Five+Top+Tips+for+Using+ICT+-+History

Ways of using ICT in History - Use online video sites to present more interesting, direct information on a particular subject. - Use the same resource to show the factors affecting presentation, such as bias. This presents students with some knowledge of what to be aware of when viewing these programs or using historical sources. - Use a blog to communicate over the school Intranet to students when you find useful, worthwhile material. - Discussions forums in order to provide a way for students to communicate any difficulties they may be having with the subject. - A way to interest and involve students – History doesn’t have to be always copying notes from books! - Get the students to use the technology too – ask somebody to act as an operator or a scribe. - Smartboards: Video conferencing with other schools to share advice or material. - Instead of simply showing students a standard classroom map, show them an up-to-date, clear map of an historical area, such as Google Earth. - Using technology such as Google Earth, Youtube and video-conferencing //gets them thinking// – bounce ideas off each other – prepare an exercise while watching a presentation and work it through with them. -