1. apples and cookies?

2. this i s Erin

3. this is
J ake

4. they
think history is
boring

5. they’re not
so fond of
science,
math or
English either

6. and they’re
not alone

7. “I have to power
down when I get to
school.”
HS student

8. “Today’s students
are no longer the
people our
educational system
was designed to
teach.”
Marc Prensky

9. find a
buddy!

10. “If you wanted to
create an educational
environment that was
directly opposed to
what the brain is good
at doing . . .

11. “. . . you would
probably design
something like a
modern
classroom.”
John Medina
Brain Rules

12. so what?

13. “If students are prepared only for the
foundational literacies of paper &
pencil technologies, they will be
unprepared for a future in which new
literacies are required.”
Rachel Karchmer
Innovative Approaches to Literacy Education: Using the Internet
to Support New Literacies

14. So . . . what does
that look like?

15. bit based

16. not just tree based

17. collaborate
create
communicate

19. what’s one thing
you know about
Google Earth?

20. what’s one thing
you want to
know about
Google Earth?

21. examples
resources
q&a
tour creation
reflection

22. Nagasaki

23. • to support hands-on inquiry
• as homework assignments
• for teacher presentations and
class discussions
• as assessments
• for cross content integration

24. other examples &
resources?

25. www.socialstudiescentral.com

26. What do you like?
What can you adapt?
What are some possible challenges?

27. Placem arks & tours
create
your
own!

28. German Coast Guard and
Google Earth?

29. I would love to hear from you!
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org
socialstudiescentral.com
historytech.wordpress.com
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