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Neil Hokanson holds a bachelors degree in Education from the University of South Dakota (1993) and a masters degree in Education with a focus on Instructional Technology from the University of Wyoming (2006). Neil will begin his 21st year of working in public schools and taught in the public school system for 13 years at the middle and high school levels as a social studies teacher in South Dakota and Wyoming. He extensively integrated technology in his classrooms for several years and served as an instructor for many staff development courses and presentations in the districts he taught in. As a school technology specialist Neil has provided training, support, and assistance in helping educators integrate technology in all subject areas and grade levels. Neil served as the educational technology director for the North Platte Public Schools in Nebraska from 2007-2012. He moved back to the classroom in the Fall of 2012 and currently embeds Andorid tablets, a BYOD networking solution, and continues to create an extensive tutorial library at Hokanson's American History in his classroom. He is the proud husband of Dianna, a veteran speech-language pathologist, and father of 5 beautiful children: Hannah, Charlie, Ronan, Nicholas, and Heather.
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This site is a compilation of research documents, texts, and resources gathered along the journey to find ways to help people learn more effectively in an ever changing world. What is shared is not always new, neither will it always be the first place one may have come across it, but the information is presented as the author is introduced to the many forms of technology that exist and are created in this wonderful, fascinating universe! Citations and referring links will be honored to the best of the author’s ability. Please inform of any omissions so that they can be corrected immediately. Enjoy!
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"Out of clutter, find simplicity.
From discord, find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity."

-Albert Einstein

“The digital outcast is not somebody who doesn’t have access to the technologies; s/he is somebody who, after the access has been granted, fails to actualise the transformative potentials of technologies for the self or for others.”

-Nishant Shah, Research Director of the Centre for Internet and Society in India

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

-From the speech, “Citizenship in a Republic” (1910) by Theodore Roosevelt
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Reference to any products, services, hypertext link to the third parties or other information by trade name, trademark, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by me. Nor is an endorsement of me implied by such links. They are for convenience only, as an index in a public library.

Any information on this web site may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Furthermore, the information may change from time to time without any notice.

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Posts Tagged ‘History’

Infographic Projects

Posted: March 10, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: American History, History, infographic, Instructional Technology

I have had my students create infographic projects on World War II topics the past couple of weeks. Here is a link to the instructions and resources page Hokanson’s American History Infographic Project!

The history of Star Wars Ken Burns style…

Posted: December 18, 2015 in Just For Fun
Tags: History, Star Wars

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WWI Online Games…

Posted: December 14, 2015 in Educational Technology, Gaming, History, Instructional Technology
Tags: Education, Gaming, History, School, WWI

I have shared a few of these WWI online simulations and games before. Enjoy!

Trench Warfare Game

Over the Top (Canadian Perspective)

The Western Front Simulation

World War When?

The Red Baron 1918

“The Vietnam War Like You’ve Never Seen it Before…”

Posted: March 22, 2015 in Education, History, Learning, Social Studies, Teaching
Tags: Education, History, Learning, Social Studies, teaching, Vietnam

Interesting article at CNN.com on the propaganda art of the Vietnam War. Great teaching resource for this time period… (See link below)

Art of war: Propaganda posters paint a different picture of Vietnam