World History
- How To Prepare For A Test
My mom asked me the other day where I get all of my ideas and sites for the blogs. I told her that I basically just teach and search for answers to all of my questions. For example the other day a friend asked me for help with her daughter's...
- Quizlet For Review
After each unit I talk to my students about how to review for their test - which I point out should be over several days and not just involve reading a study guide. One of the methods I also give them is a link to Quizlet which has a number of completed...
- A Very Improved Quizlet For Class Review
Quizlet and StudyBlue are two online flashcard sites. A year ago I was very high on StudyBlue but it requires one to have a login/password to see and while I still think, that aside, it is a great review device since it allows for pictures and sound...
- Quizlet Review For Rome Unit
Study these flash cards | Study ancient flash cardsMy students will be taking their test on Rome next week. They have a traditional study guide to work on as well as the Quizlet flashcards above. Quizlet lets you create your own flashcards...
- Roman Contributions
Study these flash cards On Monday my world history students will be working on their Roman contributions project. Above is a set of flash cards I found on Quizlet. Quizlet lets students (and teachers) create flashcards to study for a test....
World History
Digital Study Buddies to Improve Retention
Too many kids do not study for tests and still more think studying is just filling out a study guide. Sure you could argue that our students have become desensitized to them due to the incredible number they take, but I try to get them to get into groups using technology - knowing that not all my students (esp. my 9th graders) can get together with one another. What I tell them is that studying in a group is going to force the kids to prepare (rather than risk embarrassing themselves in front of peers and then help them work on weaknesses. Here are the sites I give my students.
- Free Conference Call - Barack Obama made this famous in 2008. If could use it on a winning presidential campaign your students can use it to call as many friends as they want which is especially helpful if one or more do not have laptops.
- Google Plus Hangouts will allow up to ten students to talk, see each other and share Google Drive documents. Below is a easy to follow video.
- Oovoo lets you video conference with up to 11 friends. Here is a hot to tutorial.
- Quizlet and Study Blue allow kids to find already done study cards for tests. I like Quizlet better as the kids do not even have to join to be able to search. Both allow you to even put pictures as part of the study cards.
- How To Prepare For A Test
My mom asked me the other day where I get all of my ideas and sites for the blogs. I told her that I basically just teach and search for answers to all of my questions. For example the other day a friend asked me for help with her daughter's...
- Quizlet For Review
After each unit I talk to my students about how to review for their test - which I point out should be over several days and not just involve reading a study guide. One of the methods I also give them is a link to Quizlet which has a number of completed...
- A Very Improved Quizlet For Class Review
Quizlet and StudyBlue are two online flashcard sites. A year ago I was very high on StudyBlue but it requires one to have a login/password to see and while I still think, that aside, it is a great review device since it allows for pictures and sound...
- Quizlet Review For Rome Unit
Study these flash cards | Study ancient flash cardsMy students will be taking their test on Rome next week. They have a traditional study guide to work on as well as the Quizlet flashcards above. Quizlet lets you create your own flashcards...
- Roman Contributions
Study these flash cards On Monday my world history students will be working on their Roman contributions project. Above is a set of flash cards I found on Quizlet. Quizlet lets students (and teachers) create flashcards to study for a test....