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Looking for a Revolution?Virtual Worlds in Social StudiesCarmalita North Bieniek (SL-Lelah RomanoAndrew Wheelock (SL- Spiff Whitfield)CSLO Model Schools E-Team

Are you kidding me?

Building a foundation:What is quality professional development?What is quality Social Studies learning?

Making the case:Virtual worlds can be used to effectively provide teachers with meaningful professional development to help both teachers and students learn powerful social studies concepts.

What makes quality professional development?Adults are motivated by practical applications and learning that is relevant to their own situations. This is particularly true for teachers struggling to juggle the multitude of demands on their time. Professional development will be most effective when it provides for direct application to the classroom. Teachers are busy, preoccupied, and always juggling a variety of demands for their attention. They appreciate professional development that is well-planned, sets reasonable expectations and goals, and is efficiently delivered (Peixotto & Palmer, 1994).

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What makes quality professional development?

Take a look at this page: AFT - Hot Topics - Teacher Quality - Professional Development for Teachers. You can see this page at: http://www.aft.org/topics/teacher-quality/prodev.htm

Qualified, experienced speakersFlexible time/ variety of modalitiesRelevant to classroom/ curriculum

What makes quality social studies learning?Teaching and learning in the elementary classroom should be meaningful, integrative, value-based, challenging, and active.7 These qualities of powerful social studies learning are foundational to the development of children’s knowledge, skills, and dispositions as participating citizens.

NCSS Task Force on Standards for Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies, “A Vision of Powerful Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies: Building Social Understanding and Civic Efficacy” (1992, revised 2008). Accessible athttp://www.socialstudies.org/positions/powerful

http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/powerfulandpurposeful

How do we learn about social studies? (Be honest)

Text Books?Narratives?Biographies? Autobiographies?Historical Non-fiction?Historical Fiction?Computer games?Internet?

times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

How do our students learn social studies?

Text Books?Narratives?Biographies? Autobiographies?Historical Non-fiction?Historical Fiction?Computer games? Internet?

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.- Albert Einstein

Social Studies learning….

…. is in the minds-eye of the beholder

Meeting at the waters edge?

The Virtual Pioneers- Professional Development in a Virtual World

Fannie provided a powerful first person narrative about her life as a Holocaust Survivor, but more importantly how she maintains an positive outlook that inspired us.

Kimmer gave us a tremendous amount of information and resources to help teach Native American history using the documentary series, We Shall Remain.

Historical Role Play

Three of our members created a role play based on the dropping of the atomic bomb during World War II

Co-creator: Rhino Pfeiffer

Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds

Carnegie Fellows- Joshua S. Fouts and Rita J. King gave us an outstanding presentation of their work highlighting Islamic culture.

Historical Building 101

Before meetings we often have a special historical building class led by Serena Offcourse

Wonderful Denmark

Based on a 1950’s TV show this island gave a unique look into the life and culture of Denmark

VSTE Island- Jamestown Settlement

Jazmemo Zimminy, Alfredo Bedrosian, Mandie Mimulus, and Thunder Insippo, gave us an inside tour of historical Jamestown Settlement

Virtual Harlem- The Cotton ClubOronoque Westland’s Caribbean Brownstone

Ummah of Noor

We explored the customs and history of Islam with Ahmeed Loire and R07 Lupino

The Holocaust Museum

We recently toured the student created, US Holocaust Memorial Museum with tour guide- David Klevan (Eubie Doobie) Powerful history.

Exploring New Frontiers…

Japan Chuba

Middle Passage

Virtual Kenya

Antiquity Texas

A Teachers View of China

A History of Race

Virtual Native Lands

Newgrange

Latest Updates

Places to learn more about us:

Our Ning Site: Free to Join!http://virtualpioneers.ning.comFacebook Group: The Virtual Pioneers Fan page

Personal Contact:Gmail: spiffwhitfield84@gmail.comTwitter: spiffwhitfield84Skype: adventuregalley84Professional Contact: Andrew Wheelock- Awheelock@e1b.org

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The Holocaust Museum

Virtual Harlem

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