Chapter 12
Technology inSocial Studies Instruction
Alex Warford and Matt Milton
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TPACK and Social Studies
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Issues and Problems
Methods of Addressing Social StudiesInstruction Standards
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)provides comprehensive National Social StudiesStandards
Separate more specific content standards existfor each of the social studies disciplines
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Issues and Problems
National Social Studies Standards: 10 Themes
Culture- What arecommon characteristicsof different cultures?
Time, continuity, andchange- What happenedin the past and how am Iconnected to it?
People, places, andenvironments- Why arethings located where theyare and what implicationsdoes that have onpeople?
Individual developmentand identity-How dopeople reach their basicneeds in a variety ofcontexts?
Individuals, groups, andinstitutions- What is therole of institutions indifferent societies?
Power, authority, andgovernance- How aregovernments formed andmaintained?
Production, distribution,and consumption- Howare goods and servicesproduced?
Science, technology, andsociety- How can we copewith change?
Global connections –What is the connectionbetween global prioritiesand national interests?
Civic ideals and practices-What is the balancebetween rights andresponsibilities?
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Issues and Problems
Dilemmas in Teaching Effectively
Lack of inclusion in the statewide assessment
Large mount of material in a short time
Changing role of technology
Cost of high-quality resources
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Issues and Problems
“History Wars” and Other Debates on theContent and Focus of Social Studies
Role of history in the curriculum
Focus on teaching history and civics rather than
Broad social studies topics
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Issues and Problems
Perils of the Information Explosion
Wide availability of information on the Internet
–Unfiltered sources of information
Change of traditional relationship betweenteacher and student
–Teacher no longer the primary source of facts
Information or media Literacy
–Need to become critical consumer of information
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Technology Integration Strategiesfor Social Studies
Simulated Problem-Solving Environments
Electronic Environments that allow students tointeract with simulated events or locations
–The Oregon Trail
–GeoThentic
–Making History
–Decisions, Decisions
–International Communication and NegotiationSimulations (ICONS)
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Technology Integration Strategiesfor Social Studies
Graphic Representations
Help visualize abstract concepts such astimelines and maps
–Graphing software and Spreadsheets
•Excel
–Timeline generators
•Neighborhood MopMachine
•TimeLiner
•The Graph Club
•GraphMaster
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Technology Integration Strategiesfor Social Studies
Virtual Trips - Internet resources thatallow students to
“visit” places otherwise difficult to visit,
prepare for upcoming trips,
synthesize learned information
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Example of Virtual Field Trips andUse of Technology
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Technology Integration Strategiesfor Social Studies
Adventure Learning
Hybrid distance education approach
Collaborative learning environments
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Technology Integration Strategiesfor Social Studies
Digital Storytelling
The process of using images and audio to tell thestories of lives, events, or eras.
Students use personal narrative to exploredifferent social aspects
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Technology Integration Strategiesfor Social Studies
Digital Information Critiques
Students develop skills to critically evaluatedigital information
Social studies provides context for exploringsocial impact of images while developing medialiteracy skills
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Technology Integration Strategiesfor Social Studies
Electronic Research
Study of politics, economics, and current eventsrequires up-to-date information
Use of data “pictures” supports data analysis
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Technology Integration Strategiesfor Social Studies
GIS and GPS Lessons
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)- Captures, stores,and presents geographic data
Global Positioning Systems (GPS)- satellite navigationssystem that provides exact locations
Geocaching- use of GPS system to find containers hiddenaround the world
Sample GIS and GPS Lesson Sites
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Technology Integration Strategiesfor Social Studies
Practice of Factual Information
Helping to learn and remember important facts
–Drill and practice
–Instructional games
–Pay-to-view Internet sites
Sample Factual Information Sites