Summary
Like many other subject areas, technology has changed how
social studies is taught. With
technology, content can be more hands-on, interactive, and problem-based for
learners. Teachers are able to create
lesson that require students to be more active, such as collaborating with
peers in the classroom or around the world.
Utilizing technology in social studies lessons help it be student-centered
and encourage active student inquiry.
Instead of just consuming information from the web, students
can now collaborate and publish and broadcast their own products, i.e. blogs,
wiki. At times this can be at no
cost. This allows students to go beyond
an understanding of the content. It is
allowing them to interpret, evaluate, and analyze the material. Students can also have global connections
that teaches them culture and culture diversity.
In this article, it talks about 4 web-based technologies to
help in the Social Studies Classroom.
1. VoiceThread – “a collaborative, multimedia software that
allows the interactive sharing of images, videos, and documents”
2. Gliffy – Concept mapping software
3. Community Walk - To create informational, interactive,
and engaging maps.
4. Footnote - Provides Primary Sources of Military Records
Reflection
The web-based technologies have changed the way teachers
teach social studies in the classroom.
For students to have a deeper understanding of the content implementing
the web-based technologies can be helpful.
The examples Halcomb and Beal refer in their article seem to have
changed since this article has been published, most of them having a cost. However, Footnote seems to offer some
valuable primary sources for free.
VoiceThread seems to be a valuable tool too, however with the cost it
will be something to keep in mind.
Reference
Capitalizing on Web 2.0 in the Social Studies
Context. (2010). TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve
Learning, 54(4), 28-33. Doi:10.1007/s11528-010-0417-0
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