Donnelyn Curtis knows what students like, and is getting them interested in history using historical Facebook profiles.
Joe Mcdonald and Leola Lewis, who have both been dead for over forty years, have entered the social media world to give students a look into the world of college life back in the day. Donnelyn Curtis created profiles for the two complete with pictures, relationship information, movies, music, favorite activities and even status updates. All of their photos are in black and white and look like photos grandfathers could easily fit into. Curtis believes that making these historical Facebook profiles will make history more fun for students, and plans to create another profile for a friend of Joe Mcdonald who dropped out of school to go work in the mines.
Don't be alarmed when you come across Abe Lincoln's Facebook profile, as he isn't back from the dead, but just there for a history lesson.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Historical Social Media Profiles
- Creating historical social media profiles for educational purposes can make history more engaging and relatable for students, presenting a disruptive innovation opportunity in the education sector.
- Personalized Educational Content
- Developing personalized and interactive educational content, such as historical Facebook profiles, can enhance student engagement and provide a disruptive innovation opportunity in the edtech industry.
- Blending History and Technology
- Blending historical content with modern technology, like creating social media profiles for historical figures, can provide a unique and immersive learning experience, presenting a disruptive innovation opportunity in the history education sector.
Where This Applies
- Education
- Implementing historical social media profiles in classrooms can revolutionize how history is taught, encouraging students to actively participate and connect with the subject matter, presenting a disruptive innovation opportunity in the education industry.
- Edtech
- Integrating personalized and interactive educational content, such as historical social media profiles, into digital learning platforms can enhance student engagement and provide a disruptive innovation opportunity in the edtech industry.
- History Education
- Using innovative approaches like blending history with technology, such as creating social media profiles for historical figures, can modernize history education, making it more captivating and relevant for students, presenting a disruptive innovation opportunity in the history education sector.
