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Digital Classroom

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Discover new digital tools for your classroom and how teachers are using them.

screencap, WhatWasThere street view, 16 December, Whatwasthere.com

Put the past next to the present with this photo-sharing and mapping tool.

screenshot from a Pixton cartoon

Maximize student creativity with these tools that let students create their own cartoons.

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Does Facebook in the history classroom take social networking too far? Maybe not.

Don't just test students' knowledge about the past and present, engage their imaginations! This list of easy-to-use (and FREE) digital tools will allow students to creatively represent their understanding of historical topics and share them with others. FIND OUT MORE »

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Omeka

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Ready to curate an online exhibit, put together a portfolio, or create a course [...] »

iMovie/Movie Maker

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Produce digital documentaries with iMovie for Mac and Windows Movie Maker for [...] »

Facebook

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Does Facebook in the history classroom take social networking too far? Maybe [...] »

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Beyond the Chalkboard

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Crosscurricular Multimedia: AP U.S. History and Govt Classes Collaborate

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Two teachers brought their classrooms together to talk about the national [...] »

Whiteboard Basics

Screencapture, Primary ICT - Creating a Whiteboard Lesson, December 12, 2005

Using a whiteboard for the first time? Educator Simon Botten shares whiteboard [...] »

Using Skype in the Classroom

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Educator Silvia Tolisano introduces voice-chat tool Skype and its use in the [...] »

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Introducing Students to Interactive Whiteboards

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SMART boards are only as useful as you make them. [...] »

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