Teaching Social Studies With 21st Century Technologies

Engaging Digital Natives in the Study of Social Studies With 21 st Century Web Tools

Have you been paying attention? http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=32ed853c0b6f7ee5aaa6

This isn’t just SciFi anymore . . . The evolution of a connected society

Second Life http://secondlife.com/

Second Life
Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents.
Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today [7/21/2007] is inhabited by a total of 8,250,937 people from around the globe.
FYI – Since I first presented SL in March 2007, 4 million new users joined

Is Second Life for “Real”?
In October 2006, Reuters opened a news bureau in Second Life
http://secondlife.reuters.com/

Reuters in Second Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsSmZAqL6tQ

Just How Real is Second Life? Data from: http://secondlife.reuters.com/

Education in Second Life
Over 70 colleges have created virtual networks with Second Life
Harvard Law - CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion
Ball State, Central Missouri State, Pepperdine, University of Tennessee, Bradley University, and many more

Education in Second Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMGR9q43dag

The University Experience Transformed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA

Educational Applications
Exploring new tools and techniques for information and scientific visualization
Presenting, promoting, and selling content to a broad online audience
Collaborating and communicating in real time between multiple participants
Researching new concepts/products
Training and educating in virtual classrooms
http://secondlife.com/businesseducation/

Second Life – Under 18 Version http://teen.secondlife.com/

Learn More about SL and Education
http://www.denblogs.com/secondlife/

Evolution of Citizenship Democracy 2.0

Campaign ’08 on Second Life
Feb. 14, 2007 – John Edwards was the first presidential candidate to set up shop in Second Life
Jerimee Richir (a.k.a. Jose Rote) is the SL volunteer campaign manager

John Edwards Announces His Candidacy on YouTube

Application of Viral Video http://www.youtube.com/members?s=po&g=-1

Evolution of Digital Citizenship - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/debates

Evolution of Digital Citizenship - YouTube

MySpace - Impact http://impact.myspace.com/

http://myspace.com/hillaryclinton

First Social Networking Campaign http://my.barackobama.com/

My Space http://www.myspace.com/barackobama

Implications . . .
What does this mean for democracy?
What does all of this mean for our collective definition of citizenship ?
If this is the emerging reality, how can we prepare our students to be participatory and responsible citizens?

CIC eLECTIONS http://www.ciconline.org/elections

CIC eLECTIONS
eLECTIONS Supports Meaningful, Memorable Learning Because it is...
Accessible:
You are on the receiving end of resources and expertise brought together from different parts of the globe just to teach YOU, on your desktop, anywhere, anytime. Available for free wherever there is a high-speed Internet connection.
Multisensory :
You can see, read, hear and interact with multimedia content --interactivity, video clips, music, text, and excellent graphics.
http://www.ciconline.org/elections

CIC eLECTIONS
eLECTIONS Supports Meaningful, Memorable Learning Because it is...
Content-rich :
You can learn for yourself how a presidential campaign works with video footage from CNN news and The History Channel documentaries.
Self-directed :
In eLECTIONS, the 3-D game platform allows you to make decisions that influence the outcome of the game. You continue to learn and explore fundamental election concepts with the "Digging Deeper" content – all at your own pace.
http://www.ciconline.org/elections

Web 2.0 The driving technology

Web 1.0  Web 2.0

What does Web 2.0 look like?
Creation, Collaboration, Community
Blogs
Wikis
Podcasts
RSS
Social Networking
Content Tagging

How Businesses Are Using Web 2.0
80% reported the current use of some kind of system that shared their data with their partners on an automated basis
48% claimed that they had some kind of collective intelligence tool in place to allow employees or customers to make collective decisions
47% utilized some kind of peer to peer file sharing
37% made use of some kind of social network
32% initialized blogs for internal or external communication
21% aggregated information by using mash-ups
78% claimed that web services were the Web 2.0 technology/tool most important to their business
How businesses are using Web 2.0: A McKinsey Global Survey – July 2007

http://ubernoggin.com/?p=54

CIOs Want Suites For Web 2.0
Forrester Study – March 2007
a large part of the companies using Web 2.0 tools cited a “snow ball” effect in their use - when they began using one tool they saw a clear need for another tool and began integrating it as well
blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS, social networking, and content tagging
http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,41797,00.html

http://ubernoggin.com/?p=54

http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/web20tools

RSS – Really Simple Syndication http://www.edutopia.org/tech-teacher-cut-web-noise

RSS in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

Wikinomics
In the last few years, traditional collaboration—in a meeting room, a conference call, even a convention center—has been superceded by collaborations on an astronomical scale.
http://www.wikinomics.com/

What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a type of free on-line writing space that allows users to add, modify and update its pages.
If something is missing or incorrect in a wiki and permissions allow you to edit the wiki, you can easily add your thoughts or make changes to the wiki.
http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wikis

Philosophy of Wikis
The process is the product.
Meaning is developed and guided out of the social interactions at the point where text is created.
One of the most obvious benefits of using a wiki is the ability to offer a quick way to collaborate textually, while creating a content rich web site.
Where the knowledge of the group is greater than an individual, and the end product is the result of the groups interactions.

Application of New Literacies
Appropriation — the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content
Multitasking — the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details.
Distributed Cognition — the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities
Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal
Judgment — the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources
Transmedia Navigation — the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities
Networking — the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information
Negotiation — the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century - Henry Jenkins

Tracking Changes

What the Experts are Saying
Wikis are helping young people develop “writing skills and social skills by learning about group consensus and compromise—all the virtues you need to be a reasonable and productive member of society.”
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia

What the Experts are Saying
“The media is controlled by people who have the resources to control it,” he says. “Wikis show that all of us have an equal opportunity to contribute to knowledge.”
Andy Garvin, head of the Digital Divide Network

Ways to Use Wikis
Use for student projects where group members need to contribute at different times and from geographically diverse locations.
Use for collaborating on ideas and organizing documents and resources from individuals and groups of students.
Use as a presentation tool where those who attend a workshop can contribute to future versions of the workshop.
As a group research project for a specific idea.
Manage school and classroom documents.

Ways to Use Wikis
Use as a collaborative handout for students.
Writing: student created books and journaling. (i.e. Wikibooks )
Create and maintain a classroom FAQ
As a classroom discussion and debate area.
A place to aggregate web resources.
Choose a topic on Wikipedia , break the topic into facts, students verify the facts using their information literacy skills, and make changes accordingly (Citing sources).

Class Wikis http://dorman-data-digest.wikispaces.com/

Class Wikis – Online Content http://dorman-data-digest.wikispaces.com/

Class Wikis - Webquests http://womensuffragewebquest.wikispaces.com/

Class Wikis – Student Collaboration http://dorman-assessment.wikispaces.com/

Class Wikis – Student Collaboration http://womensuffragewebquest.wikispaces.com/

Professional Learning Communities http://holicong.wikispaces.com/

PLC – Professional Research https://bpet.wikispaces.com/

PLC – Virtual Training http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/wikiworkshop

PLC – Curricular Collaboration http://holicong.wikispaces.com/SocialStudies

PLC – Supporting Teachers http://holicong.wikispaces.com/New+Teachers

Workshop/Conference Collaboration https://modelschoolsconference2007.wikispaces.com/

Getting Started with Wikis
http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/wikiworkshop

Explorating of Web 2.0 Applications
Social bookmarks and annotation
Presentation and data sharing
Concept/mind mapping and mash-ups
Organizational resources
RSS Feed Aggregators
Video editing and sharing
Image editing and sharing

Social bookmarks and annotation

Ning
As part of Ning's free service, you can create a full social network that you can customize and brand as your own
http://www.ning.com

Ning
Social Networking
invite new members, meet new people, and make new friends
enjoy a full message center with address book importing
set different privacy settings for every photo, video, and blog post
Full Customization
Add your own logo, branding, and visual design
Features
Photo, video, blog sharing
Discussion forums
Embed widgets
Management Dashboard
public or private
moderate photos and videos before they are posted, as desired
delete members, photos, videos, blog posts, chatters, and forum posts, as desired
http://www.ning.com

Ning Network

Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/

Stu.dicio.us http://stu.dicio.us/

Stu.dicio.us Features
Note-taking
Note commenting
Note sharing
Keyword link to Google and Wikipedia
To-Do Lists
Schedule
Document storage/tracking
Grade organizer
Privacy Features
RSS Feeds
Integration with Facebook
Social Networking
http://stu.dicio.us/

Digg
Find an article, video, or podcast online and submit it to Digg.com. Your submission will immediately appear in “Upcoming Stories,” where other members can find it and, if they like it, Digg it.
Subscribe to RSS feeds of particular topics, popular/upcoming sections, individual users, and the search terms of your choice
Digg. Participate in the collaborative editorial process by Digging the stuff that you like best.
Build a friend list; then your friends can track what you’re Digging. They can also subscribe to an RSS feed of your submissions and/or your Diggs.
http://www.digg.com/

Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edn

Meebo Rooms http://wwwm.meebo.com/rooms/

Meebo Rooms
meebo rooms allows you to instant message and share links with friends and visitors on your site
Create a room and personalize it for your site
Share your chat with others
http://wwwm.meebo.com/rooms/

Presentation and Data Sharing

SlideShare
SlideShare is a free service for sharing presentations and slideshows
Users can upload PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Keynote or PDF presentations, tag them, embed them into blogs or websites, browse others' presentations, and comment on individual slides
Transcripts of presentations will be indexed by internet search engines and show up in search results
http://www.slideshare.net

Embedded SlideShare File http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Conferences

Swivel
Swivel lets you explore data and share your insights with others. Swivel has data about politics, economics, weather, sports, business and more.
http://www.swivel.com/tour/intro
Swivel is full of good stuff. Think of it like this:
Explore popular data or obscure data. Search for it or have fun cruising all the colorful graphs, data sets and opinions.
Compare gas prices to presidential approval ratings or UFO sightings to iPod sales. You might find a crazy coincidence or something more.
Share your insights by embedding a graph to your blog or emailing a link to your friends and coworkers.
Upload the information you care about, describe it, pick a color scheme and even pick a cool photo to bring it to life.
http://www.swivel.com

Swivel http://www.swivel.com

Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/downloads/presentations/human-development-trends-2005.html

Gapminder
Gapminder is a non-profit venture for development and provision of free software that visualize human development.
This is done in collaboration with universities, UN organizations, public agencies and non-governmental organizations.
http://www.gapminder.org/downloads/presentations/human-development-trends-2005.html http://cliotech.blogspot.com/2007/07/visualizing-human-development.html

GeoHive
GeoHive is a site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more.
The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities.
Next to that there are some statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena, etc.
http://www.geohive.com

GeoHive http://www.geohive.com

WorldMapper
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
There are 366 maps, also available as PDF posters.
http://www.worldmapper.org/

WorldMapper
This map shows the distribution of the 15.9 million people worldwide who protested against the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

WorldMapper
The distribution of the earth's population is shown in this map.

WorldMapper
Territory size shows the proportion of all increases in spending on secondary education between 1990 and 2001 that have occurred there.

WorldMapper
Territory size shows the proportion of all people living on US$10 purchasing power parity or less a day worldwide, that live there.

PollDaddy
PollDaddy is a free online tool, which allows you to create polls and place them on your website, wiki, blog, or anywhere online that you can paste a bit of HTML code.
You can also place links to PollDaddy polls in your emails etc.
http://polldaddy.com/

iQuiz Maker
iQuiz Maker is an easy way for you to create custom quizzes for the iQuiz game for the iPod.
iQuiz Maker works seamlessly so you can write, create, package your very own quizzes.
Download the free application today to begin putting the world to the test.
http://www.iquizmaker.com/

Concept/Mind Mapping and Mash-Ups

Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/

Gliffy
Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software
Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution
Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow
Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki
Create many types of diagrams such as Flowcharts, UI wireframes, Floor plans, Network diagrams, UML diagrams, or any other simple drawing or diagram
http://www.gliffy.com/

Bubble.us
Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.
Create colorful mind maps online
Share and work with friends
Embed your mind map in your blog or website
Email and print your mind map
Save your mind map as an image
http://bubbl.us/

MindMeister
MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions
Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map - and see each other's changes as they happen
http://www.mindmeister.com/home/about
http://www.mindmeister.com/

Mindomo http://mindomo.com/ http://mindomo.com/view?m=57885d9859e13b331edfdfac56e1b859

Mindomo
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, and decision making
Mindomo maps allow users to:
Manage and retain information more efficiently
Communicate information more effectively
Enhance thinking and learning
Recognize trends, clusters, and other patterns in your information
Synthesize separate pieces of information into new knowledge
http://mindomo.com/

VoiceThread
A VoiceThread is an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish.
A VoiceThread allows an entire group's story to be told and collected in one place.
VoiceThreads can be embedded into blogs, wikis, and other web sites.
http://voicethread.com/

VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/

Organizational Resources

Gradefix http://www.gradefix.com/

Gradefix

mynoteIT http://www.mynoteit.com/

Soople
Soople is an early English dialect, which means 'to soften, make supple'
This site is meant for all those who are not yet familiar with all the possibilities of Google and all the required syntaxes
http://www.soople.com/

Soople http://www.soople.com/

RSS Feed Aggregators

Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/

Netvibes
Netvibes is a personalized page – you can now modify everything: move modules, add new RSS/ATOM feeds, change the parameters for each module, etc.
Your modifications are saved in real-time and you'll find your page when you get back on Netvibes.com.
If you want to be able to access your page from any computer, you can sign in (at the top right) with your email and a password.
http://www.netvibes.com/

Netvibes
NetVibes can pull content from:
RSS or web feeds
Podcasts
Calendars
Widget and applications modules
http://www.netvibes.com/

PageFlakes http://www.pageflakes.com

PageFlakes
Pageflakes is your personalized startpage on the Internet. Your address book, local weather information, to-do-list, news, blogs and much more – all on one page that you can access from anywhere.
Until now you had to go to different web sites to check your email, start Web searches, get weather information and so on. With Pageflakes, everything you need is on one page! You can also use Pageflakes to keep up with your favorite blogs and news feeds.
"Flake" is our word for those little modules which you can see on the screen.
http://www.pageflakes.com/Community/Help/Faq.aspx

Pagecasting with PageFlakes
“ Pagecasting” means publishing your Pageflakes page for others to see.
You can share your Pagecast with the world or with a private group.
You can even let others edit and contribute to your Pagecast!
It’s very easy - just click the “Share” button on any of your page tabs
http://www.pageflakes.com

Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/

Google Reader Labs https://www.google.com/reader/view/

Video editing and sharing

TeacherTube
Upload, tag and share videos worldwide.
Upload support files to attach your educational activities, assessments, lesson plans, notes, and other file formats to your video.
Browse hundreds of videos uploaded by community members.
Find, join and create video groups to connect with people who have similar interests.
Customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favorites, and creating playlists.
Integrate TeacherTube videos on websites using video embeds or APIs.
Make videos public or private - users can elect to broadcast their videos publicly or share them privately with those they invite.
http://www.teachertube.com

TeacherTube http://www.teachertube.com

TeacherTube Embedded Video

Video Editors
Eyespot
http://www.eyespot.com/
Jumpcut
http://www.jumpcut.com/
Cuts
http://www.cuts.com/
Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/

Zamzar
Zamzar is an open-source service that converts most media (audio, video, image) from one format to another
Supported media formats
http://www.zamzar.com/conversionTypes.php
http://www3.zamzar.com/

SplashCast
SplashCast enables anyone to create streaming media 'channels' that combine video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds.
These user-generated channels can be played and easily syndicated on any web site, blog, or social network page.
When channel owners modify their channel, their content is automatically updated across all the web pages 'tuned' to that channel.
http://www.splashcastmedia.com/

SplashCast Channel

BubblePLY
BubblePLY is a free online annotating service where anyone can experiment with creating and/or viewing layers (PLYs) of bubbles that are synchronized with a video on a player.
You can expand your viewing experience by adding personal comments or thoughts in the form of captions - bubbles.
After completing your Bubble creation (and by clicking on ‘Done Editing’ at the top of the Plycreator) you will see a few options such as ‘share this link with a friend’ and ‘embed video and bubbles in your site’.
http://www.bubbleply.com

Image editing and sharing

Flickr
What you can do with your photos:
Upload
Tag
Geotag (mapping)
Blog
Comment
Organize
Organize into online photo albums with annotation
Form/join groups
http://www.flickr.com

Applications for Flickr
Virtual field trip
Categorize, analyze, evaluate images
Geography practice
Picture books-documentaries
Display original artwork
Online scavenger hunts
Process live field trips
Upload exported (jpeg) Inspiration graphic organizers
Import photos into Google Earth and Google MyMaps
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/
Tons of Flickr applications
http://www.flickr.com

Online Image Editors
Phixr
http://www.phixr.com
Picnik
http://www.picnik.com
Fauxto
http://www.fauxto.com

Slide
Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you.
With a super easy set-up, clean interface and multiple transition and theme options, Slide is among the most popular tools for self expression available on the web today.
Slide can be embedded onto any website, viewed on your desktop or shared with your friends or fans.
http://www.slide.com

Scrapblog
Scrapblog is a free web-based multimedia scrapbook authoring software service.
Scrapblog lets everyday people mix their photos, videos, audio, text and other creative elements to create multimedia scrapbooks called scrapblogs.
http://www.scrapblog.com/tour/tour.aspx (video tutorial)
http://www.scrapblog.com/

ToonDoo
ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site for kids.
ToonDoo was the happy result of brainstorming session that was aimed at creating a new way of expression for those who do not have the talent to draw.
You can now just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun, loads of it!
http://www.toondoo.com

More Web 2.0 Applications
For a more comprehensive list of Web 2.0 applications, visit:
http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Social+Learning
http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edn

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