Ways to Use Youtube Videos in the Classroom
Ever had a youtube video of yours blocked in the classroom? For one, you can upload your videos to TeacherTube, but that won't solve your problem for other videos that aren't yours. Watch the video above as is it give you three sites which can a) allow you to copy and move any youtube video to another site very quickly so you can access it at school b) cut any youtube video down to just what you might want in the classroom c) create a storage area of your own where you can quickly copy and store videos from youtube. Thanks to "web20classroom" for the tweet that told me about this.

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50 Digital Sites in 60 Minutes
Thanks to Technology Tidbits for this amazing set of technology ideas. You can blow up the screen to view the slide show or click on anyone of the links to go to the different pages.

History of Religion in 90 Seconds

I've run this one before, but it is a super video and a nice way to review the spread of religion.

Review Sites
Here is everything you need to review for the AP or end of the year state exams. Please leave a message if you find other sites (Links are fiexed).

Outlines & Textbooks
AP Outline
Outline
Textbook - this is for early civ to Renaissance. It has a great search engine and is broken up nicely by topic. More on this in a later blog.

Quizzes - All of them have answers except the Regents one.
AP World Quizzes for each unit (and answers)
Bubbabrain - makes games out of questions
Cenage - broken up by topic
Course Notes - these are essay questions that would be help for the kids to do - possibly in groups
Glencoe Quizzes (third item down on the list)
Global Studies' Quizzes (lots and lots of them)
Interactive Map Review (questions are asked and the student has to locate the place on a map)
Map Quizzes - Early Civilization to the Renaissance
McDougal Littell - select your state and level of students, find your text and then you will be able to get the questions.
Pearson
Regents Exam - lots of questions -but no answers
School District Made - geared for the VA end of the year tests, but lots of questions by topic
School District Made - again geared for the VA end of the year tests
SparkNotes - this has notes, 45 question review quizzes for each section, detailed outlines, analysis, test questions, summaries.
Teacher Made - Early Civilizations - Renaissance
Teacher Made - Renaissance - Modern
Texas
World Civilizations (AP text) - select a chapter and the questions will be on the left.

Bridging World History

This site has videos, maps and more and is broken up into many themes. I actually wrote about it two years ago, but was reminded about it by @APWorldGuru

Roman Mummy Found in Egypt

We know that Alexander the Great took over Egypt, but this is pretty interesting that a Roman mummy has been found. Having just returned from Egypt a week ago, it is amazing that they are still digging up artifacts - even in downtown Luxor - under people's homes. More and a hat tip to A Blog About History .

New Improvements to Google Docs
Yes, I love Google Docs and am getting more and more into the cloud. These changes only want me to go further!

Make Your Own Google Search Stories
If you watched the Super Bowl, you probably saw the Google Ad. Now you can make your own. After VA's state exam, we will be doing a personal history on an immigrant in one's family. I like the kids to make a blog page, but I am toying with this Google story line to make a quick class demonstration. Above is mine for my father (or part of his story).

Geography Games

This site has a number of games that you can have your students do that will make sure they know their geography.

World Migrations
This has a number of short flash movies which show the major migrations in human history. There is also a tab to hit for more details in addition to a movie.

Huge Set of Tech Ed Links
This site has a huge number of educational tech links that are nicely organized into categories: blogs, collaborative online, digital storytelling, digital video, ipod, movie maker, photo story, podcasting, online polls, web based slide, shows/video, web 2.0 tools and wikis.

Ancillaries from Glencoe
Textbook companies still are sticking to their model of using pdfs (and mostly old ones) for sale to schools and giving their ancillaries away free. I wonder with more and more students going online and away from textbooks and the very high prices we pay for those books, how long this model will be viable. At any rate on this site you can get chapter summaries. quizzes and more.

World Civilization E-Book
This is a free book, complete with web links. It is a wonderful book that has the complete World Civilization text.

Smithsonian's Human Origins

This is quite a webpage of early human information and includes a great deal of pictures and explanations. It includes evidence, research, characterists, exhibits and more.

Flat Maps for the Classroom

I have to say "flat maps," since Google Maps are so great. But if you want to see traditional maps from every country in the world, you can go to Atlapedia. I found this site on Edgalaxy.

Twitter Contact List for Educators
Now that I have become a Twitter Disciple, I have been asked a lot, whom I follow. My simple answer is to look at my "kenhalla" feeds, but here is a link that I got today from MrTweet.com which has given me a long list of ed tech people to choose from. It feeds from my list and multiples it many times. It allows you to looks the Twitter Profile and then at several recent tweets to see if you like them. If you are new to Twitter, be assured that I like to follow people who can give me great links that will help me in the classsroom as opposed to knowing what people are doing.

Slave Trade Website

This site will allow you to expand beyond a few lines and a few pictures of the brutal slave trade. For example, here is a typical page that shows where the slaves were from, where they went, how many started (413) and how many made it there (374). There are also a lot of write-ups and ways to use the material to teach in class.

Paper Rater
Some of the teachers in my department are using Turnit.com this year which is a good way to catch students who have copied from other sources. However it works well AFTER the paper has been turned in. This site, however, allows students to turn in their papers BEFORE the teacher sees it. Number one, it tells the kids who has plagiarized. This is imporant for the kids who like to change just a few words rather than putting the information in their own words. But the site also tells a student about spelling and grammar mistakes (and yes so does Word and Google Docs) as well as telling them the level of their vocabulary and even if they should use different word choices. So I tried the site with some of my student's work and one nice thing it quickly showed was that the student had used the word "elite" three times in three sentences. When the student clicked on the word, it gave suggestions for new words. Finally the analysis ended up giving the level of vocabulary (average, above average, etc.). Thanks to FreeTech4Teachers for the tip.

Spark Notes
I wrote about Spark Notes about a year ago, but it has changed since then. It is a decent way for your students to quickly review before a test. It has a quick overview of every topic and review questions (some better than others).

Regents' Tests
If you ever want to supplement your own tests with good questions or give your students practice, here are the old New York Regents tests which are their cumulative exams given in June.