a dozen applications for technology in the history classroom
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This presentation was given by Eric Langhorst at the 2010 MCSS Conference in St. Louis on February 19, 2010.www.speakingofhistory.com/historytechTRANSCRIPT
Teach 8th 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
www.speakingofhistory.com/historytech
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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 Langhorst8th Grade American HistorySouth Valley Jr. High School
Liberty, Missouri
Twitter : elanghorstSkype : elanghorst