Spotlight on Elementary Education

This nifty tool is not only fun to use, but also very useful in the history classroom! Students can use this free website to constructing their own short digital movies, in doing so they will learn how to utilize primary sources and develop their historical thinking skills. FIND OUT MORE »

Tech for Teachers

Digital classroom tools

Cacoo

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

IWitness

Delve into 20th-century history with Holocaust survivor and witness [...] »

Flickr

Use pictures to teach and learn history—and explore copyright issues.

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Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

Recording Experiences with First Graders

Keep young students focused during field trips—use cameras!

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Analyzing Campaign Commercials

Kristina Frank of Eagle Ridge Middle School brings modern and historical [...] »

Creating Campaign Commercials

Students in Kristina Frank of Eagle Ridge Middle School's class script and [...] »

Ask a Digital Historian

Just Blog About It! (Part 1)

Everything you ever wanted to know about blogs, and more!

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