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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

Mind Mapping: Visualizing Historical Thought

Discover the extent of students' understanding of historical subjects with [...] »

Kidblog

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

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myHistro
Detail, homepage, myHistro, 2013

Combine maps and a timeline to tell the story of change over time and place [...] »

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Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

Whiteboard Basics

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

Introduction to Google Docs
Screencapture, Google Docs account, Google

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

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 [...] »

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Ask a Digital Historian

Beyond Google Searching

Google is great, but not always applicable to the history classroom. [...] »

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