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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

Kidblog

Set up and moderate an entire elementary class's worth of blogs at once.

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SurveyMonkey

Digitize class surveys and poll student knowledge with this tool.

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Facebook

Does Facebook in the history classroom take social networking too far? Maybe [...] »

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Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

Introduction to Google Docs
Screencapture, Google Docs account, Google

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

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

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

Whiteboard Basics

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

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When Copyright Meets the Classroom

Understanding fair use and public domain are key to navigating through the [...] »

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