Disrupted History

HISTORY ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE

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  • 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

  • Navigating AI-Ready (Take Home) Assessment: A Roadmap for Educators

    Last week’s EduTECH Australia conference in Melbourne gave many delegates an insight into the rapidly evolving landscape of education. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (#AI) is no longer a futuristic concept but a present reality. The ubiquity of Generative AI necessitates for teachers, school leaders, and education administrators a rethinking of traditional assessment methods. Studies… Read more

  • Early Iterations: Transforming Education with a GenAI study buddies: A Teacher’s Reflection

    The use of Generative AI has profoundly transformed the journey of learning within my history classroom since the beginning of the 2023 school year. Emergent digital technology – including GAI – is embedded within the subject-specific historical pedagogy that I apply in my classroom. Best practice historical pedagogy has always demanded more of teachers than… Read more

  • Early Iterations: “Soon is Now”: Three Simple Thinking Routines for Younger Students Using AI Chatbots.

    In a rapidly changing digital landscape, history’ teachers are challenged to guide students to transcend the mere performativity of “fact regurgitation”. Our students need to cultivate the critical thinking skills and digital literacy that are required of active citizens. In 1984, educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom introduced us to the concept of the “2 sigma problem.”… Read more

  • Early Iterations: Enhancing Student Engagement in History Education Through Digital Technology

    In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, the role of digital technology in enhancing student engagement and learning experiences cannot be overstated. As we venture into this blog post, we’ll canvas some thought-provoking studies that seek to reshape how we approach history education. Our focus? To empowering both educators and students by integrating pedagogical approaches and… Read more

  • Early Iterations: My New History Buddy and Me: Enhancing Historical Learning with Generative AI

    Let’s embark on a fascinating journey into the realm of AI-assisted learning in the history classroom. The launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022 as presented history teachers with an incredible opportunity to leverage the power of Generative AI (GAI) to enrich our students’ critical thinking, creativity, voice, and ethical awareness. This amazing technological tool… Read more

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