Hstry's first pilot of their timelines in classrooms in the UK took place at Kingston Grammar School in June 2013. Here is the full report.

1. pilotofeducationproductat
KingstonGrammarSchool
28th June2013

2. SETTING
1952GREATSMOGOFLONDON
2classes
• 13yearsold
• 14-15yearsold
Onecomputerperstudent

3. GROUP1
14-15yearsold
80minuteclass

4. GROUP1-SCHEDULE
Video on projector (3 min)
Background information about
Great Smog by teacher
(10 min)
Timeline exploration and quiz
(30 min)
Discussion of timeline (10 min)
General questions about Great
Smog (10 min)
Discussion of questions
(10 min)
Survey (5 min)

5. GROUP2
13yearsold
45minuteclass

6. GROUP2-SCHEDULE
Video on projector (3 min)
Background information about
Great Smog by teacher
(5 min)
Timeline exploration and quiz
(15 min)
Discussion of timeline (7 min)
General questions about Great
Smog (5 min)
Discussion of questions
(5 min)
Survey (5 min)

10. SURVEYRESULTS
40completedsurveysbystudents
Encouragingresults
Students could relate to the
format
“It’s like Facebook” – a student
Students liked the interactivity
Majority thought it was better
than learning through
textbooks

11. SURVEYRESULTS
Pointsofimprovement
More social features
Comments
Hashtags
More multimedia
Video
Audio

12. Q1-HOWDOYOURATETHETIMELINE?
7.9outof10onAVERAGE
70%ofstudentsgave8ORMORE
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
%ofstudents
Rating

13. Q2–WASTHETIMELINEEASYTOUNDERSTAND?
NOSTUDENTthoughtitwasDIFFICULTor
VERYDIFFICULT

14. Q3–Howhelpfulwasthetimelinein
yourunderstandingoftheGreatSmog?
HELPFULfor98%ofstudents

15. Q4–Didyouhaveenoughtimetoread
throughthetimeline?
ManystudentsfelttheydidNOThave
enoughtime.

16. Q5–Whatpartoftheclassdidyouenjoy
themost?
TIMELINE,PICTURESandTEACHERarethemost
popular

17. Q6–Whatcouldbeincludedinthe
timelinetomakeitbetter?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Social features More multimedia Easier navigation Improvements
concerning content
More informal style
%ofstudents

18. Q6–Whatcouldbeincludedinthe
timelinetomakeitbetter?
More social features
Comments
Hashtags
Videos
More interactivity
Easier navigation of timeline
More informal style of writing

19. Q7-Doyouthinkthatreadingabouta
historicaleventinthisformatisbetter
orworsethanreadingatextbook?
88%thinktheformatisBETTER
Better
Worse
Neither

20. 90% found it more engaging
More interactive
Easier to relate to
First-person narrative
40% thought it improved their
learning
1 student missed more
descriptive texts
Q7-Doyouthinkthatreadingabouta
historicaleventinthisformatisbetter
orworsethanreadingatextbook?

21. TEACHERFEEDBACK
hstryshouldPATENTtheteachingmethod
Robert,KGSHistoryTeacher
“Fantastic tool, would be better if teachers could adapt the content.”
JulianDavies,KGSHeadofHistory
“The timeline was a success and my students enjoyed it.”
hstryshouldfollowtheNATIONALCURRICULUM

22. WHATWELEARNED
timelineinitselfwillNOTFULLYREPLACE
teaching
morequiz-typequestionsintimeline
possibilitiesofextendingtoothersubjects
Geography
Religious studies

23. CONCLUSION
the product we piloted has a lot of
POTENTIAL and its presence in classes
canbecomeaREALITY.