Google Apps Tip – Apps Status Dashboard

A while back I shared a tool that allows you to check if a website is truly down or if it is just you (Is It Just Me? on 1/8/2012). Did you know that there is a similar service available that checks the up/down status of 13 different Apps provided by Google? Enter the Apps [...]

Website of the Week: How To Do Research (Gr. 1-8)

How To Do Research – A virtual tour Created by the Kentucky Virtual Library Work-group, this site is a virtual step-by-step map of how to conduct research using old and new resources laid out in a game board theme. The tour/game board is broken down in five sections: Plan Search for Information Take Notes Use [...]

Google Apps Tip – Historical Imagery

Historical Imagery – Using Google Earth to see change over time Historical Imagery is a fantastic, yet often overlooked tool found in the free application Google Earth. This tool allows the user to view a location on the planet at different points in time thanks to Google periodically updating its maps with newer satellite images. [...]

Website(s) of the Week: Two Earths

Another Earth – Compare two Earths over time GE Teach – Look beyond your borders Both of these sites use the Google Earth plugin to give viewers a unique perspective of our planet and the wealth of information we’ve collected about it over time. Each site allows you to put TWO Google Earths side-by-side in [...]

Website of the Week: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade – An informational database (Gr. 4-12) This site is chalk full of information, maps, lesson plans, timelines and multiple databases including slaves names, ship names, voyages and more. A definite asset to any student doing serious research but with enough diversity in materials and oversight to be helpful to those looking for [...]

Website of the Week: THIS DAY

THIS DAY – Images from this day in history (Gr. K-12) From Nikon, THIS DAY is an interactive website that provides images and a brief description of  past events that took place on the same day as today. In fact, the site will display past events that happened during the same week. Use the timeline [...]

Website of the Week: Historvius

Historvius – Discover historic sites (Gr. 3-12) Part search engine, part map, and part reference guide, Historvirus helps you find historically important and sometimes forgotten sites. Search by destination and choose from over 200 possibilities or search by time period and enter a date (4000BC to present day), enter a historic period (70+ to choose [...]

Website of the Week: Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright

Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright (Gr. 3-12) Produced by the Library of Congress, follow detective Cop E. Wright as she investigates what is copyright, a timeline of how copyright laws developed, and how to register your own copyright electronically! Click the link just above the interactive window to see which academic standards this activity [...]

Website of the Week: Timelines

Timelines: Sources from History (Gr. 4-12) Provided by the British Library, Timelines allows users to explore a variety of topics throughout history as far back as 1210 A.D. and as recent as the first decade of the 21st century. Once you launch the timeline, use the navigation controls at the bottom of the window to [...]

Website of the Week: TimeSearch History

TimeSearch History – Search the web through timelines (Gr. 3-12) TimeSearch uses timelines to connect students and teachers with events in world history so that they can be analyzed in the proper contexts. Simply enter a year in the search bar at the top of the page, specify BC or AD, and click GO. The [...]