I am about to jump on a plane to Kuala Lumpur for IGCSE Global Perspectives workshop, so only a quick post this week.
Anzac Day dominated much of the week for Aussies, and I came across a photo from @gcnelson which reminded me I’d been at the Australian War Memorial for Anzac Day in 2013 (another PD opportunity/junket!) It is an incredible place.
Late afternoon in the cloisters. @AWMemorial Canberra. pic.twitter.com/RZg62eudCo
— Greg Nelson (@gcnelson) April 24, 2014
Greg is also worth a follow for some fabulous pictures around Canberra.
Still on WWI (there might be a bit of WWI this year!):
#ibdp #historyteacher #twitterstorians https://t.co/pFIvEkAvgg – technological innovations WWI
— Richard Royal (@richard_royal) April 25, 2014
Not a tweet, but I also found an excellent bibliography of the Vietnam War:
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/facultypages/edmoise/arvn.html - a few dead links, a few you need JSTOR access, but lots of good ones.
One that ‘TOK Teacher’ found (disclaimer: my Theory of Knowledge twitter account!) that quotes a study which claims handwritten note taking is more effective than laptops – we tend to analyse & paraphrase as we write by hand but many are quick enough typists to pretty much type every word without taking in the information.
Notes by hand give better conceptual understanding than typed transcriptions. http://t.co/YD2ofAYevv #ibtok #studyskills — TOK Teacher (@tokbits) April 25, 2014
A cheeky cartoon to finish – the importance of knowing the context of a place or event in understanding cartoons, not to mention the irreverence of cartoonists
“@Knightcartoons: Then the Royals went to the Rock, without George. This cartoon was knocked back by my editors! pic.twitter.com/ScuNjSgCu3”
— Antony (Tony) Walker (@tonywalker1) April 24, 2014