Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning in HistoryTerry Haydn Nearly all history teachers are interested in how new technology might be used to improve teaching and learning in history. However, not all history departments have had the time, expertise and guidance which would enable them to fully explore the wide range of ways in which ICT might help them to teach their subject more effectively. This much-needed collection offers practical guidance and examples of the ways in which new technology can enhance pupil engagement in the subject, impact on knowledge retention, get pupils learning outside the history classroom, and help them to work collaboratively using a range of Web 2.0 applications. The chapters, written by experienced practitioners and experts in the field of history education and ICT, explore topics such as:
Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning in History is essential reading for all trainee, newly qualified and experienced teachers of history. It addresses many of the problems, barriers and dangers which new technology can pose, but it also clearly explains and exemplifies the wide range of ways in which ICT can be used to radically improve the quality of pupils’ experience of learning history. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 What does it mean to be good at ICT as a history teacher? | 6 |
Getting learners to express themselves digitally | 29 |
Chapter 3 History wikis | 39 |
Chapter 4 Using discussion forums to support historical learning | 58 |
Chapter 5 Using blogs and podcasts in the history classroom | 73 |
Chapter 6 Documentary film making in the history classroom | 83 |
Chapter 7 We need to talk about PowerPoint | 95 |
Making the most of the Spartacus website | 115 |
ICT and motivation in the history classroom | 131 |
How social media can help meet the expectations of a new generation of learners | 143 |
Chapter 11 What can you do with an interactive whiteboard? | 152 |
Chapter 12 Tools for the tech savvy history teacher | 161 |
Chapter 13 History webquests | 171 |
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