Saturday, August 31, 2013

Psychologists Identify the Best Ways to Study

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Two of the best ways to study are to quiz yourself and to study over time instead of cramming the night before. This is what psychologis...
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

More Background on MLK's "I have a dream speech."

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This video gives some background (to add to what I posted a few days ago) on the "I have a dream" speech. 

How to Start Your Students on the Flipped Experience

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So yesterday when George Coe and I were teaching how to flip, Frank Franz was sitting on the sidelines and occasionally answering questi...
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Reading Like a Historian: Sourcing a Document

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How do you teach point of view or the "sourcing" of a primary source?  In the video above, a teacher models how she sources a pr...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Free Access to JStor

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JStor  (stands for journal storage) is a collection of thousands of academic journals which I used to have to climb library stairs to get...

Intro Video for Your Students on Flipping

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Today George Coe, Frank Franz and I did a presentation on flipping the classroom.  One question that always comes up is how do the student...
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Rep. John Lewis Remembers the March on Washington

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This is an awesome interview in which Rep Lewis remembers the March on Washington.

High Tech History at FCPS Inservice

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Below are links to all of the projects featured in the High Tech History Presentation at the FCPS Social Studies In-service. Enjoy and f...

Take My Technology Integration Course

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I will be teaching the fifth version of my technology integration course with Fairfax County Public Schools this fall.  We will learn abo...

VoiceTread, Blackboard Blogs & Discussion Boards

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I was part of a group this summer that is came up with lesson plans and ideas for VoiceThread .   VoiceThead is a collaborativ...

Background on the "I have a dream" Speech

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If you read this , apparently MLK, Jr. did not usually write more than a few notes for any speech, but stayed up until 4 am to write dra...

Neil Armstrong Video

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Okay so the song is nothing your students will be singing in the halls, but the footage of Neil Armstrong (one year after his death) is ve...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Using Google Drive in Your Classroom

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One of my former teacher-students, Amanda Lombardi has been proving for a long time that special education students are great for using ...

How to Use Prezis

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Jason van Cassell is doing an in-service for social studies teachers tomorrow on how to use Prezi.  Prezis are a cool alternative to Power...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Quizlet and PollEveryWhere

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Kim Belknap is doing a presentation for our social studies in-service later this week on PollEverywhere which allows the teacher to quiz...