By combining the classes with both teachers present, these skills are emphasized and the students more easily understand the connections between the disciplines. In addition, the humanities approach leads to a much more integrated understanding of the material. These classes have been started to a large degree because of student interest. Technology is perhaps the hottest topic in education today, and we have spent a great deal of time in the History Department experimenting with its various applications, primarily the Internet. A number of our courses have changed in significant ways.
All history classes now use the Internet for research purposes.
For example, some students might use the World Wide Web as a resource for a specific paper, while others might learn about a topic by exploring specific web sites chosen by the teacher. History teacher Jim Masker and Bryony Schwartz '99. Some courses make more extensive use of the possibilities created by computer technology. Modern European History, a required course for sophomores, is conducted almost entirely on-line. All syllabi, all readings except the textbook, and numerous Internet assignments appear at the course's intranet site on CateNet.