Welcome to The Center for Teaching History with Technology, a resource
created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses.
Find resources for history and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects.
Learn about new and emerging technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, ipods, and online social networks. and explore innnovative ways of integrating them into the curriculum. Find out how others are using technology in the classroom.
Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology now available!
Tom Daccord and Justin Reich have written a much needed handbook for teachers who hope to use a variety of technology applications in their classroom. Best Ideas covers both standard applications like Word, PowerPoint and Inspiration as well as new and emerging Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis, Voicethread, Skype -- and much more. Best Ideas offers plenty of support and guidance to educators just beginning to use computers in the classroom, but it also offers powerful new ideas and advice on emerging applications that will appeal to more advanced computer educators.
Great Debate of 2008 Project
Tom Daccord has created the "Great Debate of 2008" project, an exploration and discussion of issues and candidates surrounding the 2008 presidential election. The project represents a wonderful opportunity for students to connect with other students around the country in a private online social network to share information and ideas related to the 2008 presidential election.
"Your examples showed how we can maximize student participation in every class activity, and thus have them take ownership of their own learning."
Margartia Curtis, Head of School, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA
ory and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects.
