Davina Hernandez
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Monday, April 17, 2017
Twitter
National Geographic @NatGeo
National Geographic is a twitter account that I feel is valuable to follow because it shows nature, animals, culture, politics, economics, war, and pretty much anything that has to do with humanity through the lens of a camera. There are articles on the past, the present and the future. The images and the articles are useful to use in a history class when, for example, talking about current events.
@HISTORY
BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking
To get my daily dose of news, I like to look at a variety of sources and following BBC is one of the sources that I look at for current events. This is easy to bring into a history classroom because one of the tasks assigned to history teachers is to help the students become good citizens. Looking at and talking about current events in the classroom causes the students to think critically about what is going on in the world today and form feelings and opinions on the issues.
Drunk History @drunkhistory
Drunk history is a show created by Comedy Central in which a famous person gets drunk and narrates a story about a historical event. The events are played out by famous actors. Although I am not sure if most of the tweets are appropriate to use in the classroom, a teacher would find it amusing and perhaps even learn something from it!
Iconic Sports Clips @SportsOfHistory
Iconic sports clips is a twitter account that shows you clips of videos of major sporting events that occured on that day in the past. If a teacher knows that her students enjoy sports, this is one way she can bring the student's interests into her history classroom. You can show the clip at the beginning of a class or incorporate it into a lesson plan. The kids will be engaged and hopefully understand that history can be interesting.
National Geographic @NatGeo
National Geographic is a twitter account that I feel is valuable to follow because it shows nature, animals, culture, politics, economics, war, and pretty much anything that has to do with humanity through the lens of a camera. There are articles on the past, the present and the future. The images and the articles are useful to use in a history class when, for example, talking about current events.
@HISTORY
Following the History channel on twitter is a great way to learn quick tidbits of current and historical events. Similar to the app mentioned in my previous blog, the history channel posts tweets called "this day in history" and give you fun facts about things that occured on this day in the past. For example, on April 16th, 1943 the effects of LSD were discovered and on April 15th 1947, Jakie Robinson became the first African American in the Major League Baseball.
BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking
To get my daily dose of news, I like to look at a variety of sources and following BBC is one of the sources that I look at for current events. This is easy to bring into a history classroom because one of the tasks assigned to history teachers is to help the students become good citizens. Looking at and talking about current events in the classroom causes the students to think critically about what is going on in the world today and form feelings and opinions on the issues.
Drunk History @drunkhistory
Drunk history is a show created by Comedy Central in which a famous person gets drunk and narrates a story about a historical event. The events are played out by famous actors. Although I am not sure if most of the tweets are appropriate to use in the classroom, a teacher would find it amusing and perhaps even learn something from it!
Iconic Sports Clips @SportsOfHistory
Iconic sports clips is a twitter account that shows you clips of videos of major sporting events that occured on that day in the past. If a teacher knows that her students enjoy sports, this is one way she can bring the student's interests into her history classroom. You can show the clip at the beginning of a class or incorporate it into a lesson plan. The kids will be engaged and hopefully understand that history can be interesting.
Sunday, April 16, 2017
My First Blog Post About Mobile Apps
History App Review and Twitter Assignment
Today In History
Compatibility: iOS 9.0 or later, works with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
If you are in your history class and you ever want to know major historical events that occured on that day, look no further than the Today In History application. The application is linked to Wikipedia and finds the major events that occured on that day . Here is the description of how the application works accrording to the website: http://appcrawlr.com/android/today-in-history-6#authors-description, "*Change the date by clicking on the calendar icon on the action bar. *Share events by holding an event down for a few seconds. *Switch between births, deaths, and events by hitting menu on your phone, or the menu key on the action bar. *Save dates to view when there is no internet connection by hitting the menu button, and clicking on save offline. Find an inaccurate event? Today in History displays the events on wikipedia, so if you feel there's a problem with a specific event, or you feel the date is wrong, submit your thoughts to the wikipedia page for the specific date. For example, if there's an event in April 21st that belongs in May 21st. Go to the wikipedia page for April 21 and submit your request to change the event's date." This application is fun and useful and can be used in the classroom in many ways. For example, you can use it as a hook at the beginning of the class to activate previous knowledge, build background knowledge, or to use it as a topic for a class discussion.
https://www.google.com/search?q=today+in+history+app&rlz=1C1SAVS_enUS534US534&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQ7f_MhKjTAhVqxYMKHYivBP0Q_AUICCgB&biw=1093&bih=510#imgrc=WYN7ymagZXwglM:
Relevance: 4 The app’s focus has a strong connection to the purpose for the app which is to give fast and easy access to some major historical events that occured on that day in previous years. The application is appropriate for a student who is looking for a historical timeline, a specific event on a specific day, or who is simply curious about things that happened in the past on that date.
Customization: 3 The app offers some flexibility to alter content in that if you find that a date is wrong, you can write to Wikipedia and subit your thoughts. If you are found to be right, the date will be changed. As far as altering the settings for students needs, you can adjust image and text sizes and choose if you want to receive notifications.
Feedback: 1 This is a list or a timeline of events so there is no way for the app to give you feedback on anything. However, if you had a question or needed to contact the support team an email is given.
Thinking skills: 2 This app facilitates the use of mostly lower order thinking skills like understanding and remembering events from the past. However it can be used in a history classroom to activate background knowledge that kids have on specific topics or can be used as a hook in the begining of a class to engage the students.
Usability: 3/4 This application is fairly simple and easy to navigate. However, I think it would be benificial for the teacher to show the students how to use the application the first time. The student would have to have access to a device that has iOS in order to use the application but the application itself is free.
Engagement: 3 Students will most likely find this app a welcome break from the textbook and would likely be intersted in at least one thing mentioned in the events of the date. However, I think a majority of the students would only use this application when directed to by the teacher.
Sharing: 1 No performance summary or student product is saved but you can send a link via text message or email that directs you to the page of the event you chose to share from the Today in History app.
Civil War Lite: History Challenge
Compatibility: iOS 7.1 and higher, works with iPhone and iPad
The Civil War Lite: History Challenge applicaton is a quiz designed by a college professor to test your knowledge on the Civil War. This application can be played individually or as a class and poses challenging and engaging questions about military actions and the political dynamics of the time. The quiz is in multiple choice form and encourages learning by giving the correct answers to any questions you may have gotten wrong. It also offers links to related texts that they sell on Amazon. This is a free application and a great assessment tool to utilize in a history classroom.
Photo Credit:
https://www.google.com/search?q=history+challenge+civil+war+lite+app&rlz=1C1SAVS_enUS534US534&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixtq2lnqjTAhVK9YMKHRgyCOsQ_AUICigD&biw=1093&bih=510#imgrc=gpFdiCoX-iEOLM:
Relevance: 4 The app’s focus has a strong
connection to the purpose for
the app which is to test yourself on your knowledge of the civil war, teach some of the history that you do not know, and direct you to related texts. The application is appropriate for high school students who are studying or have studied the civil war.
Customization: 1 This app offers no flexibility to meet
student needs. You cannot change the questions or alter anything on the app.
Feedback: 4 The student is provided feedback after answering each question. When you are correct it tells you so and offers a quote or a photograph of something related to the question. When you are incorrect, the application gives you the right answer.
Thinking Skills: 3 This application facilitates higher thinking by evaluating the different answers, tapping into your prior knowledge about the topic, andusing the process of elimination. The students can make connections when they learn the right answer after getting a question wrong. It can be used to assess the students knowledge on the civil war prior to learning about it or it can be used to assess what the students have learned after teaching the unit.
Usability: 4 The appliction is simple and straightforward .The student can easily launch and opporate the application independently.
Engagement: 3 This application is fun and engaging and is a great way for students to assess what they know and don't know about the civil war. Although some may use this at home to test themselves, most students would likely only use this application when it is being played in class.
Sharing: 1 This application is for assessing student learning using a multiple choice quiz and does not require the sharing of any information.
Twitter
National Geographic @NatGeo
National Geographic is a twitter account that I feel is valuable to follow because it shows nature, animals, culture, politics, economics, war, and pretty much anything that has to do with humanity through the lens of a camera. There are articles on the past, the present and the future. The images and the articles are useful to use in a history class when, for example, talking about current events.
@HISTORY
BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking
To get my daily dose of news, I like to look at a variety of sources and following BBC is one of the sources that I look at for current events. This is easy to bring into a history classroom because one of the tasks assigned to history teachers is to help the students become good citizens. Looking at and talking about current events in the classroom causes the students to think critically about what is going on in the world today and form feelings and opinions on the issues.
Drunk History @drunkhistory
Drunk history is a show created by Comedy Central in which a famous person gets drunk and narrates a story about a historical event. The events are played out by famous actors. Although I am not sure if most of the tweets are appropriate to use in the classroom, a teacher would find it amusing and perhaps even learn something from it!
Iconic Sports Clips @SportsOfHistory
Iconic sports clips is a twitter account that shows you clips of videos of major sporting events that occured on that day in the past. If a teacher knows that her students enjoy sports, this is one way she can bring the student's interests into her history classroom. You can show the clip at the beginning of a class or incorporate it into a lesson plan. The kids will be engaged and hopefully understand that history can be interesting.
National Geographic @NatGeo
National Geographic is a twitter account that I feel is valuable to follow because it shows nature, animals, culture, politics, economics, war, and pretty much anything that has to do with humanity through the lens of a camera. There are articles on the past, the present and the future. The images and the articles are useful to use in a history class when, for example, talking about current events.
@HISTORY
Following the History channel on twitter is a great way to learn quick tidbits of current and historical events. Similar to the app mentioned in my previous blog, the history channel posts tweets called "this day in history" and give you fun facts about things that occured on this day in the past. For example, on April 16th, 1943 the effects of LSD were discovered and on April 15th 1947, Jakie Robinson became the first African American in the Major League Baseball.
BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking
To get my daily dose of news, I like to look at a variety of sources and following BBC is one of the sources that I look at for current events. This is easy to bring into a history classroom because one of the tasks assigned to history teachers is to help the students become good citizens. Looking at and talking about current events in the classroom causes the students to think critically about what is going on in the world today and form feelings and opinions on the issues.
Drunk History @drunkhistory
Drunk history is a show created by Comedy Central in which a famous person gets drunk and narrates a story about a historical event. The events are played out by famous actors. Although I am not sure if most of the tweets are appropriate to use in the classroom, a teacher would find it amusing and perhaps even learn something from it!
Iconic Sports Clips @SportsOfHistory
Iconic sports clips is a twitter account that shows you clips of videos of major sporting events that occured on that day in the past. If a teacher knows that her students enjoy sports, this is one way she can bring the student's interests into her history classroom. You can show the clip at the beginning of a class or incorporate it into a lesson plan. The kids will be engaged and hopefully understand that history can be interesting.
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