Integration of Technology

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Integration of Technology

• High School Social Studies

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What is Social Studies???????

• Social studies is the integrated study of the
  social sciences and humanities to promote civic
  competence
• Provides coordinated, systematic study drawing
  upon such disciplines as anthropology,
  archaeology, economics, geography, history, law,
  philosophy, political science, psychology,
  religion, and sociology
• Even some content from the humanities, natural
  sciences, and MATHEMATICS

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Purpose of Social Studies in Education

• Help young people develop the ability to make
  informed and reasoned decisions for the public
  good as citizens of a culturally diverse,
  democratic society in an interdependent world

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What is NETS?

• National Educational Technology Standards
• These Standards were formed by the International
  Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

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What is the NETS Project?

• -Enable stakeholders in PreK-12 to develop
  national standards for educational uses of
  technology
• To facilitate school improvement in the Unites
  States
• Define Standards for students, integrating
  curriculum technology, technology support, and
  standards for student assessment and evaluation
  of technology use

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What is the NETS Project?

• -Refresh Project is expected to be re-released at
  Atlanta in June of 2007

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What are the Social Studies Standards?

• NCSS
• National Social Studies Standards
• Released in 1994
• These standards address overall curriculum design
  and comprehensive student performance
  expectations
• NCSS forms the overall framework of social
  studies

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10 themes that form the framework

• Theme 1-Culture
• -What are the common characteristics of different
  cultures?
• Theme 2-Time, continuity, and change
• -What has happened in the past? How has the
  world changed and how might it change in the
  future?
• Theme 3-People, places, and environment
• -Where are things located? Why are they located
  where they are? How do landforms change?
• Theme 4-Individual development and identity
• -Why do people behave as they do? How do people
  learn?
• Theme 5-Individuals, groups, and institutions
• -What is the role of institutions in this or
  other societies? How do institutions change?

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10 themes that form the framework

• Theme 6-Power, Authority, and Governance
• -What is power? Who holds it?
• Theme 7-Production, distribution, and consumption
• -How is production organized? How are goods and
  services distributed?
• Theme 8-Science, technology, and society
• -Is new technology always better than old? How
  can we cope with the ever increasing pace of
  change
• Theme 9-Global connections
• -Students need to be able to address
  international issues such as health care, the
  environment, and human rights
• Theme 10-Civic ideals and practices
• -What is the role of the citizen in the
  community and the nation and as a member of the
  world community?

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Ways to Integrate Technology in Social Studies

• Simulated problem solving
• -Lets students interact with simulated models of
  environments or events
• Virtual trips
• -Sending students to internet locations
  supplements or replaces real field trips

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Ways to Integrate Technology in Social Studies

• Digital storytelling
• -Images communicate biographies and historical
  events in ways that make them more real and
  relevant
• Electronic Research
• -The internet and databases help students locate
  information sources
• Practice of factual information
• -Drill-and-practice and Instructional games are
  fun ways to help students remember information

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Why Use technology in Social Studies Education?

• Social studies education has been affected by the
  impact of technology perhaps more than any other
  content area
• Technology tools make possible a variety of
  strategies to enhance learning for the varied
  topics and concepts that comprise social studies
  content
• A belief that the appropriate and thoughtful
  utilization of digital technologies within the
  social studies classroom will create new
  environments for teachers and students to
  implement technology as a tool for inquiry

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Pros Cons of Implementing Technology in Social
Studies Education

• Pros
• -Technology resources are a collection of tools
  that help teach specific content and tools
• -Allows students to understand and learn social
  studies in different ways
• -Instructional game programs are fun,
  motivational ways to help students remember
  historical and geographic facts

• Cons
• -High quality resources are expensive
• -Using Technology in a constructivist way is time
  consuming
• -Dilemma on how to teach social studies in an
  effective way
• -Digital divide
• -Internet research can also bring up information
  that is not suitable for the student
• pictures, language

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What is the digital divide?

• A discrepancy in access to technology resources
  among socioeconomic groups
• -originates with inequalities with students
  access to computers
• Technology can accelerate or decelerate
  education
• -If technology is not used correctly effective
  learning will not happen.
• -Teachers need to fully understand the
  technology they are using to teach. Doing
• this will maximize the educational
  benefits children gain from technology in the
  classroom

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Integrating Technology in Social studies

• Social Studies is affected by technology because
  the world is changing everyday, which means there
  is a lot more to learn about the world.
  Fortunately, the same technology that has created
  this computer world can be used to help teach it.
  
• As a teacher dont run away from
  technology,embrace it.

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Websites and Software for Implementing Social
Studies Education in the Classroom

• NETS
• Muzzy Lane problem-solving envirionments
• Classroom Jeopardy- Instructional social studies
  game
• U.S. National Archives and Records
  Administration- digital storytelling

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REFERENCES

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• Roblyer, M.D.(2006). Integrating educational
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• Thomas, L.(2005). National Educational Technology
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