Comments on: Intriguing World History Site Will Begin Soon http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/26/intriguing-world-history-site-will-begin-soon/ ...For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:30:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Visualize History » WorldHistory.com: an impostor in our midst http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/26/intriguing-world-history-site-will-begin-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-3982 Visualize History » WorldHistory.com: an impostor in our midst Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:30:55 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=2313#comment-3982 [...] people are using.  And talking about, too.  Tech Crunch wrote them up, which led to some teachers, authors, historians, and consultants to do the same.  It has also attracted a few people [...] [...] people are using.  And talking about, too.  Tech Crunch wrote them up, which led to some teachers, authors, historians, and consultants to do the same.  It has also attracted a few people [...]

]]> By: dmlagrone http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/26/intriguing-world-history-site-will-begin-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 dmlagrone Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:47:35 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=2313#comment-2996 I just previewed the demo site for the TechCrunch WorldHistory site. Wow! I can hardly wait until this is up and running. The inclusion of images is so important for kids. (I love other parts of it, too!) One example that I like to use to demonstrate to my pre-service teachers the importance of images in the classroom is to say the word "revolution" without any explanation. When we share our immediate ideas about that word, they are amazed that their peers have such a variety of first impressions, especially if some of them are not from the US. That really gets them thinking about class discussions and how mere words, either in text or verbal, can be so misleading and confusing to others. They are converts to the "visual brigade" quite quickly! I just previewed the demo site for the TechCrunch WorldHistory site. Wow! I can hardly wait until this is up and running. The inclusion of images is so important for kids. (I love other parts of it, too!)

One example that I like to use to demonstrate to my pre-service teachers the importance of images in the classroom is to say the word “revolution” without any explanation. When we share our immediate ideas about that word, they are amazed that their peers have such a variety of first impressions, especially if some of them are not from the US. That really gets them thinking about class discussions and how mere words, either in text or verbal, can be so misleading and confusing to others. They are converts to the “visual brigade” quite quickly!

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