Search results matching tags 'social studies' and 'web 2.0'

“Map Tales” Lets You Create “Map-Based Stories”

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:33:37 GMT

Map Tales is a pretty cool application that lets you create “map-based stories.” Students can easily use them to document historical eras, literary journey, even their own immigration saga. It’s very easy to use. Here’s an example using the book, … Continue reading →

NY Times Feature Lets You Create A 1 Minute Highlight Reel Of SOTU

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:54:36 GMT

The New York Times has come up with a very creative interactive for the 2013 State of the Union address — you get to “cut-and-paste” your own one minute video highlight reel at My State of the Union Address in … Continue reading →

Two Examples Of Nice Student “Glogsters”

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:46:41 GMT

I’ve previously posted about how I concluded that Glogster would work well for my students as a Web 2.0 creation tool, and thought readers might want to see a couple of examples from our ESL Geography class. Here they are:

Now, This Is Creative: A Choose Your Own Fiscal Cliff Adventure

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:52:34 GMT

Regular readers know that I’m a big fan of students reading and creating online “choose your own adventure” stories. The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories is a very popular list. The Washington Post has … Continue reading →

“ikiMap” Looks Good For Creating Maps

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:40:58 GMT

Thanks to Richard Byrne for finding another nice web tool, ikiMap. I’d encourage you to read his post to learn more about it — it lets you easily create maps and, what I particularly like, is you can insert images … Continue reading →

Easily Make Your Own Unique (& Fake) CNN, NY Times, Etc. Website With “News Jack”

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:00:03 GMT

With News Jack, all you have to do is paste the url address of any website and you’re immediately given the tools to easily transform its homepage into looking however you want it to look. Without having to register, you … Continue reading →

Easily Make Resumes With Resumonk

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:50:59 GMT

Resumonk lets you easily create resumes. It’s one of the easiest tools out there that I’ve seen — students can quickly make a PDF. I’m adding it to The Best Places For Students To Write Their Resumes.

“Our Mother Tongues” Is A Very Intriguing Site

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:13:00 GMT

Our Mother Tongues is a very impressive site that’s designed to support and preserve Native American languages. It’s very engaging, and includes a “language map,” videos and more. One of its very neat features is that it allows you choose … Continue reading →

Cool New Word Visualization Tool!

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:26:49 GMT

I’ve posted — and used — Google’s cool Ngram Viewer (see The Best Posts To Help Understand Google’s New “Books Ngram Viewer”). It lets you easily analyze “the 500 billion words contained in books published between 1500 and 2008 in … Continue reading →

“TwHistory” Lets Students Reenact History Through Tweets

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:17:50 GMT

TwHistory let students reenact historical events in a pretty easy and neat way. You can send tweets from historical figures, but you can do it through the site without actually having to sing-up for Twitter (which is problematic for most schools). You can read more about the site at the MindShift blog. It’s certainly a [...]