Teaching the iGeneration: what possibilities exist in and beyond the history classroom?

The development of communications technology in recent years has not only changed the ways in which students can access their world: it also changes the way they think about it. Sheldrake and Watkin draw here upon work that characterises the way in which the ‘iGeneration' think about the world around them, and suggest ways in which history teachers might call upon this when planning activities for their lessons... "