1. 10 Strategies for Technology in Social Studies Instruction Jill Root

2. TAKE advantage of these 10 powerful strategies for using technology to ENHANCE the teaching of social studies topics

3. 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!http://www.polarhusky.com Addresses the National Social Studies Standards (NCSS): All themes

4. 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/hist ory/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/hist ory/index.html Theme 2: Time, continuity, and change

5. 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/activit ies/gps.html http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activit ies/gps.html Theme 3: People, places, and environment

6. 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 http://www.muzzylane.com/ml/making_history Theme 2: Time, continuity, and change, Theme 6: Power, authority, and governance

7. 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.govhttp://thomas.loc.gov Theme 6: Power, authority, and governance, Theme 10: Civic ideals and practices

8. 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 http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classgpslsn.html Theme 3: People, places, and environment

9. 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

10. 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.comwww.voicethread.com All themes

11. 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/https://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/ Theme 8: Science, technology, and society

12. Digital Cameras Allows students to capture images from their vantage point Participate in the construction of knowledge Learn how diverse perspectives can be shaped