If I had the money...

Okay, if I had the money I would buy all of the books on this website, but I would especially buy this book, The Rutledge Atlas of Jewish History. Four thousand years of Jewish history...maps included. I am geeking out here. I spent a semester in Jerusalem and fell in love with both Jewish and Islamic history, so I have a small excuse for loving the idea of this book. Someday...when I have the money...sigh.

PLN

1. NHEC- Is the National History Education Clearinghouse. It has history content, practices, and materials listed for teachers. It gives collaborative ideas and reasons for using the sources it lists.

2. History Engine: Tools for Collaborative Education and Research- This is a database of historical synopsys along with sources that can be used to help teachers prepare for these lessons.

3. History Education- This is a blog that, much like the previous website gives synopsys of historical topics that can be used in the classroom. They stay current, for example, they have done a post concerning Black History month and citations posted at the end of the blogpost.

4. Free Technology for Teachers- This blog has free technology for teachers that an be given to students and integrated into classroom instruction.

5. A History Teacher- This is blog of a history teacher sharing her experiences teacher her students. It shares more of the personal and real life experience of teaching history.

Technology

Oh boy. That is about all that I have to say about technology. I have never been very technologically savvy; I still remember learning what the internet was, and using a search engine. That was in Junior High and not a whole lot has changed since. I do know how to use the internet, use a search engine, and have an e-mail account, but my most marketable computer skill might be that I can type fast. These next four months are definitely going to be a crash course in technology...woopie!