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Use Thinglink to Create a Media Rich Environment
ThingLink is an interesting website designed around the idea of sharing and tagging photos. Once you log in to Thinglink you can upload any photo or use a photo’s url to share the photos online. Users...
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Historical Scene Investigation
The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) is a project designed specifically for social studies teachers with an interest in bringing primary sources into their classroom. As history teachers we...
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Teaching with Documents
I try to incorporate as many primary sources into my teaching but I find it extremely difficult to find primary documents that are at my students reading ability and interest level. It sometimes takes...
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Bring the World into your Classroom with World Wonders Project
I recently discovered the Google World Wonders Project which is a website that brings historical sites online. The website is very interesting and educational because it uses Google’s Street View...
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Gilder Lehrman and 9/11 Memorial Resources
I attended the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on 9/11 and American Memory. The seminar was absolutely amazing! We learned from experts about how the United States and the world have...
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SoundGecko Converts Any Article Into an MP3
I learned about SoundGecko from Lifehacker blog. SoundGecko is an interesting resource for teachers and students of all ages. SoundGecko is a FREE text-to-audio transcribing service that lets you...
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IWitness: Personal Holocaust Video Testimonials
I learned about iWitness from @ghkcole from #sschat. IWitness is a website for teachers and students that has over 1,000 Holocaust video testimonials of survivors and witnesses. This collection is just...
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Put Ownership on Students with an EdCafe!
I learned about the wonderful idea of an edcafe model from Ms. Katrina Kennett . She is an inspiration and a wonderful English teacher. Her blog goes into much more depth about edcafe’s and many other...
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Part 2: Evernote for the Social Studies
Last week, I posted at what you can do with Evernote. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to get hands-on with Evernote in the last few days and got a feel for how awesome it really is. Once you do get...
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Beyond the Bubble and Reading Like a Historian
I am very proud to announce that The Stanford History Group will be hosting the first #sschat of 2013 on Monday, January 7th at 7 PM EST. They will be discussing reading and writing in history courses....
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Gilder Lehrman Reconstruction Seminar Resources
Reconstruction Seminar Resources Shared: Gilder Lehrman Library of Congress Digital History Today’s Meet Primary Source Edsitement History Channel Stanford History Education Group Professor Jones...
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Presidential Speeches
The Miller Center is a website that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history. The Miller Center has an impressive official oral history project for every...
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