Wanted to share this PDF with you!  It contains 58 different ways to use document cameras in your classroom.

http://www.luidia.com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/58_Ways_Teachers_Doc_Cam.pdf

How do YOU use document cameras in your classroom?

Here is a wonderful opportunity for all Nebraska American History teachers in classes C & D schools (this is NOT just for ESU 2 schools).  Applications are due very soon even though they just got word of the grant award!  Read on for further information! (PDF info and Applications are at the bottom of this post!)

From Diane Wolfe at ESU 2-Norfolk:

Greetings,

It is with great pleasure that I announce that ESU #2 was awarded a 2010 Teaching American History Project.  I am attaching information about the project as well as a teacher application.  Please forward to your area American History teachers.  I am looking for public high school teachers in class C and D districts from anywhere in Nebraska.  There are two levels of participation.  The first level is for teachers seeking a master's degree.  The second level is a professional development level.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me through this e-mail or at 402-721-7710 ext. 220. 

Thank you for your assistance,

 
Diane Wolfe
Educational Service Unit #2
PO Box 649
Fremont, NE 68026
402-721-7710 ext. 220
402-721-7712

American History Teachers Grant ESU 2.pdf
American History Teacher Application.pdf

If you have a new teacher at your school that would like to be a part of our Social Studies Community here at ESU 10, have them log into this community (http://socstud.esu10.org) with their ODIE account!  That is IT! 

If they don't have an ODIE account, have them go to https://odie.esu10.org/accounts/NewAccountRequest.aspx.  There they can fill out the form requesting the account! 

Happy 2010-2011 School Year!

This looks like a fun project.  The project organizers want everyone to record their 24 hours to be shared with the entire world.  Find out more about the project at http://www.onedayonearth.org!

The following information is referring to the webinar tonight at 7PM that will let you find out more about the event.  There is also a link to go to the recording of this event:

Date:Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am (next day) GMT (international
times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed.
The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want
to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate,
please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support.
Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event
page. Event and Recording Page:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/92312

This fall we would like to continue the 2.0 curriculum meetings here at ESU 10.  We are planning to get Mr. Leon Stall to share with us his experiences as a House Fellow in Washington DC.  You can read more about his trip here in the Kearney Hub Article.

What else would you like to see/share/learn at the next Social Studies Teachers Meeting?  The date for this meeting has not been set yet but I am anticipating it will be late October/early November.  Use this as a place to discuss the topic or date with peers. Or send me an email, Deanna Stall, I would love to hear from you!

Wow!  Check this out!  Google has a new plug-in for their Google Earth product that takes you to the depths of the ocean in a kind of "street-view" format.  Here is the link to get the plug-in http://earth.google.com/ocean/showcase/#explore-oceans

If you don't have Google Earth already, this is a MUST HAVE for social studies teachers!  You can get Google Earth at this link: http://earth.google.com/  While the program is downloading, take some time to check out that web site.  there are lessons and other great Google Earth materials right there.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/04/12-resources-every-social-studies.html

Check it out!  Looks like eBay for education!  This is a new site so there aren't too many things here yet.  Might be worth a try if you are planning to spring clean!  http://www.hootofloot.com

Here is a free downloadable book on web-based projects for your classroom.  Check it out and share it with your colleagues!

http://www.ictineducation.org/free-stuff/

Recently I came across a couple of sites that I thought you might be interested in looking into more deeply.  The first one is one that I have mentioned before.  Shmoop is a fun web site with lots of great connections in history, literature and music.  March is Women's History Month so Shmoop has lined up some lessons just for this topic.  It is also the month of the Ides of March!  They have created a list of 7 Notorious Backstabbers that might be kind of fun for students.  Check it out!

Secondly, the National Parks have created a lesson on Roadside Attractions that you might find fun for your students.  they have also developed an interactive online program.  Sponsored by U.S. Regional Research and Education Networks, the National Park Service will present a free interactive online program series the week of April 14 for grades 3-12.  It requires access videoconferencing technology or it can ve viewed via live or archived web streams.  Events include:

• Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, NE
• Brown v Board National Historic Site, Topeka, KS
• Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Stanton, ND
• Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, Phillip, SD

Register for these National Park events online! Registration ends March 31, 2010! You can find the flyer for this event here! NPS Series flyer spr2010.pdf