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Technology Tools for the Social Science Classroom NSSA Las Vegas April 16, 2007

Technology Tools for the Social Science Classroom NSSA Las Vegas April 16, 2007. Dr. Jean Morrow Dr. Tim Fry Emporia State University Washburn University Emporia, KS Topeka, KS jmorrow@emporia.edu tim.fry@washburn.edu.

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Technology Tools for the Social Science Classroom NSSA Las Vegas April 16, 2007

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  1. Technology Tools for the Social Science ClassroomNSSA Las VegasApril 16, 2007 Dr. Jean Morrow Dr. Tim Fry Emporia State University Washburn University Emporia, KS Topeka, KS jmorrow@emporia.edu tim.fry@washburn.edu

  2. A Word to the Wise or Lessons from the Classroom • Knowing how to use technology is not the same as knowing how to teach with technology. • Technology is specific! • You don’t need to know it all. • Teaching with technology is time-consuming and hard work. • Technology changes too fast to worry about what you are not doing

  3. Teaching with Technology – in a meaningful way • Teaching/Learning is characterized by: • Intentionality • Content centrality • Authentic work • Active inquiry • Construction of mental models • Collaborative work Meaningful Learning Using Technology E. A. Ashburn & R. E. Floden (eds.)

  4. Recommended Reading • Reading the Web: Strategies for Internet Inquiry by • Maya B. Eagleton & Elizabeth Dobler • ISBN-13 978-1-59385-361-7

  5. Social Studies on the Internet(3rd Edition) (On The Internet Series) (2007)by Michael J. Berson, Barbara C. Cruz, James A. Duplass, J. Howard Johnston

  6. Revolutionizing the Business • “(This technology) is destined to revolutionize our educational system and….in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.” • Thomas Edison, 1922, statement about film

  7. 2007 • Google, Lesson Plan data bases; Other Resources--pictures, audio-video of famous speeches, primary source documents, political cartoons, election data, web quests, multimedia encyclopedias; maps/global software, virtual museums/field trips, interactive quizzes, graphing software-calculators, timeline software, puzzle makers,….. Technology is truly revolutionizing our business!

  8. Suggested Internet Sites Lesson PlansUniversity Curriculum Resource Centershttp://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/lessonplanspage.combigchalk.comhttp://www.middleweb.com/CurrSocStud.htmlgoogle.com

  9. Suggested Internet SitePrimary SourcesNational Archivesand Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/index.html

  10. Suggested Internet SiteElection Datahttp://www.uselectionatlas.org/http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/elections/

  11. Suggested Internet SitePolitical Cartoonshttp://www.cagle.com/main.asp

  12. Suggested Internet SitesMapshttp://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

  13. Suggested Internet SitesMaps/Global Softwarehttp://maps.google.com/maps Download Google Earth Freehttp://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

  14. Suggested Internet SitePictureshttp://www.picsearch.com/

  15. Suggested Internet SiteAudio-Video of Famous Speecheshttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/

  16. Suggested Internet SiteInteractive Quizzeshttp://people.depauw.edu/djp/shock_maps/

  17. Suggested Site Digital Historyhttp://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm

  18. Suggested Site Historical Animated Atlashttp://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

  19. Suggested Internet SiteExtension Tools--Puzzleshttp://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

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