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Links to many helpful sites for historical background on literature and authors and criticism of specific works. Good initial resource for those finding ways to address that strand in the IB rubrics.Sorted by period, place and author name with suggestions for how to search for more information.

A quick and easy reference. This tool might be nice for introducing other teachers to the possibilities of Diigo.

LiveBinders is a free resource that allows you to gather together all of the web-pages you want in one location. You can also include images, videos, and documents (as pdfs) in the binder. Teachers may want to let younger students access the pages they need directly from a binder. Teachers might want to gather all of their websites and resources for a topic in one binder - like all math worksheet sites. Students can put all of the pages in one binder as they are working on a project - to make the information more manageable. Currently, I have students using this for their Technology process folders - they can make tabs for each part of the process, keep all the pages they refer to, and upload any documents they create in googledocs as pdfs. They give me access to see them so i can know how much progress they have made. I actually made a binder with the tabs laid out for them that they copied so we could all start with the same basic plan.

Rather than get into all the possible uses, I will just explain how I have been using my account. I choose to follow or get tweets from many different individuals and institutions that post education-related information. I also look for new sources of information here - my favorites might get transfereed into my reader if they have a feed and I think reading through all of their posts would be valuable. Many of the tweets have links to new posts, articles, or studies that I may want for reference so I will retweet them. I have linked my twitter and diigo accounts so my diigo records those links in my bookmarks. I do this on my mobile, since Twitter is blocked at my school, but since Diigo is in the cloud it all ends up together. I have worked with students and teachers on trying to tweet an idea - to capture the essence of something, but we used pencil and paper/word processing because of the block. If you are interested in who I follow - I am @txchat

Totally 21st century in mindset, this site allows you to search by themes including American History, Community & Social Action, Creativity & Innovation, Global Cultures, Natural World, People & Places, and STEM. Many videos and lessons are available for educators to use with the K-8 set. The site has its own interactives like "Pitch Perfect" which uses a baseball metaphor to explain the parts of the orchestra and its "All Star" players through the years. Lessons also refer users to other helpful websites and interactives. Lots of ways to celebrate and integrate the arts with the help of this website!

Browse the results of the US Census by topic like education, employment, agriculture or ethnicity. The information can be broken down according to periods of time across the nation or within a state. Once you have accessed the information you want - you can use it yourself or try their interactive maps that are specific to your requests. Good US history resource, MS +.

"Class Blogmeister" allows classrooms to set up their own blogs that students and teachers can contribute to. This seems to be most appropriate for early elementary. "Citation Machine" is a reasonable option for students who want to have their citations formulated for them on the basis of the information they give, but most kids will probably end up with a more popular site like EasyBib for this purpose. "The Education Podcast Network" has a variety of subject specific recordings for teachers and students. Personally, the section I have used the most is the "Library of Links." Many of the links lead to sites with data, especially under the science section. Accessing the material with students gives them an opportunity to understand that information is available and that there are different ways to present findings about data. Great for projects! Upper Elementary and up.