2: Collaboration Project with @CenterStreet86 and her class

My school par­tic­i­pat­ed in a region­al project with 6 oth­er schools try­ing to come up with ideas to bring the world into the class­room oth­er than embark­ing on expen­sive study trips. Inspired by this, I blogged 5 ideas to for a con­nect­ed K12 edu­ca­tor class­room , and luck­i­ly Lau­ra Hansen, Seat­tle respond­ed to this: All sound awe­some!! … Con­tin­ue read­ing “2: Col­lab­o­ra­tion Project with @CenterStreet86 and her class”

Digital tools in the #history classroom

Pre­sen­ta­tion for ple­nary ses­sion on Coun­cil of Europe Bel­grade sem­i­nar, 29/10 2015 This is my first vis­it to Bel­grade so I hope there will be time to see the city. My name is Lars Hen­rik­sen and I have been teach­ing his­to­ry in upper sec­ondary school for 15 years. Over this peri­od of time, my use of text­books … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Dig­i­tal tools in the #his­to­ry classroom”

5 ideas for a #connected humanities #k12 classroom

I would like to con­nect my stu­dents with stu­dents in anoth­er coun­try. Maybe it does­n’t have to be very time-con­­sum­ing, if you start with very small assign­­ments- and then see what hap­pens. First, one should ask the stu­dents, what online social ice­break­er activ­i­ties to start with, when you meet new peo­ple online — maybe there should be … Con­tin­ue read­ing “5 ideas for a #con­nect­ed human­i­ties #k12 classroom”

Synthesis activities in the 21st century classroom

(This blog is inspired by a blog­post of my hon­oured tribe­mate Starr Sack­stein — you should real­ly go fol­low her) When you have worked your way through a nov­el with a class for weeks it is great to fin­ish off with some syn­the­sis activ­i­ties and pre­sen­ta­tions to real­ly let the sto­ry sink in. If you can find … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Syn­the­sis activ­i­ties in the 21st cen­tu­ry classroom”