This book explores the current use and potential of ICT in the secondary history curriculum, and offers sound theory and practical advice to help secondary history teachers use ICT effectively.

Key areas covered include:

• getting started in ICT and history
• short, medium and long-term planning
• using ICT to develop historical understanding and skills
• data handling in the history classroom
• ICT and maps
• integrating virtual resources with the real world of teaching and learning.

With contributions from leading...

This book explores the current use and potential of ICT in the secondary history curriculum, and offers sound theory and practical advice to help secondary history teachers use ICT effectively.

Key areas covered include:

• getting started in ICT and history
• short, medium and long-term planning
• using ICT to develop historical understanding and skills
• data handling in the history classroom
• ICT and maps
• integrating virtual resources with the real world of teaching and learning.

With contributions from leading...

Nearly all history teachers are interested in how new technology might be used to improve teaching and learning in history. However, not all history departments have had the time, expertise and guidance which would enable them to fully explore the wide range of ways in which ICT might help them to teach their subject more effectively.

This much-needed collection offers practical guidance and examples of the ways in which new technology can enhance pupil engagement in the subject, impact on knowledge retention, get pupils learning outside the history classroom, and help them to work...