Historical Thinking in an Information Rich Environment: An Exploration of Eighth Grade Students’ Actions Locating and Analyzing Digital Historical Sources

Jonathan List

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 707–724

This study examines the influence of an information rich environment on middle school students’ engagement in a historical inquiry activity. Three bodies of research inform this study: Historical thinking, digital history and new literacies. This...

Lincoln Telegrams: An app for supporting historical inquiry

Jonathan List; John Lee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3281–3283

This demonstration will provide opportunities for educators and scholars to use the Lincoln Telegrams iPad app, as well as provide feedback regarding the app itself. We are looking forward to answering any questions related to the development of the ...

Using Minecraft to Encourage Critical Engagement of Geography Concepts

Jonathan List; Brent Bryant

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2384–2388

Much of the research surrounding technology in the Geography curriculum focuses on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geographic Positioning System (GPS) units. Studies have examined how these tools can benefit student learning, however GIS...

Topics: social studies education, Games & Simulations, Geospatial Education

Historical Thinking in Information Rich Environments: An Exploration of Eighth Grade Students' Actions Locating and Analyzing Digital Historical Sources

Jonathan S. List

(2012) pp. 1–185

This study uses a bounded case to investigate how students engage in historical inquiry using digital historical sources. Drawing on research and theory related to historical thinking, digital history and new literacies, this study explores how...

Developing Educational Ideas for and Within Minecraft

Jonathan List; Brent Bryan; Jaime Slawson; Tina Misner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1681–1683

Minecraft is a very popular multiplayer video game that has been integrated into a variety of educational settings. We propose to conduct a workshop during which participants will learn the basics of playing the game Minecraft as well as how to...

Topics: Games & Simulations

Teaching Social Studies with Video Games

Brad M. Maguth; Jonathan S. List; Matthew Wunderle

Social Studies Vol. 106, No. 1 (2015) pp. 32–36

Today's youth have grown up immersed in technology and are increasingly relying on video games to solve problems, engage socially, and find entertainment. Yet research and vignettes of teachers actually using video games to advance student...

The Efficacy of Haptic Simulations to Teach Students with Visual Impairments about Temperature and Pressure

M Gail Jones; Gina Childers; Brandon Emig; Joël Chevrier; Hong Tan; Vanessa Stevens; Jonathan List

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness Vol. 108, No. 1 (2014) pp. 55–61

Traditional science instruction is typically reliant on visual modes of learning, such as textbooks and graphs. Furthermore, since science instruction is often heavily dependent upon visual cues, students with visual impairment often do not have...

Using Mobile Learning Devices in a Rural Social Studies Classroom

Brent Bryant; Jamie Slawson; Cynthia Cowburn; Tina Misner; Tracy Weiss; Jonathan List

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4933–4936

Teachers from a rural school district have been working to develop successful lessons for use with mobile learning devices. These teachers will present context for their mobile learning initiative with special focus on how they have overcome...