2. The Plan
·The Who
·The Why - "What's my
motivation?"
·The How - a framework
·The Nitty Gritty/"Home
Shopping"
·The List - Give Me
More, More, More (resources
that is)
·The Twist - Consider the
Horse - technology in context
·The Now What
3. The Who
Melissa Fisher
Ben Franklin Middle School, Valparaiso
mfisher@mail.valpo.k12.in.us
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanpepper10
66/5939386157/
4. The Why
The Z - the Kids in
America and in our
classrooms
·Bill Clinton is a senior statesman of whose
presidency they have little knowledge.
·They have never seen an airplane “ticket;” they
can’t picture people actually carrying luggage
through airports rather than rolling it.
·There have always been blue M&Ms, but no tan
ones.
·They watch television everywhere but on a
television.
·Outdated icons with images of floppy discs for
“save,” a telephone for “phone,” and a snail mail
envelope for “mail” have oddly decorated their
tablets and smart phone screens.
-From the Beloit College
Mindset List for the
Class of 2016
7. Motivational Lesson
#1: Technology is
fundamentally
changing children's
conception and
definition of what even
basic items are or how
they should be used.
10. Motivational Lesson
#2 - We need to
remember to explain
the "why bother" and
show the value of
doing things without
technology as well as
with technology.
12. Motivational Lesson
#3 - Technology and
social media are part
of how we're making
history and recording
history. They are tools
of our field and
objects of
historical/social study.
14. Oh yeah, I'm
going to say it:
Common Core
Disciplinary Literacy -
Reading, Writing, Thinkin
g, Analyzing, and
Discussing like a
historian, geographer, so
ciologist, psychologist, e
conomist, anthropologist,
etc.
15. We are still teachers after all.
Just like with any other
instructional objective or
strategy...
...start with the end in mind
...think about what you want to
accomplish
...what would make this more
realistic, authentic, easy to
facilitate, interesting, or
sustainable?
...is there a piece of technology
that can make this happen?
16. Putting It All
Together
·What can stimulate historical
thinking? Primary sources,
virtual experiences, role
play/simulations
·What can facilitate
communication &
collaboration? Social media,
infographics, Google Drive,
Dropbox, student publishing
·What can make my life as the
teacher better? Presentation,
curation, resources
17. The Nitty Gritty
Home Shopping Disclaimer -
Feel free to
wander, explore, stick with
us, or not. Note what grabs
your attention or sparks your
imagination; do not feel the
need to try or even care
about every single idea. This
is your QVC/HSN/SkyMall
moment - feel free to pick
and choose.**ideas will move roughly from the
familiar to the far-out and
challenging
20. What can stimulate historical thinking?
Primary
Sources
http://teachinghistory.org/best-
practices/using-primary-sources
http://historyexplorer.si.ed
u/home/
21. What can stimulate historical thinking? Primary
Sources
http://www.learner.org/courses/worldhistory/
22. What can stimulate historical thinking? Virtual Experiences
Google Earth - Google tours; street view; flight simulator
23. What can stimulate historical thinking? Virtual
Experiences
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/
menu.html
http://www.britishmuseum.or
g/explore/young_explorers1.a
spx
http://www.britishmuseum.org/learning/schools_and_teach
ers/web_resources.aspx
Also includes
Ancient China,
Egypt, India,
Greece, &
Mesopotamia
24. What can stimulate historical thinking? Simulation/
Role Play
http://www.civilization.com/#
Let's get crazy...use a
video game or computer
simulation
OR build your own
simulation via
a website,
webquest, or
your other
tech knowledge
http://playinghistory.org/
http://ingeniousteaching.blogspot.com
/2012/07/wake-your-class-up-with-
simulations.html
Check this out -
Ingenious Teaching's
list of history
game/simulation
sites!
25. Communication & Collaboration Social
Media
https://www.edmodo.com/
Twitter - 140 characters
hashtags as sorting
mechanisms
follow Twitter feeds as
resources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qqDy5BmYKE&feature=youtu.be
https://www.faceboo
k.com/BadassTeache
rsAssociation
26. Communication & Collaboration Google
Drive &
Dropbox
http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/education/products.html#more
https://www.dropbox.com/
27. Communication & Collaboration Infographics
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/teaching-with-
infographics-social-studies-history-economics/?_r=0
http://www.knewton.com/gamificatio
n-education/
Check out these
infographics!
http://www.edudemic.com/201
2/08/diy-infographics/
piktochart.com
infogr.am
visual.ly
http://mashable.com/2012/07/23/
technology-in-the-classroom/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2
009/12/27/opinion/28opchart.html
28. Communication &
Collaboration
Student
Publishing
Let's Get Crazy...
What if your students created a class
website on Weebly to publish their
work/projects?
What if they blogged about class topics
using Blogspot or Wordpress?
Or tweeted on a class Twitter feed?
Or posted videos to help other students or
explain ideas "Khan Academy" style?
Or created a class-based app?
http://www.weebly.com
http://wordpress.com
https://www.twitter.com
https://www.yapp.us/
http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
29. What makes life easier? Curation
Microsoft - One Note & Snipping Tool
Evernote & Skitch
Pinterest (Pin It Button)
http://pinterest.com/
http://evernote.com/
For website
curation, check out
delicious!
https://delicious.com/
30. What makes life easier? Curation
Whether you miss Google Reader (or not) - here
are some alternatives!
http://www.feedly.com/index2.html
Check out
this article!
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/technol
ogy/personaltech/three-ways-feedly-
outdoes-the-vanishing-google-
reader.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Flipboard - now on the web! https://flipboard.com/
31. What makes life easier? Presentation
Prezi
Animoto
Jing/Screencast.com
Voicethread http://voicethread.
com/
http://animo
to.com/
http://prezi.co
m/
http://screenc
ast.com/
32. What makes life easier? Resources!
The List - A few faves...
·Microsoft Partners in Learning - an entire Learning Suite of free teacher awesomeness once you sign
up (which is also free)
http://www.pil-network.com/
·Discovery Education - many free teacher resources; if your school used United Streaming and you have an
account still, make sure you take advantage!
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
·NBC Learn - seriously, what an archive! Thank you IDOE (how many times have you said that?)
http://indiana.nbclearn.com/
·Bing Picture of the day - like the Google Doodle, but more geography-specific
http://www.bing.com/
·Larry Ferlazzo - he's a meta-source with "best of" lists on so many professional topics
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
·EdWeek - the go-to professional source, both for instructional and tech resources, but also just to be knowledgeable
about your profession (and you can sign up for TONS of e-mail updates)
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
·On that note - every teacher should read this article on ed policy! Washington Post's Answer Sheet is a very pro-
public ed take on education. Here's just one sample...
·Also on that note, since we are social studies teachers, here's the NCSS website! They have a news aggregator
called SmartBrief that you can have e-mailed to you.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-
sheet/wp/2013/07/19/five-basic-lessons-on-public-education-
short-and-long-versions/
http://www.socialstudies.org/
·Edudemic is ed tech focused!
http://www.edudemic.com/
·Look - books!
Teaching Generation Text - Lisa Nielsen & Willyn Webb (all about cell phones in the
classroom - interesting! Marc Prensky is another great author on this topic)
Everything Bad is Good for You - Steven Johnson (the title says it all - discusses how
everything from Lost to an MMORPG builds essential skills)
Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts - Sam Wineburg (he's a guru on social studies
teaching)
http://www.amazon.com/Historical-Thinking-Other-Unnatural-
Acts/dp/1566398568/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375329888&sr=8-2&keywords=sam+wineburg
http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Bad-Good-You-Actually/dp/1594481946/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375329926&sr=8-
1&keywords=everything+bad+is+good+for+you
http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Generation-Text-Enhance-Learning/dp/1118076877/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375330015&sr=8-
1&keywords=teaching+generation+text
·Don't underestimate Pinterest - go to their search page and select education - it's a great way to
find other links, sites, and resources - Larry Ferlazzo has a Pinterest page, so it must be a good
idea!
·sophia.org - Sophia Learning offers tons of resources for students and teachers as well as free teacher tools -
worth a look, especially on the professional development front, but you can also organize classes through this!
http://www.sophia.org
http://pinterest.com
33. The Twist
When teaching about technology, teaching about
the history of technology lends important
perspective to our students; it can help them
better analyze the role of technology in society
today and where technological advances might
lead. So teach about history when you teach
tech, and teach the history of tech when you teach
social studies! After all, once upon a time...
34. this was modern technology...
...and so was this...
...and even this!
35. The Now What?
And in the end...
the ideas you take...
can become the new
enhancements you make.
·What 2 or 3 ideas (or more if you want to get crazy)
can work for you that you could implement in the near
future?
·What's your tech dream (a paperless class? a flipped
class? an iPad or Chromebook in every hand?) - What
steps can help you get there?
·Thanks for attending! Please e-mail me with any
questions!
