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Presented by:Presented by:Amy Bozza, Ed.M.Amy Bozza, Ed.M.

Frelinghuysen Middle SchoolFrelinghuysen Middle SchoolMorristown, New JerseyMorristown, New Jersey

NCSS Guidelines for Technology in the Social Studies Classroomhttp://www.socialstudies.org/positions/technologyThe NCSS has created guidelines for Social Studies educators

with regards to the purpose of utilizing technology in a social studies classroom.

GUIDELINE CATEGORIES Technology Operations and Concepts Planning and Designing Learning Environments and

Experiences Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum Assessment and Evaluation Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues

CAUTION!!!

Social Studies educators need to be careful that technology is not being used simply to say that a lesson involved technology.

Having students type a paper in Microsoft Word is no longer an infusion of technology in a classroom.

Technology should be added only when it can extend the lesson in a meaningful way.

Beyond Power Point

Use technology to show how we remember the people who have gone before.

Beyond Power Beyond Power PointPoint

Use technology to make a large world smaller.

Beyond Power Point

Use technology to make history come alive!

Beyond Power Point

Warning!

Unpopular Idea Ahead!

Beyond Power Point

Trash the Text!

Google EarthGoogle Earth

Can be used to:

•Give guided tours of important places within a location

•Teach map skills

•Teach geography skills

•Give students a better understanding of where everything on Earth is located

www.Flickr.com

SimulationsSimulations

What makes a strong simulation?Students take on a “real life” characterStudents are required to behave in a

manner almost identical to how the actual “person” would have behaved

There are penalties for not making correct choices and students are told how these choices would have affected that character

Online Simulations The Luddites Simulationhttp://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/Luddites/The%20Luddites.htm Settle the Jamestown Colonyhttp://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/ Salem Witch Trial Simulationhttp://www3.nationalgeographic.com/salem/

Simulation Games

Sid Meier’s Civilization-strategy game

-build an empire from scratch, starting in 4,000 BC with one settler to building the first city, turning into an explorer or warrior-expand your empire while competing against rivals while using geography and technological development-engage in military and political meetings with other nations – establish diplomatic relations and explore maps-plan city construction and scientific progress

Simulation Games

Age of Empires: Rise of Rome-students play and try to build Rome as they experience historical moments

With all simulation games, aside from just playing the games, let students find the historical errors

Geography Review and Discovery

• http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/geogame/

• http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/

• http://www.gsn.org/GSH/project/gg/

Cell Phones in Social Studies

Be willing to accept a different type of product.

Camera PhonesImmediate pollingRingtones with historical jinglesResearch by dialing Google (Text 466453

with your question and they’ll respond within seconds to minutes)

Cell Phones in Social Studies

Check district policy and get permission from Superintendent or Principal

Permission forms should go home to inform parents

Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education by Liz Kolb (published by International Society for Technology in Education)Gives lesson plans, templates for permission forms, and

many rationales and ideas for using cell phones in the classroom.

iPods in Social Studies

Accept a different type of product!

Kids can make a podcast for you!

Go to iTunes and find podcasts on your content and share with kids.

WebquestsWebquests

Webquest.orgWebquest.orghttp://webquest.org/index.php

Gives Curriculum Matrix for easier Gives Curriculum Matrix for easier searchessearches

Has a forum for online discussion Has a forum for online discussion about webquestsabout webquests

Has a Yahoo Group for further Has a Yahoo Group for further discussiondiscussion

Online Streaming Video

Provides educators a way to show the important pieces of a lesson without subjecting students to an entire video, more than half of which may not be relevant.

Free Sites http://www.teachertube.com http://www.youtube.com http://www.video.google.com http://www.blip.tv

Requires Membership (Fee) http://unitedstreaming.com

Beware of copyright issues – Read Terms of Agreements

Virtual Field TripsVirtual Field Trips

http://www.projectexplorer.org

Units available on the web are presented in the form of a virtual field trip, and provide students and teachers access to places and people most tourists or school groups would never get to see.

In addition to the FREE content available to view, including photos, video and journal entries from the Explorers, by registering on the site, teachers gain access to lesson plans to incorporate with the web-based materials.

Primary Sources

The National Archiveshttp://www.archives.gov/education/index.html

American Memory (Library of Congress)http://memory.loc.gov/

EuroDocs (Digital Primary European Documents)http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/

Making of America (Antebellum – Reconstruction)http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/

New York Public Library Digital Library Collection(searchable databases, online exhibitions, text, etc.)

http://www.nypl.org/digital/

Digital HistoryDigital History

Virginia Center for Digital HistoryVirginia Center for Digital History

http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/index.php?page=Projectsindex.php?page=Projects

Their mission is to develop high-Their mission is to develop high-quality, well-researched and reliable quality, well-researched and reliable historical materials for the internet historical materials for the internet and make them accessible to the and make them accessible to the public.public.

Personal Websites and BlogsPersonal Websites and Blogs

These offer ways for teachers and students to These offer ways for teachers and students to interact outside of the classroom and for interact outside of the classroom and for teachers to offer resources outside of the teachers to offer resources outside of the textbook.textbook.

http://littlelakeview.wordpress.comhttp://littlelakeview.wordpress.com

http://www.mathchamber.comhttp://www.mathchamber.com

http://www.bozzablog.blogspot.comhttp://www.bozzablog.blogspot.com

SkypeSkype

Globalizes the classroom by letting Globalizes the classroom by letting students interact with other students students interact with other students throughout the worldthroughout the world

Teaches students how to communicate Teaches students how to communicate with people who aren’t “like them.”with people who aren’t “like them.”

Excellent tool for teaching point of viewExcellent tool for teaching point of view

Textbook Support

Many textbooks offer lesson plans with technology already integrated for you.

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/integrating_tech_ss.phtml

http://www.phschool.com

Create Informed CitizensCreate Informed Citizens

Use technology to help your students Use technology to help your students learn about the issues.learn about the issues.

Read the local paper online.Read the local paper online. Go to CNN.com with students and Go to CNN.com with students and

discuss what you find.discuss what you find. Research the presidential candidates Research the presidential candidates

and their stances on the issues.and their stances on the issues.

General Interest WebsitesGeneral Interest Websites

► http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgihttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

► http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.htmllessons/archive.html

► http://www.besthistorysites.nethttp://www.besthistorysites.net

► http://edsitement.neh.govhttp://edsitement.neh.gov

►http://etc.usf.edu/ss/index.htmhttp://etc.usf.edu/ss/index.htm

The Center for Teaching History with Technology

http://thwt.org/

Provides Social Studies educators with instruction on how to create blogs, podcasts, and other technological

teaching materials, as well as providing lesson plans, links to helpful

websites, and much more.

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