World History
Yesterday I took part in a webinar with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. One of the panelists was Jeff Scheur who taught for eight years before creating NoRedInk which lets students play games to improve their grammar and writing. If you (or English teachers in your school) are so moved, you can also use the site to tailor games for your students. It begins by asking 10 questions about each student (teachers can get a code so no student has to sign up) and then games are tailored to these interests.
- Ancient Olympics Games
Archaeology Magazine has a timely themed collection of essays up at Ancient Olympics Guide. It provides good coverage of the ancient Olympics by leading academics. It also includes articles about the games at Nemea and ancient Rome as well as a guide...
- The Real Story Of The Ancient Olympic Games
The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games. The Winter Olympics will begin on February 10th in Torino, Italy. The official site in English is at Torino 2006. Although the ancient Greeks did not compete in ice hockey, skiing, luge, or any of the other...
- A Really Cool Online Micro-polling, Brainstorming Website
The website is called AnswerGarden, and it's similar to PollEverywhere and some online quiz-games. But it has some important differences. Both AnswerGarden and PollEverywhere let you pose questions to poll your students and get instant feedback....
- A New Online Quiz-game Platform
Which online quiz-game platform do you use with your students? Kahoot is very popular, and recently I've been experimenting with quizizz. Both are easy to use and engaging for students. But I just recently learned of a new platform called Triventy.I've...
- Instant Quiz For Your Students Online And On The Smart Phone
I am teaching a technology integration course right now for teachers (and will be again in the spring if you work in Fairfax County, VA). One of my students, George Coe, found this new site which is similar to PollEverywhere.com. Both all...
World History
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- Ancient Olympics Games
Archaeology Magazine has a timely themed collection of essays up at Ancient Olympics Guide. It provides good coverage of the ancient Olympics by leading academics. It also includes articles about the games at Nemea and ancient Rome as well as a guide...
- The Real Story Of The Ancient Olympic Games
The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games. The Winter Olympics will begin on February 10th in Torino, Italy. The official site in English is at Torino 2006. Although the ancient Greeks did not compete in ice hockey, skiing, luge, or any of the other...
- A Really Cool Online Micro-polling, Brainstorming Website
The website is called AnswerGarden, and it's similar to PollEverywhere and some online quiz-games. But it has some important differences. Both AnswerGarden and PollEverywhere let you pose questions to poll your students and get instant feedback....
- A New Online Quiz-game Platform
Which online quiz-game platform do you use with your students? Kahoot is very popular, and recently I've been experimenting with quizizz. Both are easy to use and engaging for students. But I just recently learned of a new platform called Triventy.I've...
- Instant Quiz For Your Students Online And On The Smart Phone
I am teaching a technology integration course right now for teachers (and will be again in the spring if you work in Fairfax County, VA). One of my students, George Coe, found this new site which is similar to PollEverywhere.com. Both all...