Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Cartoons

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Kids Making Their Own Cartoons I received this from one of my normal followers (feel free to leave a message with your tips or to e-mail m...
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Second National Bank and Wikipedia

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It is amazing to me the number of people who do not like Wikipedia.   Usually it is people who do not understand the back checking that goes...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Youtube Blocked At Your School?

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I have been using Splicd.com to quickly show only the portion of a youtube video I want in class. It is great for schools where youtube is ...
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Friday, December 17, 2010

Cliff Notes

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Cliff Notes has long been one of my favorites for my US history students.  Well here and here are the entire outlines for US history.

Edublog Winners

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Every year I go here to see the Edublog Winners.  If you haven't done it, you will find some amazing new resources both in blog form as...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Facing History and Ourselves

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This site has a number of resources to add to your US history class.  This video , for example, is a video of one of the African-American s...

Great Summary of Online Resources

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Super Book Of Web Tools For Educators - If you are a high school teacher skip to page 36.  There is also a section on ESOL teaching as wel...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Slavery Survey Map

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This is a survey map of the Southern slave states at the time of the civil war and here is an article about it.  You can even click on dif...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Historic Newspapers Website

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The " Rag Linen " is a relatively new website dedicated to giving readers access to rare newspapers.  Additionally there is a link...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

Museum Box

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Museum Box allows you to create a visual box of elements such as pictures, video, sound, files, links and text.  It would be a nice way for...
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Ben Franklin Timeline

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This is a great timeline of Ben Franklin's life which also links you to items that are related to him so you can get more depth.
Saturday, December 4, 2010

The Future of Computers

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Okay, this is just pure fun - but for those I certainly hope it shows the future of our phones/computers (will there be a difference) and i...

Google Maps Mania & Google Earth

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Here is a new blog I just found that shows how people around the world are using Google Maps.  I have used it with my students to show the...
Friday, December 3, 2010

Way to Capture a Historical Trip

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Historvius is a quick alternative to Google Earth for having students create a trip to different places and to find out different informat...
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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Google Translate Goes Audio

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I have been using Google Translate to e-mail students' parents who do not speak English.  They usually write me back in their native l...