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= Tradigital History = = =

= Introductions =

= What is Tradigital History? =
 * Traditional History Classrooms
 * Digital Classrooms
 * Tradigital -- A whole new way of thinking

President's Day

=Barriers= 229 responses to the question: What is your single greatest barrier to implementing technology?

=Geography=

Stat Planet ScribbleMaps Gapminder- KMLFactBook
 * Maps and Map Skills**
 * New York Times Immigration interactive map** - Learn about where various groups of immigrants came from
 * Google Maps Mania** - What happens when you combine maps and information

Travel IQ Challenge - Try to locate the places in this game. It gets more difficult as the game goes on Sheppard Software Geography Games - They also have other social studies materials Rethinking Schools Online - Try to see how many countries you can place on the map I like to Learn- Kids Geography Games: Purpose Games
 * Games**

=History:= National Park Service Web Rangers [|Flickr Creative Commons] Smithsonian Virtual Tour Faces of the Civil War

=Current Events= Today's Front Pages - Newspaper from pages from around the country and the world News Map- click on the country and retrieve a list of articles about that nation BBC NewsMap- Click on the marker and get the link to the story

=**Timelines**= XTimeline: Example of timeline about Lenin: Dipity - grabs items from other sites and compiles them on a timeline: Timetoast - create and share timelines: Hyperhistory History Tours

Follow Me Projects [|Patriot Pete] -- Learning about patriotism and famous American landmarks [|Civil War Sallie] -- Learning about places and things related to the American Civil War

Contact Me: j.beeghley(at)gmail.com http://www.jimbeeghley.com