Social Pinboards
Organize and share your online finds using online social pinboard services.
Moodle
Looking for an open-source way to network with students and colleagues?
Crafting Digital Stories
Don’t just test students, allow them to create! Discover digital tools that help students share history knowledge.
Edmodo
Create a safe, collaborative online community for students.
Google for Teachers: A Guide by "Free Technology for Teachers"
Go beyond Google Search with this free guide to Google services.
Cacoo
Develop graphic organizers, charts, and other visualizations collaboratively.
Kidblog
Set up and moderate an entire elementary class’s worth of blogs at once.
Dropbox
Back up files and share documents anywhere with this online storage tool.
Google Forms
Collect information from your students and your peers with Google Forms.
Learner Response Systems (Clickers)
Check out this tech-based alternative to counting raised hands.
Popplet
Brainstorm and organize ideas with this easy-to-use visual tool.
Introducing Students to Interactive Whiteboards
SMART boards are only as useful as you make them.
SurveyMonkey
Digitize class surveys and poll student knowledge with this tool.
NewsTrust
Do more than read the news—assess it, with the help of NewsTrust’s community and reviewing tools.
Google Maps
Discover a whole new world of mapping and geography with Google Maps!
Voki
Bring history to life and protect student identity with personalized speaking avatars.
Padlet
Facilitate dialogue in the history classroom with this online bulletin board maker.
Little Bird Tales
K-6 teachers, worried that your students aren’t ready for digital tools? Check out this storytelling site!
Flickr
Use pictures to teach and learn history—and explore copyright issues.
Just Blog About It! (Part 2)
Everything you ever wanted to know about blogs, and more!
LucidChart
Map the twists and turns of a process or historical narrative with this charting tool.
Teaching and Learning History in the Digital Age (AHA 2011)
Rwany Sibaja recaps our presentation at the 2011 American Historical Association conference in Boston.
Scribblar
Teach in a virtual classroom? Try this collaborative online whiteboard tool.
Prezi
Open up a new world between whiteboards and slides with this presentation tool.
Finding Skype Collaborators
Classrooms can communicate locally and globally via Skype. Why not join the conversation?
Weebly
Don’t be daunted by website creation—Weebly offers a user-friendly DIY interface.
Skype
Bring experts into the classroom or meet students from around the globe with Skype!
Does Facebook in the history classroom take social networking too far? Maybe not.
Diigo
Bookmark, organize, annotate, and share research and resources with Diigo.
Does Twitter have value as an educational tool, or does it promote communication overload?
VoiceThread
A multimedia collaborative tool with the American Association of School Librarians’ stamp of approval.
Slideshare
Share away on this YouTube-style site for PowerPoint, PDF, and OpenOffice projects.
Ning
Network with other teachers, or encourage your students to match minds outside of the classroom.
Wikis
Wikis—they’re not just for encyclopedias anymore. Discover a new way to approach group projects.
Blogs
Learn how to use blogs as communication channels and pedagogical tools.
Web Poster Wizard
Create a lesson, worksheet, or class page, and publish it online right away.
Google Docs
Create, share, and collaborate with this free word-processing tool!
Zotero
Zotero makes gathering, annotating, organizing, and cross-referencing research simple.