Web 2.0 in the Social Studies ClassroomPresented by Andrew Zemaitis

“Dream” of the possibilities with Web 2.0!

Introduction This presentation will define what Web 2.0 is

and how it can be incorporated into social studies classrooms in simple and practical ways.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

What would Confucius think of Web 2.0 in our classrooms?

Defining Web 2.0 Web 2.0 can be defined as:

“ The use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to facilitate creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, wikis, and blogs.”

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Common Web 2.0 ToolsMost of us use various Web 2.0 tools in

our daily lives.

How many of these tool do you recognize?

How do you use them in your lives? How can you begin to use them in your

classroom?

DiigoTwitter Podcast

Google WordPress

Google Google offers free

applications like documents, calendar, sites, and groups.

Use Google docs to create and store student documents, presentations and spreadsheets online.

Calendar is a great application for students to organize their time and meet those deadlines!.

Google sites allows teachers or students to create their very own websites online and for free!

Create a Google group for your classes and hold web discussions on your subject of the day.

Albert EinsteinScientist,

Mathematician, and All-Around Genius

Twitter

Students can conduct and report data from their

own Twitter polls concerning current events.

Students can tweet experts in social studies-based

areas like government or academia.

Students can take part in online scavenger hunts

and report their findings on Twitter.

Students can practice skills like paraphrasing

because of Twitters 140 character limit.

Students can play 20 questions with one another

using Twitter. Can you guess which historical

figure is being described?

Students can hold Twitter debates on issues.

Thomas JeffersonPresident and Author of the Declaration of Independence

Blogging

Students may use a blog to do the following:

respond to current events and political cartoons, review of historical documents,

differentiating between fact and opinion, reflection of field trips, persuade audience

on a social issue, response to literature, and create a historical fiction.

Podcasts

Teacher podcast

enrichment lectures.

Teacher created

StudyCasts for exam

review.

Students can create

podcasts for the following:

Historical re-enactments

Public Service Announcements

Political Campaigns

Interviews

Discuss Social Issues/Current IssuesMarconi Radio Inventor

Diigo Diigo is a social

bookmarking tool which means it is great for group collaboration!

Students can collaborate with one another on group project research through use of Diigo’s sticky notes.

Individual students can organize their research by highlighting passages and annotating through tags. Charles Darwin

Survival of the Fittest

Conclusion In today’s world, educators must push themselves to teach their students in new and innovative new ways to achieve the results that the American public wants.

Web 2.0 is the means to get us there.

The results could be indescribable. “By any means necessary” - Malcolm X