Technology+Resources



Web 2.0 Tools
 * [|Poll Everywhere] || Free service for up to 30 people. Participants can respond via text messages. ||
 * [|History Teachers Attic] || Content and resources for the history or social studies teachers, specifically focused on middle school, high school, and undergrad. ||
 * [|Wallwisher] || Online bulletin board upon which participants / students can leave comments, questions, ideas, etc. ||
 * [|Wordpress] || Online blogging site. Students can have others respond to their writing via the site. ||
 * Best Educational Widgets || Long list of suggested widgets for classroom use. ||
 * [|Best Widgets for Wikis and Blogs] || Lots of great widgets to include with wikis and blogs! ||
 * [|Free Social Studies Web Links] ||  ||
 * [|Thinking Skills Webquest Resource Page] || Links to many different "Bloom's Taxonomy" resources and thinking skills resources ||
 * Blooms Digital Taxonomy || Wiki on Bloom's Taxonomy ||


 * [|Google Maps] ||  ||
 * [|Google Earth] ||  ||
 * [|28 Tech Tools for Teaching History] || 28 Tech Tools to Bring Out the Story in History ||
 * [|Geography Games] || 10 On-Line Geography Games That Help Kids Know More about the World ||
 * [|Google Docs] || Google Docs allows for online collaboration and writing. You will need to establish an account prior to using it. ||
 * [|Museum Box] || This site provides the tools to build an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, could be put in a box to describe the life of a Victorian servant or a Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong? Antything from a text file to a movie can be displayed. Others can view and comment on museum boxes submitted by others. ||
 * [|Free Rice] || On-line practice of everyday words. Also includes a section on practicing world capitals and recognizing countries on a map of the world. ||
 * [|Diigo] || Highlights and annotates on-line text; social bookmarking to be shared by groups; shared annotations; keeps list of summary statements and highlights. Members of research groups can add highlights and annotations to an article they are studying together. ||
 * [|School Tube] || Site for teachers and students to share videos online. ||
 * Wonder Wheel || When searching using Google, click on the "Wonder Wheel" link on the left-side column to have a concept map of subtopics created. ||
 * [|Word Press] || WordPress.com lets you easily create your own blog, and write about the things that interest you. ||
 * [] || Can create comics from uploaded pictures ||
 * [|Google Scholar] ||
 * [|Skype in the Classroom] ||