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**Tech Share Assignment - 10/30/11**
Mindy Izzo Online media: __**history.com**__

For the technology share assignment, I chose to use history.com as my piece of technology. I currently teach general education history, however I have several students with IEPs, and I have found that using history.com as a medium has been very helpful for all students, general education and special education alike. History.com is an interactive website founded by the history channel. It contains videos, images, interactives, articles, sound clips, games, TV shows and the list goes on. The best feature of history.com is that it is a free service available to anyone with Internet hookup.
 * BASICS**

Any and all students can benefit from this program. For example, I have used the site several times in search of primary source articles that vary in difficulty. I teach one class that has 12 students, 4 of which have an IEP for a learning disability, and one student is deaf. History.com allows students to see images and graphs come to life, and supplement from the standard lecture format. I am also able to pull up slideshow images as well. Students have also commented that they went on history.com when they got home as well. This is a huge benefit, because not only is the program free, it is very student friendly and accessible from home. Rather than looking through long, outdated videos in the library, one can use these videos to supplement the course material.
 * BENEFITS**

This program not only helps the general education student, but it greatly helps a student with a learning disability because it allows them to comprehend the material in several different ways. Many of my students are very “hands on” and have really enjoyed the interactive videos and visuals. The student who is deaf has told me the videos help because he doesn’t always hear all of the material (he has a cochlear implant), but the videos help him understand.

The major constraint is if you are using this program in front of the entire class, you will need internet connection as well as a projector. If the internet is not working, then your lesson could be affected. There are also short commercials before the videos, which could delay teaching (however they are no more than 30 seconds). Most of the material is geared for middle and high school students, so it may not be very affective for younger students.
 * CONSTRAINTS**


 * SNAPSHOT**
 * Interactives “WWII”** - []
 * Video “Ancient Greece – Acropolis”** - [|http://www.history.com/videos/the-acropolis-deconstructed#the-acropolis-deconstructed]
 * Photo gallery “slave trade”** - http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade
 * Audio clip “JFK’s inaugural address”** - [|http://www.history.com/audio/john-f-kennedys-inaugural-address#john-f-kennedys-inaugural-address]
 * Article “Italian Renaissance”** - http://www.history.com/topics/italian-renaissance