Archive for the ‘History Teachers’ Category

Raising the Profile of History in School: #historychat

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

#historychat is a live one-hour “chat” on Twitter inviting history teachers from all over the world to share ideas and resources which help to develop source analysis skills in the history classroom. #historychat is currently moderated by Russel Tarr in Europe and Bill Chapman in the USA. Bill is actively involved in #sschat, which has been a great success with Social Studies teachers in the United States.

Full details of upcoming Historychats can be found here.

The third #historychat was on “Raising the Profile of History in School” and the archive of the conversation can be found here.

Source Analysis Skills in History: #historychat

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

#historychat is a live one-hour “chat” on Twitter inviting history teachers from all over the world to share ideas and resources which help to develop source analysis skills in the history classroom. #historychat is currently moderated by Russel Tarr in Europe and Bill Chapman in the USA. Bill is actively involved in #sschat, which has been a great success with Social Studies teachers in the United States.

The third #historychat was on “Source Analysis Skills in History” and the archive of the conversation can be found here.

Full details of upcoming Historychats can be found here.

Cross-Curricular Projects through History – #historychat

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

#historychat is a live one-hour “chat” on Twitter inviting history teachers from all over the world to share ideas and resources which help to develop source analysis skills in the history classroom. #historychat is currently moderated by Russel Tarr in Europe and Bill Chapman in the USA. Bill is actively involved in #sschat, which has been a great success with Social Studies teachers in the United States.

The second #historychat was on “Cross-Curricular Projects through History” and the archive of the conversation can be found here.

#historychat on Twitter – Technology in the History Classroom

Friday, October 21st, 2011

#historychat is a live one-hour “chat” on Twitter inviting history teachers from all over the world to share ideas and resources which help to develop source analysis skills in the history classroom. #historychat is currently moderated by Russel Tarr in Europe and Bill Chapman in the USA. Bill is actively involved in #sschat, which has been a great success with Social Studies teachers in the United States.

The first #historychat was on “Technology in the History Classroom” and the archive of the conversation can be found here.

Full details of upcoming Historychats can be found here.

Full details of upcoming Historychats can be found here.

How to set up a QR Code Treasure Hunt

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

A QR-Code Treasure Hunt is a fun, simple way to get students using their mobile devices to continue learning outside of lesson time. Here’s how we set one up at the International School of Toulouse with some guidance on how to do the same with your own students using the QR Treasure Hunt Generator at ClassTools.net.

1st November 2011 – ActiveHistory Training Day, Bristol UK

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

I’ve just confirmed the date of my next CPD event for History Teachers – Tuesday 1st November 2011 in Bristol, UK. For full details and to book your place, follow this link!