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Susan Boyle, historical knowledge & the Black Death

  • By Nick
  • 21 March, 2013
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One binary pairing we never seem to tire of in education is the knowledge/skills division. Lately, the prominence given to ‘knowledge’ has become fashionable in the media and as a … Continue Reading →


Using new technologies to enhance teaching and learning in History

  • By Nick
  • 30 December, 2012
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A brief update to publicise a book that I have contributed to and edited by Professor Terry Hadyn of UEA. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning in History (Routledge) is … Continue Reading →


‘Standing in the light’

  • By Nick
  • 16 December, 2012
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One of my colleagues pointed me in the direction of Martin Kettle’s article in the Guardian about the paucity of History teaching in schools. Kettle argues that because History teaching is … Continue Reading →


Conference Update #1

  • By Nick
  • 17 September, 2012
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I love good news especially when I know others (as well as myself) will benefit. This weekend I had two good pieces of news which I am really pleased to … Continue Reading →


SCVNGR Reflections

  • By Nick
  • 12 September, 2010
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I have been talking up the potential of SCVNGR since I first heard about it earlier this year as I thought it would provide a vehicle for games based learning … Continue Reading →


Travelling without maps (I)

  • By Nick
  • 11 July, 2010
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‘We could roll up the map of the Cold War and travel without maps for a while’ E P Thompson on the possibility of social groups affecting the Cold War … Continue Reading →


Visible learning and mobile devices

  • By Nick
  • 5 April, 2010
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You can tell I’m on holiday due to the number of blog posts written and today’s is something I have been turning over for a while. I intend to write, … Continue Reading →


2010 – The Year of the Monolith?

  • By Nick
  • 5 January, 2010
  • 3 Comments

iPod Touch – 2010 style After talking and thinking about how I would use mobile devices in the History classroom with a variety of people on Twitter and at Ed … Continue Reading →


Mobile devices, Megatron and the History classroom

  • By Nick
  • 22 December, 2009
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What I look like when homework is not handed in. Apparently. I have been thinking about using mobile devices in the classroom for a long time. Doug Belshaw and I … Continue Reading →


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