The History of Education

The History of Education

This is a great infographic that depicts the history of education

and edtech.  Have a look at the things that have NOT changed in 

hundreds of years compared to what has!

Click here for the original 1.7MB infographic

A History of classroom technology

A History of classroom technology

If I look at this, I can clearly remember my school getting its

first overhead projector.  What a marvel of technology during this time.

Of course things have moved forward from this time.

A great infographic!!

The History of the printing press

The History of the printing press

This is a really great infographic!!

Look at the history of printing from both the Chinese version and Gutenberg.

Very good!!

The mathematics of history

This is a great talk by Jean-Baptiste Michel.

It is a 4 and a half minute talk on how maths has analyzed history.

Very interesting!!

The most important developments in human history

The most important developments in human history

Have a look at these human developments.  Although we might not be using them, 

if it was not for the early developments we would not have access to the newer ones!!. 

Very interesting!!

Museum of Obsolete Objects

Museum of Obsolete Objects

For something a little different...

Here is 15 YouTube video clips about things that we used to have.

Some not so old and some very old.

I really liked the video above!!

Worst Jobs in History

Worst Jobs in History

The Worst Jobs in History is a series of three interactive learning experiences 

In The Worst Jobs in History students learn about the dirtiest, most dangerous, 

and tiring jobs in three time periods. 

The time periods are Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern.

In each activity in The Worst Jobs in History students read short descriptions of 

jobs and rank them according to how dirty, dangerous, or tiring they think that 

they are. After ranking the jobs students can take a short online quiz about what 

they read about the jobs. There is also the option to download a worksheet to use 

with the activities.

Very Cool!!

social media a history

social media a history

 

 

Click below for the original graphic.

This is really amazing.  Also a great starting point for so many

discussions that you could start in your class.

 

 

Catching Killer

Catching Killer

Catching Killers is a Smithsonian Channel production. 

The show examines (in sometimes gruesome detail)

 how science can be used to solve crime mysteries. 

The Catching Killers game asks players to try to 

catch a serial murderer on the loose. 

The murderer can be caught by generating leads, 

correctly following up on leads, and correctly 

analyzing evidence. Catching Killers is not something 

I would use with students younger than high school age. 

I say that not because the game is particularly gruesome

 in detail (it's not) but because some of the video clips

 that are on the rest of the site could be inappropriate

 for students younger than high school age.

CSI Web Adventures

CSI Web Adventures

Rice University partnered with CBS, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences,

 and the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History to produce educational web 

adventures based on the CSI television series. The web adventures are designed 

to teach students the process of forensic investigation and problem solving. 

There are five cases of increasing difficulty in the CSI web adventures. 

The web adventures are available in English, Spanish, and German. 

Very coo!!!

Office Timeline

Office Timeline

The aptly named Office Timeline is a free add-on for PowerPoint 2007 and 2010.
It helps you create attractive and clear timelines in just minutes.
The add-on fully integrates with PowerPoint and uses PowerPoint objects for simple editing.
Installing the add-on is easy. Just download the file and follow the instructions.
Note that the add-on may require additional software from Microsoft to run properly.
The add-on should download and install this software for you.

Very cool and easy to use!!

Primary Games Arena

Primary Games Arena

This is absolutely awesome.

ICT, Maths, Science, English, History, Geography ...

 You can also sort according to grade level as well.

Definitely worth a look!!

Interactive map of the Maya World

Interactive map of the Maya World

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted 

hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America.
Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended from
Chichén Itzá in the northern Yucatán to Copán,
about 400 miles to the south in modern-day Honduras.
Using an interactive map, visit 15 of the better-known Maya sites.

Inca and Conquistador soldiers

Inca and Conquistador soldiers

By the early 16th century, the Inca Empire had conquered hundreds of other chiefdoms.
Its warriors were formidable. So how did some 200 Spanish adventurers manage to take
down the mighty chiefdom? Part of the answer lies in the horses, iron, and steel the
Spanish had at their disposal.
See how Inca and conquistador soldiers differed in their dress and weaponry for battle.

Interactive Egypt

Interactive Egypt

With 360-degree and other imagery, walk around the Sphinx, enter the Great Pyramid, visit tombs and temples, and more. 

Very good

Egyptian section of the National Museum Scotland

Egypt

The Egyptian section of the National Museum Scotland has a
wonderful set of interactive resources and games that bring this
ancient culture to life...

Timemaps

Timemaps

This is a very cool site to look at time lines in history and what happened.

The TimeMap of World History combines history maps, timelines, and written historical
narrative to create a complete guide to world history

Teaching Videos

Teaching Videos

A collection of cross curricular videos for teachers to use in class.
The videos are sourced from many sites, including YouTube, Teacher.tv and many more.

This is really good!!

Timetoast

Timetoast

Timetoast is a place to create timelines that you can add to your blog or website.
You can create historical timelines of important events, or build a timeline of your own life.

Very easy to use!!

There is also a video on how to use Timetoast

dipity

dipity.com

Dipity is a free digital timeline website. Organize the web's content by date and time.
Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging
timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media,
location and timestamps.