This past weekend, I attended the various House Divided events and enjoyed the opportunity to participate in this historic experience that included the augmented reality tours, focus groups on the Washington Post Twitter Page and the lecture by David Blight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Saturday morning began with resources for teachers of the Civil War.\u00a0 Many of the lecture and focus groups provided valuable teaching resources for these educators.\u00a0 It also gave them new outlets to use in their lessons such as the Washington Post\u2019s American Civil War Page on Twitter.\u00a0 Some of the teachers did not know how to use Twitter, but they seemed very engaged in the activity.\u00a0 They were willing to learn and wanted to explore how Twitter could be used with maps, primary sources, and photos.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The augmented reality tours were a success and I found them enjoyable as well as informative.\u00a0 This type of tour was interactive and spurred interest, giving more depth than a normal tour.\u00a0 The video showed at the beginning added a nice touch to the presentation.\u00a0 It allowed people to obtain a basis for what they would see on the augmented reality tour, since it was raining outside.\u00a0 The teachers seemed pleased with all the activities and use of the new technology.\u00a0 This technology will be very valuable since students love to learn new activities instead of just reading textbooks and viewing PowerPoint presentations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Blight lecture was a perfect ending to the weekend.\u00a0 Blight was a very compelling speaker and I was interested in his point of view on memory of the Civil War, since we had read his article.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I believe the weekend was beneficial and that many teachers gained insight into creative ways of teaching the Civil War.\u00a0 Even though it rained, the augmented reality tour was successful and introduced people to the program as well as House Divided.\u00a0 Everyone involved in the preparation and presentation for this weekend should be proud of all the accomplishments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This past weekend, I attended the various House Divided events and enjoyed the opportunity to participate in this historic experience that included the augmented reality tours, focus groups on the Washington Post Twitter Page and the lecture by David Blight.\u00a0 … Continue reading