This week, I choose to review "Photographing History: Achieving with Apps" off of the "One Best Thing" iBook list. Written by Cheryl Davis, it discusses how you can combine the power of photography with historic and archival primary source images. In this book, Davis talks about how teachers can empower students as historians, by using modern day technology like iPads to discover interesting things about the past. She talks about how students can use the camera app on any device, "to combine their inquiry and research with on location photography". There are even examples included inside of the book, of lessons and how teachers can implement them in their classrooms. She gives an example of "the New Deal in your neighborhood" and how the Works Progress Administration, created by the New Deal, left a legacy of public buildings in neighborhoods across the nation. During this lesson, students will research and learn about a Works Progress Administration site near them, and contribute to history while doing it. They are also encouraged to interview local historians or people involved at the site, and combine historic photos with their own. She even includes additional examples and apps that are relevant to projects like this, like ThingLink, Aurasma, and Bookry Widget. I would highly suggest for educators to read a couple of selections from the "One Best Thing" list, for they are a very short read, but contain a lot of great and relevant information about how to use technology in a classroom. (Did I mention that they are free?) :)