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Storycenter: Worldwide Story Sharing
This site includes a venue for listening to and sharing stories worldwide, including intergenerational ones of civil rights and first-person narratives of struggle, courage, and transformation. Users create and access stories via Storywork, digital storyt
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on August 30, 2018
Museum Box
Fantastic opportunity for students to replace old-style reports with CUBES/BOXES where they can import writing (docs), images, video clips to create a display.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on August 24, 2017
TimeToast- Create Timelines
Great tool for having your students create timelines from history, biographies, and personal events while importing images and text!
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on August 24, 2017
The Chisel: Examining POV on Action Proposals
Check out this amazing site that brings together groups with opposing pov\'s on critical proposals.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on February 11, 2016
Country Codes for Internet Research
Alan November reminds us that our search browsers tend to be specifically rooted in our own country. For more refined information add the country code. For example, CN is the code for China. Enter: site: CN economy
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on February 11, 2016
British Museum\'s Mesopotamia Interactive!
Fantastic information packed site with interactions for Mesopotamia cultures including contributions, location, societal structures. Attractive and intuitive in nature, this resource is a great complement to readings on the subject.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on June 5, 2014
Law: Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Highlights and resources regarding seminal cases and decisions rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on June 5, 2014
U.S. Courts to Classrooms
Resources for teaching about the U.S. court system on all levels.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on June 5, 2014
N-GRAMS by Google: See Stats on \\\"WORDS\\\"
This is a remarkable tool for researching usage of words an phrases in books from one date to another. Just start by putting in the word \\\"digital\\\" and you will see!
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on March 22, 2014
Newsela
Daily vetted news articles for students upper elementary through high school with LEXILE levels to match your students reading proficiency. Excellent source for cultivating responses to informational text. Run by educators.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on November 8, 2013