1. MAKING BEST USE OF CUTTING-EDGE
TECHNOLOGY TOOLS IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES
CLASSROOM
What do you want to
learn today?

2. YE OLE AGENDA
Introduction to Tech Tools
Break Time – Mid Morning
More Cool Tools
Lunch 11:45 – 1:00
Common Core & Resources
Break Time - Mid Afternoon
iPad Apps

3. Back
Channeling & Organization
Introduction &
To Tech Learning
Management Collaboration
Tools Tools
Systems
Website Screen
Building & Tech
Integration Casting &
Blogging Video
Tools in the Social
Studies Tools
Student
Response Mapping
& Tools &
Feedback Common Core iPad Apps
& Primary
Sources

4. CHECK OUT THE HANDBOOK
 Table of Contents
 Lots of Great Resources and Tools

5. A TEACHER’S REALITY

6. COPYRIGHT – BE ON THE SAFE
SIDE
 Copyright Friendly Images
 Pics4Learning
 http://ookaboo.com/o/pictures/
 http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
 http://www.stockvault.net/

7. “THINK BACK TEN YEARS AGO. WHAT
WAS TECHNOLOGY LIKE? NOW TRY TO
IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE TEN
YEARS FROM NOW.” SIR KEN ROBINSON

8. TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING
THE WAY WE TEACH!
 Engagement
 Cooperation
 Collaboration
 Life Long Learner
Where does technology fit in to what
we are doing?
What are the goals for the day?

9. IS THERE AN APP FOR THAT?
 Many of the tools shared have apps. I
have noted such on the slides. Check the
wiki for more information. Thanks.

10. BACKCHANNELING
 Twitter
 Today’s Meet
 LocaModa
 Edmodo
 Collaborize Classroom

11. BACKCHANNELING

12. BACK CHANNELING
TWITTER PG. 73

13. BUILDING YOUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
NETWORK
HTTP://SSCHAT.NING.COM/

14. COOL NEW TOYS…UM, I MEAN
TOOLS!
 MyStudiYo –
http://www.quizrevolution.com/
 CiteLighter - http://www.citelighter.com/
 ThingLink - https://www.thinglink.com/
 10x10 News - http://www.tenbyten.org/
 TEDed - http://ed.ted.com/

15. WHERE TO GO FOR MORE ASSISTANCE
 Information from today’s presentation as well as
links to resources and the LiveBinders can be found
here:
 http://rpproductions.wikispaces.com/Ho
me

16. SEARCH ENGINES
 Sweet Search
 Google Scholar
 InstaGrok
 iSeek

17. LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
www.edmodo.com pg. 4

18. MOODLE PG. 8
HTTP://MOODLE.ORG/

19. FLEXIBILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY

20. APPLICATIONS IN SOCIAL
STUDIES
 Why an LMS?
 How can I apply it in Social Studies?
 Videos
 Question and reflection
 Feedback
 Quizzes
 Connecting and collaborating
 Blogging

21. LMS USES IN SOCIAL
STUDIES
 Blogging
 Video storage and viewing
 Flipping your classroom
 Collaboration and sharing
 Communication
 Assignments and Grading
 Project Based Learning
 Posting Primary Source Documents

22. BEGINNER TIPS AND TRICKS
 Start small
 Set guidelines for use.
 Send a letter to parents about what it is
and how you will be using it with
students.
 Build your library.
 Set Notifications the way you want to
communicate.

23. ADVANCED TIPS AND TRICKS
 Communities
 Link your resources in your library.
 Giving feedback to your students.
 Written
 Audio
 Video

24. ORGANIZATION: LIVEBINDERS
PG. 26

25. EVERNOTE PG.25

26. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND
IDEAS
 Uses for LiveBinders? With students?
 Uses for Evernote? For Students?

27. COLLABORATION TOOLS PG. 10
 Collaborative Writing and Communication
 Google Apps

28. G O LE D I VE
OG R

29. G O LE D CS
OG O ht t ps://dr i ve.googl e.com/

30. Lessons & Activities for Collaborative
Writing
 Peer Research, Writing and Editing
 Project Outlines
 Creative Writing Stories
 Collaborative Cause and Effect Writing
 Document Mash-ups
 Character Letter Exchange
 Global Connection Lesson Writing

31. COLLABORATIVE VIDEO CONFERENCING
SKYPE PG.14

32. SKYPE IN THE CLASSROOM

33. COLLABORATION TOOLS PG. 23
WALLWISHER
HTTP://WALLWISHER.COM/

34. PREZI PG. 29
www.prezi.com

35. SLIDESHARE PG.31

36. PRESENTATION TOOL ACTIVITY AND
LESSON IDEAS
 Ideasfor effective engaging
presentations
 Tell a story
 Map it out
 Use art and literature to connect to
history
 Report on a Historical figure or event
like it is a current event
 Interview and present
 Photos, maps and charts only

37. BREAK TIME
Think
Reflect
Share

38. GOOGLE SITES PG. 34

39. WIKISPACES
PG. 35

40. WIKISPACES FOR EDUCATION &
COLLABORATION

41. BLOGGING TOOLS
 Edublogs pg. 38

42. BLOGGER PG. 39

43. GLOGSTER
PG. 41

44. COLLABORIZE CLASSROOM
HTTP://WWW.COLLABORIZECLASSROOM.COM/

45. BLOGGING IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES
Teachers and develop the best blog.
 Create a website Students
 Post Homework to  Write a reflection
Students & Parents  Comment on other
 Share Resources with student’s blogs
students  Peer edit with comments
 Create a class bulletin  Have discussion groups
board
 Share Current Events
 Connect with other
 Write newsletter stories
classrooms
 Post your video, timeline,
 Make a class newsletter
photo & other creations
 Create a “This Day in
 Take on a blogging
History” page
challenge and deck out
 Have a student blogging your blog.
challenge – students a
challenged to write, create

46. SHARE TIME
Standup, Hand up, Pair up
and Share.

47. FLIPPING YOUR CLASSROOM
 Edutopia Blog: Should You Flip Your Classroom
 http://goo.gl/QFOcG
 Catlin Tucker – Flipped Classroom: 5 Strategies to
Flip & Engage
 http://goo.gl/uKtbw

48. SCREENCASTING AND VIDEO CREATION
TOOLS
Screencasting Video Creation
Tools Tools
 ScreenCast-O-Matic  Animoto
 Screenr  Common Craft
 GoView  Qwiki
 CamStudio  Masher
 Camtasia Studio  Xtranormal
 ScreenFlow  YouTube
 Webinaria  School Tube

49. SCREENCAST-O-MATIC
PG. 49

50. JING PG. 50

51. VIDEO CREATION TOOLS
ANIMOTO HTTP://GOO.GL/N5RI1

52. ACTIVITIES AND LESSONS FOR VIDEO
TOOLS
 Flipping the Classroom
 Create Current Events videos
 Create a video about a historical event, person,
concept or time period.
 Create Screencasts about a topic or concept.
 Record a How-to video
 Create a Travel Video
 Create a spoof of a historical event

53. DIPITY PG. 62

54. VOCABULARY BUILDERS
WORDLE PG. 68

55. TAGXEDO

56. THINK PAIR SHARE
 How can you use timeline, comic and
vocabulary creation tools with your
students?
 Share two ideas.

57. STUDENT RESPONSE/FEEDBACK
POLL EVERYWHERE

58. SOCRATIVE
WWW.SOCRATIVE.COM

59. AHHH, LUNCH!
Please be back at 1:00pm
Thank you.

60. COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
CCSS
 6-8.RH.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of
primary and secondary sources.
 6-8.RH.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as
they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to
domains related to history/social studies.
 9-10.RH.9. Compare and contrast treatments of the same
topic in several primary and secondary sources.
 9-10.WHST.8. Gather relevant information from multiple
authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced
searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in
answering the research question; integrate information into
the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding
plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
 11-12.RH.9. Integrate information from diverse sources, both
primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an
idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
 11-12.WHST.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to
produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing
products in response to ongoing feedback, including new
arguments or information.

61. PRIMARY SOURCES PG. 77
NATIONAL ARCHIVES – DOCS TEACH

62. EDSITEMENT

63. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

64. GILDER-LEHRMAN
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY

65. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

66. PROCON.ORG
HTTP://WWW.PROCON.ORG/

67. MAPPING TOOLS
GOOGLE EARTH PG. 85

68. GOOGLE MAPS

69. DAVID RUMSEY’S HISTORICAL MAPS PG.
87

70. DAVID RUMSEY MAP/GOOGLE EARTH
INTEGRATION

71. WHAT WAS THERE

72. STRATALOGICA

73. THINK TIME…
 How can you incorporate mapping tools
into your classes?
 Primary Sources are excellent for critical
thinking skill building. What type of
activities can you use?

74. AUDIO RECORDING TOOLS
VOKI PG. 95

75. AUDIO BOO PG. 96

76. QR CODES

77. CYBRARY MAN’S QR CODE PAGE
HTTP://CYBRARYMAN.COM/QRCODES.HTML

78. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
 Findsomeone you haven’t spoken with
today.
 Each person take one minute to share.

79. BREAK TIME

80. IPAD APPS IN SOCIAL
STUDIES
HTTP://LANGWITCHES.ORG/BLOG/CATEGORY/IPAD/PAGE/2/

81. IPAD APPS FOR MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

82. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
NOW?

83. THE END IS NEAR
 Questions?
 My email: roncpeck29@gmail.com