Week 6: Using Social Media as a Tool
“So Instagram seemed the perfect way for students to engage with historical and contemporary Catholic culture, and curate their own […]
The Role of The History Educator
“Students’ use of non-credible sources mirrors similar choices made by news outlets, political candidates, and by their friends and family […]
Distinguishing “Fake News”
“on average, people are inclined to believe false news at least 20% of the time. “ The article “How Your Brain […]
True or False, A Lesson on AUTHENTICITY
Article: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/166/oa_edited_volume/chapter/1127340 “Q: What happens when you teach students how to lie? A: They learn how to be historians.” The […]
Gaming in the Classroom
Article: https://www.societyforhistoryeducation.org/pdfs/M21_Spalding.pdf “To convince students that history is not just the memorization of a static past, they do not just […]
Wikipedia is (not) a Reliable Source
True Facts or False Facts—Which Are More Authentic? by T. Mills Kelly “When a reasonable source appears through such a […]
Gaming in the Classroom (Not Videogaming)
Game of Thrones and Gaming the History Classroom by Sarah M. Spalding “…the show essentially is set in a fantasy […]
Week 3 – The Importance of Proper Teaching
“In the wider public debates about what students ought to know about the past, it is content knowledge that most […]
Gaming in the classroom
“To do this, I have developed a historical game, which I have connected to the pop-culture hit, Game of Thrones. […]
A Digital Age Duty of the Academic Historian
“Our role as historians—whether we hold academic degrees in history or learned to practice public history on the job—ought to […]
