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Social Studies 2.0From a Presentation at GCSS by Betsey Kennedy4th Grade Teacher, Big Shanty Intermediate Schoolelizabeth.kennedy@cobbk12.orgAdapted by Scott L. Roberts, Ph.D. Social Studies Program Specialist Gwinnett County Public Schools

NoteBefore using any website, YouTube clip or any non- adopted resource, you should submit them to your local schools supplemental material resource committee.What Instructional Technology Advancement is this Quote about?It is surprisingly delightful to see the interest it kindles in even the least motivated student.* By rousing the curiosity and holding the attention beyond all other means, it would almost completely banish that weariness which makes the school house a place hated by so many childrenThe Blackboard 1827 (dullest scholar) What is Web 2.0?

What is Web 2.0?

Web 1.0 = Read Only Web

Web 2.0 = Read/Write WebPeople are both consumers and producers

Why is Web 2.0 different than any other educational technology?

Larry Cuban (1986): Teachers and Machines

Why Use Web 2.0 With Kids?stimulates new modes of inquiry creates new opportunities for collaborative learning allows students to engage with new literacies and express themselves in different media encourages a proficiency in the publication of content, which creates a sense of ownership, audience engagement, peer assessment, and informal learning(Crook, Fisher, Graber, Harrison, & Lewin, 2009)

Why Use Web 2.0 With Kids?

Challenges with Web 2.0Time

Classroom Management

Privacy Issues

Digital Divide

Getting Started with Web 2.0Create multiple email accountsGeneric UsernamesCommon Password

Register for studentsgood job for a volunteer

Try it out for yourself

Managing Classroom 2.0Use good judgment, collaborate with others, seek approval, and if in doubt dont use the site.

Start small

Develop groups of experts

Ask for help

Limit options

Be ready before you move to the computer lab

Using Youtube? Use Safe Share: http://www.safeshare.tv/

Standards of Netiquette (Adams, 2012)Dont post what you wouldnt say face to faceRespect others timeSpelling, grammar, and punctuation still count online. Choose your wording carefully. Can use, but dont over use emoticons. Refrain from posting anything that impedes the learning environment. Avoid profanity and blatant disrespect.

Time for the Tools1. Prezi2. Blabberize3. Glogster4. Podomatic5. Digital Story telling sites

6. TypePad7. VoiceThread8. Wikispaces9. Xtimeline10. ZeeMaps

http://Prezi.comFree upgraded accounts for teachers

Presentation tool for teachers

Highly engaging to students

Easily embedded on TypePad blogs

Allows for student comments

What can you do with a Prezi?**General Presentations (older students):http://prezi.com/wwiin516ebc5/georgia-on-my-mind-writing-the-new-state-history-textbook-in-the-post-loewen-world/

Document Analysishttp://prezi.com/pflvxcboiscm/primary-source-analysis/

Interactive Textbook Reading Lessonhttp://prezi.com/mrlg3lftq4la/vikings/

What can you do with a Prezi?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use Prezi in your classroom.

http://blabberize.comCreate talking images using photographs or drawings

Quick and easy

Post comments

What can you do with Blabberize?Conversations between historical characters

Oh the Things Ive Seen: Talking Objects Witness to History

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Biographyhttp://blabberize.com/view/id/445472

**This is a great idea, but I have had trouble trying to get it to work properly. It would be worth trying out though

Similar option: www.voki.com

What can you do with Blabberize?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use Blabberize in your classroom.

www.edu.Glogster.comCreate multimedia, interactive posters that include everything from movies to Wordless to weblinks

http://thilby.edu.glogster.com/glogsteredu/ http://sroberts16.edu.glogster.com/thomas-edison/

Glogster BasicsCan register students without email addresses

Students can comment on each others glogs

Glogs can be linked to TypePad blogs easily

What can you do with a Glog?Present Information

Biography Reports

Event Reviewhttp://wynford.edu.glogster.com/america-in-the-great-depression/**This was extremely easy to use

What can you do with a Glog?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use Golgster in your classroom.

www.Podomatic.comAllows teachers or students to easily make podcasts

Easy to embed, link, or email

Allows for commentingOther sites:Audacity http://audacity.download-latest.com/Garage Band http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/

How do you Podcast?http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/lessons/collaborative_transformation_socialstudies

What can you do with podcasts?Current Events

What We Have Learnedhttp://mps.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/shows/Willowcast27.html

Radio Plays/ Newscasts

Monthly Newsletters

What can you do with a Podcast?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use Podcast in your classroom.

Story Telling Sites http://www.storyjumper.com/ http://www.zooburst.com/ http://memoov.com/ http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/http://www.xtranormal.com/ **

What can you do with Digital Story Telling?Primary Source Analysis

Whats Wrong with this Cartoon

Event Review

Biography Reports

How to Books (Jones & Daisy, 2011) (ex. How to create a colony, How to gain Civil Rights)

What can you do with Digital Story Telling Sites?**This was really fun and a great way to help with literacy. Some sites are more user friendly than others.

What can you do with a Digital Story Telling Site?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use Digital Story telling in your classroom.

Why blog?

www.TypePad.comEmbedding is easy

Open comments

Take advantage of the features

Create another blog when necessary

What can you do with your blog?Embed Web 2.0 projects

Turn to Blogspot.com when you need morehttp://herstorysociety.blogspot.com/

Can have a book club on Blogspot:http://www.theyearofthehangman.blogspot.com/

What can you do with a Blog?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use a blog in your classroom.

www.VoiceThread.comCollaborative, multimedia slide shows Holds images, documents, and videos

Allows people to navigate slides and leave comments:using voice (with a microphone or telephone) text audio filevideo (via a webcam)

VoiceThread Student Samplehttp://voicethread.com/share/1602641/ http://bigshanty.blogs.com/kennedy/

VoiceThread Tips and TricksProvide a selection of pictures in student drives for students to use

Have students complete a storyboard before ever touching the computer

Provide thumbnails of the pictures for the storyboard

Have two students work together

What can you do with a Voice Thread?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use Voice Thread in your classroom.

www.Wikispaces.comhttp://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers

Free for teachers (no ads, private or public)

Private memberships for students

Students can edit a common page adding their own thoughts, pictures, etc.

What can you do with a wiki?ABC Book

History Yearbook/Encyclopedia

Project Organizing Space

Book Clubs (http://lightningthiefbookgroup.wikispaces.com/)

Spot to collaborate with other classes

What can you do with a Wiki?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use a Wiki in your classroom.

www.xTimeline.comSimple Timeline Builder

Can be embedded or linked to blog

Allows you to add:DatesDescriptionsMedia

What can you do with xTimeline?Biographical Timelineshttp://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/Thomas-Jefferson

Event Timelines

Year-Long Building TimelineAnother option Dipity http://www.dipity.com/

What can you do with a X-Timeline/Dipity?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use X-timeline in your classroom.

www.ZeeMaps.comCreate interactive mapsIncludes:LocationsDescriptionsWeb LinksAudio FilesMovie FilesOther sites:Umapper http://www.umapper.com/Google Earth: http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

What can you do with ZeeMaps?Trace Important Events in Historyhttp://www.zeemaps.com/244541

Map the Life of a Person

Map the Settings of a Book

What can you do with a Zeemap?Take a few mins. Look over your AKS/Content Map. With a partner or alone jot down some ideas you have about how you can use Zeemap in your classroom.

The Technology Integration Matrixhttp://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/gradelevel.php

Tools (Reminder)1. Prezi2. Blabberize3. Glogster4. Podomatic5. Story Telling

6. TypePad7. VoiceThread8. Wikispaces9. Xtimeline10. ZeeMaps

Holcomb, L., Beal, C., & Lee, J.K. (2011). Supersizing social studies through the use of Web 2.0 technologies. Social Studies Research and Practice, 6(3), 102-111. http://www.socstrp.org/

Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other powerful web tools for the classroom. Corwin Press.

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