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Our Place In History

Additional Resources

Technology in the Classroom

 

General Freeware Tools and Help

Gimp

Image manipulation software (like PhotoShop).

 

Google Earth

Extremely rich layered maps.

 

Multimedia Rubrics

University of Wisconsin-Stout's School of Education shares rubrics for assessing websites, movies, PowerPoint presentations, and more.

 

Visuwords

Online graphical dictionary.

 

Voicethread

Upload images and record audio to create multimedia slide shows.

 

Oral History Help

Audio File Converters

Olympus digital voice recorders record audio as .wav files - several companies offer free conversion software for both Windows and Mac.

Audacity

Switch

dBpoweramp (Windows only)

 

Express Scribe

Free transcription software with helpful features, such as variable speed playback and speech recognition, available for Windows or Mac.

 

Movie Making Help

Apple's Learning Exchange (Mac)

Examples of multimedia presentations for K-12 Social Studies.

 

Digital Documentary Resources

Suggestions and tips from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

 

iMovie Support and Tutorials (Mac)

Apple's iMovie site shares tutorials, troubleshooting, and forums.

 

Photo Story 3 (Windows)

User friendly Microsoft software for transforming digital photos into movies.

 

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Our Place in History is part of a nationwide Teaching American History federal grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement, Education Academic Improvement and Demonstration Programs Award #U215X060204.