World History
Richard Byrne posted this on his blog, Free Technology for Teachers. He includes some really good ideas for using Google sites. For example, he notes that you can use the sites as a wiki, a digital portfolio (which I think is a really neat idea), a digital file cabinet, as a blog, and as a website. I use Google sites for class websites and also for web quests and really like how easy they are to develop.
- Google Bans Essay Writing Adverts
Sean Coughlan at the BBC has this report titled Google bans essay writing adverts. Google has finally decided to not allow online essay writing companies to advertise in the Google Adwords program. Coughlan wrote, "Google is to ban adverts for essay writing...
- Do Historians Have A Responsibility To Warn The Public About Misleading Websites?
Do Historians Have a Responsibility to Warn the Public About Misleading Websites? This is an interesting post by Randall Bytwerk at the History News Network. This is thought provoking and I am not sure what the answer is. I do like these suggestions he...
- World Wonders Project
A lot of us use Google Earth to show our students important historical sites. Well now Google Earth has put 132 historical sites into one location called the World Wonders Project. which includes Google Earth images as well as information abou...
- 48,000 Pageviews This Month
Well I am learning there are a lot of ways to look how people look at a website. For example between the these three blogs (US gov, US history and world history) there were 21,000 visitors in March, but each of the visits led to looking at various...
- Interactive Assignments + Greek Government
Tomorrow, assuming we do not have a ice storm that is forecast, I have a local affiliate of NBC coming to film my freshmen using their e-books. Here is what I have prepared. It is a combination of our e-book as well as a number of different...
World History
5 Ways to Use Google Sites in Schools
- Google Bans Essay Writing Adverts
Sean Coughlan at the BBC has this report titled Google bans essay writing adverts. Google has finally decided to not allow online essay writing companies to advertise in the Google Adwords program. Coughlan wrote, "Google is to ban adverts for essay writing...
- Do Historians Have A Responsibility To Warn The Public About Misleading Websites?
Do Historians Have a Responsibility to Warn the Public About Misleading Websites? This is an interesting post by Randall Bytwerk at the History News Network. This is thought provoking and I am not sure what the answer is. I do like these suggestions he...
- World Wonders Project
A lot of us use Google Earth to show our students important historical sites. Well now Google Earth has put 132 historical sites into one location called the World Wonders Project. which includes Google Earth images as well as information abou...
- 48,000 Pageviews This Month
Well I am learning there are a lot of ways to look how people look at a website. For example between the these three blogs (US gov, US history and world history) there were 21,000 visitors in March, but each of the visits led to looking at various...
- Interactive Assignments + Greek Government
Tomorrow, assuming we do not have a ice storm that is forecast, I have a local affiliate of NBC coming to film my freshmen using their e-books. Here is what I have prepared. It is a combination of our e-book as well as a number of different...