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Games | iCivics - 0 views

www.icivics.org/games social studies civics citizenship games interactive
shared by Debra Gottsleben on 24 Mar 11 - Cached
  • Debra Gottsleben on 24 Mar 11
     
    lots of civics games
  • Debra Gottsleben on 24 Mar 11
     
    games for citizenship
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GroupTweet | Helping groups communicate privately via Twitter - Twitter Groups are here! - 0 views

www.grouptweet.com social networking twitter tweet microblogging collaboration
shared by Debra Gottsleben on 24 Mar 11 - Cached
  • Debra Gottsleben on 24 Mar 11
     
    "GroupTweet turns a standard Twitter account into a group communication hub where members can post updates to everyone in the group using direct messages. When the group account receives a direct message from a group member, GroupTweet converts it into a tweetthat all followers can see."
  • Debra Gottsleben on 24 Mar 11
     
    This could be helpful for classroom communications that you want to keep private.
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Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...t-protest-interactive-timeline guardian politics middle east Timeline protests
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  • scott klepesch on 24 Mar 11
     
    " Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests"
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Overview | freedomriders.facinghistory.org - 0 views

freedomriders.facinghistory.org facing history freedom riders
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  • scott klepesch on 24 Mar 11
     
    "Facing History and Ourselves, in partnership with PBS's flagship history series, American Experience, is pleased to offer the free study guide, Democracy in Action to accompany the American Experience film Freedom Riders which airs on PBS May 16th, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides"
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The History 2.0 Classroom: Currently Reading... - 0 views

kulowiectech.blogspot.com/...currently-reading.html 21stCenturySkills technology integration
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  • insight and concrete examples that can help educators understand how computers are reshaping our economy, the jobs that will be available to our students & more importantly, how we can begin to restructure our classroom instruction to help develop the expert and complex thinking skills that are required to compete and hold a job in our changing economy.
  • Computers don't cause unemployment, they can replace only specific types of jobs / tasks: 1. Routine Cognitive - cognitive tasks that can be accomplished by following specific rules 2. Routine Manual - manual tasks that follow precise, physical movement that can be programmed
  • Step two, help our students developed the skills and abilities necessary to find, understand, analyze and evaluate information.
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  •  Expect our students to create, analyze, share, collaborate and produce something new based on the information that is collected.
  • scott klepesch on 23 Mar 11
     
    Article discusses the skills and experiences schools should focus on. Jobs that prize memorization and recall are being replaced by computers. What is valued can be fostered in a rich digital classroom.
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Ten Steps to Better Web Research - 0 views

www.sweetsearch.com/TenSteps information literacy research library
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  • Debra Gottsleben on 23 Mar 11
     
    Research guide from Finding Dulcinea
  • Debra Gottsleben on 23 Mar 11
     
    Great step by step guide to research from the Finding Dulcinea (Sweet Search) staff
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findingDulcinea's Cold War Resources - 0 views

bit.ly/...6 world history US history cold war primary sources Europe conflicts
shared by Debra Gottsleben on 22 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Debra Gottsleben on 22 Mar 11
     
    Many resources on the cold war including many primary sources
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Best of History Web Sites - 0 views

www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml world history US history cold war primary sources civil war ancient civilization art history lesson plans history conflicts military Europe games maps resources
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  • Debra Gottsleben on 22 Mar 11
     
    "Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more."
  • Debra Gottsleben on 22 Mar 11
     
    Amazing site with tons of resources
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Cold War International History Project : - 0 views

www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm world history US history cold war movie clips primary sources history conflicts Film videos
shared by Debra Gottsleben on 21 Mar 11 - Cached
  • Debra Gottsleben on 21 Mar 11
     
    "The Cold War International History Project disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other side" -- the former Communist world."
  • Debra Gottsleben on 21 Mar 11
     
    Interesting site for anyone studying Cold War. Especially interesting that it includes information from the former Soviet Block.
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In a Tragedy, A Mission To Remember - NYTimes.com - 0 views

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/...-tragedy-a-mission-to-remember social studies Triangle Fire nytimes
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  • “After you chalk one or two names, something starts to happen,” said Ms. Sergel, 48, an artist who cobbles a living from grant to grant. “Chalking helps reveal a hidden geography of the city. If there are two victims across the street from each other, you wonder, ‘Did they walk to work together? Did their families console each other?’ The whole rest of the year you associate those buildings with that person.”
  • “What’s important to us isn’t just abstract histories, but things that are grounded in the personal and the tangible,” Ms. Sergel said. “Our role is to shift from just collecting stories and broadcasting them to creating opportunities for conversation.”
  • It’s a people’s archive.”
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  • “I was moved by her asking, ‘Why did this particular incident of workers dying spark the imagination?’ ”
  • “You’re making the history and the dead of New York visible for the living.”
  • scott klepesch on 21 Mar 11
     
    Article in the times about the Triangle Fire and present day attempts to educate citizens about the event
  • scott klepesch on 21 Mar 11
     
    Use the Triangle Fire to discuss community action
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HSI: Historical Scene Investigation - 0 views

web.wm.edu/about.html History socialstudies primary source investigation
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  • scott klepesch on 21 Mar 11
     
    "The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed for social studies teachers who need a strong pedagogical mechanism for bringing primary sources into their classroom. With the advent and accessibility of the internet, many libraries, universities and government agencies are housing their historical documents online. Simultaneously, there has been a push in K-12 history education to give students experiences that more closely resemble the work of a real historian. "
  • scott klepesch on 21 Mar 11
     
    Promising website for the integration of primary source materials into the classroom. Students are detectives.
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Curate.Us - 0 views

www.curate.us screenshot tool sharing collaborating collaboration annotation
shared by Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    "Create visually compelling clips and quotes of web content that are easily embedded in blog posts,email, forums, and websites."
  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    Another screenshot tool. It's from Mbarek so it has to be good!
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Famous Inboxes - 0 views

www.famousinboxes.com writing prompts email history literature myths tv
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  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    Fun site which creates inboxes for people from history, lit, and entertainment.
  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    possible idea for an assignment. Might just be a fun way to learn about a world leader or an incident.
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Global Incident Map Displaying Terrorist Acts, Suspicious Activity, and General Terrori... - 0 views

www.globalincidentmap.com maps interactive global news
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  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    interactive map of different conflicts, incidents, disease outbreaks etc.
  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    very interesting map that shows incidents all over the world from disease outbreaks to gang activity to earthquake activity
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National Constitution Center: Exhibits - 0 views

constitutioncenter.org/ncc_exhbt_Landing.aspx primary sources US history civil war museum art history military
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  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    "Created by the National Constitution Center in conjunction with the U.S. Army Center of Military History and the National Museum of the United States Army, Art of the American Soldier unveils powerful works of art created by American soldiers in the line of duty. Drawn from the Army's rarely seen collection of over 15,000 paintings and sketches, the exhibition showcases the artistic response of soldiers from World War I through the present day."
  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    Sharing link posted by Chris Kenny
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Playtimes: A Century of Children's Games and Rhymes - 0 views

www.bl.uk/playtimes children museum games library
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  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    Terrific site with all sorts of information about children's games. From the British Library.
  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    If we are going to be talking about gaming in education maybe we should see the historical significance of games. Very interesting site.
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Educational Chats on Twitter - 0 views

www.cybraryman.com/chats.html professional learning community hashtags twitter tweet education pln
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  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    From Cybraryman huge listing of educational chats including hashtags and more info
  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    If you are looking for discussions to follow on twitter Cybraryman, Gerry Blumengarten, has an extensive list.
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Musarium: Eye of the Storm - 0 views

www.musarium.com/...main.html civil war US history primary sources history photos images
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  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    "Eye of the Storm takes you on an unforgettable journey through the Civil War. Through this online intepretation, you can experience the life of a Civil War soldier through Sneden's journal entries. Audio accounts of Sneden's narrative with commentary by the Director of the Virginia Historical Society, Charles F. Bryan, Jr. can be heard by visiting the movies section of this site. Also included here are forums through which visitors can discuss the work and Civil War history."
  • Debra Gottsleben on 20 Mar 11
     
    This a must see site. So much on the civil war including sketches drawn by a civil war soldier.
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Brazilians Welcome Obama As Their Own : NPR - 0 views

www.npr.org/...ans-welcome-obama-as-their-own current events racism raza Latin America world history
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  • "He looks more Brazilian than American."
  • Brazil was settled by waves of European immigrants and millions of African slaves brought there in chains. Their descendants make up the second-largest black population in the world after Nigeria.
  • there's no hiding the fact that blacks are worse off than whites.
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  • the new Brazil saw a former shoeshine boy and factory worker – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – win the presidency in 2002. Now his hand-picked successor, Dilma Rousseff, herself a former political prisoner, is president. Their dual policy of generating rapid economic growth and providing generous social programs helped lift 30 million people into the middle class.
  • The symbolism of a black American president will encourage people here like nothing else,
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Who is Watching Out for Learners - LeaderTalk - Education Week - 0 views

blogs.edweek.org/...s_watching_out_for_learne.html learners technology
shared by Debra Gottsleben on 18 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Debra Gottsleben on 18 Mar 11
     
    This is a very informative post about students and tech
  • Debra Gottsleben on 18 Mar 11
     
    very interesting post with much to think about
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