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Wikanlearn History: web 2.0 in the social studies classroom By Maria T. Carroccia

Wikanlearn History: web 2.0 in the social studies classroom By Maria T. Carroccia. Application and implications of “Retooling the Social Studies Classroom for the Current Generation” by Elizabeth K. Wilson, Vivian H. Wright, Christopher T. Inman, and Lisa H. Matherson.

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Wikanlearn History: web 2.0 in the social studies classroom By Maria T. Carroccia

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  1. Wikanlearn History: web 2.0 in the social studies classroomBy Maria T. Carroccia Application and implications of “Retooling the Social Studies Classroom for the Current Generation” by Elizabeth K. Wilson, Vivian H. Wright, Christopher T. Inman, and Lisa H. Matherson.

  2. Why is technology so important? Today’s Students: Are more likely to communicate via text or social networks Expect instant gratification Are easily bored by traditional instruction Technology can provide access to a new foundation for content Technology should assert “ the need to capitalize on many students ubiquitous, yet social, use of such technology and demonstrate the technology’s power as a tool for learning” National Council for the Social Studies 2006

  3. What is WEB 2.0? • Web that focuses on collaboration, participation, interaction, and the formation of social networks. • Examples • Blogs • Digital Media Sharing • Social networks • Web spaces such as Wikispace

  4. Blogs in the classroom • Can be used as a journal or personal commentary • Can be used to share links, images, video • Easy way to have multiple resources in one place • Perfect for government or current event discussions • Grammar and structure should be included in assessment to promote proper formatting

  5. Wiki’s in the classroom • Flexibility • Can be a traditional website or a collaborative effort • Great place to give students access to media and reliable information • Easily customizable for each class • Gives the class a sense of pride since they are able to actually build the wiki • Easily facilitates peer review and commentary • A great culminating project is having a class use the Wiki and the information on it as a study guide for an exam!

  6. Digital Media Sharing in the Classroom • Can be video, audio, music, commentary, or images • Growing use and importance of podcasts and vodcasts, especially in political commentary • Allows access to different viewpoints and information • Classes could even create their own vodcast as part of a project or assessment

  7. How can I use this? • Have your class post a discussion topic on a wiki about something they read in the news that week. On Friday, have the entire class discuss some of the threads. • Have small groups of students create a vodcast about a key figure in the American Revolution that will be shown to the rest of the class. • As part of a civil rights lesson, ask your students to blog about how the civil rights movement has impacted them or their family.

  8. Bibliography • Wilson, Elizabeth K., Vivian H. Wright, Christopher T. Inman, and Lisa H. Matherson. "Retooling the Social Studies Classroom for the Current Generation." The Social Studies 102.2 (2011): 65-72. Web. • http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a933989421&fulltext=713240928

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