Technology DAY 5 | TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN DIVERSE CLASSROOMS

Agenda  9:00 – 9:10Welcome | Good News  9:10 – 9:20Introduction to Learning Objectives  9:20 – 9:40Ice Breaker | Name That Person  9:40 – 9:50Technology Self-Assessment  9:50 – 10:10Overview | Supporting Content Instruction with Technology Integration for Struggling Students  10:10 – 10:25Brain Break  10:25 – 10:55Google Earth to Support Geography  10:55 – 11:15Quizlet to Support Content Vocabulary  11:15 – 11:45Web Resources to Support Content Literacy  11:45 – 12:00Assessment | Wrap-Up

Welcome A little bit about… Cassandra Trawitz  Teacher, Administrator, Mom  15 years in education  Undergrad and Graduate at WMU  Current Graduate studies at MSU  Three years as technology teacher

Objectives  Understand that students need access to grade level content in all subjects even if they struggle with reading and writing  Learn about technology based resources to enable access to social studies content for all students  Learn how to use technology resources to improve accessibility of content in social studies  Improve your own lesson by using one or more resources you learn about today

Name That Person  Divide into two teams  Write 5 things on card  Collect and place in two piles  Draw one card from other team pile  Each team tries to name person  Points for getting correct on first try!  Five points if they get it on the first clue, then 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. The team with the most points wins.

Technology Self-Assessment

Supporting Content Instruction with Technology Integration for Struggling Students  Students at all ability levels can struggle with social studies content.  What occurs when a teacher limits his/her resources to textbooks, handouts and videos.  Students learn best when the are engaged in hands-on, interactive learning where they feel empowered to learn.  Today you will learn about three tools:  Google Earth: Google Lit Trips  Quizlet: vocabulary practice and support  Google Read and Write: use any website at any reading level.

Brain Break

Google Earth | Geography  Google Lit Tours  Students take a virtual journey to places they are studying in class  Easy to use.  Create to reinforce map skills or support literacy.  Students ‘fly’ to different locations as if they were on a field trip.

Quizlet | Content Vocabulary  Quizlet allows students to practice vocabulary words independently.  Quizlet is interactive and engaging.  Vocabulary words and definitions are read to students when they click on text.  Students are able to visualize the definition of the word by looking at each picture.

Google Read and Write

Assessment & Wrap Up  Let’s put it all into practice!  Find a lesson plan from the MAISA website, Grade 3 (or your grade)  Choose a tool to support a learning objective.  Spend a few minutes working with the tool.  Finish as homework!

Homework Challenge  Want to go further with technology? Check out this module from IRIS: Assistive Technology. Break down barriers for your student learning.

Resources  Technology Self Assessment:  Ice Breaker Activity:  Google Lit Trip:      Quizlet: geography-of-michigan-flash-cards/ geography-of-michigan-flash-cards/  Assessment and Wrap-up  public.rubiconatlas.org/Atlas/Develop/UnitMap/View/Default?SourceSiteID=&UnitID=13476&Y earID=2015&CurriculumMapID=44& public.rubiconatlas.org/Atlas/Develop/UnitMap/View/Default?SourceSiteID=&UnitID=13476&Y earID=2015&CurriculumMapID=44&  Homework 