Technology in History Class

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This paper gives specific examples of how recent technological advances have been used by history teachers to enhance the way lessons are taught and information conveyed. The paper describes how history teachers have used the Internet, various desktop software, and computer games to stimulate their students and make classes more interesting. It then explains why this method of teaching history has proven more successful than traditional pedagogical methods.

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"In 1983 Howard Gardner, a Harvard University professor, introduced his theory of "multiple intelligences" (MI). His book Intelligence Reframed showed that intelligence is multi- rather than uni-dimensional. He said that teachers can have a much better understanding of how learning takes place when realizing that each student has a different combination of what he defined as seven different intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal and intra-personal. While all individuals have each of these intelligences, they differ in their respective profiles of intellectual strengths and weaknesses. "No intelligence is in and of itself artistic or non-artistic; rather, several intelligences can be put to aesthetic ends if individuals so desire," said Gardner. "

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