Teach 8th grade American History at South Valley Jr. High in Liberty,

Missouri

Adjunct faculty at Park University teaching graduate course

“Technology for the Classroom”

Currently working on my doctorate at Walden University in

Teacher Leadership

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You select which tools work best for you to

do your job

Microblogging at 140 characters or less at a time

Build a network of peers

Share resources and ideas

Ask questions and answer questions

Add more features by using a third party application like TweetDeck

Finding teachers to follow is part luck and searching

Once you find a respected teacher check and see who they follow

Missouri Teachers on Twitter

Video and audio chat

Skype allows you to create a two way video chat with another

person via the Internet

Computer

Internet

Webcam

Application

Take a virtual field trip

Interview an author

Collaborate with a peer

Select a webcam for both lens and microphone quality

Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks

Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000

Make a picture from text

Create a visual of a speech

Quickly identify themes and topics

Great way to start examining a primary document

John Lennon – Lyrics to Imagine

President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

Star-Spangled Banner – All Four Verses

Creating a cool video, quickly

Add still pictures or video to create a “music video” type finished project

Can add text and select from their music

Educator account is free

Create an ad for President Lincoln in 1860 election

Students can describe a concept or opinion

Slideshow from pictures on field trip or project

Online picture sharing tool

Post your pictures online

Can create sets, add descriptions, add notes, post them in blogs

Can also search for pictures from others

Post images you take of historical places

Find images others have posted of historical topics

Add notes to the pictures you post

Screen capture video tool

Makes a video of everything you see on your screen

Add a microphone and it captures sound as well

Records at different levels of quality

Tutorials for tasks done repeatedly

Create lessons for days when you are not in the classroom – or your students are not in the classroom

Access amazing content from experts and universities

Lectures from historians on variety of topics

Edit audio, any format, easy

Create a “StudyCast” to help students prepare for tests

Projects and interviews – History Day for example

Edit musical clips for a history class

View the world in a historical and statistical way like never

before

Students can use the historical layer to see modern locations with historical lens

Students can take historical tours already created by other teachers and classes

World War II Aerial Maps Showing Impact of Bombing

Street level view of the world

Take your classes to historical locations

Presentations from very smart people – less than 20 minutes

Introduce a topic for discussion

Some great presentations on the impact of school lunch

Post your presentations online

Share notes with your students who are gone

Students can share their presentations online

Have a spare copy of your presentations as a backup

You select which tools work best for you to

do your job

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Eric Langhorst8th Grade American HistorySouth Valley Jr. High School

Liberty, Missouri

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