Using ICT in the Teaching of History
Transition Training Session 2
By Author: Terry Haydn. Web Editor: Simon Brown, published 15th March 2011
This is the second of 5 sessions arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transitions Project:
- Transition training session 1: Historical Enquiries & Interpretations
- Transition training session 2: Using ICT in the teaching of history
- Transition training session 3: Extended writing in history
- Transition training session 4: Joan of Arc - Saint, Witch or Warrior
- Transition training session 5: What makes good primary history?
Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum.
Using ICT in the Teaching of History
Dr. Haydn stressed that one of the roles of ICT in the history classroom is to develop pupils' information literacy - to make them more discerning about what they read and what they watch. This includes challenging the popular pupil perception that the internet is the fount of all truth and wisdom.