This document provides an agenda and overview for a workshop on making best use of cutting-edge technology tools in the social studies classroom. The agenda covers topics such as backchanneling, learning management systems, organization and collaboration tools, presentation tools, website building, video creation, timelines, and meeting Common Core standards. Specific tools that are discussed include Edmodo, Google Drive, Prezi, Animoto, Glogster, and iPad apps. The goal is to explore how these various digital tools can be used to engage students and enhance learning in social studies classes.

1. MAKING BEST USE OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
TOOLS IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM
What do you want
to learn today?

2. YE OLE AGENDA
 Copyright & Looking Ahead
 Backchanneling and Building a PLN
 Learning Management Systems
 Organization & Collaboration Tools
 Presentation Tools
 Break Time – Mid Morning
 Website Building and Blogging Tools
 Video Creation and Screencasting Tools
 Timelines, Music, Vocabulary and Comic Creation
 Lunch 11:45 – 1:00
 Meeting Common Core State Standards
 Primary Sources & Mapping Tools
 QR Codes & Infographics
 Break Time - Mid Afternoon
 iPad Apps

3. A TEACHER’S REALITY

4. COPYRIGHT – BE ON THE SAFE SIDE
 Copyright Friendly Images
 Pics4Learning
 http://ookaboo.com/o/pictures/
 http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
 http://www.stockvault.net/

5. DO YOU KNOW A SITUATION LIKE THIS?

6. “THINK BACK TEN YEARS AGO. WHAT
WAS TECHNOLOGY LIKE? NOW TRY TO
IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE TEN
YEARS FROM NOW.” SIR KEN ROBINSON

7. TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE
WAY WE TEACH!
Engagement
Cooperation
Collaboration
Life Long Learner
Where does technology fit in to what
we are doing?
What are the goals for the day?

8. IS THERE AN APP FOR THAT?
 Many of the tools shared have apps. I have
noted such on the slides. Check the wiki for
more information. Thanks.

9. BACKCHANNELING
 Twitter
 Today’s Meet
 LocaModa
 Edmodo
 Collaborize Classroom

10. BUILDING YOUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK
HTTP://SSCHAT.NING.COM/

11. COOL NEW TOYS…UM, I MEAN TOOLS!
Fodey - http://www.fodey.com
MyStudiYo –http://www.quizrevolution.com/
CiteLighter - http://www.citelighter.com/
ThingLink - https://www.thinglink.com/
10x10 News - http://www.tenbyten.org/
TEDed - http://ed.ted.com/

12. WHERE TO GO FOR MORE ASSISTANCE
 Information from today’s presentation as well as
links to resources and the LiveBinders can be found
here:
 http://rpproductions.wikispaces.com/Home

13. SEARCH ENGINES
 Sweet Search
 Google Scholar
 InstaGrok
 iSeek

14. LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
www.edmodo.com pg. 4

15. MOODLE PG. 8
HTTP://MOODLE.ORG/

16. FLEXIBILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY

17. APPLICATIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES
 Why an LMS?
 How can I apply it in Social Studies?
 Videos
 Question and reflection
 Feedback
 Quizzes
 Connecting and collaborating
 Blogging

18. CHECK LIST OF NEEDS IN AN LMS
What are your goals?
What are our students’ level of tech?
What is the accessibility at school and at
home?
Are you flipping your classroom?
What are district requirements around
grading and maintaining a grade book?
Will your students be blogging?
How much collaboration do you want
outside the classroom?
Is there an app for that?

19. LMS USES IN SOCIAL STUDIES
Blogging
Video storage and viewing
Flipping your classroom
Collaboration and sharing
Communication
Assignments and Grading
Project Based Learning
Posting Primary Source Documents

20. BEGINNER TIPS AND TRICKS
 Start small
 Set guidelines for use.
 Send a letter to parents about what it is and
how you will be using it with students.
 Build your library.
 Set Notifications the way you want to
communicate.

21. ADVANCED TIPS AND TRICKS
Communities
Link your resources in your library.
Giving feedback to your students.
 Written
 Audio
 Video

22. ORGANIZATION: LIVEBINDERS
PG. 26

23. EVERNOTE PG.25

24. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS
 How might you use LiveBinders with students?
 How would Evernote assist you and your students
with primary sources? Would LiveBinders be better?
 What’s your favorite tool so far?

25. COLLABORATION TOOLS PG. 10
 Collaborative Writing and Communication
 Google Apps

26. GOOGLE DRIVE

27. GOOGLE DOCS https://drive.google.com/

28. PRIMARYPAD – www.primarypad.com pg. 11

29. Lessons & Activities for Collaborative Writing
 Peer Research, Writing and Editing
 Project Outlines
 Creative Writing Stories
 Collaborative Cause and Effect Writing
 Document Mash-ups
 Character Letter Exchange
 Global Connection Lesson Writing

30. COLLABORATIVE VIDEO CONFERENCING
SKYPE PG.14

31. SKYPE IN THE CLASSROOM

32. COLLABORATIVE VIDEO CONFERENCING
GOOGLE+ HANGOUTS PG. 15

33. GLOBAL CONNECTION TOOLS PG. 17
FLAT CLASSROOM - www.flatclassromproject.org
Davis, Vicki A., and Julie Lindsay. "Flat Classroom Project -
Home." Flat Classroom Project - Home. Wikispaces.com, n.d.
Web. 03 Aug. 2012. <http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/>.

34. GLOBAL CONNECTIONS PG. 18
EPALS - http://www.epals.com/

35. ACTIVITIES AND PROJECT IDEAS FOR
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
 Current Events Sharing
 Cultural Exchange
 Flat Classroom Projects
 Guest Speakers: Historians, Authors
 Kenneth C. Davis www.dontknowmuch.com
 Time Period Perspective
 WWI/WWII
 1920’s & 30’s
 Cold War
 Social Movements
How do I get started? Websites, Twitter,
Conferences

36. COLLABORATION TOOLS PG. 19
SCRIBBLAR

37. COLLABORATION TOOLS PG. 20
 CoSketch - http://cosketch.com/

38. COLLABORATION TOOLS PG. 22
LINOIT
HTTP://LINOIT.COM/USERS/RON_PECK/CANVASES/INBOX

39. COLLABORATION TOOLS PG. 23
WALLWISHER
HTTP://WALLWISHER.COM/

40. PRESENTATION TOOLS PG. 28
POWERPOINT
 PowerPoint

41. PREZI PG. 29
www.prezi.com

42. GOOGLE PRESENTATION PG. 30

43. SLIDESHARE PG.31

44. SLIDEROCKET PG. 32

45. PRESENTATION TOOL ACTIVITY AND
LESSON IDEAS
 Ideas for effective engaging presentations
 Tell a story
 Map it out
 Use art and literature to connect to
history
 Report on a Historical figure or event like
it is a current event
 Interview and present
 Photos, maps and charts only

46. BREAK TIME
Think
Reflect
Share

47. GOOGLE SITES PG. 34

48. WIKISPACES
PG. 35

49. WIKISPACES FOR EDUCATION & COLLABORATION

50. WIX PG. 37

51. BLOGGING TOOLS
Edublogs pg. 38

52. BLOGGER PG. 39

53. POSTEROUS
PG. 40

54. GLOGSTER
PG. 41

55. COLLABORIZE CLASSROOM
HTTP://WWW.COLLABORIZECLASSROOM.COM/

56. BLOGGING IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES
Teachers
 Create a website
 Post Homework to Students
& Parents
 Share Resources with
students
 Create a class bulletin board
 Connect with other
classrooms
 Make a class newsletter
 Create a “This Day in
History” page
 Have a student blogging
challenge – students a
challenged to write, create
and develop the best blog.
Students
 Write a reflection
 Comment on other student’s
blogs
 Peer edit with comments
 Have discussion groups
 Share Current Events
 Write newsletter stories
 Post your video, timeline,
photo & other creations
 Take on a blogging challenge
and deck out your blog.

57. BUBBL.US PG.45

58. GLIFFY PG. 46

59. DIAGRAM.LY
PG. 47

60. IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES FOR DIAGRAM TOOLS
 Create flow charts of history or current events
 Organize a project and show the steps to get
there
 Create a family tree or genealogy and share with
others
 Show connections of events and people
 Brainstorm project ideas
 Prewriting organization of ideas and content
 Connecting, comparing and identifying concepts

61. SHARE TIME
Stand up, Hand up, Pair up
and Share.

62. FLIPPING YOUR CLASSROOM
 Edutopia Blog: Should You Flip Your Classroom
 http://goo.gl/QFOcG
 Catlin Tucker – Flipped Classroom: 5 Strategies to Flip
& Engage
 http://goo.gl/uKtbw

63. SCREENCASTING AND VIDEO CREATION TOOLS
Screencasting Tools
 ScreenCast-O-Matic
 Screenr
 GoView
 CamStudio
 Camtasia Studio
 ScreenFlow
 Webinaria
Video Creation Tools
 Animoto
 Common Craft
 Qwiki
 Masher
 Xtranormal
 YouTube
 School Tube

64. SCREENCAST-O-MATIC
PG. 49

65. JING PG. 50

66. GOVIEW PG. 52

67. VIDEO CREATION TOOLS
ANIMOTO HTTP://GOO.GL/N5RI1

68. MASHER PG. 56

69. XTRANORMAL PG. 57

70. YOUTUBE TEACHERS

71. ACTIVITIES AND LESSONS FOR VIDEO TOOLS
 Flipping the Classroom
 Create Current Events videos
 Create a video about a historical event, person,
concept or time period.
 Create Screencasts about a topic or concept.
 Record a How-to video
 Create a Travel Video
 Create a spoof of a historical event

72. TIMELINE CREATION TOOLS
TIMETOAST PG. 61

73. DIPITY PG. 62

74. CAPZLES PG. 63

75. MUSIC PG. 64
HISTORYTUNES

76. FLOCABULARY

77. COMIC CREATION
TOONDOO PG. 66

78. PIXTON PG. 67

79. VOCABULARY BUILDERS
WORDLE PG. 68

80. TAGXEDO

81. YOU ARE YOUR WORDS

82. THINK PAIR SHARE
 How can you use timeline, comic and
vocabulary creation tools with your students?
 Share two ideas.

83. INTERACTIVE HISTORY
PLAYING HISTORY

84. MUSEUM BOX

85. ZOMBIE BASED
LEARNING
www.zombiebased.com

86. BACK CHANNELING
TWITTER PG. 73

87. STUDENT RESPONSE/FEEDBACK
POLL EVERYWHERE

88. SOCRATIVE
WWW.SOCRATIVE.COM

89. AHHH, LUNCH!
Please be back at 1:00pm
Thank you.

90. COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
CCSS
 6-8.RH.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of
primary and secondary sources.
 6-8.RH.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they
are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains
related to history/social studies.
 9-10.RH.9. Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in
several primary and secondary sources.
 9-10.WHST.8. Gather relevant information from multiple
authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches
effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering
the research question; integrate information into the text
selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and
following a standard format for citation.
 11-12.RH.9. Integrate information from diverse sources, both
primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea
or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
 11-12.WHST.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to
produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing
products in response to ongoing feedback, including new
arguments or information.

91. PRIMARY SOURCES PG. 77
NATIONAL ARCHIVES – DOCS TEACH

92. EDSITEMENT

93. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

94. GILDER-LEHRMAN
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY

95. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

96. PROCON.ORG
HTTP://WWW.PROCON.ORG/

97. MAPPING TOOLS
GOOGLE EARTH PG. 85

98. GOOGLE MAPS

99. DAVID RUMSEY’S HISTORICAL MAPS PG. 87

100. DAVID RUMSEY MAP/GOOGLE EARTH
INTEGRATION

101. WHAT WAS THERE

102. ANIMAPS

103. SCRIBBLE MAPS PG. 92

104. STRATALOGICA

105. THINK TIME…
 How can you incorporate mapping tools into
your classes?
 Primary Sources are excellent for critical
thinking skill building. What type of activities
can you use?

106. AUDIO RECORDING TOOLS
VOKI PG. 95

107. AUDIO BOO PG. 96

108. QR CODES

109. CYBRARY MAN’S QR CODE PAGE
HTTP://CYBRARYMAN.COM/QRCODES.HTML

110. INFOGRAPHICS
EASEL.LY PG. 100

111. VISUAL.LY

112. STAND UP, HAND UP, PAIR UP
 Find someone you haven’t spoken with today.
 Each person take one minute to share how
you would use the audio tools and
infographics in your classroom.

113. BREAK TIME

114. IPAD APPS IN SOCIAL STUDIES
HTTP://LANGWITCHES.ORG/BLOG/CATEGORY/IPAD/PAGE/2/

115. IPAD APPS FOR MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

116. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?

117. THE END IS NEAR
 Questions?
 My email: roncpeck29@gmail.com