ABSTRACT
Given the number of recent publications on IT in history and the interest shown by software publishers, one could be forgiven for thinking that the presence of a computer in the history classroom has almost become commonplace. A survey as long ago as 1987 in Leicestershire schools had shown that pupils were using computers in history and humanities work in half the institutions visited [Baker, 1990:18-19]. Blow and Dickinson [1986] referred to surveys suggesting that the use of computers in history was growing rapidly. Certainly the proliferation of material has been considerable and there are now well over 200 computer programs designed for use with history pupils.
