Tech Tools for Social Studies
Distance or Personalized Learning Strategies
This website contains advice for teachers who are teaching virtually in the days of school cancellation for the Coronavirus. The Social Studies Department at Shorewood Intermediate School in Shorewood, WI had intended to provide you with a face to face session to help you with tech tools to use in your social studies classroom. We have taken our presentation and modified it to provide you with help that you can hopefully use to move to virtual learning. You can also view our WCSS 2019 presentation on this website as well if you are looking for help with backwards design/assessment and project based learning.
Advice & Resources -Helpful Links
10 Strategies for Online Learning During Coronavirus Outbreak- ISTE
List of Free Things for teachers
Google Support & Training for Teachers in the age of the coronavirus
Elements of Personalized Learning - The Institute for Personalized Learning
Virtual Learning for Public Schools: Ensuring Equitable Outcomes for all- Wisconsin DPI
Coronavirus Resources: Teaching, Learning & Thinking Critically (The New York Times)
Coronavirus is Shutting Down Schools. Is America Ready for Virtual Learning- some good advice
The infographic to the right can be accessed on Alison Yang's article about O.R.E.O. Learning. It provides great direction for teachers and students and families about how to handle online learning expectations. She has live links in her article and goes into depth about the philosophy behind this approach.
Online Learning Space Platforms
WHAT
A free platform for virtual learning. Teach your class remotely and push out work to students. Facilitate project based learning or discussions. Give feedback to students and allow for student collaboration on daily work and projects. Create rubrics. Assign assessments and post daily lessons and much more!
HOW
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6020279?hl=en
WHERE & WHAT'S NEW
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6149237?hl=en
Google Support: How to Add a Rubric in Google Classroom
How to Create a Rubric in Google Classroom
Example:
Take a tour here
WHAT
A learning management platform that allows teachers to manage an online classroom environment for students. Has limited options in the free teacher version. Facilitate online discussions, submission of work, assessments and lesson modules.
HOW
Canvas offers teacher trainings and online support.
WHERE
https://www.instructure.com/canvas/k-12
Example:
WHAT
A platform for virtual learning. Teach your class remotely and push out work to students. Facilitate project based learning or discussions.
HOW
See their help center for details https://help.webex.com/en-us/
WHERE
https://www.webex.com/webexremoteedu.html
Example:
https://www.wwt.com/article/digitizing-classroom-cisco-webex-board
Tech Tools for Online Instruction
Instruction & Assessment
WHAT
Teachers can create presentations that include quizzes, polls, videos, images, and drawing-boards. Options for presentation formats include teacher led presentations and student-paced lessons. Can be used face to face or remotely/independently. (Free)
HOW
Click here for directions.
WHERE
Example:
Student Example: Latitude & Longitude
WHAT
Online collaborative video editing for everyone! Can be used in many ways for teachers and students. Free trial for teachers, then paid plans for classrooms and schools. ($8 per pupil for 300 students)
HOW
WHERE
EXAMPLES
WHAT
Google's online everything for connecting and creating. Everything lives in the cloud and they offer apps that work like Microsoft word, Excel, etc. Create slideshows, virtual meetings, google/hyper docs, websites, collaborative work, assessments/surveys, and more. Free for 14 days normally but now free until July 1st due to coronavirus.
HOW
https://gsuite.google.com/pricing.html
WHERE
WHAT
Teachers and students can create and share websites that they create for clubs, projects, and to organize their classes. Launch content here with lessons for students or have students create sites to show their learning.
HOW
Click here for directions for Google Sites
WHERE
Example:
WHAT
Wizer.me is an education platform that allows teachers to create quick, easy and fun digital worksheets, to share them with fellow teachers and to keep track of student performance. (Compatible with Google Classroom. Free & Premium versions.) Use it to make a lesson, an assessment, or a feedback form or survey for students.
HOW
Click here for directions & FAQ.
WHERE
Example:
Example: 12th Grade (Articles of Confederation)
WHAT
Kialo is an an online debate platform. Set up your own debates or use pre existing discussions. Arguments are divided into PRO and CON categories for claims added by participants. Claims are weighted by relevance, truthfulness and persuasiveness.
HOW
Personalized & Project-Based Learning
WHAT
Create impactful social graphics, web pages, and short videos in minutes with Adobe Spark Suite. Use for presentations, assessments, and more.
HOW
Click here to get started with Spark Suite
WHERE
EXAMPLES
Student example- family history, grade 10
WHAT
Use QR codes to get students moving around the room, share information quickly, and more. Teachers can create QR Codes to share sources. Students can put a QR code on a visual project to bring their academic work to life (example: QR code to a recorded speech on a work of art) Teachers can place QR codes on assignments to lead students to websites, videos, documents, and much more.
WHERE
Google Search: There are many others!
Example:
Student Examples: #ENDIT Speeches KStridde@shorewood.k12.wi.us
WHAT
This is an online scavenger hunt. Students answer in the form of texts, videos or pictures. Students can work in teams to complete each mission. (Tip: only 3 games can run at a time in one account.) This can be used face to face or virtually.
HOW
Click here for directions.
WHERE
EXAMPLE
Teacher Slide: Constitution Formative Assessment - KStridde@shorewood.k12.wi.us
WHAT
A free virtual reality tour creator that allows students to stitch together VR imagery from around the world to create their own tour. Is viewable on a computer or with VR goggles. Teachers can create their own tour to lead students through a lesson.
HOW
Click here to learn how to make a tour
WHERE
EXAMPLES
National Parks Project Instructions- SKopplin@shorewood.k12.wi.us
7th Grade World Geography project. Students studied National Parks and created their own VR Tour of the park that featured landforms and bodies of water. Project was cross curricular with science so students could study the rock and water cycle.
WHAT
Students use a geographic perspective, to analyze space, place, and the interconnections between both the human and natural world. Pre-made lessons for teachers to use with students are available!
HOW
WHERE
GeoInquiry Collections & Student Worksheets
EXAMPLES
World Population: Explore the patterns of world population
Human Development Index Asian Studies - High School
WHAT
Tell a story/present information by creating a beautifully crafted multimedia digital presentation/website. Include images, videos, text and maps to tell a story through a geographical lens. Free to use! Great for assessments or presentations.
HOW
WHERE
EXAMPLES
Other helpful digital tools for students...
I am deep in the world of Google since our district went G Suite for Education. I also use the Chrome browser and the great thing about this browser is the fact that it offers extensions that are very helpful to students. These are four that I use so my students can give attribution to their sources in their research, have text read allowed or typed for them, and create videos of their screens, or I can do the same for my instructions.
What are some examples of assessments or project based learning that I can provide for my students?
Share and get ideas here!- editable by everyone so be nice and don't erase!