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This website has so much great information on it. It has ideas for lessons as well as today in history type of information. The web guides link talks about the web and how to use it properly and how to know if a site is credible. This is a tool that I found a week ago and really love it.

great site for econ ideas

Listen to the actual podcast, 14 minutes. Yes, it's from 2006. Yes it's aimed at higher-ed. However, the concepts, applications, ideas are all valid, esp for 7-12. Make podcast tours of town, local sights, etc. with historical context or other curricular relevant information and making them available to others to download - even for small town locales.

Excellent blog post with ideas for teacher podcasts and student podcasts. See what you think! 

If you are looking for examples of teacher OR student blogs, this new Edublogs directory can be handy. Categories by content area, as well as a category for students (student blogs in content area sections too). Great place to look for ideas of what you might do in your classroom.

This is one of my favorite elementary classroom blogs. Maria Knee is a NH kindergarten teacher, a former NH Tech teacher of the year, and a generally awesome person. Just scroll through for lots of great ideas.

Check these out and see how many you are now familiar with ! We hit most of the first 25 or so. Check out others for sharing in the smackdown if you are still looking for ideas!