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Digital Classroom

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

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Classrooms can communicate locally and globally via Skype. Why not join the conversation?

Lucidchart about using Lucidchart

Map the twists and turns of a process or historical narrative with this charting tool.

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Find primary sources and the tools to present them to students—in one place.

Nowadays, even elementary students are very technology savvy. Why not utilize and enhance this knowledge by incorporating the latest technologies into your lesson plans? Watch this video from the Auburn Early Education Center and discover how! FIND OUT MORE »

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Digital classroom tools

Cacoo

screenshot of a 13 colonies mindmap

Develop graphic organizers, charts, and other visualizations collaboratively. [...] »

Chevron's Energyville

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Get students thinking about planning and prediction in the past with this game [...] »

Wikis

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Wikis—they're not just for encyclopedias anymore. Discover a new way to [...] »

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Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

Advanced Whiteboard Techniques

Screencapture, Primary ICT - Advanced Whiteboard Techniques, December 16, 2005

Educator Simon Botten demonstrates whiteboard techniques for history and [...] »

Introduction to Google Docs

Screencapture, Google Docs account, Google

What exactly is Google Docs and how can you use it to encourage collaboration? [...] »

Twitter in Large Classrooms

Screencapture, The Twitter Experiment - Twistory in the Classroom

Professor Dr. Monica Rankin uses Twitter to make student participation easier [...] »

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When Copyright Meets the Classroom

Photo, Letter C, May 6, 2008, Leo Reynolds, Flickr, cc

Understanding fair use and public domain are key to navigating through the [...] »

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