Virtual Field tripsHelps students learn about other cultures
Enriches students’ study of other lands and ways of life
Colonial House, a tour of life in the Colonial Era: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html
Theme 2: Time, continuity, and change
10 Strategies for Technology in Social Studies Instruction Jill Root
TAKE advantage of these 10 powerful strategies for using technology to ENHANCE the teaching of social studies topics
Adventure learning (AL)
opportunities to explore real world issues through authentic learning experiences
collaborative learning environments
Promotes communication, encourage reflection, and provide a wealth of information to support students’ research
http://www.polarhusky.com GoNorth!
Addresses the National Social Studies Standards (NCSS): All themes
Virtual Field trips
Helps students learn about other cultures
Enriches students’ study of other lands and ways of life
Colonial House, a tour of life in the Colonial Era: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html
Theme 2: Time, continuity, and change
GPS devices
send students on a geocaching treasure hunt with these devices
Gets a student to spend more time studying geographical information and techniques
Math lessons with GPS: http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/gps.html
Theme 3: People, places, and environment
Simulated Immersion experience
Allows students to interact with simulated events or locations
Develops better problem-solving skills
Muzzy lane’s Making History: http://www.muzzylane.com/ml/making_history
Theme 2: Time, continuity, and change, Theme 6: Power, authority, and governance
Electronic Research
Do webquests to learn the history behind political issues
Gives students and teachers up-to-date information they could not obtain easily from other sources
Helps students to analyze information
U.S. Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov
Theme 6: Power, authority, and governance, Theme 10: Civic ideals and practices
GIS and GPS Lessons
Allow individuals to view and examine the world through multiple layering of data within a spatial environment
Integrate geospatial technologies to study the earth, people and the symbiotic nature between the two
Science/geography lessons with GIS and GPS: http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classgpslsn.html
Theme 3: People, places, and environment
Simulation games
Easier to understand when students play the role;
ex: Students get to invest “their own” money and seeing the return over time with stock market simulation games
Electronic storytelling
Plays a key role in helping students prepare oral histories
teach local and other history with this type of storytelling
Foster skills in analysis and critical thinking
Voice Thread: www.voicethread.com
All themes
Use software such as VoiceThread
allow for real-time collaboration around numerous forms of content
Hands-on software
Allows students to post content and comment on each other’s work in an online learning environment
Don’t Buy It: https://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/
Theme 8: Science, technology, and society
Digital Cameras
Allows students to capture images from their vantage point
Participate in the construction of knowledge
Learn how diverse perspectives can be shaped
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