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Free Technology for Teachers: Five Ways to Visually Explore Wikipedia - 0 views

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Tom Daccord on 01 Jul 09

Five Ways to Visually Explore Wikipedia When used properly, Wikipedia can be a good place for students to start researching and exploring a topic. But, not every student enjoys reading and clicking on links embedded in an article. Fortunately, there are some good tools that those students can use to visually explore Wikipedia's contents. Here are five ways that students can visually explore Wikipedia.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Five Ways to Visually Explore Wikipedia When used properly, Wikipedia can be a good place for students to start researching and exploring a topic. But, not every student enjoys reading and clicking on links embedded in an article. Fortunately, there are some good tools that those students can use to visually explore Wikipedia's contents. Here are five ways that students can visually explore Wikipedia.</div>

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Teaching History With Technology - 3 views

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shared by Tom Daccord on 07 Jun 09 - Cached

Tom Daccord on 07 Jun 09

EdTechTeacher.org presents The Center for Teaching History with Technology, a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Find resources for histlaptop classory and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects. Learn about new and emerging technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, ipods, and online social networks and explore innnovative ways of integrating them into the curriculum. Find out how others are using technology in the classroom.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">EdTechTeacher.org presents The Center for Teaching History with Technology, a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Find resources for histlaptop classory and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects. Learn about new and emerging technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, ipods, and online social networks and explore innnovative ways of integrating them into the curriculum. Find out how others are using technology in the classroom. </div>

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Google Earth Help: Explorer - 4 views

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Become an Explorer is a nine part series of tutorials, directions, and quizzes regarding Google Earth skills. It offers the basics of navigation and advanced features of Google Earth.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Become an Explorer is a nine part series of tutorials, directions, and quizzes regarding Google Earth skills. It offers the basics of navigation and advanced features of Google Earth.</div>

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Interactive Map Showing Immigration Data Since 1890 - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Immigration Explorer Select a foreign-born group to see how they settled across the United States.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Immigration Explorer Select a foreign-born group to see how they settled across the United States. </div>

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All About Explorers | Everything you've ever wanted to know about every explorer who ev... - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 29 Jul 09 - Cached

Digital directions help explorers find dinosaurs and other favorites at the Museum of N... - 0 views

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"Now, the museum is offering high-tech help to lost explorers -- via its very own app for iPhones and other mobile devices. The app turns the phones -- and iPads or iPod Touch devices -- into a guide to the museum's twisty corridors. Don't have an iPhone? You can borrow an iPod Touch from the museum to use the app."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Now, the museum is offering high-tech help to lost explorers -- via its very own app for iPhones and other mobile devices. The app turns the phones -- and iPads or iPod Touch devices -- into a guide to the museum's twisty corridors. Don't have an iPhone? You can borrow an iPod Touch from the museum to use the app."</div>

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earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up - 0 views

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shared by Michelle DeSilva on 10 Jul 09 - Cached

Michelle DeSilva on 10 Jul 09

Earth Album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Note-- since the top Flickr images are used, the images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Earth Album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Note-- since the top Flickr images are used, the images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month!</div>

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Southern Spaces: An interdisciplinary journal about the regions, places, and cultures o... - 0 views

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shared by Tom Daccord on 11 Jul 09 - Cached

Tom Daccord on 11 Jul 09

peer-reviewed, online journal exploring the real and imagined places of the American South and their connections with the wider world. We welcome submissions from scholars, photographers, and visual artists in such areas as geography, southern studies, regional studies, African American, Native, and American Studies, women's studies, LGBTQ studies, and public health.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">peer-reviewed, online journal exploring the real and imagined places of the American South and their connections with the wider world. We welcome submissions from scholars, photographers, and visual artists in such areas as geography, southern studies, regional studies, African American, Native, and American Studies, women's studies, LGBTQ studies, and public health.</div>

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historyfacebook - home - 2 views

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shared by Tom Daccord on 07 Jun 09 - No Cached

Tom Daccord on 07 Jun 09

This is what the ancient to contemporary peoples would have created if facebook had existed back in the day, and if large groups of people ever got together to create online pages. This was a project, but is now a tool. We the AP World History students and teacher of Burlington High School invite history dorks everywhere to see the connections, explore the relationships, and enjoy the patterns that exist in history.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is what the ancient to contemporary peoples would have created if facebook had existed back in the day, and if large groups of people ever got together to create online pages. This was a project, but is now a tool. We the AP World History students and teacher of Burlington High School invite history dorks everywhere to see the connections, explore the relationships, and enjoy the patterns that exist in history.</div>

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Curriculum Matters: U.S. History Textbooks' Omissions - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 25 Jun 09 - Cached

So what's a history teacher to do? Romanowski urges teachers to support students in critiquing their textbooks and exploring perspectives beyond that of the texts. Teachers can ask their students, for example, to answer this question: "Whose viewpoint is presented, whose omitted, and whose interests are served?" Teachers can have them explore reactions of various Americans to a historical event, such as the attacks of 9/11, including that of the U.S. president, a member of Congress, a relative of a victim, and an Arab-American. Lastly, Romanowski recommends, teachers can use writing assignments to develop students' critical thinking.
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Patrick Higgins on 25 Jun 09

What do our textbooks omit? A sort of homage to James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">What do our textbooks omit? A sort of homage to James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me."</div>

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Milestone Documents - Primary Source Texts & Expert Analysis - 1 views

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shared by Neil Schlager on 09 Jun 09 - Cached

Neil Schlager on 09 Jun 09

MilestoneDocuments.com combines famous primary source texts with expert analysis by esteemed historians. Designed for teachers, students, and researchers, MilestoneDocuments.com explores the speeches, laws and legal opinions, proclamations and executive orders, and other documents that influenced the course of history. At present the site only covers documents from American history, but we will be adding coverage of primary documents from world history later in 2009. Also coming soon is a greatly expanded set of resources for teaching with documents. For now, see our free monthly e-newsletter for U.S. history teachers.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">MilestoneDocuments.com combines famous primary source texts with expert analysis by esteemed historians. Designed for teachers, students, and researchers, MilestoneDocuments.com explores the speeches, laws and legal opinions, proclamations and executive orders, and other documents that influenced the course of history. At present the site only covers documents from American history, but we will be adding coverage of primary documents from world history later in 2009. Also coming soon is a greatly expanded set of resources for teaching with documents. For now, see our free monthly e-newsletter for U.S. history teachers.</div>

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News Details :: Virtual Field Trips with Google Maps - 0 views

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shared by Tom Daccord on 05 Aug 09 - Cached

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'You can literally get IN [a Google[ map. It's a phenomenal way to explore with your students (or on your own!). Just pick a location you're learning about, scout it out before hand and let loose. Here are a few different approaches you can take. . ."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">'You can literally get IN [a Google[ map. It's a phenomenal way to explore with your students (or on your own!). Just pick a location you're learning about, scout it out before hand and let loose. Here are a few different approaches you can take. . ."</div>

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Teachers Network: How to Use the Internet in Your Classroom - 2 views

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shared by Tom Daccord on 15 Aug 10 - Cached

Tom Daccord on 15 Aug 10

"The Virtual Field Trip is a field trip that students and teachers take via the Internet. A great benefit of this activity is that it utilizes technology tools to help students visualize and understand subject matter through exploration and active learning. It's also a great way to "travel" without leaving your classroom! Look for sites with QuickTime VR, which allows you to view panoramic views of your virtual field trip location. Visit our recommended links, which may inspire you to create your own virtual field trip. You can also find thousands of Virtual Field Trips by doing a Google search online."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Virtual Field Trip is a field trip that students and teachers take via the Internet. A great benefit of this activity is that it utilizes technology tools to help students visualize and understand subject matter through exploration and active learning. It's also a great way to "travel" without leaving your classroom! Look for sites with QuickTime VR, which allows you to view panoramic views of your virtual field trip location. Visit our recommended links, which may inspire you to create your own virtual field trip. You can also find thousands of Virtual Field Trips by doing a Google search online."</div>

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TEDxNYED talk by Dan Meyer - 03/06/10 - 0 views

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"Dan Meyer teaches high school math outside of Santa Cruz, CA, and explores the intersection of math instruction, multimedia, and inquiry-based learning. He received his Masters of Arts from the University of California at Davis in 2005 and Cable in the Classroom's Leader in Learning award in 2008. He currently works for Google as a curriculum fellow and lives with his wife in Santa Cruz, CA."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Dan Meyer teaches high school math outside of Santa Cruz, CA, and explores the intersection of math instruction, multimedia, and inquiry-based learning. He received his Masters of Arts from the University of California at Davis in 2005 and Cable in the Classroom's Leader in Learning award in 2008. He currently works for Google as a curriculum fellow and lives with his wife in Santa Cruz, CA."</div>

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Soweto '76 Archive - 0 views

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Tom Daccord on 22 Mar 11

"The Soweto '76 3D Interface is a unique, three-dimensional archive interface that allows visitors to easily guide themselves through a 3D re-creation of the township, combining both education and exploration as they learn about the places, people, and past of Soweto."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Soweto '76 3D Interface is a unique, three-dimensional archive interface that allows visitors to easily guide themselves through a 3D re-creation of the township, combining both education and exploration as they learn about the places, people, and past of Soweto."</div>

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Exploring Florida in 3D: Florida Stereoviews - 0 views

Interactive Map Showing Immigration Data Since 1880 - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com - 2 views