helping students to think and communicate using visual media
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Picturing the past . Helping students to think and communicate using visual media. Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @ kenradical www.youtube.com/rgshistory. To whet your appetite here’s something Kiran produced earlier. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Helping students to think and communicate using visual media
Picturing the past
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
To whet your appetite here’s something Kiran produced earlier...
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
Why focus on visual media?
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
Why focus on visual media?
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
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text or narration
How can I use visual media with my students?
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
1. Narrative CreationIan Dawson: “One of the most important – and hardest things – for an A-Level student to do is
develop an overview of the content”
Sean Lang on narrative creation: “Every organising decision is a value judgement”
How can I use visual media with my students?
2. Historical EnquiryMore variables = greater thinking
Ian Dawson: “to work effectively on sense of period, it is essential to ask where it fits into the whole
process of ‘doing history’”
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
Time to experiment yourself…
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
tinyurl.com/picturethepast
What did you think?
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
What did my students say?
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory
Next moves….
Richard Kennett, Redland Green School, Bristol @kenradicalwww.youtube.com/rgshistory