I was looking on Richard Byrne’s website to see what he thought of Prezi after our workshop presentation on Prezi. Just interested to see what else might be out there. Richard actually had a link to an online resource called Tools for 21st Century Teachers. In it, Michael Zimmer lists several free online tools that teachers can use. Prezi was included in that list, along with another type of online free presentation program called AHEAD. The one feature of AHEAD that was different from Prezi that I liked was the ability to create layers like Adobe Photoshop. That way you can work on one layer at a time, see what is on each layer, and move layers to the front or the back.
When I returned to the home page an Historic Map Resource caught my eye. Richard Byrne noted that Google Earth has David Rumsey historical maps collection, but there is also Historic Maps Works which is an online collection of hundreds of historical maps. I thought this would be a great resource for the social studies teachers in my cohort, along with those of us who provide historical literacy lessons.
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