Welcome to Digital Classroom

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Bring experts into the classroom or meet students from around the globe with Skype!

Skype
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Chronozoom is a dynamic timeline tool that presents large scale timelines in a creative way.

Chronozoom
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Poll Everywhere is a comprehensive surveying tool that offers a variety of polling options.

Poll Everywhere
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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 »

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Digital classroom tools

Padlet

Facilitate dialogue in the history classroom with this online bulletin board [...] »

Voki

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

Glogster

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

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Beyond the Chalkboard

Teachers demonstrate digital tool strategies

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 [...] »

Introduction to Google Docs
Screencapture, Google Docs account, Google

What exactly is Google Docs and how can you use it to encourage [...] »

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Understanding and Appreciating World War II Veterans

Immerse your students in World War II battles, veterans, and services for [...] »

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