A Dozen Ways to Incorporate Technology in the History ClassroomPresentation Transcript
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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