software,
tech web sites and
some other
stuff cool stuff
for social
studies
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org
ESSDACK

sticky ideas?

21st century tools are
absolutely essential
for your toolkit

using technology will help you to
become a better educator

pick out your “favorite
candy” & save the rest for
later

some assumptions

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

tech for tech’s sake is bad

tech for tech’s sake is bad
technology changes

tech for tech’s sake is bad
technology changes
be pro-active vs. filtering
systems

tech for tech’s sake is bad
technology changes
be pro-active vs. filtering
systems
your best tech in-service
will come from a kid

“The cookies on my computer

know more about me than
my teachers do.”
High school student

social
networks
internet
myths
where
are we
going? video
games
cool
software web
sites

www.socialstudiescentral.com

social
networks
internet
myths
where
are we
going? video
games
cool
software web
sites

• Dihydrogen Monoxide Research
Division
• Your All Natural Friend

• A Short Introduction to Holocaust
Revisionism
• Holocaust Hoax
• United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum
• A Teacher’s Guide to the
Holocaust: Survivors

The Web is a giant encyclopedia

The Web is a giant encyclopedia
Filters actually work
• Martin Luther king

The Web is a giant encyclopedia
Filters actually work
• Martin Luther king
All information on the Web is true

Peter Stiener July 5, 1993 New Yorker

social
networks
internet
myths
where
are we
going? video
games
cool
software web
sites

my Favorite
Five?

• Google Earth
• Google Tools (Docs, Picasa)
• SlideShare
• Garageband / PhotoStory3
• BibMe

What else is out
there?

• Glenn’s Web 2.0 Delicious links
• Web 2.0 Awards
• Complete Web 2.0 Directory

What do you use?

social
networks
internet
myths
where
are we
going? video
games
cool
software web
sites

“news feeds”
from a web site

“news feeds”
from a web site
“news reader” to
display the feeds

Find the button

Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators: A Guide
to RSS and More
• <www.teachinghacks.com/audio/
100ideasWeb2educators.pdf>

social
networks
internet
myths
where
are we
going? video
games
cool
software web
sites

Tic Tac Toe

Pong

Galaga

SimCity

World of Warcraft

games
haven’t
gotten
simpler over
time

they’ve gotten more
complex

Why?

because the brain
demands it

“The brain developed to solve
problems relating to surviving in
an unstable, outdoor environment
and to do so in near constant
motion.”
John Medina
Brain Rules

can I eat it?

can it
eat me?

can I have sex
with it?

what then . . .
is your job?

convince a middle
school kid that a five
paragraph essay
is essential for her
survival

brains
search for
patterns

brains work best when emotional
chemicals are increased

brains want to
work with
others

games provide “tasty patterns of
reality”

games create emotional
connections

games encourage collaborative
learning

games become about
“survival”

“Better theories of learning are
embedded in the video games many
children play than in the schools
they attend.”
James Gee
What Video Games Have to Teach Us
About Literacy & Learning

Grand Theft Childhood
Lawrence Kutner
How Computer Games Help
Children Learn
David Williamson Shaffer
Don’t Bother Me, Mom --
I’m Learning!
Marc Prensky

what’s makin’
sense?

your games?

Some great examples

iPod Touch

Trav eler IQ

www.stopdisastersgame.org

d World Farmer
Thir

social
networks
internet
myths
where
are we
going? video
games
cool
software web
sites

Give one to Get
one

my Favorite
Five?

• Thinkfinity
• National History Education
Clearinghouse
• Best of History Web Sites
• Teaching History with Technology
• Digital History

• Social Studies Central Tip of
the Week

lesson design?

“There are many ways of
moving forward but only one
way of standing still.”
Franklin Roosevelt

have more questions?
contact:
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org
socialstudiescentral.com
historytech.wordpress.com
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