NCSS History

How to use ? You can easily draw line, write text, and fill the nation.

As has been widely reported, the National Portrait Gallery of London (NPG) recently sent a legal threat to an American Wikipedian, Derrick Coetzee, over his posting approximately 3,000 photos of public domain paintings to Wikipedia. Because of the importance of this issue for the public domain and the Internet generally, EFF has taken Mr. Coetzee as a client.

Trying to piece together resources for our new elective.

New technology could be end to the guidebook: Tourists will be able to call up images and video footage of landmark attractions in their heyday - seen from the spot on which they are standing.

New technology could be end to the guidebook: Tourists will be able to call up images and video footage on their phone of landmark attractions in their heyday - seen from the spot on which they are standing.

Museum of London

Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote Since the Wiimote can track sources of infrared (IR) light, you can track pens that have an IR led in the tip. By pointing a wiimote at a projection screen or LCD display, you can create very low-cost interactive whiteboards or tablet displays. Since the Wiimote can track upto 4 points, up to 4 pens can be used. It also works great with rear-projected displays.

Save Our Sounds audio map - preserving sounds for future generations.

What will happen to our lives if gasoline rises to $20 per gallon? This strikes me as similar to what James Kunstler was saying in his TED talk about the changes to suburbia.

Holocaust Museum special exhibit on the role of propaganda in media to aid the Nazi doctrines.

United States Holocaust Museum Main Site.

Great resources from Yale University.

Animated map of the early to late middle ages.

One Hour PowerPoint: 10 Strategies for Improving Presentations -David Jakes "In my role as an Instructional Technology Coordinator, I still see large numbers of students and teachers using presentation media in poorly designed ways. This presentation, and the 10 steps listed on this page, provide a simple framework for improving presentations, and can be taught to high school age students in about 50 minutes. Moreover, this presentation is more about communicating visually than it is about any kind of presentation software."

A place where teachers can share lesson plans integrating social tech into teaching and learning.

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

Search fllickr by colors you choose.

University of South Florida's compendium of resources around the Holocaust.

Some really outstanding images here.