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iPods and Differentiated Instruction

glennw wrote 3 days ago: What if we taught like an iPhone? What if instead of trying to adapt our lessons to meet each studen … more →

Tags: Differentiated Instruction, iPod, Teaching, Technology Integration, history tech, iPhone

Tip of the Week - KIM strategy

glennw wrote 1 week ago: I ran across a nice, basic graphic organizer the other day that looks useful. I’ll be honest, … more →

Tags: Graphic Organizer, Strategies, Tip of the Week, writing, history tech, Strategy, Tip

Famous people who left their browsers open

glennw wrote 1 week ago: Along the lines of John Quincy Adams Twitter feed, Historical Tweets and Lincoln’s Facebook pa … more →

Tags: 21st Century Skills, History, Social Networks, Social Studies, Strategies, Technology Integration, Web 2.0, Browser, facebook

Soldier's Mail - World War One letters posted in blog format

glennw wrote 1 week ago: Sam Avery Last week I wrote a quick post concerning Veteran’s Day resources and received a com … more →

Tags: artifacts, History, photos, Primary Sources, Social Studies, history tech, Letters, Photographs, Veterans

Wolfram|Alpha - A search tool that's more than a search tool

glennw wrote 2 weeks ago: My dad was an Oldsmobile man. He never bought any other brand. And if he ever had to ride in (or hea … more →

Tags: 21st Century Skills, Cool, Data, Google, Technology Integration, history tech, search enginem search

Vets and Vets Day7 comments

glennw wrote 2 weeks ago: Armistice participants and train car, November 11 1918 (wikipedia) November 11, 1918. 5:00 am, Compi … more →

Tags: History, lesson plans, Social Studies, Strategies, Armistice, history tech, Veterans, Veterans Day, World War One

The Decade in Seven Minutes

glennw wrote 2 weeks ago: Newsweek has put together a quick seven minute video recapping the last ten years. Interesting not j … more →

Tags: Current Events, History, Media Literacy, News, Primary Sources, Social Studies, Video, history tech, Newsweek

Breathing Life into History

glennw wrote 2 weeks ago: I have read and used a few good textbooks, Joy Hakim’s History of US comes to mind. The key wo … more →

Tags: artifacts, historical thinking, History, lesson plans, Primary Sources, Social Studies, Strategies, history tech, testbooks

Tip of the Week - Pretty powerful panoramic pictures

glennw wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m a big believer in the power of photographs and images. And if you can find really big phot … more →

Tags: 21st Century Skills, Art, Cool, Geography, History, Images, lesson plans, photos, Social Studies

The census is coming! The census is coming!

glennw wrote 1 month ago: According to the timer at the Census in Schools site, the 2010 US Census is only 154 hours, 22 hours … more →

Tags: Geography, Social Studies, Government, lesson plans, History, Politics, Maps, Civics, curriculum

World Digital Library2 comments

glennw wrote 1 month ago: Do you teach World History? Then the new World Digital Library is a must visit. A cooperative projec … more →

Tags: Geography, Social Studies, Technology Integration, History, Media Literacy, Primary Sources, Images, artifacts, photos

Lincoln's pockets

glennw wrote 1 month ago: Donated to the Library of Congress in 1937 and labeled “Do Not Open,” the box sat in the … more →

Tags: Social Studies, lesson plans, History, Primary Sources, artifacts, 21st Century Skills, Strategies, Library, historytech

Tip of the Week - Where are we?2 comments

glennw wrote 1 month ago: I love Google Earth and all of its bells and whistles. But the following activity is a great way to … more →

Tags: Geography, Social Studies, History, Tip of the Week, Google, Google Earth, Google maps, Images, Maps

Hanging in there, Elizabeth!

glennw wrote 1 month ago: I’m sure some of you may have already seen these photos. But for those of you who haven’ … more →

Tags: Social Studies, lesson plans, History, Current Events, Images, photos, Fun, President, history tech

George and Abe, presidents, leaders and poets

glennw wrote 1 month ago: Okay . . . simple exercise. Make a list of words that come to mind when you think of George Washingt … more →

Tags: Social Studies, Cool, History, Primary Sources, Politics, President, history tech, Lincoln, Poetry

Artifact-based instruction and ExploreHistory

glennw wrote 1 month ago: I first began really thinking about using artifacts as a part of instruction when I met Keil Hileman … more →

Tags: Social Studies, lesson plans, Technology Integration, History, artifacts, 21st Century Skills, Strategies, Archeology, technology

Tip of the Week - Copyrightfriendly wiki

glennw wrote 1 month ago: A group of teachers and technology integration folks are talking this morning about creating and pub … more →

Tags: Cool, Technology Integration, Tip of the Week, Images, Audio, Video, 21st Century Skills, Copyright, Podcast

Gerrymandering, teaching government & the Redistricting Game

glennw wrote 1 month ago: I just got off the phone with a high school government teacher who was looking for a way to have kid … more →

Tags: Social Studies, Government, lesson plans, Video Games, constitution, Civics, 21st Century Skills, history tech, Simulation

History's icons?

glennw wrote 1 month ago: One hundred portraits of history’s most iconic people. Portraits explore the relationship betw … more →

Tags: Art, Biography, Debate, History, Images, Social Studies, history tech, Icons


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