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This is an article I found regarding the use of pck to improve students understanding of history. It discusses the how novice teachers may lack pck and what they can look for in their pedagogy to improve students understanding and increase their own PCK.

Assessment 2

Although not necessary, it has been suggested that the context for assignment two is relevant to the upcoming professional experience placement. Thankfully, I already know where I am going and whic…

Website from the History Teachers' Association of Australia on how to teach history. Some good PCK here.

Another US-based site on teaching history

Assessment 2

5 different ways to help students produce fake facebook profiles etc. e.g. for historical/literary figures

A twitter account being used to "tweet" World-War 2.

some very early technology applied to learning

What would have happened if we had listened to these folk.  Will use a version of this in a lecture tomorrow.

Tallyn, my wife is currently studying for a big test, one that will take 5 or 6 hours. One of her biggest concerns is having to write with pen and paper for that long. Something she rarely does and knows will cause great pain in her hand. Let alone the pain caused to the marker by having to try and read my wife's handwriting. In 50 to 500 times there will be people laughing hard at us for thinking the ability to write with a pen was essential.

You can almost picture your grandchildren laughing at you for picking up a pen and paper to write your to do list can't you?? It is an exciting time we live in though:-)) Good luck to your wife.. she will need a hand massage after that sized written test..

Website created by a High School history class (or two) after discovering a suitcase at their school

Context: Year 4 History Content Description: The journey(s) of AT LEAST ONE world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and ...

I am desperately playing catch up with study (as per usual) and hoped to be in a much better place by now ahead of professional experience. Anyway here goes, I will continue to chip away at the mou...

In typical Horrible Histories format, the history of WW1 of life in the trenches is re-enacted with some interesting facts

A history/English teacher talking about how he uses Twitter in his classes.