Celebrate Digital Learning Day with USC Shoah Foundation
USC Shoah Foundation provides some of the tools that educators can choose to use on this day, or any other day in their classroom.
Let's Get Digital: Celebrating Digital Learning Day 2016
Happy Digital Learning Day! Led by Alliance for Excellent Education, the day is an effort to engage students and empower educators through effective use of digital tools. Educators, schools and organizations around the world will be sharing the power of using digital resources in the classroom.
IWitness Adds a Digital Book to Its Resource “Shelf”
IWitness users looking for secondary source material can now use keywords to search "The Holocaust and Other Genocides: An Introduction," the first digital book to be integrated into the IWitness platform.
Five IWitness Resources for Black History Month
Parks’ story is insightful, inspiring and a powerful education tool for discussing racism, intolerance and the Civil Rights Movement. IWitness includes Parks’ story and many other voices and resources that you could use in your classroom. Discover five resources from IWitness for discussing Black History Month and Civil Rights with your students.
IWitness Teacher Trainings and Presentations in Chicago
USC Shoah Foundation's Chicago Regional Consultant Brandon Barr has been busy introducing IWitness to educators in the Midwest.
New Hungarian-Language IWitness Activity Pilot-Tested in Budapest
A graduate of USC Shoah Foundation’s teacher training programs in Hungary is constructing and pilot-testing the first-ever original Hungarian-language IWitness activity.
New Book “Holocaust and Other Genocides” Launches in Prague
USC Shoah Foundation International Training Consultant Martin Šmok presented the new Czech version of the popular educational resource Holocaust and Other Genocides in Prague on January 13.
2016 IWitness Video Challenge Offers $10,000 in Scholarships and Prizes; Hones Students’ Digital Media Skills
Middle and high school students have the chance to win scholarships of up to $5,000 – and additional money for their educators and schools – by entering the third annual IWitness Video Challenge.
USC Shoah Foundation Announces 2016 IWitness Video Challenge That Offers $10,000 in Scholarships and Prizes; Hones Students’ Digital Media Skills
Kicking off this week, the challenge, which will award $10,000 in prizes overall, invites students to positively contribute to their communities, and submit short videos explaining the inspiration behind their actions and extraordinary impact. The IWitness Video Challenge is open to all secondary school students in the United States and Canada (except for Quebec) who attend public, private or home schools. Participants can access resources and submit entries at iwitness.usc.edu.
Facing History and Ourselves to Host IWitness Twitter Chat Jan. 13
The first IWitness Twitter chat for educators of 2016 will be hosted by Facing History and Ourselves, on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 4 p.m. PST/7 p.m. EST.