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CHNM to Offer Free Online Course: "American History Digitized: Themes &Tools"
Developed with the assistance of the premier center for Digital History in the country, George Mason's Center for History and New Media, this American History survey promises to be unlike any other professional development experience in your career.
The theme of this year's course is Egalitarianism and Evolving Democracy, and it will survey 5 topics in U.S. History: Slavery, Immigration, Native Americans, Environmental history & Gender through this overarching lens. For each of those topics, the class's exploration and learning will be assisted by a noted expert in that field. Combining rich content and usable materials, each participant will be guided through new ways of examining history with the practical end product being a lesson that you will actually teach to your class and review with the other teachers in the ANUAH online course.
While the Internet can be a vast and obscure space in our personal and professional lives, another goal of this course is to help you re-form your relationship with that virtual space. Each unit of American History Digitized: Themes &Tools will not only cover important content but will also introduce (in a supportive environment) a powerful tool of 21st century communication useful in that study. Much of your work in each unit will be supported and directed towards mastering that 'new' tool: different websites, blogs, and wiki's will each be utilized in your learning. As noted above, because your final product will be a lesson that is actually taught in your classroom, you won't be learning technology simply as a student but using it as teacher.
This 3 credit, 500 level course, geared for a teacher's schedule, will run from October thru April and can be taken from the convenience of your home or school. It is available for FREE to all Alaskan teachers of American History, through the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement. Teaching can often feel (and be) a rather solitary practice; we do "it" every day but with little sense of a shared community along with us. Join us in this class and we will explore how 21st century digital tools can help enrich your teaching and enliven your professional relationships. For more information about this opportunity or to enroll in this course, contact ANUAH Network Director, John Trampush at Trampush_John@asdk12.org
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