HS246 Multimedia History

In this course, students use digital-literacy tools and platforms to engage in and deliver historical content in exciting new ways. and digital material by academic and popular historians, public-history leaders and social-media influencers guide students in new modes of historical documentation and presentation, with attention to purpose, bias, and data-usage. Students create applied historical knowledge using cloud-based, digital-timeline/mapping, virtual tours, audio and screencast-based tools, and other platforms. Incorporating experiment, inquiry and time for play, students train digital lenses on episodes from the past and historic sites. In the process, they build valuable digital-literacy skills and personal agency as creators of historical content.