World History
As the December 23rd post from Ken about Google + states, there is more and more collaboration happening between teachers using this Google tool. (See the example embedded in that post made by Wallace of Wallace and Gromit.)
One such example of collaboration was when a ?Civil War Soldier? was whisked through time from December 13th, 1862 to December 13th, 2012, where he met with a class of High School students after his time travel, answered their questions, and added to their content understanding
Sometimes students pay more attention to a ?Show.? They hear more when occasionally someone else shares information. Think of the benefit to students of:
- Google Launches Art Talk Series
Google's Art project, which I wrote about last year, allows you to create your own art collection using their library of museums. For example, you could create a gallery for anything you're studying, like Hinduism, or Greece. Tonight, according...
- Getting More Out Of An Essay
One of the most frustrating exercises I have had as a teacher has been to get my non AP students to write essays. First off, I have to hear the line, "This isn't an English class." Secondly so many students simply do not write their essays,...
- Collaborate In Google Docs While In A Google+ Hangout
This video does a great job of going through all of the new parts of Google+ hangouts such as how to edit Google Docs, diagrams and doodles together with others in the hangout. If you have not heard of "hangouts" it allows you to meet with up to...
- Google + For Teachers
I hope you are going to be hearing a lot more about Google + as it might help teachers where Facebook has not. While Facebook is just a tremendous way that teachers could have kids talking about assignments after hours, most school systems ban...
- Presentation From Google Docs
We do a ton of collaboration at my school so I can tell you that I have added very little to the PowerPoint above. But I did upload it into the "Presentation" mode (Google's name for PowerPoint) and since I my district requires us to use Blackboard,...
World History
Google+ Hangouts In Action - World History
As the December 23rd post from Ken about Google + states, there is more and more collaboration happening between teachers using this Google tool. (See the example embedded in that post made by Wallace of Wallace and Gromit.)
One such example of collaboration was when a ?Civil War Soldier? was whisked through time from December 13th, 1862 to December 13th, 2012, where he met with a class of High School students after his time travel, answered their questions, and added to their content understanding
Sometimes students pay more attention to a ?Show.? They hear more when occasionally someone else shares information. Think of the benefit to students of:
- Having a member of a hunter-gatherer society visit with your classes
- Ask a Phoenician about their culture, and how they came up with the Alphabet
- Talk with someone from the early culture of Greece, China, Rome, or any other place being studied.
- Hear from a feudal lord or serf about what life is like for them
- Converse with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
- Listen to a trader working the commerce routes linking Europe with Asia and Africa
- Study the Reformation and Counter-reformation with John Wycliffe, John Calvin, Martin Luther, or an Inquisitor.......
- Sit in a room where the Molotov?Ribbentrop Pact is discussed and signed
- Hear from a simple member of The Hitler Youth
- Experience the story of a Holocaust Survivor, Liberator, Resistance Fighter, or even a Collaborationist
- Google Launches Art Talk Series
Google's Art project, which I wrote about last year, allows you to create your own art collection using their library of museums. For example, you could create a gallery for anything you're studying, like Hinduism, or Greece. Tonight, according...
- Getting More Out Of An Essay
One of the most frustrating exercises I have had as a teacher has been to get my non AP students to write essays. First off, I have to hear the line, "This isn't an English class." Secondly so many students simply do not write their essays,...
- Collaborate In Google Docs While In A Google+ Hangout
This video does a great job of going through all of the new parts of Google+ hangouts such as how to edit Google Docs, diagrams and doodles together with others in the hangout. If you have not heard of "hangouts" it allows you to meet with up to...
- Google + For Teachers
I hope you are going to be hearing a lot more about Google + as it might help teachers where Facebook has not. While Facebook is just a tremendous way that teachers could have kids talking about assignments after hours, most school systems ban...
- Presentation From Google Docs
We do a ton of collaboration at my school so I can tell you that I have added very little to the PowerPoint above. But I did upload it into the "Presentation" mode (Google's name for PowerPoint) and since I my district requires us to use Blackboard,...