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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

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

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

Ning

Network with other teachers, or encourage your students to match minds [...] »

Dropbox

Back up files and share documents anywhere with this online storage tool. [...] »

Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

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 [...] »

Introduction to Google Docs
Screencapture, Google Docs account, Google

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

VoiceThread in a 1st-grade Classroom

Students are never too young for digital tools—watch first graders use [...] »

Ask a Digital Historian

Just Blog About It! (Part 2)

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

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