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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
Cell Phones as Classroom Tools
Cell phones: classroom menace or handy learning tool?
[...] »Mind Mapping: Visualizing Historical Thought
Discover the extent of students' understanding of historical subjects with [...] »
Beyond the Chalkboard
Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies
Zoom-in Inquiry
High school teacher Joe Jelen introduces the primary source analysis [...] »
Using Skype in the Classroom
Educator Silvia Tolisano introduces voice-chat tool Skype and its use in the [...] »
VoiceThread in a 1st-grade Classroom
Students are never too young for digital tools—watch first graders use [...] »
Ask a Digital Historian
History and New Media
New media tools—invaluable resources or menaces of the digital age?
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