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WEB PORTALS AND SEARCH ENGINE DATABASES TEMPLATE

Name Professional
Website URL
of online resource Application
1 Practical Ed Tech https://practicaledtech.com/ 1. Personal
Professional
Development
opportunities and
camps

2. Technology
use ideas for the
classroom

3. Great for use

as a training tool
for in school
training.
2 Kathy Schrock’s https://www.ipads4teaching.net/ 1. Ideas and
ipads4teaching access to
applications to
use in your
classroom.

2. Wrokshops for
professional
Development.

3.Tutuorials that
explain step by
step how to use
basic features as
well as creational
tools.
3 Kathy Schrock’s http://blog.kathyschrock.net/ 1. Blogs posts
Kaffeeklatsch that opffer ideas
for tools to use
as well as ideas,
etc.

2. Links to
lessons and
resources for use
in the classroom.

3. Reviews of
technology and
technology
accessories.
4 Kath Schrock’s Guide https://www.schrockguide.net/ 1.Opportunities
to Everything for professional
development in
the field of
technology.
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2. Links to
articles and
information on
use of different
technologies for
the classroom.

3. Videos on
different types of
technology and
that shows what
they can do.
Introduces the
technology.
5 Free Technology For https://www.freetech4teachers.com/ 1. Tutorials on
teachers how to use
Google tools in
the classroom.

2. Links to
youtube
alternatives for
videos.

3. Professional
Development
opportunities.
6 Discovery Education https://www.discoveryeducation.com/solutions/social- 1. Access to
Social Studies studies-techbook/ engaging video
Techbook claps that can be
used for analysis
or as an attention
grabber at the
beginning of
class.

2. Primary and
Secondary
Source database
for use in gallery
walks and source
analysis.

3. Acces to
games that
students can use
to build thiking
skills and
solidify content
knowledge.
7 Stanford History https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-lessons 1. Provides
Education Group lessons and
curriculum that
can be used in
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the classroom in
whole group
lessons or online
individually.
With thses
lessons, students
learn how to
investigate
historical
questions.

2. Allows access
to published
magazines and
journals that
students can use
for writing
activities and
research.

3. Offers
different
assessment types
that require
critical thinking
skills. Teachers
can modify the
assessments or
choose from a
wide range of pre
made
assessments on
many topics.
8 World History http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/index.html 1. Videos that
Sources students can
watch and see
how historians
analyze
documents , how
they use sources,
what questions to
ask, and where to
get information.

2. A database of
wesites and a
review of their
usablility in the
classroom.
Teachers are
offered
suggestions on
how to use the
wesite to fit the
classroom.
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3. Intereactive
quizzes that can
be used in the
classroom called
“You can be the
Historian”. This
places students
in the shoes of
the historian and
they must think
critically to
assess the
sources.
9 Kahoot https://kahoot.com/ 1. Online access
to homework.

2. Interactive
single player
games for
student
assessment.

3. Online group
challenge games
for practice and
assessment of
whole group.
10 Children and Youth In http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/ 1. Provides
History lessons on World
History and the
part children
played. Allows
for teachers to
use lessons and
spend lesson
time creating and
more time
modifying the
lesson.

2. Has Primary
Sources on
children and
youth throughout
history. Guides
the student to
think critically of
sources.Teachers
can use these for
source analysis
lessons.

3. Offers a
database of
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online archives
and resources
with reviews of
their
effectiveness and
how they can be
used. Teachers
can find a
mul;titude of
resources for use
here.