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" I know now the secret to using any piece of technology in the classroom is to begin with clear learning goals and intentions that are based on "big understandings." Once students know what they need to learn, they will often find a way to express their ideas. Providing tools such as iPads for students enables them to use the items and skills they use outside of the classroom to communicate their knowledge. Furthermore, they are building the skills and learning how to use the tools that they may be required to use in the workplace."

Some great ideas from the University of Illinois. Scroll to the bottom for a number of links

A virtual tour and history behind the Anne Frank house and the family that hid there. This site is information rich and highly engaging, It would make a wonderful supplement to the study of this period in history.