Browse Blog - digital tools
Jeremiah McCall on Evaluative Activities and Assessments for Simulation Games
May 14 2012
How valid are history-based video games' interpretations of the past? Jeremiah McCall shares his five guidelines for evaluating games. [...] »
Molly Myers on Tweeting Towards Success
Apr 30 2012
Do you tweet? With social media, you can turn to the wired world for teaching advice and support. [...] »
Joe Jelen on Creating E-books
Apr 23 2012
Create e-books yourself, have your students create e-books, or draw on already existing e-books. All you need is Internet access! [...] »
Jeremiah McCall on Activities and Assessments for Simulation Games
Mar 26 2012
Thinking about using digital games in your classroom? In Part Four of his six-part series, teacher Jeremiah McCall shows you how to form lesson plans around critically evaluating U.S. history games. [...] »
Meg Griffin on Google Docs
Mar 12 2012
What can you do with Google Docs? [...] »
Joe Jelen Makes Students' Thinking Visible with Backchannel Discussion
Feb 27 2012
Can you turn classroom chatter to constructive ends? Joe Jelen says digital tools can help. [...] »
Jeremiah McCall on Structuring Lesson Plans Using Simulation Games
Feb 13 2012
What can you learn from analyzing a history-based game? How to critique models of systems and presentations of history, says teacher Jeremiah McCall. [...] »
Joe Jelen on Discovering History Through Student Genealogy Research
Jan 30 2012
Is it hard for your students to see how history affects them? Have them research their own pasts! Teacher Joe Jelen looks at student genealogy. [...] »
Teachinghistory.org’s AHA Workshop: Teaching the Past in a Digital World
Jan 25 2012
Missed our workshop at the American Historical Association in Chicago? Catch a recap here. [...] »
Elizabeth Glynn on Personal Tablet Computers
Jan 16 2012
Personal tablet computers are everywhere, but what role do personal tablet computers have in the classroom? [...] »
