Social Studies in the 21st Century

Social Studies ain't what it used to be! Online tools, cool primary document sites, new Google Earth goodies and mobile devices now make social studies fun, engaging and, yes, even educational. During this session, we'll share a variety of free and easy to use resources to encourage high-level thinking, documents analysis and literacy skills. Handouts, online materials and giveaways are all part of the fun!

Presentation handouts

Social Studies in the 21st Century slideshare presentation
Common Core resources
MACE 2013 presentation
Kansas State Standards
Tip of the Week Prize Drawing
Picture One
Picture Two
 

Collect

Readability
Reading Like an Historian
Beyond the Bubble
Docs Teach

Collaborate

MentorMob
ThinkFinity
TeachThought
National History Educational Clearinghouse

Create

Infogram
Google Story Builder / My feeble attempt
PowToon
My Histro

Communicate

Celly
Socrative
Infuse Learning
Readlists
TedEd
 

Sites

Critical thinking:

Word Magnets
Wolfram|Alpha
Cooliris
Readability
Purify
TubeChop
WorksheetWorks
Shmoop
National Archives
Library of Congress
Docs Teach
Kan-Ed Nettreker
Editable Graphic Organizers
Historical Thinking Matters
National History Educational Clearinghouse
Smithsonian for Educators
Reading Like an Historian
Beyond the Bubble

Collaboration:

Twitter4Teachers
Groups
BetterLesson
LiveBinders
ThinkFinity
Google Forms
Stanford History Education Group
Diigo
Delicious
Edmodo
Collaborize Classroom
 

Creativity:

Tikatok
Mixbook
Tagxedo
OdoSketch
ZimmerTwins
Glogster
Dumpr
ZooBurst
Google Earth
Traveler IQ
Scratch
Sandbox
Alice
My Fake Wall
Fakebook
FlipSnack
ePubbud
iBooks Author
 

Communication:

Celly
Wifitti
Picasa
BibMe
Plurk
Slideshare
Issuu
FutureMessage
LiveBinders
PollEveryWhere
Digital History
Mission US
Playing History
Teaching History with Technology
ClassParrot
YouTube Time Machine 
Socrative

Flexibilty:

Readability
Readlists
TedEd
PrintFriendly
Evernote

Mobile:

iPads for Learning
iPod / iPad apps
iPods, Cell Phones and Mobile Devices: Oh, My!
Glenn's Delicious link
I Education Application Review (iEAR)
iEAR App Awards
iPads in Education Livebinder
The 100 Best Educations Apps
iPads, iPhones and iPods in Education
iPad Apps by McREL strategies
Middle School Apps by content area