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

VoiceThread

A multimedia collaborative tool with the American Association of School [...] »

Mission US: For Crown or Colony

Immerse your students in the 1770s with this online game.

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Search Engines

Beyond Google: effective use of search engines takes careful critical [...] »

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 [...] »

Recording Experiences with First Graders

Keep young students focused during field trips—use cameras!

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Advanced Whiteboard Techniques

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

Ask a Digital Historian

Digital Tools: Outfitting a Teacher's Arsenal
Photography, Technology in the Classroom, 1 Sept 2009, DeSales University, Flick

Ensure technology serves history and not vice-versa. Find out how!

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