Category: History Teaching

August 26, 2018 Island Teacher No comments exist

In his TED talk, Salman Khan talked about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula.  There is no doubt that Salman Khan spotted the potential of video for instruction and much more.  As a tourist destination for many years,…

November 4, 2017 Island Teacher No comments exist

Trying to fit History teaching pedagogy into small quotes is often problematic. I recently was confronted with this situation while reading a newspaper article. The piece, published in the Guardian Newspaper was written by British journalist Janet Street-Porter. For those not familiar with Ms. Porter, it would not be contentious…