Shaler teacher digitally links with Smithsonian

Thanks to being a highly successful “test subject” for the Smithsonian Institute, Tom Gray’s social studies classes are sort of a digitized time machine.

Gray, a middle school American History teacher in Shaler Area SD, Allegheny County, jumped at the opportunity during the 2015-16 school year to be one of the first to utilize the Institute’s new Smithsonian Learning Lab, www.learninglab.si.edu. It is a free online platform that gives teachers and students digital access to the Smithsonian’s vast historical collection.

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