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"Network of the Lincoln Bicentennial"

Ed Darrell wrote 2 months ago: You’ve got to love C-SPAN. Commercial television networks spend billions purchasing rights to … more →

Tags: 1861-1865, Abraham Lincoln, Biography, Civil War, Education, Freedom - Political, History, History audio sources, History images

Debunking the Nigerian scam, with grace and compassion2 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 5 months ago: This person should be a diplomat; when I am a fool, I hope someone will puncture my balloon with as … more →

Tags: accuracy, On-line learning, Rampant stupidity, Internet, Psychology, On-line scams, Debunking, Good Deeds, technology

Return to normalcy6 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 5 months ago: For at least one hour this past week, the Bathtub got more than 11,000 hits. Who could have foreseen … more →

Tags: History, On-line learning, Weblogs, archaeology, Santayana's ghost, History and art, Animation, technology, Blogging

America by Air, the promise of on-line history education

Ed Darrell wrote 6 months ago: Looking for something else I found the Smithsonian Institution’s on-line history of air passen … more →

Tags: Airplanes, classroom technology, Economics, Education quality, History, History images, History museums, Technology in the Classroom, Transportation

Addictive quizzes on world geography13 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 8 months ago: Well, this is fairly addictive: The Travel IQ Quiz from TravelPod I’d love to have every kid … more →

Tags: Geography - Physical, Geography - Political, On-line learning, Technology in the Classroom, Travel, classroom technology, Education, Geography, technology

In which we expose Leo Todd's insults to President Fillmore3 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 8 months ago: Dr. Bumsted sends us an alert to a site dedicated to President Franklin Pierce, the Franklin Pierce … more →

Tags: On-line learning, History blogs, Millard Fillmore, Presidents, History, technology, Politic

Founders online, great interactive site

Ed Darrell wrote 9 months ago: Our friends and benefactors at the Bill of Rights Institute put up a great branch of their site, Fou … more →

Tags: 1787, Thomas Jefferson, Civil Rights, Education, U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Freedom - Political, History, accuracy

Good news for history teachers: NY Times drops fees

Ed Darrell wrote 11 months ago: The New York Times announced it will stop charging for access to much of its archives, from 1987 to … more →

Tags: History, On-line learning, Weblogs, History images

History online, from Oxnard HS

Ed Darrell wrote 11 months ago: Complete outline of U.S. history, high school version from Civil War to the present, for on-line use … more →

Tags: History, History blogs, On-line learning, technology, textbooks

On-line textbooks: Economics and history2 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 11 months ago: Text publishers for Texas generally provide websites to accompany their texts. In several cases the … more →

Tags: Economics, History, On-line learning, Technology in the Classroom, Textbook Selection, textbooks

Build-a-Prairie: Online game for geography, history, biology1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 12 months ago: The University of Minnesota distance learning site has a game students can play to create the ecosy … more →

Tags: Education, Geography - Physical, History, lesson plans, On-line learning, dust bowl, Boy Scouts of America, Technology in the Classroom, Environmental Protection

Slave narratives in Flash animation1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Wow! Teachers, take a look at this Flash animation about slavery, from the Museum of African Diaspo … more →

Tags: Education, Geography - Economic, Geography - Political, History, Human Rights, Museums, On-line learning, Slavery

Teachers' planning: On-line sources for everything2 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Digital History. Maybe not absolutely everything. But you can mine this source, the veins are rich … more →

Tags: Teaching, technology, History, lesson plans, Harry Wong, On-line learning, Technology in the Classroom, History museums

Toad mapping - another cool tool4 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: What amphibians can be found in your local biome? What is the range of a particular amphibian, say … more →

Tags: lesson plans, Maps, Natural History, On-line learning, Technology in the Classroom, TEKS, Texas

Interactive panoramic images of World War II sites1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Spectacular images of World War II historical sites are available at two websites every history or g … more →

Tags: 1941-1945, D-day, Famous Battles, Geography - Physical, History, History images, On-line learning

Structurally deficient bridges in your state? See this cool tool4 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: How does your state rank in terms of “structurally deficient bridges?” You can get a pe … more →

Tags: technology, History, On-line learning, Libraries, Technology in the Classroom, 1968

Cool tool: Tag clouds of presidents' thoughts1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Only Crook pointed this out in a comment — and it’s neat enough to raise to a headline: … more →

Tags: technology, History, On-line learning, Politics, Technology in the Classroom, Student Projects, presentations, historic documents

Tracking hurricanes for classrooms4 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Here in North Texas, most of our classrooms see refugees from coastal storms from time to time … more →

Tags: Geography - Economic, Geography - Physical, Geography - Political, History, Natural History, On-line learning, technology, Technology in the Classroom

BBC animation: The Western Front, World War I1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Here’s another map animation from the BBC that helps people visualize the stalemate nature of … more →

Tags: Teaching, technology, Geography - Physical, Geography - Political, History, On-line learning, History video sources, Maps, World War I


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