Teaching with Technology

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Entries Tagged as 'History'

Collaborative timelimes using Dipity.

June 12, 2008 · 2 Comments · Google Docs, History, Tools, Uncategorized

    This is simply a follow up post to show what my children have managed to produce using Dipity.   I’m really proud of the way that they’ve come such a long way in a short period of time.   The results are developing all the time. AIM: To produce a shared timeline of John Lennon’s [...]

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Google Docs (part 2.) including Dipity

May 20, 2008 · No Comments · Google Docs, History

We had a really successful few lessons recently using shared documents.   The children collaborated on a shared document to find out information about the life of John Lennon.  There was some fantastic stuff going on in the classroom and everyone was totally engaged.   There were of course still frustrating issues with bandwidth / speed but they [...]

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Google Docs in the Classroom

May 15, 2008 · 7 Comments · Google Docs, History

Inspired by Tom Barrett and his comprehensive blog on using Google docs I decided to have a go at my own project with my year 6 children. Aim To use Google docs to create a shared word document relating to our History topic which was post war history through the eyes of John Lennon. What Happened First [...]

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