jueves, 20 de diciembre de 2001

#books #computing | History.edu : essays on teaching with technology

History.edu : essays on teaching with technology / Dennis A. Trinkle, Scott A. Merriman editors.
M. E. Sharpe, Armonk (New York) [etc.] : 2001.
XVIII, 266 p. : il.
ISBN 0765605503
Materias:
Biblioteca Sbc Investigación 37.02:93/99 HIS


Teaching history using the Internet might sound like an oxymoron, but, as Trinkle and Merriman show in this work, the two go hand in hand. The team that coauthored The History Highway 2000 earlier this year provides a series of short essays, authored by those in the field, on how technology can be used to teach history. Covering all levels of education, the editors provide examples of how this has been done successfully in the past few years. Everyone agrees that, in the near future, all courses taught will somehow incorporate technology. As with any new method, if technology is not used properly, it can hinder rather than help educators in reaching their educational objectives. But the advantages to using technology clearly appear to outweigh the disadvantages. The Internet is a part of the world's culture and, as net-newspapers appear daily with no paper counterpart, it's becoming a primary historical source itself. The timely issues discussed here will certainly appeal to educators, so academic and large public libraries should add this to their education collections. The book would actually be a good addition to all collections, but its high cost may deter some libraries from purchasing it.

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