tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14110331.post113712446314682596..comments2024-01-01T09:56:35.745-06:00Comments on Speaking of History...: Podcast #11 - The Discovery Educator Network InterviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14110331.post-1140580126967098852006-02-21T21:48:00.000-06:002006-02-21T21:48:00.000-06:00Eric:Our new website has launched! Check out the ...Eric:<BR/><BR/>Our new website has launched! Check out the new interactive Discovery Educator Community -- we've added a resource library where DEN members can upload and download resources for use in the classroom, interact on discussion boards, post notices about upcoming events and trainings, and read and create blogs.<BR/><BR/>We have been live for five days and already have over 1800 educators registered on the site!<BR/><BR/>Glad you are enjoying the Discovery Educator Network - we have had a great time building the community and are so lucky to have educators like yourself as members!<BR/><BR/>www.discoveryeducatornetwork.com<BR/><BR/>-Betsy Whalen<BR/> Discovery Educator NetworkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14110331.post-1137643129574804662006-01-18T21:58:00.000-06:002006-01-18T21:58:00.000-06:00Tadge Thanks so much for the great comment. I wil...Tadge<BR/> <BR/>Thanks so much for the great comment. I will work my way through these great links over the next couple of days. Thanks also for pointing me in the direction of your blogs. I have added them to the my blog roll on the Speaking of History page. I will check in and stay current with your topics. <BR/> <BR/>Thanks again and keep stopping by - I hope to be doing many more shows this spring.<BR/> <BR/>Eric LanghorstEric Langhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521377945238878862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14110331.post-1137634907316649722006-01-18T19:41:00.000-06:002006-01-18T19:41:00.000-06:00I wanted to drop some truly free info off at you d...I wanted to drop some truly free info off at you door step:)<BR/><BR/>The Library of Congress has a great digital collection.<BR/>http://www.loc.gov/<BR/><BR/>There are real documents from the South covering a significant amount of history. Great Civil war stuff!!!<BR/>http://docsouth.unc.edu/<BR/><BR/>Across the curriculum this has resources that look at everything, very popular with teachers that I work with.<BR/>http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx<BR/><BR/>Want to truly span the digital divide? If students can afford a high end system and Microsoft Office here is an Open Source project. Think about the impact it could make on society to enable every student to have access to basic computing essentials??<BR/>http://www.openoffice.org/<BR/><BR/>Can forget this, there are also GIS based systems from ESRI and NASA that are free! Teach about geography and social trends using this and true GIS Census data from the U.S. Census bureau.<BR/>http://earth.google.com/<BR/><BR/>Personally I look at any product Web site for tech integration ideas<BR/><BR/>More Primary source documents.<BR/>http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ <BR/><BR/>If you are looking for Open Source software (Free speech and free as in kittens) you can check out sourceforge for a great amount of tech savvy user products.<BR/><BR/>I hope this list helps. Check out two blogs I work on.<BR/><BR/>From Tadge O'Brien<BR/><BR/>Collaborative Work Blogs<BR/>http://edtechclass.blogspot.com/<BR/>http://technology-specialist.blogspot.com/Tadgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797874602542171391noreply@blogger.com