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Assess while teaching or create exit tickets. All data is digitized so it is easy to analyze data and create your own reports.

Just tried this out; it's a great alternative to Activotes! (Teachers with Prometheans know what I mean)

Information and examples of "class sourcing" - letting students collaborate on creating digital products such as websites, Pinterest boards, or any of the tech tools we reviewed.

Build interactive books with primary sources. Use cognitive coaches to guide students through learning experiences.

Direct link to the Kids & Families collections

A digital timeline tool

Unique presentation of digital history research tool.

A collaborative, statewide digitization program to facilitate the digitization and digital exhibition of the historical and cultural documents, images, audio and video held by Maryland institutions.

Reddit is one of the old sites on the internet, where people form communities around focused interests. This community deals with maps. You can even post requests (I'm looking for a map that shows the most popular fast food restaurants in the US...).

This one isn't linked from the Castañeda Library, mainly because it is a crowd-sourced resource.

Massive map library hosted at UT-Austin. Check out the "Other Map Sites" section for even more map resources.

Short piece on the Dallas Chaos II artwork we used today. Also includes Dallas Chaos I, in which Dean presents a version of the JFK assassination (too graphic for my 4/5 classroom).

Register to attend one of these free PD sessions at the Library of Congress in DC. Topics focus on teaching the early Americas, focusing on pre- and immediately post-European contact.

Some of the files we have shared, including the C3 and unit planning documents (PPT, PDF, MS Word)

Teaching Grammar

Downloading audio/video