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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Twitter

Does Twitter have value as an educational tool, or does it promote [...] »

Glogster

Glogster—a "posterboard" creator for the digital media age.

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Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

Analyzing Campaign Commercials

Kristina Frank of Eagle Ridge Middle School brings modern and historical [...] »

Recording Experiences with First Graders

Keep young students focused during field trips—use cameras!

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Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Screencapture, Digital Storytelling in the Classroom, January 25, 2010

See how one 8th-grade teacher introduced herself to digital storytelling [...] »