Here are a few ways to use
images that promote interaction among students and allow the teacher to assess
student understanding. These activities can be done throughout a unit on a
classroom wall or an electronic wall. They can also be done as alternatives to
simple quizzes or a ticket out the door.
Like an Image
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Post an image or provide to
students and assign them a perspective. Students then choose to like an image
or not and explain their decision. A simple task that reveals their understanding.
Comment on an Image
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Students will comment on an image as they might on Facebook. The
student then chooses a perspective or historical figure and respond to this
imagine in their voice.
o
What would they say
about it on Facebook?
o
What would they think?
Post an Image
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Ask students to choose
a point of view. Offer them several images to select from. Have students explain why someone with this perspective or a
given historical figure would post this picture on his or her Facebook page.
Here
are examples from an American Revolution Unit completed on a wall in the
classroom.
Yes.
Students also created their own profile pics to use with this activity. In
class, I acted as the filter. Students were only given the chance to post their
comments after I had reviewed them.
There
were several advantages to this activity. My students enjoyed the activity, but
where also challenged by it. It required historical thinking. It was also easy to grade.
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