Tools+and+Sites

[|Stevko's Site] = = [|Lets go Sixers!] =Search= [|Sweet Search]: Websites approved by a team of librarians, teachers, and research experts

[|Kidrex]: Uses Google Safe Search and their own database of filtered websites

[|RefSeek]: Filters out the sponsored, paid, and advertising sites. Looks for sites academic in nature

[|FamHoo]: Kid Friendly and has a strong family filter

[|Wolfram Alpha]: Designed for computer questions especially involving numbers

[|Google Scholar]: Designed to search scholarly journals, court decisions and patent records. Also refers to the abstracts of books. =Blogs= [|Leading Change in Changing Times]: Constant updates on technology and technology use in the classroom

[|The Shanker Blog]: A blog honoring the American Federation of Teachers

[|Larry Ferlazzo]: Ferlazzo posts about new websites designed to engage students in the classroom. =toc= =Teacher Tools= [|ViewPure]: A useful site that eliminates the clutter when watching Youtube videos

[|Glogster]: Interactive poster-making website

[|Animoto]: A place to put pictures and music to create an unique movie-like presentation =Student Tools= [|YCP]: York College's website

[|Flaming Text]- create fun, and uplifting logos

[|Prezi]- powerpoint but better =RSS= [|History Tech]- An update of using technology in history class and interesting resources for teachers

[|Social Studies and History Teacher's Blog]- Legitimate resources for History Teachers' lesson plans

[|The History Teacher's Attic]- Interesting updates and posts about history, teachers and resources =Vietnam War= [|History.com]: This site has a brief overview of the war along with documentation of survivors, soldiers and impact of the war in America

[|The Vietnam Memorial]: This site is dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lives during the Vietnam War

[|Statistics]: Statistics about the Vietnam War

[|Viet Minh]: Clemson is a prestigious university. This site describes the Viet Minh's purposes, warfare, and positions entering the Vietnam War

[|Ho Chi Minh]: Time magazine is about news all over the world. This article is a biography of Ho Chi Minh and includes his values, uprising, and foreign relations

[|Domino Theory]: History.com is a site dedicated to history. This article reports of Eisenhower's famous Domino Theory speech

[|Agent Orange]: This website describes the statistic side of Agent Orange and the long term effects

[|Guerrilla Warfare]: This encyclopedia offers the main idea of guerrilla warfare and the history of it

[|Tet Offense]: A detailed explain of the Tet Offense that occurred in Vietnam

[|My Lai Massacre]: The complete coverage of the My Lai Massacre, the cover up and the investigation

[|Pentagon Papers]: A government archive of the Pentagon Papers released during the Vietnam War

[|Fall of Saigon]: Complete coverage of the Fall of Saigon and the statistics after the war =World War II= [|The WWII Memorial]: This site is dedicated to the fallen soldiers of of World War II

[|History.com]: Pictures, video, and interviews from soldiers and survivors from World War II

[|The History Place]:An extensive time line of the events leading up to and including World War II

At this day and age, technology has become apart of lives and recent generations are growing up with it. It found its way into classroom where teachers have obtained a new job, harness the potential of technology. There are so many possibilities to connect students using technology that ordinary pen, paper, and lectures cannot compare to. Keeping the students attention by interacting with technology is one of the most effective ways students can learn the material being presented. I know that as each year passed the advancement in technology are inevitable. Lets use them to our advantage and make the knowledge last a lifetime.