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Tips and Ideas to Use 21st Century Resources in Social Science Classes

newspapermap.com

PhilipJoly

Phil's EdTech Digest

January 30th, 2012

Breaking News: Newspapermap.com!

- newspapermap.com and it's app' now make it possible for you to translate newspapers from around the globe, anytime, anywhere, and instantly.

- Have iPads or similar devices in your classroom? Why not group your students in fours using a tablet device (or computer!) to examine daily events from around the globe.

- Simply open the app or website and click the map marker to open and translate the newspaper

-What's going on in Timbuktu? Let's learn more and find out! Great for socio-geographical studies, media studies, and language studies!

- So don't stress about collecting newspapers! Check out newspaper.com to begin exploring the worlds news, as it happens!

Gavin McOnie

Key Events and Personas highlighted

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Animated Maps

Looking for a Map for your History Classes?

Gavin McOnie

Comprehensive source of Canadian History

More reliable than Wikipedia!

Pictures, videos, and links

CANADIAN ONLY

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Historical Tweets provide often humourous tweets of what might have been. The site includes many neat features like Random Tweets and many many humourous tweets. It is a great way to introduct social media to your students with a historical twist. Students can be asked to create their own historical tweets using this website as inspiration.

AnExample!

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Want to get in touch with current events?Check the top 100

stories making headlines across the world using this great

ressource!

It showcases the top 100 stories in pictures and, when hovered

over, the picture's title appears on the right side of the images.

When the picture is selected, a little box pops up with a list of

headlines on the selected subject.

Offers quick and easy access to the information that you want when you

want it. No need to spend your time sifting through google search

results, 10x10 is not only intereactive, it's easy to

use!

OECD and The World Bank provide real time date visualization of various important population indicators. Great for Macro Economics, World Issues, Geography and Data Management Classes. Data is easy to manipulate and manage and allows students to easily spot trends and draw conclusions and/or create theories based on real time data.

Makes collecting Statistics Easy and Fun For Students. See the graphes in real time-- no waiting for Info!

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Think Quest 2/2

How to use it in the classroom•Allows teachers to easily view and manage class material.•Students can be added to a class account.• Students can develop web based research projects and websites for a class assignment.•Teachers can utilize the library to share resources and create interactive lesson plans.•Students can use the library to conduct research for class projects. •Teachers can create their own class projects, add students to that created project

How to use it• View Tutorial• Login not required to view published library material •Create an account • Create a project - choose a topic (e.g., Social Sciences)•Add members by assigning student accounts to the created project•Create project by adding pages, pictures, discussions, surveys and so on by using the control panel and selecting the appropriate icons.

Google public data explorer is a great way to get students interested in statistics or begin researching a project.. It allows anyone to quickly and easily find out facts about the nations of the world by visiting one site. There’s also an animated twist to make graphs more intuitive. You can actually see how the data changes over time.

Phil Wakeford

Just choose the type of data you want to see (by type and country) and the format in which it is displayed. Then watch how the data changes over time.

World Bank, World Development IndicatorsEconomy

Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP)

Exports as percent of GDP

Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country, Economic Sector, and GasGreenhouse gas emissionsGreenhouse gas emissions intensityPer capita greenhouse gas emissions

Public data explorer 2 of 2 (Phil Wakeford)

Ancient History Encyclopediais a free app available through Google.

Phil Wakeford

A.H.E. is a non-profit community website that uses definitions, timelines, maps, illustrations, and articles to present ancient history in an easily accessible way.

This app allows students to quickly and accurately research the most important events that occurred in ancient history. Customized timlines clearly differentiate between types of events, and the glossary provides background information. This is a great resource in the classroom for history teachers, and a fun resource for students at home.

See the Impact You're Making

Now every household will have the opportunity to make a difference!The Ecological Footprint Quiz measures how much land and water area that is required to support your consumption of food, goods, services, energy, and waste. Geography students can compare their family's footprint and design their very own plan to reduce it. Teachers can get students to reduce their family's footprint by improving one of the following:● Carbon Footprint● Food Footprint● Housing Footprint● Goods and Services Footprint

Kathryn Aubin January 23, 2012

Great online documentaries are only a click away!CBC offers a great archive of documentaries with David Suzuki. This Canadian television series documents environmental and other issues. These documentaries are 45 minutes in length and are a great resource for Geography, Earth and Space Science, and Environmental Science classes. Students will gain a better understanding of the following topics:● Geology● Endangered Species● Canadian Issues (tar sands, nuclear plants, hypoxia etc.)● Advancements in Technology

Kathryn AubinJanuary 23, 2012

Maps of World

Kathryn AubinJanuary 23, 2012

Finding Maps has Never been Easier!With Maps of World, every teacher now has access to several different types of maps including:● World ● Thematic● Projection● Flash● Satellite● Blank

Tons of great maps are only a click away. This tool is great for all social science courses.

Teachers are reinventing their lectures to suit a variety of learners with the use of Xtranormal. Here's how:● create a free account● choose FREE characters● choose FREE backgrounds● create a dialogue

and VOILA! A cross-curricular site where students enjoy learning about history and movie-making.

Create History assignments for the 21st Century!

Check out this roast of Napoleon Bonaparte: a creative and unique way to learn & teach!

Melissa Maluorni (melissamaluorni@teacherportal.ca)

Henry Tai

AskPhilosphers is a collection of answers to philosophical questions. If there is a question that hasn't already been answered that you would like answered, the site allows users to submit them to a panel of trained philosophers. To date, over 3000 questions have been submitted, with over 5000 responses in total.

This site is an excellent supplement for students in a philosophy class to explore topics that are not covered in class.

It allows students to pose questions related to philosophy, as well as contribute their own responses on others' questions.

Features:- Advanced Search- Browse by Category- Browse by Concept Cloud- Question of the Day

A Virtual History through McCord Museum's EduGames

With the McCord museum, students can test their knowledge of Canadian history with role-playing, association, observation and quizzes. Go to the website's game section to get started!

McCord Museum EduGames 1/1Added by KatelynSouthern

Ever wonder what a woman would wear to a 1920s nightclub, or how a true gentleman

would act in a Victorian ballroom? With role-playing through Edugames, you can explore

for youself!

Use: This site is great for getting students to explore and learn about the history of the Diefenbunker and the Cold War without having the students realize they are learning!

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Step 1: Click the link (Project Rustic).Step 2: Explore and Play!

Explore the Diefenbunker's HistoryInteractively!

Project Rustic 2/2

Chelsey Lackner

The great ineractive games and pages allow students to see what life was like during the cold war, specifically in the bunker and out.

The site also uses historical video clips to get students into the mindset of a person who lived during the cold war.

The website is offered in both French and English!

Put a Face to History: The Memory Project

Chelsey Lackner

This website has an enormous database of Canadian online oral histories.

Allow your students to put a face to a soldier by getting each to study a different veteran's story.

Memory Project Con't

Chelsey Lackner

Observing this

personal view of an event will help make

history, "real," to

your students.

Tip: The site also allows you to contact veterans in your area for visitation opportunities!

Explore the Royal Ontario Museum's huge compilation of artifacts digitally!

Click here to explore a vast array of unique and ancient artifact images.

This ROM site is great for educators everywhere because of its huge library of online images with references and valuable information. It allows students to either view artifacts online, or browse them and narrow down which artifacts they will visit on their trip to the ROM. Added by Michael Slusarczyn. January 20, 2012.

Explore the ROM's unique activities here and enjoy historical activities online!

The activities also allow teachers to bring digital history into the classroom. Its as easy as clicking the blue links and clicking the activities link on the website. Added by Michael Slusarczyn. January 20, 2012.

Access the Royal Ontario Museum's activities digitally!

Also,

Do your students have difficulty comprehending Shakespeare's work? Are footnotes not enough? Then have No Fear of Shakespeare!Get your prose translation of

Shakespeare here

This site is great for educators everywhere because of its huge library of prose Shakespeare with references and valuable information. It allows students to study Shakespeare without the language barrier assocaited with midle english. This site is great for college classes and ESL. Added by Michael Slusarczyn. January 22, 2012.

Boring bristol boards are a relic of the past!

● Save on paper/materials by creating a digital poster

● Allows the students'

creativity to shine through a host of digital software tools

● Have your students create

posters in the computer lab at school

Added by Richelle McDonald. January 20, 2012.

Don't have wireless at your school?

Having trouble accessing online videos?

Use a video converter and convert any online videos and save them on a CD or USB key!

● A safe and secure way of ensuring your files are ready when you need them.

● Use interent files in your classroom despite technological restrictions.

Added by Richelle McDonald. January 22, 2012.

The latest in visual search engines Use Oolone to search for anything on the web, but

instead of getting a simple blue links you get the entire first page of the website for your preview.

Want to know how to use it, watch a short demonstration video.

Added by Richelle McDonald.

- Great K-12 cross-curricular lesson plans for teachers

 - Assessment Resources

 -Interactive online games for

students 

-Homework Help for Students having trouble completing their

work

EDUCATE AND EXPLORE !

Discover, teach, and learn more about our planet all at the same time !

START HERE !

Sara Di Maulo

A resource for teachers and students to gain access to resources about Black history in Canada.

Browse

Added by Ben McCoy on January 22, 2012. Visit My Blog

Some Suggestions for Black History Month

Test your knowledge! Try the Black History Quiz

You can see the involvement from Black Canadians, a collection of profiles, and celebrates the contribution of Black Canadians to our country.

Check out the curriculum chart that shows where

the theme of black history fits into the social studies

curriculum.

A website with great resources and activities for Students & Teachers!

Shady Hanna - January 23, 2012

Try some interactive geography games, and before you know it, you will be a walking atlas! (Great for all ages)

Or maybe you would rather practice your math skills. There are many games and activities for you here!

SCIENCE | MATH | GEOGRAPHY | HISTORY | LANGUAGE | AND MORE

Teachers can also benefit

from this site by accessing and sharing

articles, activities and links with the

students!

NO MORE CHART PAPER!!

create stunning word clouds with WORDLE

beautifulword

clouds

compiled by Sandra ChristieJan 23 2012

great for brainstorming activities!

get students on wordle at the start of a unit to show you what they already know

students will be excited to present their data (a.k.a. artwork) to the rest of the class

 ● Tv Shows, Videos and Photos from

around the world. ● Provides learning opportunities for all

social science and science courses.  

● The real life footage explores places that are otherwise unreachable without means of technology.

 ● Both students and teachers have the

ability to easily access multimedia resources that can be used in the classroom to enhance their knowledge, while keeping the students entertained.

 "Inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888"

Aleda Talbot Created Jan. 23, 2012

Volcanic Eruption

The Urban PlannerGoogle Earth's "Historical Imagery" function allows you to turn back time. View neighbourhoods before they are developed and have your students be the Urban Planners of your city.

Compiled by Barry Cooper

See an Example Here! And another here!

Heather AmadoriCreated Jan 24

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, and multi-lingual audio editor and recorder. Runs on MAC OS X, Windows and GNU/Linux. Teachers can create interactive and hands-on lessons using this software. Better yet - students can get involved in the creative process as well! Features include:

● Record live audio● Convert tapes and records into digital recordings

or CD's ● Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files● Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together● Import audio tracks and sound effects● Change the speed or pitch of recording

Turn a review lesson into a catchy song!

Have students create podcasts

from your classroom!

I never thought class could be

this fun!

Canadian War Museum Online propaganda Exhibition

● Teachers can create an interactive lesson on propagnada and use the propaganda posters provided by the war Museum Exhibit.

● Posters from the first and second

war are available for studnets to view, along with a decription of each poster. This will give studnets a clear picture of the type of propaganda the canadian governemnt used in times of war.

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POWER POINT GAMES

Teachers can download intercative games on powerpoint and play themn in the classroom.

Teachers can add any subject questions to these well known games and have a great interactive review for the studnets. Enas Misellati4726176

Canadian Museum of Civilization: First Nations Online Exhibtion This is an excellent source of visual First Nations histroy. It provides the teacher with large amount of content that the tecaher can take advantage of through her/his lessons.

The information varies from the Fur Trade to Arts and culture. All is available inline and freeEnas Misellati4726176

A sCaLeD uNiVeRsE

A great interactive tool to show students how large the universe is by scaling items within it!

Scale the Universe NOW!

- This tool allows students to compare different objects in the universe in terms of size- Great use for scientific demonstrations on the space unit!- Students can navigate with the scroll bar on the bottom of the screen- Zoom in/out by moving the bar to the right/left- All the objects change in size in proportion to each other

By Lana Hachem

Bring me to Lizard Point Now!

Continents, Countries, Cities, Capitals...Where am I?

Lizard Point Offers: ● ● Over 40 world

geographical quizzes

● Quizzes on location of countries and cities

Quizzes on capitals of states, provinces, and countries By Lana Hachem

S L O W M A T I O N

It's great for creative assignments, and for review by assigning every student a different topic and having them all posted.

MAKE A SLOWMATION NOW! By Lana Hachem

Whatch here!

Create mini animations and narrate them!

Daniel Zappone

-World Of Teaching allows for students AND teachers to view Powerpoint slides on specific topics. -This resource adds an extra dimension to lesson planning because it allows the teacher to use information that they may not have been aware about. -Within these powerpoints there are youtube clips, movie suggestions, documentaries and important images that can enhance the learning experience for both the students and teacher

Tip # 1 - Collaborating with Students1. Create a Popplet related to a concept/question in class.2. Have students create their own popplet account, and then add them as

collaborators into the popplet that was just created.  

-Students can then sign in and respond to the Popplet question/idea. -This allows for the opportunity to assess students' understanding of said concept.-Additionally, it allows students to see each others responses and learn from other ideas. 

Tip # 2 - Creating a Web

Students (and the teacher) have the ability to respond to the initial Popple, but may also make comments to responses to the initial Popple. This allows for the creation of a web that can lead to extensions to the discussion topic. 

Tip # 3 - Integrating Videos into Your PoppleYou can embed a youtube link or file (including video files) into your Popple by,1. Click the bottom right button of your Popple.2. Choose the type of file/link you wish to embed into your Popple. 3. Click "add to popple".

One stop resource for everything that's Canadian! EH!

Andrew Grant

A useful website as it covers grades from kindergarten to 12 and is focused on subjects involving Canadian content. This site has everything from lesson plans, unit plans, and rubrics. What more could a teacher ask for?!

Find a WWI Veteran? Or 600,000?

Within Library and Archives Canada is a section entitled "Military and Peacekeeping." There are excellent resources here but the best is "Soldiers of the First World War (Canada Expeditionary Force)" section that allows the user to find soldiers by name. LAC has digitized all the records from these soldiers and it is a great way to get students to examine Primary Resources electronically.

It allows the opportunity to "get their hands dirty" without actually leaving the classroom.

Having this source means that some students could search for family members or soldiers from their

community!

Added by Jamie Wood on Jan. 16, 2012 jamiewood@teacherportal.ca

Discover Canada's Heritage through Newspaper Articles

Canada's Heritage from 1844 is a complete digitization of every edition of The Globe and Mail since 1844. The site is useful to every student that needs to write a paper about pretty much every topic that is covered in a high school history, politics, or law class. Articles can be searched for by date or by keyword, both of which are extremely useful functions in a history paper. The hits returned to the searcher provide the date of the issue as well as the page and section of the article. Further, the keywords are highlighted in the text.

CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDE Added by Jamie Wood on Jan. 29, 2012 jamiewood@teacherportal.ca

Canada's Heritage from 1844 cont'd.

A great example of a way that this site can be used in a classroom is mentioned in my blog. It proposes a sort of "I spy" on the internet, where students have to locate information online. This site is perfect for that.

Added by Jamie Wood on Jan. 29, 2012 jamiewood@teacherportal.ca

Smithsonian Education

The Smithsonian's "For Educators" portal is a huge source of teaching aids, from activities, images, and videos, to full lesson plans.The lesson plans are contained on a database that is searchable by subject.

The Smithosonian Institution is one of the largest collections of historical artifacts in the world. While a lot of the links that it connects to pertain to American history, its uses for a Canadian teacher are still very broad.

Added by Jamie Wood on Jan. 29, 2012 jamiewood@teacherportal.ca

Here is an example lesson plan. Its subject is WWII on the homefront. It features some great propoganda posters.

Calida Seifert

Great

content and high interest

levels for students of all types!

WATCH, INTERACT, EXPLORE

Capturing Carbon Fastest Glacier Hurricane Katrina

Teachers can choose from

short videos or longer videos from the Nova magazine and TV program.

Calida Seifert 

Great for enrichment in and out of the classroom.

Teachers may pick a specific topic within their course and show part of the lecture within their classroom.

Students may expand their knowledge on topics covered in class.

Click above to see an example of a Classical

Mechanics Course

Contributed By Robert Halpin

Use the Library and Archives Canada to research Canadian WW1 Soldiers from your family or your town

Important Note: Less popular files may not be digitalized yet. Once requested the process can take several months. Make the requests at the start of the term. Contact Link

Aka: Billy Bishop

World Bank Real Time DATA!

You can view Economic Data on this time animated Graph is a powerful way to allow students to identify economic trends and predict/explain they causes.

This software unveils the beauty of statistical time series by converting boring numbers into enjoyable, animated and interactive

graphics.

@marcdubeau

Data moves over time using real data. See trends by country!

Countries can be selected/removed

A collection of videos where you can find a great hook for any Canadain history class Contributed ByRobert Halpin

Have your students choose a theme related video, research it and critque it.

Check out the Video

View the video for a full tutorial

● A powerful visual aid for any history lecture

● Prerecord a tour that will feature all relevant historical sites for your lecture.

● Takes only seconds to show your students any location, rivers, lakes or battlefield sites while you lecture.

The Plains of Abraham

for iPad

Explore ancient Rome like never before!

● 3D Maps of the cities of the Roman Empire

● Ranges from pre-Roman Italy to the Fall of Rome

● Combines text, photos, manipulable 3D objects

● Enter 3D cities with Bubble view

Check out this Demo!By Richard Verver

Newsmap.jpBrent Sobol

Contributor: Brent Sobol @sobietunion

Ideal for use in any World Issues, History or English

class which features: Current events, politics, media literacy, metacognition

Geographically specific news:

Powered by Google News

Newsmap.jp

Contributor: Brent Sobol @sobietunionContributor: Brent Sobol @sobietunion

Contributor: Brent Sobol @sobietunion

Virtual & Accurate tour of La Citadelle du Quebec

Interactive videos of each section of Place Royale (sample)

The website is entirely bilingual as are all the videos!

Ideal for Intermiediate and Senior History Classes!

Bienvenue a la Musée de la Civilisation: A Virtual Tour of The Citadelle of Quebec

Canadian History and Geography Games!

Can YOU name the countries of Europe?

Could you ace grade 10 History?

Try and name the Prime Ministers of Canada.

Submitted by Nicholas Cook

The site includes quizzes specific to Canadian history and geography, as well as many other subjects. Most importantly; the site is fun for students.

Tons of games for students to learn or assess their learning.

PBS: A great source for visual education

Over 400 programs

Rich digital audio-visual imagery

Award winning docum-entary

Teacher Resources

Excellent sources

Three excellent educational programs to choose from

Frontline: Political documentaries

American Experience: American historical documentaries (Great for CHA3U)

Nova: Science documentaries

PBS

One rich amazingly superb program: American Experience (Good for CHA3U)

Watch fascinating documentary on famous Outlaw Jesse James

Award-winning documentary explains the era of the wild west. Railroad bosses and the expansion to the West,

indirectly empowered Jesse James and his gang. Graphically riveting images takes the viewer back to the era

and illustrates the ultimate betrayal.

"Stand on the shoulders of giants"

Utilize Google's powerful engine to search through scholoarly journral databases

How to use it:● First, it's helpful if you log into your univeristy library account or journal

database account so you have access to the online journal databases.

● Next, open up google scholar in a new window.● Use the search bar to type in your query:

Phil Hutchinson

Why use Google Scholar?● It offers you a more powerful

search engine than most online databases.

● It gives you the use of many search filtering techniques to decrease the time taken to find articles and research

"Stand on the shoulders of giants"

For more specific searches, you can use the "Advanced Search" feature to help filter results:

How YOU can use it as a social sciences teacher:● Go beyond the textbook. Look up scholarly articles to help contextualize your social sciences

classroom● Offer stimulating information and research to your students● You don't need to know what you're looking for, just start with a search.● Google Scholar offers you a powerful tool you can use in your office or at home, without the

need to visit a library or campus

What is it?• Basic free software that allows individuals to create surveys and analyze data.• Can create a variety of question types (e.g., multiple choice, rating scale, long and short answers). • Allows individuals to post surveys on twitter, facebook, class website and blogs to enable easy access to a large pool of potential participants.• Can create charts and graphs, and perform cross tabulations and other basic statistical functions.

How to use it in the classroom:• Can be used to create tests and quizzes for students• To take student attendance• To gain student feedback on teaching practices• Students can create surveys to collect primary research data and analyze findings for research projects.

Amber Palmer

How to use it• Create an account• Provide a username, password and active email account.• Select question type or choose a survey template that provides premade questions • Customize using themes for colour, insert logos, select language, and/or include debriefs (i.e., Thank you page) at the end of your survey.• Question logic - add a text box for participants to add further information for a response within a multiple choice question.

• Link surveys to an email, blog, or twitter feed by copying and pasting the provided link• When analyzing data use the analyze page and select the statistical function you would like to use.

• Name the function, select question and row• To export results, under the analyze page select type of data (e.g., Summary Report) and format (e.g., Excel).

What is it•An online resource for elementary and secondary schools•Houses the largest student developed web projects in their library• Allows students and teachers to easily create online projects and activities to be used in the classroom•Sponsors student competition within the areas of ThinkQuest Projects (students develop a webpage using ThinkQuest), Digital Media (students use digital media to create a blog, public service announcement, photo essay or website) and Application Development (students can develop a game or application). • Gain access to the ThinkQuest Library that contains projects for the Social Sciences and Culture.

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