Technology in Social Studies Instruction
“Integrating educational technology into teaching”
M. D. Roblyer, R. A. Schwier
Chapter 12
OVERVIEW
• CURRENT ISSUES
• POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY
• SITES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES
• ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE INTERGRATION INTO THE INSTRUCTION
SOCIAL STUDIES IS:
1.HISTORY2.GEOGRAPHY3.ECONOMICS4.LAW5.POLITICAL SCIENCE6.ANTHROPOLOGY7.SOCIOLOGY8.PSYCOLOGY9.AND SO MUCH MORE
WHERE ARE WE ?
1. OUR GLOBAL VILLAGE IS BECOMING A NEIGHBOURHOOD VILLAGE BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY
2. LIFE WAS SIMPLER IN OUR IGNORANCE
3. AS NEVER BEFOR WE CAN SHAPE AND INFLUENCE OUR WORLD
SOCIAL STUDIES DEFINED
• THE STUDY OF PEOPLE IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND TO THEIR WORLD
• A COURSE OF STUDY AFFECTED BY TECHNOLOGY PERHAPS MORE THAN ANY OTHER CONTENT AREA
ATLANTIC PROVINCES EDUCATION FOUNDATION
THIS INTERPROVINCIAL FOUNDATION IDENTIFIES SIX STRANDS,1999,PAGE 12:
1. CITIZENSHIP,POWER AND GOVERNANCE
2. INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETY AND ECONOMIC DECISIONS
3.PEOPLE, PLACES AND ENVIROMENT
4. CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
5.INTERDEPENDENCE
6.TIME CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
STRAND 1 :CITIZENSHIP, POWER AND GOVERNANCE
• WHAT IS A GOOD CITIZEN?
• POWER- WHAT IS IT? WHER DOES IT COME FROM AND HOW DO YOU GET IT?
• CREATION, STRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT
STRAND 2:INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETY AND ECONOMIC
DECISIONS• RESPOSIBLE ECONOMIC DECISION
MAKING (DO OUR WANTS IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD AFFECT THE LESS FORTUNATE ?).
• WHO GETS WHAT AND AT WHAT COST?
STRAND 3:PEOPLE, PLACES AND THE ENVIROMENT
• WE ARE ALL PART OF ONE COMPLEX SYSTEM.
• WHAT WE DO AS AN INDIVIDUAL SENDS WAVES THROUGH THE WORLD,AFFECTING EVERYONE.
STRAND 4: CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
1. HOW ARE WE ALL THE SAME?
2. HOW DO OUR BELIEFS AFFECT OUR POLITICS AND AND RELIGION?
STRAND 5: INTERDEPENDANCE
• 1. WE ARE ALL CONNECTED, LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY
• WHAT WE DO, ALL OUR ACTIONS, AFFECT THE ABILITY TO ATTAIN A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
STRAND 6:TIME CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
1. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
2. WHERE HAVE I COME FROM ?
3. WHER AM I NOW ?
4. WHERE AM I GOING ?
DEPTH VERSUS BREADTHTHE PHILOSOPHY
• BREADTH: TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO SOCIAL STUDIES PROMOTES A BROAD SURVEY COVERAGE AND MASTERY OF FACTS
• DEPTH: COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUAL EVENTS- A SORT OF MICRO-STUDY THAT BREATHS LIFE INTO HISTORY AND FOSTERS TRUE UNDERSTANDING.
PERILS OF THE INFORMATION EXPLOSION
• PROBLEM-FOR ALL THE GOOD OUT THERE, THERE IS AS MUCH BAD.
• SOLUTION: EMBRACE AND EXPLAIN- STUDENT MUST BE TAUGHT TO BECOME CRITICAL CONSUMERS OF INFORMATION.
HOW DO WE INTERGRATE ?
1. HISTORICALLY-SOCIAL STUDIES WAS
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND DATES.
2. CURRENTLY TECHNOLOGY HAS ALLOWED SOCIAL STUDIES TO BE PRESENTED IN A MORE PERSONAL AND MEANINGFUL WAY.
EXPLORING CULTURE
• VIRTUAL TRIPS TO FAR AWAY LANDS.(HOW AND WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT)
• KEEYPALS,(EXPLORATION OF PERSONALITIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES)
• VIDEOS AND LIVE FEED, (STIMULATE QUESTIONS AND ENCOURAGES RESEARCH)
• ART (ESPECIALLY IN LOWER GRADES REFLECT THEIR FINDINGS FEELINGS AND CEMENT POSITIVE BELIEFS.
EXPLORING TIME,CONTUNITY AND CHANGE
• RESEARCHING EVENTS-REAL TIME RESEARCH
• TIME SEQUENCING- INTERCONNECTIVITY OF EVENTS
• VISUAL RECORDS-VIRTUAL VISITS TO MUSEMS BRING HISTORY TO LIFE
EXPLORING: PEOPLE, PLACES AND THE ENVIROMENT
• DEVELOPING AND USING MAPS-MAP MAKING UTILITIES ALLOW
STUDENTS TO CREATE MAPS AND IT TEACHES DIRECTION, DISTANCE, SCALES, GRIDS, COORDINATES AND SYMBOLS
• LOCATION DATA-GPS• CALLABORATIVE PROJECTS• DRILL AND KILL
EXPLORING PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND
CONSUMPTION
• SIMULATIONS-STOCK MARKET
• ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES-THIRD WORLD DEBT, MONEY MARKETS
• LIMITED RESOURCES
EXPLORING GLOBAL CONCERNS
• TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY-ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE
• GLOBAL CONNECTIONS-THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES, THE ENVIROMENT AND ECOLOGY
• IS OUR FUTURE SUSTAINABLE ?
GLOBAL ISSUES
• POLUTION
• ENVIROMENT
• ENDANGERED SPECIES
• RAIN FORREST
• CHILD LABOUR
• CHILD SOLDIERS
• HUMAN RIGHTS
NEW DEFINITION….
• NEVER BEFOR HAVE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS HAD SO MANY TOOLS IN THEIR CHEST TO BRING HISTOY AND CURRENT EVENTS TO LIFE- NEVER BEFOR COULD WE ENGAGE AND MOLD TO SUCH AN EXTENT SIMPLY BY FOSTERING ADVENTURE AND CURIOSITY IN YOUNG MINDS
GOOD LUCK!