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

Creating Cartoons: Pixton & ToonDoo

Maximize student creativity with these tools that let students create their [...] »

Voki

Bring history to life and protect student identity with personalized [...] »

Mission US: For Crown or Colony

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

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Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

Whiteboards and the Youngest Children
Screencapture, Five-Year-Olds Pilot Their Own Project Learning, May 9, 2007

Watch kindergarten classes engage in project-based learning using new [...] »

Recording Experiences with First Graders

Keep young students focused during field trips—use cameras!

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Choose Your Own Adventure Videos
Video still, Project 2, The History 2.0 Classroom, creative commons

Remember Choose Your Own Adventure stories? Borrow the idea for video [...] »

Ask a Digital Historian

Is the Internet a Reliable Source for History Content?

Encourage students to think critically about website content by introducing [...] »