Social Studies for the

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Social Studies for the 21st Century
Motivating Todays Learner
Dana Kelley Region 10 ESC dana.kelley_at_region10.org

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On the paper provided, create a profile of a 21st
century learner.
What is unique about their brains?
What do they say? How do they communicate?
What is their passion?
What do they like to produce or do with their
hands?
What will be their legacy?
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How does this profile impact our classrooms?
How does this impact us as educators?
Think-Pair-Share
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Connecting Learning to the 21st Century
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http//www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/engauge21st.pd
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The enGauge 21st Century SkillsBased on two
years of study, the enGauge 21st Century Skills
represent the fresh, serious, new perspective
required in light of recent historical events,
globalization, and the idiosyncrasies of the
Digital Age.
http//www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/skill21.htm
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• Three Steps for
• 21st Century Learning

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Competition, Cooperation,Collaboration
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Lets put the SOCIAL back in Social Studies!

• Laurel Schmidt, author of Social Studies that
  Sticks How to Bring Content Concepts to Life
  (2007, Heinemann), argues that there are 3 areas
  of instruction that need attention
• Content human beings as central to the story
• Learning strategies that support the natural
  learning cycle
• Outcomes challenging problems, authentic
  experiences, and real life tasks that have
  consequences

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Put the SOCIAL back in CONTENT

• Present the faces of real people,
• not just a list of celebrities!

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Put the SOCIAL back in LEARNING

• If nothing else, focus on the natural cycle
• of how humans learn

AWARENESSEXPLORATIONINQUIRYACTION
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Competition, Cooperation, Collaboration Gaming

• 21st-Century learners need to explore
  information to see what more they can find by
  building connections and trying different
  searches. Another word for this might be play.
• Many games support collaboration, role playing
  and scaffold learners level by level.
• Some give students practice at living in the
  real world.

American Association of School Librarians'
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
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Second Life is a 3-D virtual world created by
its Residents. Since opening to the public in
2003, it has grown explosively and today is
inhabited by millions of Residents from around
the globe.
http//secondlife.com
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Competition, Cooperation, Collaboration Social
Networks

• A social network is a social structure made of
  nodes (which are generally individuals or
  organizations) that are tied by one or more
  specific types of interdependency, such as
  values, visions, ideas, financial exchange,
  friendship, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade.
  The resulting structures are often very complex.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network
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Create Your Own Social Network for
Anything. Choose from the existing 2,011
existing networks, or create your own!
www.ning.com
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www.facebook.com
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Competition, Cooperation, Collaboration
Communication

• A social network is a social structure made of
  nodes (which are generally individuals or
  organizations) that are tied by one or more
  specific types of interdependency, such as
  values, visions, ideas, financial exchange,
  friendship, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade.
  The resulting structures are often very complex.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network
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Bring Social Media into your classroom just in
time for the election!
http//www.pbs.org/teachers/vote2008
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Collaborate Global Communication

• Global SchoolNet combines smart teaching ideas
  with web publishing, video conferencing and other
  online tools that bridge geographic gaps,
  allowing young people around the world to learn
  together. Global SchoolNet is a growing
  international network of 70,000 online
  educators, who engage in online project-based
  learning activities.

http//www.globalschoolnet.org
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Collaborate Global Communication

• The Friendship Through Education initiative,
  launched by the U.S. Department of Education in
  response to the events surrounding September 11,
  2001, continues to work to build strong and
  lasting relationships between American children
  and those from other countries and cultures.

http//www.friendshipthrougheducation.org
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Collaboration Communication

• LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for
  audio and video learning.Browse over 15,000
  educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts,
  and videos.
• Great Speeches in History Podcast American
  Presidents Podcast The History of Rome Podcast
  
• www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/History

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Collaboration A Blog is a Weblog

• An online journal or diary
• Personal thoughts and opinions
• Immediate publication
• A place to collect and share
• Communication tools for small teams
• Allows you to find people and blogs that share
  the same interests
• Homework assignments, project descriptions and
  assessment rubrics
• Articles being studied in class
• Student writings

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Examples of Blogs

• Wes Fryers Weblog
• http//www.speedofcreativity.org/
• Blogging Across the Curriculum
• http//mywebspace.quinnipiac.edu/PHastings/classr
  oom.html
• Blogs from the US Government
• http//www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/News/bl
  og.shtml
• Blogging 101 (includes a brief history)
• http//www.unc.edu/zuiker/blogging101

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Blogger.com

• Is your easy-to-use web site, where you can
  quickly post thoughts, interact with people, and
  more. All for FREE
• www.blogger.com
• Our example http//r10ssblog.blogspot.com

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Getting Started

• Go to r10ssblog.blogspot.com
• Click on Get Your Own Blog at the top of the page
• Click on Create Your Blog Now
• Enter your information
• Accept the terms of use
• Click Continue

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Whats a Wiki?

• WikiWiki is Hawaiian for Quick
• Developed by Ward Cunningham in 1995
• Content management system
• Wikipedia
• How can I use it?
• Team Collaborations
• Story Starters
• Collaborative Note Book
• Networking
• Sharing ideas

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• Example
• http//westwood.wikispaces.com
• Start your own wiki
• Wikispaces
• http//www.wikispaces.com

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A Blog is a Weblog

• An online journal or diary
• Personal thoughts and opinions
• Immediate publication
• A website
• A place to collect and share things
• Communication tools for small teams
• Allows you to find people and blogs that share
  the same interests

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Ideas for Blogs

• Homework assignments
• Project descriptions and assessment rubrics
• Articles being studied in class
• Events related to topics of interest
• Student writings
• Description of units with lists of supplies that
  will be needed

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Examples of Blogs

• Wes Fryers Weblog
• http//www.speedofcreativity.org/
• Blogging Across the Curriculum
• http//mywebspace.quinnipiac.edu/PHastings/classr
  oom.html
• Blogs from the US Government
• http//www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/News/bl
  og.shtml
• Blogging 101 (includes a brief history)
• http//www.unc.edu/zuiker/blogging101

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Blogger.com

• Is your easy-to-use web site, where you can
  quickly post thoughts, interact with people, and
  more. All for FREE
• www.blogger.com
• Our example http//r10ssblog.blogspot.com

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Getting Started

• Go to r10ssblog.blogspot.com
• Click on Get Your Own Blog at the top of the page
• Click on Create Your Blog Now
• Enter your information
• Accept the terms of use
• Click Continue

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Whats a Wiki?

• WikiWiki is Hawaiian for Quick
• Developed by Ward Cunningham in 1995
• Content management system
• Wikipedia

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How can I use it?

• Team Collaborations
• Story Starters
• Collaborative Note Book
• Networking
• Sharing ideas

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• Example
• http//westwood.wikispaces.com
• Start your own wiki
• Wikispaces
• http//www.wikispaces.com

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Digital Storytelling

• Many titles, many definitions, but in general,
  combining the longstanding art of telling stories
  with any of a variety of available multimedia
  tools, including graphics, audio, video,
  animation, and Web publishing.

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Examples

• Gettysburg Address
• www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/gettysburg.htm
  
• Standing Up for Democracy in Burma
• http//www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/burma.ht
  m
• Fair Park
• http//www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/fairpark
  .htm
• Race to the Moon
• http//www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/civiliza
  tion.htm
• Other social studies examples available
• http//www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/example-
  pages/social-studies-examples.htm

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Download Photo Story 3

• Free but requires Microsoft Windows XP
• Create digital stories from still photos and
  images
• Go to http//www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/dig
  italphotography/photostory/default.mspx
• Click on Download Photo Story 3
• Click continue for validation
• Click download save to the desktop
• Unpack the contents of the file to begin

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Dont forget about the most important 21st
Century Learner of all
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