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

Social Explorer

Navigate census data from 1940 to 2000 using interactive maps.

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Zotero

Zotero makes gathering, annotating, organizing, and cross-referencing [...] »

Neatline

Neatline is a digital tool that plots [...] »

Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

VoiceThread in a 1st-grade Classroom

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

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

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

Recording Experiences with First Graders

Keep young students focused during field trips—use cameras!

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When Copyright Meets the Classroom

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