaches second grade at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, New York. View the school’s home page at www2.lhric.org/pocantico/pocantic.html.

Terry Hongell ((hongell@pocantico.lhric.org) is a computer teacher at Pocantico Hills School. She received an MEd in early childhood education from the University of Maryland and an MS in instructional technology from the New York Institute of Technology.

Dr. Rose Reissman (maskin@martnet.com), L&L’s language arts editor, is currently president of the Association for Computer Educators, New York; R&D consultant for FutureKids Technology Literacy Training Center; president of the NYCATE; and educational consultant for the Museum of the City of New York. She has developed media and technology courses for the reading and writing master’s program at Manhattanville College. Contact her at 110 Seaman Ave., 5C, New York, NY 10034.

Charles S. White (cswhite@bu.edu), L&L’s social studies editor, is president of the Social Science Education Consortium (Boulder, Colorado) and associate professor of social studies education at Boston University. His most recent book (with Joseph Braun and Phyllis Fernlund) is Technology Tools in the Social Studies Curriculum (Franklin, Beedle Associates, 1998). He can be reached at the School of Education, 605 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215.