Taylor Hamblin

History Forge provides resources to teachers, students, and interested individuals who wish to research and create historical projects.

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#engsschat A3-Well I teach adults so I do not necessarily recommend this for secondary ed. but my graduating teachers and I enjoyed an adult beverage over zoom. Cheers!

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

@RoehriSStudies @Mr_Rablin #engsschat I really hope using zoom has taught teachers that guest speakers are never too far away to put into the classroom!

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

@RoehriSStudies #engsschat My best friend wrote a letter to everyone one of her 6th graders. The amount of responses she received back was touching.

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#engsschat Being a good online teacher is similar to in-person teaching. Use inquiry- and problem- based learning to allow students to be the driving force behind their own learning. Continue to be your daring and goofy self (film if possible). Do not overuse worksheets...

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

@RoehriSStudies #engsschat write letters, film yourself giving them nuggets of advice, make phone calls, write emails. Do not be afraid to be an adult in their lives that gives them a positive impact. I have heard of too many teachers who are afraid to reach out to their kids.

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#engsschat A1-Something I found that was better was getting more collaboration to happen between teachers. There was definitely a sense of camaraderie and teachers were more likely to work on projects together than go it alone.

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

@Steph_Sukow #engsschat If only I were still that young to be a pre-service teacher :)

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#engsschat Hello! My name is Taylor Hamblin and I teach pre-service social studies educators at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Looking forward to tonight's chat.

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat I agree with "keep it simple." I do not think elementary school students need to be mastering citation format, and middle school students should only be doing it if they are entering into research competitions.

[Robin Pulido 🟧 @rpulido721]

@MrRoughton @forginghistory Especially for web sites. Half of the MLA & APA requirements aren’t consistent from website to website. The only things that are: name of website, URL, & date you accessed it. Keep it simple.

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat It depends on what you are going for. If students are completing research project like National History Day, then knowledge of citations is important. We want ensure that the information is retrievable since that prevents plagiarism and validity.

[Kevin Roughton @MrRoughton]

@forginghistory Is teaching the citations the problem or is it finally time that we reconsider the formatting and purpose of citations? (I vote the latter. Google exists now.) #sschat

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat I recommended that parents get games that could be simple to learn, but focused on historical information. A very simple game was Freck! https://t.co/mLjX9SxEjP

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat citations will be the bane of my existence for the rest of my life. I do think there are ways to being game logic to citation lessons. A simple one would be to let students find mistakes of their peers (1pt), and give them a correction (2pt).

[Jay Peledge @PeledgeJay]

@forginghistory If I can find a game that helps kids get better at citations to prep for @NationalHistory I might just be done prepping for life 😂 #sschat

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

@StudentsHistory Do you have some resources to share?

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat I have never gotten deeply into games in learning mostly bc I used other PBLs (NHD, Mock Senate). I know they work well, but I have always found that pieces of them work better in the overall flow of my classroom.

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat I heard an educator once call projects like this "vanity projects." They might look fun and cute on instagram, but we as educators must help students know that what they are learning is relevant and useful.

[Chris Hitchcock 🌍📚 @CHitch94]

This reminds me of @cultofpedagogy blog post about the Grecian urn lessons where students may be having fun but the activity doesn't really relate to content or learning. https://t.co/43YNgo3UR1 #sschat

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat I don't how many times a teacher has played Oregon Trail with their students for the simple reason that it was based on western expansion, but I have a hunch it is a lot.

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat I agree that students do not need to know they are being assessed. Teachers can observe students and tell them later on what they observed. These observations should help lead students to some form of mastery, otherwise there is little point in the activity.

[David Olson @davidjohnolson]

@forginghistory I don't think students always need to know they are being assessed while playing a game. Sometime, it's great to play, and have students figure out the lessons later.
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[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat ensuring that students believe there is only one correct answer, and simplified grading.

[iCivics @icivics]

Love this. Any takers? #sschat

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat A1- I will follow up my earlier comment that games are only useful if they are being assessed, or students are becoming masters of content and skills through the game. We must be careful to not let games runaway with the curriculum but have it partner with our objectives

[Taylor Hamblin @forginghistory]

#sschat A1-Games are great ways to get students motivated to earn, win, or accomplish something. Gamification is all about creating objectives and acquiring them. There are also wonderful elements of creativity that go in fulfilling a purpose in the game.