Five under appreciated tools that support literacy and social studies

1. Under-appreciated
Google Tools
Easy, Engaging, Effective

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3. don’t be that guy

4. standards & assessments
have changed!

5. “Social Studies content is the
vehicle for demonstrating
mastery, not the destination.”
Don Gifford

6. Reading

7. evaluate an argument or claim
determine main idea / identify and
analyze evidence
comprehend complex and difficult
text
identify / evaluate information in
multiple forms of media

8. Writing

9. make an argument using evidence
tell a story
apply appropriate technologies
gather multiple sources of
information into projects

10. Communicating

11. collaborate with diverse partners
design and deliver a presentation
present information that is not
totally written text
use multiple modes of communication

12. socialstudiescentral.com

13. find some
buddies

14. why the
difference

18. Google
Cardboard

21. what might this look
like?

22. Google
Public Data

26. Google
Cardboard

29. what might this look
like?

30. Google
Newspapers

32. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19440609&id=2_QZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oSMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3956,3814641&hl=en

33. Google
Cultural Institute

38. Google
Keep

39. share notes
sort by colors / labels
create drawings (Android)
leave audio notes (mobile)
photo transcripts

40. Google Docs
Research Tools
Voice Typing
Add-Ons

41. Google
Collections

45. Google
Search

46. site search
site:usd259.com
file type
filetype:pdf
exact phrase
“advocating for education”

47. define vocab
define:elementary
calculate numbers
(2*3)/5+44-1

49. Google
My Maps

51. what are you
zinking about?

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