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Personalizing history for more impactful student learning

Personalizing history for more impactful student learning | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Social studies teachers can help students personalize history by embracing individualized pathways and oral or local history projects ..."

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ALL-DONE! Twenty-eight education-related annual “best” lists in one place

ALL-DONE! Twenty-eight education-related annual “best” lists in one place | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Done! Here are all twenty-eight annual “Best” lists for 2019.I’ll probably be adding new resources to some of them, but there won’t be any new “Best …"

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Three VR iPad apps for Social Studies lessons

Three VR iPad apps for Social Studies lessons | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Three VR iPad apps for Social Studies lessons. These apps let students explore in virtual reality without the need for VR headsets. ..."

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Here is a collection of some good educational resources for social studies teachers 

Here is a collection of some good educational resources for social studies teachers  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Below is a collection of some helpful resources to use in your social studies class. We have arranged these resources into three main categories: websites which you can access across different devices and platforms, Chrome apps, and iPad apps ..."

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A collection of some good resources for social studies teachers and students 

A collection of some good resources for social studies teachers and students  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Below is a collection of some helpful resources to use in your social studies class. We have arranged these resources into three main categories: websites which you can access across different devices and platforms, Chrome apps, and iPad apps ..."

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Twenty iPad apps for social studies classrooms

Twenty iPad apps for social studies classrooms | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"How are you leveraging the power of digital tools in the social studies classroom? This list of iPad apps for social studies classrooms includes a wide range of favorites. You’ll find content that connects students to primary source documents and games full of trivia questions. ..."

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Bringing project-based learning to life in the social studies classroom — Emerging Education Technologies

Bringing project-based learning to life in the social studies classroom — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Project-Based Learning can Enhance Learning in any Subject – Here we Check out an Approach for Social Studies Most adults today, even many educators, were never exposed to project-based learning during their own schooling years ..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: How to create custom, multimedia maps on Scribble Maps - no account required

Free Technology for Teachers: How to create custom, multimedia maps on Scribble Maps - no account required | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it
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Geography, geomatics, and new Canadian learning technology

Geography, geomatics, and new Canadian learning technology | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A new concept in teaching geography and related subjects such as social studies is being unveiled today The Geoliteracy Project is designed to make the subjects more interactive and as such much more interesting for young students. The made-in-Canada 3-D Digital Earth platform is the first to give users the ability to search, combine, analyze …"

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Five Google Chrome apps for Social Studies teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Five Google Chrome apps for Social Studies teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Below are some useful Chrome apps we have curated from Chrome web store for social studies teachers. The post comes as response to the multiple requests we have been receiving over the last couple of weeks ..."

  • TimesMaps
  • Newsela
  • Ancient History Encyclopedia
  • DOGOnews
  • Today in History
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What an abundance of great resources to utilize in your classroom. I personally love TimesMaps which I began to personally use last year and had my geography students begin to look into at the end of the last school year. I was amazed at the capabilities of this Google App. For those using Chromebooks or laptops, even on iPads, these apps can really enhance the learning experience visually for your students.

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The OER Project offers the same social studies texts in different lexile levels – for free!

The OER Project offers the same social studies texts in different lexile levels – for free! | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"I’ve previously posted about The OER Project: Project Score is from the OER Project. It provides a lot of Social Studies prompts with scaffolded instruction and a free automating assessment…"

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How ed-tech can enhance social studies

How ed-tech can enhance social studies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

Some call Classcraft a classroom management tool, but really, it’s more about injecting excitement in your teaching and touching on the important social-emotional learning that sometimes gets forgotten with technology in the classroom ..."

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Why social studies is becoming AI studies

Why social studies is becoming AI studies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"We’ve all witnessed how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping lives and changing the world. AI is not a tech issue, it’s a social studies issue and it’s time to start bringing youth into the conversation and preparing them for the future of work ..."

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All you need to incorporate Google Earth in your math, science, social studies and  ELA classes 

All you need to incorporate Google Earth in your math, science, social studies and  ELA classes  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Since the release of its web-based version, Google Earth has been tremendously incorporated into educational contexts by teachers from all around the world. ..."

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Here is an excellent website for history and social studies teachers 

Here is an excellent website for history and social studies teachers  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Historypin is a crowdsourced project that uses the power of Google Maps to provide a user-generated ‘archive of historical photos, videos, audio recordings and personal recollections.’ ...."

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Fifteen best social studies websites for teachers

Fifteen best social studies websites for teachers | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Social studies class can be boring when it only consists of reading a textbook. It can also be boring and long when students are required to research or memorize geography. For these reasons, many students claim that they don’t enjoy the social studies. But, geography, history, civics, sociology, and political science can be very enjoyable when made interactive. ..."

 

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Free Technology for Teachers: An interactive cartogram of news

Free Technology for Teachers: An interactive cartogram of news | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Unfiltered News is a new site that uses an interactive cartogram to help you find trending news stories from around the world. To find stories through Unfiltered News simply open the website and click on a topic listed within one of the circles on the map ..."

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Favorite tech tools for social studies classes

Favorite tech tools for social studies classes | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"How can educators decide which tech to use in the classroom? There are specialists who can help with that ..."

Draggo, Explee, MackinVIA, BookFlix, Recite.com, Symbaloo, Lucidchart ...

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Very cool! Free embeddable interactives for teaching and learning — Emerging Education Technologies

Very cool! Free embeddable interactives for teaching and learning — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Fun interactive tools for math, language, arts, science, and social studies that you can embed in any web page! Okay, so if a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is an animated interactive teaching and learning tool ..."

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