Technology in Social Studies Instruction “Integrating educational technology into teaching” M....

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

SOCIAL STUDIES IS:

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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.

STRAND 4: CULTURE AND DIVERSITY

1. HOW ARE WE ALL THE SAME?

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

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.

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 ?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

EXPLORING PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND

CONSUMPTION

• SIMULATIONS-STOCK MARKET

• ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES-THIRD WORLD DEBT, MONEY MARKETS

• LIMITED RESOURCES

EXPLORING GLOBAL CONCERNS

• TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY-ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE

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

• IS OUR FUTURE SUSTAINABLE ?

GLOBAL ISSUES

• POLUTION

• ENVIROMENT

• ENDANGERED SPECIES

• RAIN FORREST

• CHILD LABOUR

• CHILD SOLDIERS

• HUMAN RIGHTS

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

GOOD LUCK!