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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

Scribblar

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

Google Docs
Screenshot, Tour, Google Docs

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

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Diigo

Bookmark, organize, annotate, and share research and resources with Diigo. [...] »

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Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

Twitter in Large Classrooms
Screencapture, The Twitter Experiment - Twistory in the Classroom

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

Advanced Whiteboard Techniques

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

Recording Experiences with First Graders

Keep young students focused during field trips—use cameras!

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Ask a Digital Historian

Is the Internet a Reliable Source for History Content?

Encourage students to think critically about website content by introducing [...] »

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