"Zoom In" to US History!
It is ( relatively ) easy to find ways to incorporate technology into STEM classes. But that's not always the case with other subjects. Needless to say, I was excited when I heard about "Zoom In" this morning via one of the list serves I am on. The basic idea is that it's a free online platform to support middle school US history teachers as students with awesome, high quality resources. I have posted the email from researcher Noah Goodman under the video below, which explains it a bit more. Here is a video from their YouTube channel to introduce you to the first component of their sequence, the Hook. " Zoom In is a free online platform that supports middle-school US history teachers and students as they dive into primary and secondary-source documents, collect textual evidence, and build understanding through writing. Through a grant from the Gates Foundation, the platform will launch to the public in Spring of 2015 with 18 lessons across the course o