The More Things Change. . . New Technologies and Old-School
Teaching
Dr. Patrick Murray-JohnWeb Developer and Assistant Research
ProfessorRoy Rosenzweig Center for History and New MediaGeorge
Mason University
Marymount UniversityMay 4, 2011
http://slidesha.re/techday2011
WE LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT OUR CLASSES AND OUR TEACHING, AND WE LIKE
TO BE HELPFUL
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WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND, ANALYZE, AND SYNTHESIZE
Understand, Analyze, Synthesize
SIMILE Exhibit
Omeka
Zotero
http://www.musicedmagic.com/Exhibit/composers.html
Understand, Analyze, Synthesize
SIMILE Exhibit
Omeka
Zotero
Remember that the purpose of an exhibit is to DIE:
* Describe the items in the exhibit * Interpret their meaning
and their place in the exhibit * Evaluate their importance and
explain why this exhibit matters
http://samplereality.com/gmu/portal/exhibits/show/industry/target
http://samplereality.com/gmu/hnrs353-2011/guidelines/the-portal-exhibit
Understand, Analyze, Synthesize
SIMILE Exhibit
Omeka
Zotero
https://www.zotero.org/groups/modelling_historical_events/items
WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO ORGANIZE AND COMMUNICATE
Organize and Communicate
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http://consumerism.umwblogs.org/
Organize and Communicate
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Omeka
http://csudigitalhumanities.org/exhibits/exhibits/show/interstate-highways/mobilization-of-cleveland
WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE
Know Where We Are
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8 (VIDEO)
Know Where We Are
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http://hist299.umwblogs.org
the act of hammering precedes the invention of the hammer
Witold Rybczynski, Taming the Tiger 1983 (218)
WE REFLECT ON OUR TEACHING TO IMPROVE IT
Alan Kay,"Computer Software", Scientific American, September
1984
Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful
enough to topple his world. To get the medium's magic to work for
one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy
