World History
Fully half of our just recently released state exams have images attached to questions. Not surprisingly one thing I like students to do is to identify images as part of my assignments. To do this I have them use TinEye which allows you to put in the url of the photo and it tells you what it is.
- Learning Pod Student Review System
My two AP classes each have two exams that they will have to take in May which prompted one student to ask me the other day how we would review for both AP exams. Well the answer, if you read my post below on How We Learn is to go back frequently,...
- Egypt And Better Learning
So one of the things I have learned is that we remember something better if we see an image - or draw it. So here is an exercise my students carry out on ancient Egypt. It starts with watching a short screencast I made and then students have...
- Texas Released Tests
In the past I have mentioned the Regents exams for released test questions in case you are looking for new ones. But Texas also has three released exams for US and world history which you can find here. ...
- Artwork For One And All
The National Gallery of Art and other museums like the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have begun uploading and offering their artwork to the public to view and and download as they like. In a statement in The NY Times, National Gallery spokesperson, Deborah...
- Identifying Unknown Images
I have spoken before about Tineye which allows you to identify unknown images either by uploading the image or pasting in the url to find it. Well now you can also do it using a Google search. Simply go to the "image" line at the top of the...
World History
How to Identify an Image
- Learning Pod Student Review System
My two AP classes each have two exams that they will have to take in May which prompted one student to ask me the other day how we would review for both AP exams. Well the answer, if you read my post below on How We Learn is to go back frequently,...
- Egypt And Better Learning
So one of the things I have learned is that we remember something better if we see an image - or draw it. So here is an exercise my students carry out on ancient Egypt. It starts with watching a short screencast I made and then students have...
- Texas Released Tests
In the past I have mentioned the Regents exams for released test questions in case you are looking for new ones. But Texas also has three released exams for US and world history which you can find here. ...
- Artwork For One And All
The National Gallery of Art and other museums like the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have begun uploading and offering their artwork to the public to view and and download as they like. In a statement in The NY Times, National Gallery spokesperson, Deborah...
- Identifying Unknown Images
I have spoken before about Tineye which allows you to identify unknown images either by uploading the image or pasting in the url to find it. Well now you can also do it using a Google search. Simply go to the "image" line at the top of the...