NERC CONFERENCE 2012 “21 st Century Learning: The Role and Future of the Social Studies” William James Walton, Sr. Wilby H.S., Waterbury CT

21 st Century Learning: Tools and Methods Blogs: Wikis: Stratalogica: me.html;jsessionid=TUMgyjjzthXbEAkE2fGtqg__ Glogster: Audacity:

21 st Century Learning: Tools and Methods Schoology: Edmodo: Animoto: Mobile Apps: – Mastery Connect - – ABCDay - write-play-sing/id ?mt=8. write-play-sing/id ?mt=8 – Socrative - – Dropbox - – Evernote -

21 st Century Learning: Tools and Methods Web tools: – ClassDojo - – Collaborize Classroom -

21 st Century Learning in Social Studies: Old School Methods and Techniques The best ideas that I came across at the conference were not tech-based, but were strategies and proposals to improve student literacy of social studies content/texts The Page Per Year Plan: Will Fitzhugh, The Concord Review Democratizing the DBQ: DBQ’s and Mini- DBQ’s in Grades 4-12

21 st Century Learning in Social Studies: Old School Methods and Techniques Differentiated Instruction in Social Studies – Use of video, wikis, blogs, games, etc. to enhance learning – Attention to different learning styles, use of alternative assessments Infusing Literacy into the Social Studies: – Utilizing Library/Media Specialist for each theme/unit of study – Literacy strategies to assist on-level and below level readers to master reading of social studies text