Integrating Technology Into the Social Studies Classroom-Mini Camp II

K-12 Social StudiesDivision of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology

Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction:

A Framework for Raising Achievement in Social Studies

North Carolina Department of Public`Instructionncpublicschools.org

Changing The Way Teachers Teach: Integrating Technology In The K-12 Social Studies Classroom 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. K-12 Social Studies

Mini Camp II October 13-14, Mountain GroupOctober 16-17, Piedmont Group October 23-24, Coastal Group

Daily Agendas

Day OneSign in/Set up 8:30-9:00

Recap of Previous 9:00 to 10:00Tools/Units & Lessons

Google Tools 10:15 to 12:00

Lunch 12:00 to 1:00

The World of Wikis 1:00 to 2:30Wikispaces (Training on Wikispaces)PB Wiki

Create Your Own Wiki 2:30 to 4:00

Adjourn for the day 4:00

Day TwoSign in/Set up 8:30-9:00

Working with Wikis 9:00 to 10:00

Blogs 10:15 to 11:30Class Blogmeister Edublog

Lunch 11:30 to 12:30

Collaboration Tools 12:30 to 1:30Skype (http://www.skype.com)DimDim (http://www.dimdim.com)

Setting up your own 1:30 to 4:00blog or wiki

Adjourn until January 4:00

http://moodle.dpi.state.nc.us/moodle/login/

Everyone & Anyone Can..

create publish

influence

share

collaborate

connectWeb Tools That…

Web 2.0: Evolution Towards a Read/Write Platform

Browsers, RSS Readers, anything

Viewed through…

Web browser

EveryoneContent Created by…

Web Coders

“dynamic”State“static”

“mass amatuerization”Domain of…“geeks”

“Post / record”Primary Unit of content

“Page”

“Web Services”Architecture“Client Server”

“Write” & ContributeMode“Read”

Web 2.0(2003- beyond)

Web pages, plus a lot of other “content” shared over the web,

with more interactivity; more like an application than a “page”

Web 1.0(1993-2003)

Pretty much HTML pages viewed through a browser

Open Issues / Implications

• What expectations does this set?• Who owns the message?• How can marketers use this to their advantage?• Are “massses” better than the traditional “experts”?

The appeal of Web 2.0 lies in the nature of the apps/tools•Direct•Transparent•controllable

• Have you ever used email to send a document to someone or receive from someone to edit, proof, collaborate on together?

• Have you ever wished that you could work on a document with someone but you were not ever able to schedule a meeting but it had to be done?

Collaboration with a purpose!

What is a Wiki?

A wiki is a web site where anyone can easily collaborate and share information.

A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who has permission to access it to contribute or modify the content.

Wikis are collaborative websites. A wiki is a website where users can add, remove, and edit every page using a web browser.

Wikis are a type of social software that make it easy to communicate online. Because the wiki is as simple to edit as it is to read it is perfect online collaboration tool.

                              

Documentation

                              

Create and publish online documentation the efficient way.

Web publishing

                              

Lose the bottleneck. Publish your website easily, instantly.

Outside groups

                              

Work with outside classes/departments/schools/organizations in secure, independent online workspaces.

Knowledge management

                              

Consolidate knowledge for your

class/department/school/organization in a single, searchable, structured repository.

Collaboration

                         

Discuss, create documents, share knowledge, in one place.

Inside communication

Make it easy for everyone in your class/department/school/organization to stay up-to-date.

• Students, teammates, or co-workers collaborate online.

• [Collaboration]

• Every user gets a voice. [All can contribute]

• There is no ownership of pages [All can edit]

• Can view changes made by different users or rollback to previous versions. [Traceable history]

• When members of a team leave and new ones come in the wiki can live on

[Anyone can just jump in..]

Why Use Wikis?

What do wikis look like?

Wiki StructureWikis can be thought of as a combination of a Webpage and a WORD document

All wikis start off as a single blank page

Wiki pages are created and connected by hyperlinks

Let’s go online and take a live look at some wiki sites.

• http://hobbitalk.wikispaces.com/ -Five 5th graders and I created this wiki - our first - chronicling our journey through the book, The Hobbit. It was quite an exciting experiment. While we are now finished with the novel, we still go back and add new ideas to our wiki. It includes writing assignments, multimedia projects, and discussions.

• http://mrbruceshistory.wikispaces.com/ -This space was created to serve as a student created space that allows students create to learn. Often working in pairs or groups, topics were chosen and learned and what you see is their understanding of it. Students learning and teaching each other is one of two goals of this space. The other is the ability to publish their work to a global forum as a resource for each other as well as anyone interested in their topic.

• http://bookbuddyreviews.pbwiki.com/ For this project students in first and forth grade

teamed up to read brand new pictures that had been nominated for the Florida Reading Association's Children's Book Award. The buddies read several books together and decided which one they wanted to review. The first graders drafted the review and the forth graders edited the reviews. First graders and a few of the forth graders narrated the reviews. Finally, the forth graders re-created the gorgeous book covers.

• http://armstrong-history.wikispaces.com/ -An 8th grade U.S. History class wiki. The class will not be using textbooks this year, this wiki is used for hosting the majority of information students will need to know for class.

• http://asalaamualiakum.wikispaces.com/ -Created by students ages 10 and 11 first attempt at class collaboration Wiki all about Pakistan instead of the usual topic book or folder!

• http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/ -Professional Development wiki for teachers with emphasis on developing 21st Century Skills for students.

• http://classroomgoogleearth.wikispaces.com/ -I would like this space to be somewhere that allows students, teachers and other colleagues to share classroom based resources and ideas for Google Earth.

• http://aphistoria.pbwiki.com/ To provide a place where EHAP and AHAP students can collaborate on improving each others' writing skills.

• http://meadowkids.pbwiki.com/ This site supports the student's and parents of the Meadow Point Elementary Community. Almost all of these pages were built by students.

Creating a Wiki

Tools you will need:– Download a Wiki program

• PB Wiki– Creates a Wiki

• Wikispaces– Creates a Wiki

– Decide on the purpose for your wiki

– Decide on your (teacher) content

– Files in your document folders

Examples:

Look at examples of PBwikis at http://educators.pbwiki.com/K-12+example+wikis

Look at examples of Wikispaces athttp://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

You can get your

own PBwiki at

http://www.pbwiki.com/

Go to Wikispaces and create an account.1. Go to http://www.wikispaces.com/2. Type in a user name3. Type in a password4. Type in your email address5. Give a space name (optional)6. Click “Join”

Once you have your account:

1. You will be on the home page.

2. Once on the home page you must know how to move around to build your space.

• Let’s look at:

1) the buttons and links the user needs to know

2) how the user gets the page to look a certain way.

Now, how do I play around with the color choices and how my wiki looks?

Once you have decided on your theme…

3. Now you can begin putting content on the page (building your page/wiki).– To do this you must

click on the Edit button and then begin.

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction

My trip to Washington D.C.

My interview with our state senator

Project Timeline

http://spacewithapurpose.wikispaces.com/

Some things you will want to know how to do:

How do I make a new page?• Click on the New Page

button. • When the pop up window

comes up type in the name you want to give your new page.

• Click create. • When the new window

comes up type in some type of description and then click Save.

Some things you will want to know how to do:

How do I make a link?• Click on the edit button. • Go to the text that you want

to link to another page.. • Highlight that text • Click on the Add Link

button.ter a few seconds the page should bring a pop up screen.

• Answer the questions and click the page you want to link to your heading.

• Click Save.

Some things you will want to know how to do:

How do I upload an image or file?• Make sure you have clicked edit. • Click on the button on the editor toolbar

beside the two link buttons. (Looks like a tree)

• When the window opens click the Browse button beside the space under Upload File.

• Once you have your file. Click Upload. • If you are uploading a website do the

same thing as above but just go to Insert External Image by URL.

• Once you have your file UPLOAD. • Once the file uploads you can double click

to insert file or link by clicking on the radio button beneath the file(s).

Some things you will want to know how to do:

How do I embed a video or audio?• Make sure you have clicked Edit. • Click on the button on the editor tool bar that

looks like a TV. This is the Widget button. You are embedding a widget.

• When the window opens decide what type of embedded image you want. (Ex. audio, video, etc.)

• Once you click your widget type then a window opens and you just follow the directions to go online and find the video, audio, etc.

• Once you have what you want find the embed code and copy.

• Now return to the widget window and paste the code into the empty embed box.

• Your link should then be available to you and be embedded in the space where your cursor indicated.

http://spacewithapurpose.wikispaces.com/

Now Let’s Play

• Play around with the wiki software.

• Choose the wiki software that you like the best right now.

• Begin creating a wiki.

Tomorrow:In the morning we are going to ask several of the participants to share with the class a draft of the wiki begunin class today.

For in the morning…

Tonight…

In the morning we are going to ask several of the participants to share with the class a draft of the wiki begun in class today.

For homework…

http://www.secretary.stte.nc.us/kidspg/nchist.GIF