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

Cell Phones as Classroom Tools

Cell phones: classroom menace or handy learning tool?

[...] »
Mission US: For Crown or Colony

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

[...] »
Evernote

Keep track of and share notes with this tool for teachers or students.

[...] »

Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

Crosscurricular Multimedia: AP U.S. History and Govt Classes Collaborate
Detail, homepage, student website, http://web.me.com/sorexvanity/Social_Security

Two teachers brought their classrooms together to talk about the national [...] »

Recording Experiences with First Graders

Keep young students focused during field trips—use cameras!

[...] »
Whiteboard Basics

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

Ask a Digital Historian

Finding Skype Collaborators

Classrooms can communicate locally and globally via Skype. Why not join the [...] »