Faculty from the Global History Department – Geeta Jain, Yolanda Wilcox Gonzalez, and Rodney Yeoh – led an interactive workshop called The Anatomy of a Wired History Classroom at EduCon 2.7 in Philadelphia, a conference for educators committed to using technology pedagogically in an effort to enhance creativity, research skills, communication, collaboration, and inquiry-driven students.
The goal of the workshop was to dissect the wired history classroom experience and lay on display the “textbook-less” approach to using multiple perspectives, collaborative projects, and assessments. In doing so, the workshop highlighted practical tools that allow teachers and students to become designers, provided tips for classroom teachers wherever they may land on the technological spectrum, and gave concrete examples of how to make technology work for teachers, for students, and for the history classroom.
Workshop attendees were given an opportunity to play with the examples provided by our faculty, brainstorm ideas for how to implement the tools, and share ideas around best practices.