Bit of Self-Promotion

Just wanted to boast  little - iHistory is quoted in “Reinventing Project-Based Learning”, a new book on technology and learning recently published in the US.

Australian History Summer School

I’ve been a bit absent on this site lately. The reason is that I’ve been working 2 jobs as I prepare to go on leave from teaching until the end of the year. Hopefully I’ll still post some history stuff this year.

The Australian History Summer School in Canberra almost didn’t happen due controversy surrounding its funding - but it was fun to present at, and I got lots of positive feedback.

Here is the recording that the Summer School made of my presentation. Have a listen.

Bushranger Melange Podcast

As a short assessment of our bushranger unit, I got my students to write (and not so short) summaries of different Australian bushrangers. Some of them you may have heard of…others are less well known.

Listen to the podcast.

HTAV Workshop 2007

I presented again at the HTAV annual conference. Last time there were about 60 people at my workshop - this time about 20…but I found people were more open to the idea of podcasting and were quicker to think of applications to their teaching.

Here’s the little podcast we made together!

Victoria Hill Trip

Tomorrow the class is going on a trip to Victoria Hill - hopefully more than last time will turn up! Victoria Hill is an old mining site - it hosts what was once the deepest shaft mine in the world as well as George Lansell’s first mine…he went on to make a mint out of gold.

The task sheet that I usually give them is too long for the hour that we’ll have. So here it is. If you want to listen to the podcast, go here.