Us historians are trying oh so hard to dust off our change mechanisms in our brains. We've been pushing the limits of our creativity by using Graphic Organizers and YouTube. We've been waiting for a pat on the back, commending us on our exploration with new teaching methods.
Meanwhile, there are new and better concept burgeoning by the second.
This website:
Teaching History With Technology
This website brings the idea of using technology not only in small doses, but to use technology as a Teaching Aid, a regular addition to teaching methods. The website writes, "The Internet is becoming an increasingly important source of information and young people are the likeliest users of the Internet with 97% of 12-18 years olds reporting Net use..." This is a statistic that many may know, but maybe a few more should pay attention to.
The website goes on to say, "Technology has the potential to change our students’ relationship to history and can facilitate engaging activities and research that would be difficult or impossible to create in a tech-free environment." Concepts that have been dreaded because of their complex and abstract content which is often difficult to portray.
It supplies educators with video tutorials, to help the sticky transitions from bulb-projectors and chalk bords to document projectors and teacher mutli-media centers.
It also includes links to how to make podcasts, wikis, webquests, chats, virtual tours, teaching online, virtual tours (or virtual field trips), and browserpoints.
If any of these terms seem new to you, maybe you should check out this website as well. Although this website does not provide many resources, it has extensive amounts of resources available for teachers to explore and to educate themselves on how to spice up their daily lessons plan.
I KNOW it is not an article, but I found it noteworthy, and very pertinent to our Technology Class.
Teaching History With Technology, 2009, The Center for Teaching History With Technology (http://thwt.org/index.html).
Nice insights into the art of teaching history with the help of modern technology.Really it will surely infuse more interest in the subject. Besdies it will further on make an interactive environment possible which is more conducive for learning to take place.
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