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Kenneth Griswold

Create Free Interactive Timelines - Stories Displayed on Maps | myHistro - 0 views

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    "This versatile browser-based tool enables students to combine blogging, videos and photographs on interactive Google Earth and Google Maps. MyHistro's chronological timeline makes it great for collaborative tasks, multimedia projects and presentations in History, Geography and Social Science." -TeachThought This would make for an excellent writing/multimedia project for our US History students.  The projects could be embedded into Haiku for presentation, discussion, and review.  Check it out!
Kenneth Griswold

March: Women's History Month - 0 views

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    A collection of activities from Spelling City related to Women's History month
Kenneth Griswold

Learning Never Stops: American Centuries - Interactive Online Museum - 1 views

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    The Memorial Hall Museum in Deefield, Massachusetts has an tremendously engaging website with a wide variety of interactive exhibits for teachers and students. You can watch colonial tools being used or use the sites "magic lens" and read historical documents.
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    TMS US History teachers may find this resource helpful!
Kenneth Griswold

Mapping History - 0 views

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    A collection of interactive maps of history. via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation
Kenneth Griswold

Here is today- visualize the history of time. - 0 views

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    This cool, simple interactive exhibit will help students visualize the history of time in geologic, evolutionary, and cosmological terms. This would be an excellent visualization for helping provide this perspective in a science class.
Kenneth Griswold

HippoCampus- Online digital resource repository - 0 views

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    This site organizes digital resources to support Middle and High School level courses.  Resources are browsable by Subject, topic, course, or textbook correlation.  Subjects include Arithmetic, Algebra & Geometry, Calculus & Advanced Math, Statistics & Probability, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Economics, History & Government, Psychology, and Religion.   Content providers include Khan Academy, PhEt interactive science simulations, National Repository for Online Courses, and NOAA.
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    This is a curated collection of digital resources for middle and high school classes in a variety of subjects, but especially math and science. In many cases, the resources are aligned to course textbooks from major publishers.
Kenneth Griswold

100 Search Engines For Academic Research - 0 views

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    With 100 specialized search engines for academic research listed, you are certain to find some new ones.   Some of my favorites are included in this list.  The list is organized into helpful catagories by subject or discipline.   One of my favorites for History is listed here, the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection.  The collection has over 30,000 images, searchable by keyword.
Kenneth Griswold

C-SPAN Classroom: Free primary source materials for social studies - 0 views

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    Free primary source materials for social studies teachers.  
Kenneth Griswold

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - 0 views

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    Amazing collection of historical maps digitized. Be sure to look at the Google Earth integration! via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation
Anne Marie Littrell

U.S. National Park Service - Experience Your America - 0 views

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    Natchez Trace Parkway info can be accessed here. Resource for lesson plans, field trip, traveling trunks, and the teacher guide. Presented in "Engaging Students in THEIR National Park" Flex Day.
Kenneth Griswold

Ways to Evaluate Educational Apps - Tony Vincent - Learning in Hand - 0 views

  • RelevanceThe app’s focus has a strong connection to the purpose for the app and appropriate for the student CustomizationApp offers complete flexibility to alter content and settings to meet student needs FeedbackStudent is provided specific feedback Thinking SkillsApp encourages the use of higher order thinking skills including creating, evaluating, and analyzing EngagementStudent is highly motivated to use the app SharingSpecific performance summary or student product is saved in app and can be exported to the teacher or for an audience
  • Here's my list: Use of app is relevant to the purpose and student needs Help or tutorial is available in the app Content is appropriate for the student Information is error-free, factual, and reliable Content can be exported, copied, or printed App’s settings and/or content can be customized Customized content can be transferred to other devices History is kept of student use of the app Design of app is functional and visually stimulating Student can exit app at any time without losing progress Works with accessibility options like VoiceOver and Speak Selection App is free of charge No in-app purchases are necessary for intended use of app App loads quickly and does not crash App contains no advertising App has been updated in the last 6 months App promotes creativity and imagination App provides opportunities to use higher order thinking skills App promotes collaboration and idea sharing App provides useful feedback
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      Regarding Relevance, I would probably add a check to decide if the app is grade-appropriate and that it will support student growth toward mastery of curricular standards, lesson objectives, etc.
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    Tony Vincent's excellent rubric for evaluating education apps (plus links to several others).  
Kenneth Griswold

Knowmia - Thousands of Video Lessons on Every Subject - 0 views

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    Excellent resource with over 8,000 educational videos on topics/lessons.
Kenneth Griswold

Free Technology for Teachers: Collections of Historical Maps and Ideas for Using Them I... - 0 views

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    "The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection is often the first place I go to when looking for old maps to use in a social studies lesson. The collection contains more than 100,000 historical maps documenting places throughout the world. " via Feedly Collections of Historical Maps and Ideas for Using Them In Your Classroom via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
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