The document discusses various ways that technology can be integrated into the social studies curriculum to make learning more engaging for students and promote higher rates of information retention. It provides examples of software tools like Cover It Live, Skype, and filmmaking that can be used. It also discusses interactive software like webquests and games that can supplement textbook learning. Productivity tools like Google Earth and timelines can allow students to demonstrate and share their knowledge in new ways. Overall, the document advocates for incorporating a variety of technology tools and active learning methods into social studies lessons.

1. Integrating Technology Into the Social Studies Curriculum Lori S. Crum EDTECH541

4. Tool Software/Technology Cover It Live, Skype, Filmmaking

8. Internet for Instruction/Tutorials Social Studies Alive!, Animated Atlas.com, Social Studies Skills Tutor, Scholastic Online Activities and Interactive Learning

13. Benefits of Teaching in Tutorial Context The tutorial requires active participation by the student. Learners must become engaged with the course content in order to process and build on it, and more importantly to express their own understanding of the topics discussed. Students who are too shy or culturally disadvantaged to participate fully in class can thrive online, where they have time to construct their questions and answers and don't have to compete with confident peers for attention. For international and non-English speaking students, these online discussions allow time for reading the contributions of others, rather than trying to understand accents and spoken language in real time. http://teaching.unsw.edu.au/tutorials

14. Productivity Software Google Earth, Dipity, Capzles

18. The Power to do More Productivity tools allow students to do something that was not possible without technology and then to share their results with others. In contrast to traditional software that encourages linear procedural processes, tool software is open-ended. Productivity tools include word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, and telecommunications software. Pisapia, John. Teaching with Technology: Productivity Tools.

19. Interactive Software Webquests, Games

24. Why History Games? Games and simulations are increasingly seen as worthy of academic study and application. Games can not only engage, but they can help develop analytical and critical-thinking skills. They also provide creative possibilities for differentiated learning. Today there is a whole range of free and fee-based games and simulations to provide creative opportunities for students to hone their knowledge and understanding of historical events and characters.