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Page 1: Technology in Social Studies Instruction “Integrating educational technology into teaching” M. D. Roblyer, R. A. Schwier Chapter 12

Technology in Social Studies Instruction

“Integrating educational technology into teaching”

M. D. Roblyer, R. A. Schwier

Chapter 12

Page 2: Technology in Social Studies Instruction “Integrating educational technology into teaching” M. D. Roblyer, R. A. Schwier Chapter 12

OVERVIEW

• CURRENT ISSUES

• POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY

• SITES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES

• ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE INTERGRATION INTO THE INSTRUCTION

Page 3: Technology in Social Studies Instruction “Integrating educational technology into teaching” M. D. Roblyer, R. A. Schwier Chapter 12

SOCIAL STUDIES IS:

1.HISTORY2.GEOGRAPHY3.ECONOMICS4.LAW5.POLITICAL SCIENCE6.ANTHROPOLOGY7.SOCIOLOGY8.PSYCOLOGY9.AND SO MUCH MORE

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WHERE ARE WE ?

1. OUR GLOBAL VILLAGE IS BECOMING A NEIGHBOURHOOD VILLAGE BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY

2. LIFE WAS SIMPLER IN OUR IGNORANCE

3. AS NEVER BEFOR WE CAN SHAPE AND INFLUENCE OUR WORLD

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SOCIAL STUDIES DEFINED

• THE STUDY OF PEOPLE IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND TO THEIR WORLD

• A COURSE OF STUDY AFFECTED BY TECHNOLOGY PERHAPS MORE THAN ANY OTHER CONTENT AREA

Page 6: Technology in Social Studies Instruction “Integrating educational technology into teaching” M. D. Roblyer, R. A. Schwier Chapter 12

ATLANTIC PROVINCES EDUCATION FOUNDATION

THIS INTERPROVINCIAL FOUNDATION IDENTIFIES SIX STRANDS,1999,PAGE 12:

1. CITIZENSHIP,POWER AND GOVERNANCE

2. INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETY AND ECONOMIC DECISIONS

3.PEOPLE, PLACES AND ENVIROMENT

4. CULTURE AND DIVERSITY

5.INTERDEPENDENCE

6.TIME CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

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STRAND 1 :CITIZENSHIP, POWER AND GOVERNANCE

• WHAT IS A GOOD CITIZEN?

• POWER- WHAT IS IT? WHER DOES IT COME FROM AND HOW DO YOU GET IT?

• CREATION, STRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT

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STRAND 2:INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETY AND ECONOMIC

DECISIONS• RESPOSIBLE ECONOMIC DECISION

MAKING (DO OUR WANTS IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD AFFECT THE LESS FORTUNATE ?).

• WHO GETS WHAT AND AT WHAT COST?

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STRAND 3:PEOPLE, PLACES AND THE ENVIROMENT

• WE ARE ALL PART OF ONE COMPLEX SYSTEM.

• WHAT WE DO AS AN INDIVIDUAL SENDS WAVES THROUGH THE WORLD,AFFECTING EVERYONE.

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STRAND 4: CULTURE AND DIVERSITY

1. HOW ARE WE ALL THE SAME?

2. HOW DO OUR BELIEFS AFFECT OUR POLITICS AND AND RELIGION?

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STRAND 5: INTERDEPENDANCE

• 1. WE ARE ALL CONNECTED, LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY

• WHAT WE DO, ALL OUR ACTIONS, AFFECT THE ABILITY TO ATTAIN A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

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STRAND 6:TIME CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

1. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

2. WHERE HAVE I COME FROM ?

3. WHER AM I NOW ?

4. WHERE AM I GOING ?

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DEPTH VERSUS BREADTHTHE PHILOSOPHY

• BREADTH: TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO SOCIAL STUDIES PROMOTES A BROAD SURVEY COVERAGE AND MASTERY OF FACTS

• DEPTH: COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUAL EVENTS- A SORT OF MICRO-STUDY THAT BREATHS LIFE INTO HISTORY AND FOSTERS TRUE UNDERSTANDING.

Page 14: Technology in Social Studies Instruction “Integrating educational technology into teaching” M. D. Roblyer, R. A. Schwier Chapter 12

PERILS OF THE INFORMATION EXPLOSION

• PROBLEM-FOR ALL THE GOOD OUT THERE, THERE IS AS MUCH BAD.

• SOLUTION: EMBRACE AND EXPLAIN- STUDENT MUST BE TAUGHT TO BECOME CRITICAL CONSUMERS OF INFORMATION.

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HOW DO WE INTERGRATE ?

1. HISTORICALLY-SOCIAL STUDIES WAS

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND DATES.

2. CURRENTLY TECHNOLOGY HAS ALLOWED SOCIAL STUDIES TO BE PRESENTED IN A MORE PERSONAL AND MEANINGFUL WAY.

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EXPLORING CULTURE

• VIRTUAL TRIPS TO FAR AWAY LANDS.(HOW AND WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT)

• KEEYPALS,(EXPLORATION OF PERSONALITIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES)

• VIDEOS AND LIVE FEED, (STIMULATE QUESTIONS AND ENCOURAGES RESEARCH)

• ART (ESPECIALLY IN LOWER GRADES REFLECT THEIR FINDINGS FEELINGS AND CEMENT POSITIVE BELIEFS.

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EXPLORING TIME,CONTUNITY AND CHANGE

• RESEARCHING EVENTS-REAL TIME RESEARCH

• TIME SEQUENCING- INTERCONNECTIVITY OF EVENTS

• VISUAL RECORDS-VIRTUAL VISITS TO MUSEMS BRING HISTORY TO LIFE

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EXPLORING: PEOPLE, PLACES AND THE ENVIROMENT

• DEVELOPING AND USING MAPS-MAP MAKING UTILITIES ALLOW

STUDENTS TO CREATE MAPS AND IT TEACHES DIRECTION, DISTANCE, SCALES, GRIDS, COORDINATES AND SYMBOLS

• LOCATION DATA-GPS• CALLABORATIVE PROJECTS• DRILL AND KILL

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EXPLORING PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND

CONSUMPTION

• SIMULATIONS-STOCK MARKET

• ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES-THIRD WORLD DEBT, MONEY MARKETS

• LIMITED RESOURCES

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EXPLORING GLOBAL CONCERNS

• TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY-ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE

• GLOBAL CONNECTIONS-THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES, THE ENVIROMENT AND ECOLOGY

• IS OUR FUTURE SUSTAINABLE ?

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GLOBAL ISSUES

• POLUTION

• ENVIROMENT

• ENDANGERED SPECIES

• RAIN FORREST

• CHILD LABOUR

• CHILD SOLDIERS

• HUMAN RIGHTS

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NEW DEFINITION….

• NEVER BEFOR HAVE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS HAD SO MANY TOOLS IN THEIR CHEST TO BRING HISTOY AND CURRENT EVENTS TO LIFE- NEVER BEFOR COULD WE ENGAGE AND MOLD TO SUCH AN EXTENT SIMPLY BY FOSTERING ADVENTURE AND CURIOSITY IN YOUNG MINDS

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GOOD LUCK!