Technology & Social Studies by Hannah Hobbs

Hannah Hobbs

anticonformity4 — 2014-04-10 18:16:04 UTC

How could I use technology while teaching Social Studies?

heidi_faught11 — 2014-04-10 18:28:15 UTC

It does seem like a difficult task to accomplish,

but there are some neat ways you could use technology.

If your school has Ipads or or tablets, check out two and put your

students into groups. Make a scavenger hunt for your topic, like say the

presidents of the United States. Put your class into two groups and

let them scavenge the web searching for cool facts to present about each

president to help them remember who they are.

kaitlinbrookema — 2014-04-10 18:34:24 UTC

I believe that there are many ways you could incorporate technology into a social studies lesson.

One way to do this is through a smartboard. With a smartboard, teachers can display pictures

that go along with the lesson, so that students receive a visual that a textbook could not offer.

They are fun for the student, but at the same time it is easy for the teacher to see the students' progress.

bri_jo_94 — 2014-04-10 18:42:46 UTC

You could use technology to teach social studies by showing historical clips. Also show them games.

bwolfe1 — 2014-04-10 18:57:00 UTC

Oh with using technology with social studies I see that there are

a lot of maps that you could use with the smart board. I think that would

be better than looking at a boring piece of paper.

bwolfe1 — 2014-04-10 18:59:23 UTC

buckaroo4092 — 2014-04-10 19:23:36 UTC

Make an interactive state drag to teach students the states!

jmorris9806 — 2014-04-14 18:36:35 UTC

Skype is a way to communicate with people all around the world.

All you need is a computer, a special camera that you can connect to the computer,

a speaker, an address on Skype, and the other person's address.