Blog on the Synthesizing Mind: eduClipper

eduClipper is a great curating site that allows you to 'clip' websites and organize them into different clips and clipboard.  At first, it reminded me of pinterest.  It is a more educational friendly pinterest. I haven't been able to explore all of its features, but you can search the clips that have already been posted or you can create your own. There is also a collaboration feature where multiple users can work together on a specific clipboard. This can be used for teachers to gather websites for professional development, or to gather acceptable resources for students to use for a project or research paper. Students could also clip the websites themselves to use later.  The website also reminds me of diigo.com, albeit a more jazzed up version.  I like the user interface of eduClipper. It was visually stimulating, and I like how there is a website preview on the clip.  This website is definitly a great resource to bring different websites together on the same page.

I spend a great deal of time teaching the American Revolution each year.  I decided to curate this information so I could use it later on this year when I teach the Revolution unit. 

Pennsylvania Navy Rev War Infographic- I thought this was neat and I could use this to show how Pennsylvania was involved in the revolutionary war..

American Revolution Infographic- An infographic that illustrates various important facts about the American Revolution.  

Revolutionary War Videos history.com- This is a collection of short video clips from the history channel. I love (and own) many of these programs but this website has them organized into clips on the specific topics. 

History.com American Revolution Resource website- This history.com webpage lists various documents and articles on topics relating to the Revolution.

Revolutionary War Images- Collection of images that date back to the Revolutionary Period. These images are also great for teaching how to interpret and use primary sources

Revolutionary War Primary Sources by the Smithsonian. This lists various diaries, letters and documents that date back to the Revolutionary period. They can be used to teach the perspective of the various soldiers and founding fathers. (Also great for the Common Core)