A Dozen Ways to Incorporate Technology in the History Classroom

Teach 8 th grade American History at South Valley Jr. High in Liberty, Missouri

Adjunct faculty at Park University teaching graduate course “Technology for the Classroom”

Currently working on my doctorate at Walden University in Teacher Leadership

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You select which tools work best for you to do your job

Microblogging at 140 characters or less at a time

Build a network of peers Share resources and ideas Ask questions and answer questions

Add more features by using a third party application like TweetDeck

Finding teachers to follow is part luck and searching Once you find a respected teacher check and see who they follow

Missouri Teachers on Twitter

Video and audio chat

Skype allows you to create a two way video chat with another person via the Internet

Computer Internet Webcam Application

Take a virtual field trip

Interview an author

Collaborate with a peer

Select a webcam for both lens and microphone quality Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000

Make a picture from text

Create a visual of a speech Quickly identify themes and topics Great way to start examining a primary document

John Lennon – Lyrics to Imagine

President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

Star-Spangled Banner – All Four Verses

Creating a cool video, quickly

Add still pictures or video to create a “music video” type finished project Can add text and select from their music Educator account is free

Create an ad for President Lincoln in 1860 election Students can describe a concept or opinion Slideshow from pictures on field trip or project

Online picture sharing tool

Post your pictures online Can create sets, add descriptions, add notes, post them in blogs Can also search for pictures from others

Post images you take of historical places Find images others have posted of historical topics Add notes to the pictures you post

Screen capture video tool

Makes a video of everything you see on your screen Add a microphone and it captures sound as well Records at different levels of quality

Tutorials for tasks done repeatedly Create lessons for days when you are not in the classroom – or your students are not in the classroom

Access amazing content from experts and universities

Lectures from historians on variety of topics

Edit audio, any format, easy

Create a “StudyCast” to help students prepare for tests Projects and interviews – History Day for example Edit musical clips for a history class

View the world in a historical and statistical way like never before

Students can use the historical layer to see modern locations with historical lens Students can take historical tours already created by other teachers and classes

World War II Aerial Maps Showing Impact of Bombing

Street level view of the world

Take your classes to historical locations

Presentations from very smart people – less than 20 minutes

Introduce a topic for discussion Some great presentations on the impact of school lunch

Post your presentations online

Share notes with your students who are gone Students can share their presentations online Have a spare copy of your presentations as a backup

You select which tools work best for you to do your job

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Eric Langhorst 8 th Grade American History South Valley Jr. High School Liberty, Missouri [email_address] www.speakingofhistory.com Twitter : elanghorst Skype : elanghorst

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A Dozen Ways to Incorporate Technology in the History Classroom

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