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"This comprehensive virtual tour allows visitors using a desktop computer (Windows, Mac, Linux) or a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android) to take a virtual, self-guided, room-by-room walking tour of the whole museum. You can even browse a list of past exhibits, which is included on the ground floor map (see upper right map buttons). The visitor can navigate from room to room by clicking map locations or by following blue arrow links on the floor that connect the rooms. The desktop version includes camera icons to indicate hotspots where the visitor can get a close-up view of a particular object or exhibit panel. "

Pretty cool

Free Travel Blog - Journal Websites with Maps and Diaries - Use this web 2.0 tool in social studies to document immigrant journals, new world exploration etc.

Use for brainstorming and mind mapping...and all sorts of things. On the iPads start a popplet and then pass from student to student, adding to the mind map as it goes around

Here's a site with a variety of graphic organizers...everything from story maps to venn diagrams to timelines.

Great resource for blackline graphic organizers

"Social Studies Techbook is built from the ground up to be a unique, web-based teaching and learning resource. Unlike other digital social studies programs that are converted from existing textbooks, Techbook™ takes full advantage of digital capabilities to offer multi-modal resources that transform teaching and learning. Powerful yet simple-to-use, Social Studies Techbook supports teachers as they transition to digital, while simultaneously helping them to meet Common Core State Standards. Real-time assessments also enhance a teacher's ability to individualize instruction. From interactive maps to "enduring debates", Social Studies Techbook links social studies to key historical resources, features activities that help students to think critically, and encourages students to develop arguments that are supported by evidence. "

Something to think about

A report created on Tripline (a mapping program) about the Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.

Brainstorming clouds

Explore the Oregon Trail