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History Teaching with Moodle 2

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History Teaching with Moodle 2

Overview of this book

Moodle is an open source virtual learning environment that is coming to be used in more and more schools worldwide. History and Moodle complement each other perfectly in terms of content and delivery. This book will show you how to set up tasks and activities that will enable your students to forge a greater understanding of complex issues, bringing History into the 21st century.History Teaching with Moodle 2 presents new and exciting ideas for the delivery of History content making use of tried-and-trusted methods of teaching the subject. By following a sample course, you will find it easy to transform your existing lesson plans into a Moodle course that will become even more efficient, attractive, and useful over time. Make the past come to life using a range of tasks and activities that can consolidate learning for some, enhance understanding for others, and enthuse all. Learn how to add an RSS feed to your home page to display daily 'On this day in history' posts. Create a one-minute quiz about how the Second World War began. Post video footage of a trip to a castle and set some questions for students in anticipation of their next visit. Set up a wiki so that student groups can create their own story about 'murder at a monastery'. Moodle's built-in features allow students to get a better grasp of historical concepts and will rejuvenate their interest in the subject.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Word clouds


A word cloud is a useful way of drawing students' attention to the vocabulary they will need to use within the course. Any means by which a teacher can get students to use the appropriate terminology in their work should not be ignored and a word cloud is an imaginative way of drawing their attention to the terms they should know about and how they should be spelled.

This point is especially relevant to candidates in external examinations. A good answer stands out if, for example, Josef Goebbels, the Third Reich's chief propagandist, and Tsar Nicholas II are referred to correctly. It indicates a measure of reading around the subject the candidate may have done in order to spell key terms correctly. It points to clear examples of a candidate's own knowledge if the terms are included in the answer but have not appeared in any sources on the paper. And it may tip the balance in a moderator's mind as he or she is deciding between a Level 2 or a Level 3 mark for a particular answer...