This document provides a list of online tools and resources that can be used in a history classroom. It includes over 30 websites for creating timelines, multimedia presentations, interactive posters, flashcards, and more. The tools allow students to integrate video, audio, images and text to demonstrate their understanding of historical topics and events. The document emphasizes that curriculum should drive decisions about what technology to incorporate. It also directs teachers to The History Lab website for additional digital resources.

1. The History Lab
Angela Cunningham
Bullitt County Public Schools
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Curriculum drives technology
decisions.

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Begin with the end in mind.

4. Animoto
Automatically produce unique video pieces from your photos, video clips, & music

5. Bubbl.us
Create & share colorful mind maps online

6. Delicious
Save & share your bookmarks on the web

7. Digital Vaults
Explore artifacts from the National Archives collection

8. Dipity
Build timelines that integrate video, audio, images, & text

9. Docs Teach
Create & share interactive activities using documents from National Archives

10. Edmodo
Build a private social network for your classroom

11. findingDulcinea
Direct students to a narrated guide to hand-selected, credible websites

12. Gapminder
Watch the world’s most important trends as they change over time

13. Glogster
Create interactive posters containing multimedia elements

14. Historical Thinking Matters
Teach students how to critically read primary sources

15. iCue
Find hundreds of short video clips organized by topic

16. Landmark Cases
Find resources & activities to support teaching key Supreme Court cases

17. Living Room Candidate
Watch campaign commercials from every presidential election since 1952

18. MyStudiyo
Create great-looking multimedia quizzes

19. Newsmap
Explore the day’s most-discussed news stories

20. Ning
Build a hub for your online activity

21. Preceden
Make simple, powerful timelines

22. Prezi
Create a non-linear presentation that zooms in & out of a visual map

23. Shmoop
Find learning guides on a variety of US History & Government topics

24. StudyStack
Find & create flashcards or use other activities such as crosswords

25. Symbaloo
Organize & share teaching resources all in one place

26. TimeMaps
See the story of history through an interactive map

27. ToonDoo
Click or drag-and-drop to create comics

28. VoiceThread
Design a collaborative, multimedia slideshow that allows viewers to comment

29. Voki
Create a personalized speaking avatars

30. Wallwisher
Build a digital bulletin board

31. Weebly
Create a free website and blog

32. Wordle
Create word clouds from the text you provide

33. Worldometers
Watch world statistics updated in real-time

34. For even more resources, visit
The History Lab:
https://sites.google.com/site/thehistorylab/