I decided to create a website and use it as a presentation tool for a unit I recently wrote; requiring the students to research what their local area was like in the late 1800s. The unit was designed to provide the students with a range of perspectives on life in the 1800s in order to apply that information to a QCAT. I think this would be a fabulous method of displaying the students' research and creating a resource for other students in the local area and further abroad. It also rewards student achievement and provides the students with further ICT skills beyond the internet research. Descendants from local families could be interviewed with the interview being recorded as a podcast and embedded on the site. Aside from being a valuable source of information, this would help preserve the local history and bring the history 'alive' for the students. I also found some fabulous sites for creating timelines. This would be a wonderful graphic representation of the town's history and mark off significant events in a visual way. Copies of photographs depicting local scenes could be scanned and uploaded and the students could write their research up, ready for publishing. I am very excited about this technology. I had no idea you could create something so fabulous with, really, such little effort. I would love to give this a go for an authentic purpose!
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