Technology That Will Transform Social Studies Teaching and Learning Presented by Betsey Kennedy 4 th Grade Teacher, Big Shanty Intermediate School [email protected].

Technology That Will Transform Social Studies Teaching and Learning

Presented by Betsey Kennedy4th Grade Teacher, Big Shanty Intermediate School

[email protected]

Materials and LinksAll materials and links available at:

http://TechnologyAndSocialStudies.wikispaces.com/

Class Wikis http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers

Free for teachers (no ads, private or public)

Endless Possibilities:◦ ABC “Book”◦ History Yearbook/Encyclopedia◦ Project Organizing Space◦ Book Chats◦ Spot to collaborate with other classes

School Keys: Technology Standard

CLASS Keys:Technology Standard

Vocabulary Explorations:www.visuwords.com

Word Review/Brainstormingwww.wordle.net

Can be used as a review before a test or as a preview for an upcoming unit

Pre-assessment option: Students list things they already know

Unique Biography ReportsWord art can be used to display knowledge about a

particular topic

http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/ allows you to format the words in the shape of letters (careful about ads on this website)

Unique Interactiveshttp://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/ Website sponsored by International Reading

Association and National Council of Teachers of English

Huge number of Student Interactives◦ Everything from acrostic poem builders to timeline

creators

Favorite Interactives from www.ReadWriteThink.org

Other Great Interactive Websites

Created by the Annenberg Foundationhttp://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/index.html

◦United States Geography◦Indians◦Colonies◦The Nation Expands

◦Numerous other interactives available from www.learner.org/interactives/

www.Glogster.com/eduAllows students and teachers to

create multimedia, interactive posters that include everything from movies to Wordles to weblinks

http://thilby.edu.glogster.com/glogsteredu/

Glogster BasicsCan register students without email

addresses

Students can comment on each others glogs

Glogs can be linked to TypePad blogs easily

Glogster Tips and TricksProvide students with a selection of

pictures, videos, etc.

Limit choices (for example: “You may only use the ‘Papers’ theme.”)

Have students sketch their basic plan before using the computer, all text should already be written

www.VoiceThread.comCollaborative, multimedia slide shows

Holds images, documents, and videos

Allows people to navigate slides and leave comments:◦using voice (with a microphone or telephone) ◦text ◦audio file◦video (via a webcam)

VoiceThread Student Sample

http://voicethread.com/share/1602641/ http://bigshanty.blogs.com/kennedy/

VoiceThread Tips and TricksProvide a selection of pictures in student drives

for students to use

Have students complete a storyboard before ever touching the computer

Provide thumbnails of the pictures for the storyboard

Have two students work together

Easy to Embed

1. Choose “Embed” at the end of the slide show

2. Select TypePad

3. Login to Typepad

4. Click “Post”

5. You’re done!

Materials and LinksAll materials and links available at:

http://TechnologyAndSocialStudies.wikispaces.com/

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