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Sites uses popular music to teach history. School librarian Joyce Valenza writes: "An article in the December 30 Washington Post turned me on to an amazing creative effort developed by a couple of teachers in Hawaii. History for Music Lovers on YouTube is song parody and remix at its most useful. The portal was launched by clever and talented Amy Burvall, of the Le Jardin Academy in Kailua, and Herb Mahelona, who used to work with her, at St. Andrew's Priory in Honolulu. I can see using these as models for creative student research projects. The clever remixing here also seems a cool way of examining transformativeness (repurposing and adding value) as it relates to fair use."... School Library Journal: NeverEndingSearch, Dec. 31; Washington Post, Dec. 30; History for Music Lovers

Watch these and imagine the possibilities in your class!

The Digital Vaults offers three good tools that students and teachers can use to create content using images and documents from the National Archives. The National Archives Digital Vault poster and video creation tools allow students to drag and drop digital artifacts into a poster or video. The National Archives provides images, documents, and audio in an easy to use editor. When making a poster students can combine multiple images, change background colors, and create captions to make collages of digital artifacts. See the screen capture below for a demonstration of poster editing.

free ipad app about US history.

"Slide Shark is a free app that allows teachers to use PowerPoint files with the iPad. Teachers and students can view and show PowerPoint presentations on the iPad - and it seems to work really well. Keep in mind that PowerPoint is just one style of presentation and the iPad (and technology in general) offers us a whole new world of more engaging options, but as someone who uses slideshow presentations still, a good one can be a great way to start or recap a lesson." via EduTecher

US history curriculum and lesson plans for STanford univ.

" Highlights of the collection includes maps of Mid-Atlantic North America from the 16th through 19th centuries, maps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and more than 1,000 historical maps of New York City. The NYPL's Map Division offers a new tool called the Map Warper for overlaying historical maps on top of current maps. The Map Warper is similar in concept to using historical images as overlays on Google Earth. The difference is that Map Warper doesn't require you to install software on your computer. "

"Zoom In provides units of lesson plans built around primary source documents. The collection of lesson units is organized into six eras of US History. Zoom In is more than just a collection of lesson plans and documents. Zoom In provides an online classroom environment. As a teacher you can manage multiple classrooms within your Zoom In account. "

" Social Media Classroom Using social media to learn about social media issues Today's students live in a world in which all of the traditional elements of their education-texts, lectures, connections with the world outside the campus-have been transformed by the ubiquitous presence of laptops and Wi-Fi. In their lives outside the classroom, and in the lives of their families, communities, and fellow citizens, important questions arise about the effects of using digital media-questions about identity, relationships, community, collective action, public sphere, social capital"

"Storify provides endless possibilities for combining media to tell more comprehensive narratives that include multiple perspectives. And while the tool has largely received attention for its journalistic uses, it's not a big leap to see how Storify might be used in classrooms for research and presentations. It's also a valuable tool for teaching media literacy and digital skills, including collaboration."

Great options for classroom use

games for learning US history

looks like a fun site

Could be useful for playlists for US History

"is a search engine for mobile apps. Using Quixey you can search for apps according to their functions and purposes...Quixey can be used to search or Android apps, iOS apps, Blackberry apps, Windows apps, and Chrome web apps. Your search results can be filtered according to device platform and price."

Article addresses the idea that while young people may know how to use a piece of technology that doesn't mean that they have a deeper understanding of how the technology works and/or "...could be effectively using technology to better their lives through a job, start something, or undertake further studies."

some very good points. Can't assume that students know all there is to know about technology.

The Kean University Library online database that houses the publications of non-profit organizations which focus on New Jersey public policy issues. This collection allows users to access these documents from one centralized, easy to use location. The texts of the documents are fully searchable and are catalogued with subject headings similarly to a book in a library. This collection allows users to access a variety of publications pertaining to economic growth, education, social justice, health care, and criminal justice. This fully searchable database is compiled of files derived from a variety of non-profit organizations from across the state of New Jersey in an effort to provide information on policy reform and solutions for researchers and the public as a whole to make use of.

" free tool for quickly creating maps that contain simple placemarks. Using Mapfaire you can create a custom map that highlights places you specify. To use Mapfaire just sign in with your Google Account then name your map and start adding placemarks. To add a placemark all you need to do is enter a location then label your placemark. You can publish and edit your maps at any time. From Richard Byrne)"

Some great ideas for using wordle in the class.

Ideas for using wordle in the classroom. Some good ideas for use in soc. studies classroom.

Tips to effectively use Youtube in the classroom

Using the spotlight tool you can make youtube videos interactive. Looks very interesting!

Looks like this could have lots of classroom applications

"Here are some of his main ideas, in italics, with my thoughts interspersed. * 1. Why do we use report cards and assign grades to students' work? * 2. What purpose should report cards or grades serve? * 3. What elements should teachers use in determining students' grades? * We don't agree on the purpose of grades. That's the first problem. The various purposes are at adds with another."

Very good intro to using diigo in the classroom.