Best Use of This Multi-Purpose Guide
Owning Up to Our Own Potential
Unprecedented Self-Empowerment Potential
This Guide Presents Four Successive Levels of Self-Empowerment
The Organization of This Guide
Homesteading the Ecommerce Frontier

The Internet Style of Learning
Four Fundamental Historical Firsts
Four Essential Internet Readiness Skills

Level One - Searching and Browsing Skills

Lesson Goals
The Vision
Searching and Browsing Basics
Checklist Activity: Internet Searching Basics
Great Searching Tutorials
Great Search Engines to Explore
Checklist Activity: Web Browsing and "Cut-and-Paste" Basics
Creating Your Own Web Tours
One Big Secret for Saving Lots of Time!
Quick Web Tours
Self-Directed Learning Resources
Free Learning and Other Freebies Web Tour
Quickstart Web-Browsing Awareness Activities

Level Two - Creating Your Own Web Pages

Lesson Goals
The Vision
Creating Your Own Web Pages
Checklist
Creating a Web Page Using Netscape Communicator
Easiest Web Page Authoring Resources
Advanced Web Authoring Resources
Quickstart Web-Authoring Awareness Activities
Gearing Up With Free Web Tools

Level Three - Communicating and Working Together

Lesson Goals
The Vision
Email, Listservs, and Collaboration
The Ten Top Internet Collaborative Tools
Quickstart Internet Collaboration Awareness Activities
Building Collaborative Capacity - A Web Tour
A Community Internet Self-Empowerment Model

Level Four - Learning-to-Earn for Sustainable Communities

Lesson Goals
The Vision
Online Mentoring Key Issues
Distance Learning Key Issues
Quickstart Community-Building Awareness Activities
Mentoring Models and Resources
Lone Eagle Consulting's Best Online Learning Resources
Internet Training Resources

Course Description and Registration
Welcome to Rural Ecommerce and Telework Strategies
Course Outline
Lesson One - Ecommerce and Telework Readiness Skills
Lesson Two - Ecommerce Fast-Track Strategies
Lesson Three - Ecommerce Cooperatives and Virtual Incubators
Lesson Four - Entrepreneurship Training Opportunities
Lesson Five - Community Economic Development Strategies
Lesson Six - Ecommerce and Building Collaborative Capacity
Lesson Seven - Keeping Current on Competition and New Markets
Lesson Eight - Employment Opportunities in a Knowledge-Based Economy
Lesson Nine - International Trade Training Resources
Lesson Ten - Writing a Business Plan and Funding a Startup

Why Should I Care? - Community Networking and Self-Directed Learning
How Computers Can Help Build Community
Community Networking - Making a Difference
Innovation Diffusion - Looking at the Process of Change
Community Networking; Leveraging the Public Good Electronically
Building Learning Communities Web Tour
Community Internet Empowerment Resources for Rural Communities
Community Internet Awareness Events & Self-Directed Learning Resources
Community Network Planning Guides
Community Networking Associations
Community Networking Reports and Projects
Community Networking Directories
Community Networking Models
Electronic Democracy Web Tour
Federal Government Important Resources
Ecommerce Startup Resources Web Tour
Ecommerce Sites with Free Trials and Services
Youth Entrepreneurship
Women's Entrepreneurial Networks
Career and Job Marketing Sites
Unique Ecommerce Services
Community Networking Clearinghouse

Preparation for Getting Online
http://lone-eagles.com/prepare.htm
How to Get Your Own Home Computer or Laptop
How to Get Your Own Local Internet Access Account
Build on the Best Resources Available
The Special Mindset for Success
Computer Literacy Primer
How Computers Can Help Build Community
Key Issues for Youth Using the Internet

Online Courses and Learning Pathways
http://lone-eagles.com/self.htm
A Highly Recommended First Online Course
Courses on Creating Your Own Online Courses
Culture Specific and Citizen-Created Courses
Online Course Sources for Professional Development
Distance Learning Clearinghouses and Virtual Universities

Building Cultural Learning Communities
http://lone-eagles.com/culture.htm
Culturally Appropriate Ecommerce
Cultural Entrepreneurship and Crafts Marketing

Multi-cultural Resources and K-12 Projects
http://lone-eagles.com/multicultural.htm
Cultural Survival Resources
Global Development Resource Organizations
Alaskan Native Innovations Web Tour

Train the Trainers Resources - Everyone a Teacher
http://lone-eagles.com/trainers.htm
Use of This Guide for Trainers
Hosting An Ideal Community Workshop
Leading with Digital Art, Music and Photography
A Youth-Based Community Internet Workshop
Digital Storytelling to Raise Awareness

K-100 Essential Resources
http://lone-eagles.com/k12.htm

K-100 BEST Curriculum Resources
http://lone-eagles.com/curric.htm