World History
I just received an e-mail from TimeMaps. They have a pretty neat new site out that lets you go to different time periods and different groups and see where they were in history. While they do have other things that you can buy, the above mentioned part is entirely free. Here for example is Europe during the Roman Empire. Here is their atlas. The site already has a ton of map items and is growing so as I get updates I will put more items on the blog.
- Saving Twitter & Other Sites To Storify
So I am sitting in a library trying to finish the third editing of my book and dealing with a peer review comment that asked how we can save Twitter. So to show that I too can learn new tricks, Frank Franz mentioned Storify to me and instantly...
- Search Engine For The Teacher Blog Sites
I received an e-mail from a former colleague today saying he was enjoying seeing what this site has on it. You can do it too. The government teachers blog has 1383 posts in the last 4.5 years while the world history one has 1072 and the US...
- Time Maps
A relatively new site out there is TimeMaps which uses maps to connect different areas of the world together, puts topics in context, helps give a survey of the western world. There are also different lesson suggestions on the website. So, for...
- Remind101 Iphone App
One of the sites that I have loved this year is Remind101.com which lets teachers text (without ever knowing the kids' phone numbers) reminders for assignments, tests, etc. I always set it at the time I make the assignment as you can set the...
- Glencoe Resources Aplenty
As I prepare for an in-service in late August to help our county's teachers grapple with our new e-books, I will be giving you updates on the free ancillaries as I learn of them. As usual Glencoe has the most free items online. If you...
World History
Time Maps
I just received an e-mail from TimeMaps. They have a pretty neat new site out that lets you go to different time periods and different groups and see where they were in history. While they do have other things that you can buy, the above mentioned part is entirely free. Here for example is Europe during the Roman Empire. Here is their atlas. The site already has a ton of map items and is growing so as I get updates I will put more items on the blog.
- Saving Twitter & Other Sites To Storify
So I am sitting in a library trying to finish the third editing of my book and dealing with a peer review comment that asked how we can save Twitter. So to show that I too can learn new tricks, Frank Franz mentioned Storify to me and instantly...
- Search Engine For The Teacher Blog Sites
I received an e-mail from a former colleague today saying he was enjoying seeing what this site has on it. You can do it too. The government teachers blog has 1383 posts in the last 4.5 years while the world history one has 1072 and the US...
- Time Maps
A relatively new site out there is TimeMaps which uses maps to connect different areas of the world together, puts topics in context, helps give a survey of the western world. There are also different lesson suggestions on the website. So, for...
- Remind101 Iphone App
One of the sites that I have loved this year is Remind101.com which lets teachers text (without ever knowing the kids' phone numbers) reminders for assignments, tests, etc. I always set it at the time I make the assignment as you can set the...
- Glencoe Resources Aplenty
As I prepare for an in-service in late August to help our county's teachers grapple with our new e-books, I will be giving you updates on the free ancillaries as I learn of them. As usual Glencoe has the most free items online. If you...