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Site shared in the Presentations, not PowerPoint webinar on 12/5/08

Contains lots of information, music, movies, as well as an interactive crossword puzzle you could complete on the ActivBoard.

Seven free resources that pack the punch of Photoshop's bells and whistles without the price.

Thanks to Will Richardson's blog for this link. This and his own two most recent posts make for a revisiting of the fundamentals of why we're doing this - with each of us responsible for our own positions... enjoy!

Finding a great image online elicits a little thrill, but it can be tricky - if you're looking for a pic to pop into a presentation or illustrate a Web page, you need to know if you're allowed to use that photo, and how you can use it. Today, Yahoo! Image Search is launching a Creative Commons license filter that allows you to simply and quickly find images that are available for reuse.

Video clips of Holocaust stories.

When we teach math we are helping our students establish a framework for interpreting the world. One of the worst ways I know to help them establish that framework is to print an illustration of a real-world scene in a textbook, write in only the relevant measurements, and tell the students in the text of the problem which formula or strategy to apply. This leaves a student helpless and unprepared (in the mathematical, analytical sense) should she ever encounter the world that exists outside the pages of her textbook. So we instead bring digital media from the world into the classroom, simulations of the world as students experience it, artifacts which students can discuss and to which they can apply frameworks of their choice. In order to leave students capable and prepared for their encounters with the world, this media must be captured and presented very intentionally.

Embed this Google Earth player on your webpage. Point it to a kmz tour file. This is great! Check out an example here: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/07/best_google_earth_tour_to_date_apol.html

Embed this Google Earth player on your webpage. Point it to a kmz file. This is great!

Containing over 3,000 images, PHDIL consists of a variety of photographs, art work, and portraits.

Unlock its secrets with the help of modern medical imagery, a supercomputer, and an archeologist.

Teaching with primary documents encourages a varied learning environment for teachers and students alike. Lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work become a gateway for research with historical records in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities.

Films for Social Studies teachers