Digital History for a Digital Generation

1. Digital History for a Digital Generation Author: William Ardern Curriculum Coordinator MacKillop Catholic College Warnervale NSW

2. “Do not confine children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” - Chinese proverb To put things into context “Our children…are the latest model of human being. Looking at the world of children is not looking backward at our own past – it’s looking ahead. They are our evolutionary future.” - Rushkoff (1999) Playing the Future. p.4

3. Who are the children of the digital age? MyPod Generation N-Gen e-Generation Generation D Generation V Loli-boomers Generation M Millennials

4. “Recent research suggests that most variance in performance between students is actually explained by differences between classes, rather that schools. The suggestion is that it is teachers, not schools, that make the difference in student learning.” Dr. Wayne Sawyer. UWS Research on HSC Successes (2002) An effective classroom is based on the development of a positive relationship between teacher and students. As the majority of teachers are from a previous generation, it is essential that they develop an awareness towards the values and aspirations of the generation that they attempt to teach.

17. Life’s essentials

18. Communication

19. Methodology & Pedagogy

20. When I was taught history at school in the 1970’s, emphasis was placed upon…. - Date - Place - Event - Historical facts - Test Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 48 BC teacher centred wrote learning disengagement

22. NCRELwww.ncrel.org The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) is a nonprofit organisation that is dedicated to helping schools and the students they serve reach their full potential.

23. Our children live in a global, digital world – a world transformed by technology and human ingenuity. enGauge 21st Century Skills provides a framework and platform for educators do adapt the curriculum to suite the learning styles for the children of the digital Age. The enGauge 21st Century Skills are a bridge to authentic and intellectually challenging work for students.

24. …”the ability to use digital technology, communications tools, and networks to access manage, integrate , evaluate and create information in order to function in a knowledge society.” Communication Technologies (ITC) Literacy panel. (2002). Digital Transformations: A framework for ICT Literacy. Princeton NJ Source: Jeremy Nightingale

25. “In effect, because technology makes the simple tasks easier, it places a greater burden on higher-level skills.” Communication Technologies (ITC) Literacy panel. (2002). Digital Transformations: A framework for ICT Literacy. Princeton NJ Castle Reconnaissance

26. “Information & communications technologies are raising the bar on the competencies needed to succeed in the 21st century.” 21st Century Literacy Summit. (2002,). 21st Century literacy in a convergent media world. p.6

27. “We are living in a new economy – powered by technology, fueled by information, and driven by knowledge.” U.S. Department of Labor. (1999). Futurework: Trends and challenges for work in the 21st Century. Washington, DC. P.1

28. Digital History A sample of topic areas

29. Digital History

30. NSW Board of Studies Stage 4 History Syllabus

31. Norman conquest activity Structure of feudal society – knights, church, peasant Life of a peasant – empathy task e journal activities Personalities: William I, Braveheart Life in a peasant village video Architecture - castles