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

2. 21 st Century Learning: Tools and Methods Blogs: http://edublogs.org/http://edublogs.org/ Wikis: http://www.wikispaces.com/content/teacher Stratalogica: http://www.stratalogica.com/NystromDigital/home/ho me.html;jsessionid=TUMgyjjzthXbEAkE2fGtqg__ Glogster: http://www.glogster.com/ Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

3. 21 st Century Learning: Tools and Methods Schoology: https://www.schoology.com/home.phphttps://www.schoology.com/home.php Edmodo: http://www.edmodo.com/http://www.edmodo.com/ Animoto: http://animoto.com/educationhttp://animoto.com/education Mobile Apps: – Mastery Connect - http://www.masteryconnect.com/.http://www.masteryconnect.com/ – ABCDay - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abcday-read- write-play-sing/id467036687?mt=8.http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abcday-read- write-play-sing/id467036687?mt=8 – Socrative - http://www.socrative.com/.http://www.socrative.com/ – Dropbox - http://www.dropbox.com/.http://www.dropbox.com/ – Evernote - http://evernote.com/http://evernote.com/

4. 21 st Century Learning: Tools and Methods Web tools: – ClassDojo - http://www.classdojo.com/http://www.classdojo.com/ – Collaborize Classroom - http://www.collaborizeclassroom.com/

5. 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

6. 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