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Experiencing the iPad

Over the past few months I have been using the iPad as a tool for digital history; the iPad has helped me a great deal. If you did not know, faculty of the Department of History are experimenting with iPads … Continue reading

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Zotero, a new organizational tool

Dan J. Cohen Ph.D. from George Mason has introduced a new tool for organizing historical resources during research. Cohen, a prominent scholar in the field of history, sought to find the answer to the problem of “historical abundance” in the … Continue reading

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Digital History Design Notable History Dept. Sites:

Here’s a look at what a few resource sites and universities are doing in terms of digital history… http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/ http://thatcamp.org/ http://www.stanford.edu/dept/history/home/index.html http://www.princeton.edu/history/ http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/

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Digital Teaching Organizational Tools

Here are some great tools for organizational digital resources.. http://www.zotero.org/ http://omeka.org/ http://scholarpress.net/ http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/timelines/

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Resources for history teachers

Teaching Resources: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ http://valley.lib.virginia.edu http://www.dhr.history.vt.edu/modules/us/index.html http://www.historyteacher.net/ http://www.ushistory.org/ http://www.besthistorysites.net/ http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true& http://free.ed.gov/ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/index.html#800 http://www.historycentral.com/ http://www.earlyamerica.com/ http://www.smithsoniansource.org/ http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/ http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.asp http://www.archives.gov/education/ http://www.history.com/games http://www.digitalvaults.org/ http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/primary.html http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.fed.pdf

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