World History
Anyone who has been in college or grad school recently remembers JSTOR (journal storage) and the many times you used it to get information. Well now you can register for free and get access to three articles a week for free. Especially if you teach an AP class, this will be an invaluable tool for you and your students.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes -- Gasp! -- Wiki
Here is a notice from the Chronicle of Higher Education: Long a standard reference source for scholarship, largely because of its tightly controlled editing, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced this week it was throwing open its elegantly-bound covers...
- Can History Be Open Source? Wikipedia And The Future Of The Past
Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past. This article is from the Journal of American History, Volume 93, Number 1 (June, 2006): 117-46. It was written by Roy Rosenzweig. Obviously, this article deals with the coverage of history...
- Teaching History: A Journal Of Methods
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods. This journal was designed for history teachers at all levels who wish to read about, or contribute to, innovative methods of teaching history. It is a good journal. I have read several articles from it and liked...
- Big Blue Button And Teaching/meeting Online
My county uses Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate) for our online classes (and will soon be letting teachers use it for their own purposes). But you can use Big Blue Button for free to teach your students (as I tell my students it could...
- New Google Changes
Google has been making a lot of changes recently to streamline all of its offerings into one area (part of CEO Larry Page's design) and in turn get people to join Google+. I've read that it is up to 100 million, but my sense (and it is...
World History
JSTOR is Free on a Limited Basis
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes -- Gasp! -- Wiki
Here is a notice from the Chronicle of Higher Education: Long a standard reference source for scholarship, largely because of its tightly controlled editing, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced this week it was throwing open its elegantly-bound covers...
- Can History Be Open Source? Wikipedia And The Future Of The Past
Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past. This article is from the Journal of American History, Volume 93, Number 1 (June, 2006): 117-46. It was written by Roy Rosenzweig. Obviously, this article deals with the coverage of history...
- Teaching History: A Journal Of Methods
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods. This journal was designed for history teachers at all levels who wish to read about, or contribute to, innovative methods of teaching history. It is a good journal. I have read several articles from it and liked...
- Big Blue Button And Teaching/meeting Online
My county uses Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate) for our online classes (and will soon be letting teachers use it for their own purposes). But you can use Big Blue Button for free to teach your students (as I tell my students it could...
- New Google Changes
Google has been making a lot of changes recently to streamline all of its offerings into one area (part of CEO Larry Page's design) and in turn get people to join Google+. I've read that it is up to 100 million, but my sense (and it is...