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

Wordle

Does something this much fun belong in the classroom? Yes!

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Google Docs
Screenshot, Tour, Google Docs

Create, share, and collaborate with this free word-processing tool!

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Scribblar

Teach in a virtual classroom? Try this collaborative online whiteboard tool [...] »

Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

Zoom-in Inquiry

High school teacher Joe Jelen introduces the primary source analysis [...] »

Whiteboard Basics

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

Using Skype in the Classroom
Photo, Flat Classroom Skype, November 29, 2008, superkimbo, Flickr

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