Social Studies Web Sites & Technology

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

• 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

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?

“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>

Tic Tac Toe

Galaga

SimCity

World of Warcraft

games haven’t gotten simpler over time

they’ve gotten more complex

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

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 View presentations at: slideshare.net/glennw98

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