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I looked at the website www.historyteacher.net. On the front page it has a variety of links to history teaching resources such as powerpoints. It has links to history in the making such as the Iraq War. I particularly like the section about why study history. It has links to various atlases, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. There are also links for ideas about oral projects and old magazine articles. This site has a plethora of useful links, even one specific for AP History classes.

They layout of the webpage is pretty simple. Down the middle are various tributes to people and links to government websites. On each side are more links. When the webmaster adds more links, they put a flashing "new" arrow beside them. The only downside is that it might take a bit to read all of the link titles to find exactly what you are looking for.

What I want to learn about the most in regards to technology is how to use photoshop. Because I am an artist, knowing how to do digital art can add to what I already do by hand. I can also use skills in photoshop to make my classes a bit more lively. I suppose my students would be able to appreciate photo-manipulation to make gag pictures that would add some fun to the class.

I have a book on photoshop that is pretty good. I just need to sit down and practice with it. I could also probably find a class in it. There are also tutorials available online and I have a few friends that know how to work with it.