Disrupted History

HISTORY ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE

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  • Building Historical Agency Through a 10-Week Plan

    This Teacher’s Journal: Blog Post 1 | January 24, 2025 Some early reflections at the outset of the teaching year; Some outlines of directions, based upon my literature review, that may lead to a refreshed historical pedagogy that infuses technology in order and works to develop student agency; An overview of a potential 10-Week unit Read more

  • This Online Reader’s Digest: January 20 – 24 2025

    Here’s Why Teachers Over 50 Are Leaving The Profession – And It Is Nothing To With Workload (Anna Browning); The Paradigm Shift of Teaching in the AI Era: Reflection on a Transformative Moment (Manuel Gentile, Giuseppe Città, Salvatore Perna and Mario Allegra); Why being forced to precisely follow a curriculum harms teachers and students (Cara Read more

  • Develop Student Skills in Using AI: A whole of school approach

    Students need guidance in how to best use Generative AI to support their learning. Teaching the teachers how to teach the students about the use of Generative AI is essential. This week was significant in our school’s ongoing journey to enhance teaching and learning through thoughtful integration of generative AI. In my role as AI Read more

  • Reimagining History

    Testing a Refreshed Pedagogy in Year 9 and 10. At its heart, a refreshed pedagogy for teaching history is, paradoxically, about more than teaching history; it’s about empowering students to act. A technology-infused, transformative approach to history allows students to see how their voices matter in shaping their communities and tackling global challenges. At a Read more

  • This Online Reader’s Digest: January 13 – 17 2025

    A reflection on three articles that caught my eye this week: A Crisis of Trust in the Classroom (Seth Bruggeman); ‘I’ve been a teacher for 20 years. Here’s why I’m not returning in 2025.’ (Anon.); Online educational populism and New Right 2.0 in Australia and England (Steven Watson & Naomi Barnes). A Crisis of Trust Read more

  • AI in Education: What’s Best Practice?

    Most educators are eager to identify ‘best practice’. For educators, finding an evidence-based source of best-practice is ‘gold’. Finding such sources are key to effective action in the classroom. Identifying the richest veins of gold matters. (Spoiler: This post will identify at least one vein of gold for you. Read on.) Using Generative AI to Read more

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