By witnessing a faculty model for effective technology integration, preservice teachers are given opportunities to reflect upon their previously held conceptions of teaching social studies and integrating
technology into social studies.
How do the prior K - 12 social studies and technology experiences of preservice teachers affect their perceptions of social studies, teaching social studies, integrating
technology into social studies, and their overall expectations of a social studies methods course?
Is it possible, then, for a teaching methods course to play a significant role in changing the many misconceptions preservice teachers have regarding social studies as a content area, methods of teaching social studies, and strategies for effectively integrating
technology into social studies teaching?
Preservice teacher's perceptions of infusing computer
technology into social studies instruction.
While the search reveals a large literature base for various ways to incorporate
technology into the social studies classroom and observes that billions of dollars are spent on placing computers in classrooms around the country, still some social studies teachers do not use technology.
Integrating
technology into the social studies curriculum / Intermediate.
This transformation may be advanced through more dialogue within the publications on effective practices for infusing
technology into social studies education programs.
Transformation in curricula and instructional processes may be promoted by offering sufficient access to technology and infusing
technology into social studies methods courses while affording opportunities to consider the daily demands of a teacher that may present barriers using technology in the classroom (Berson, 2000; Mason et al., 2000; Rose & Winterfield, 1999; NCATE, 1997).
Integrating
technology into the social studies curriculum.
The addition of GIS
technology into social studies education means stepping into the unknown, taking risks, creating pathways and experimenting.
Preservice teachers» perceptions of infusing computer
technology into social studies education, Theoryand Research in Social Education, 28, 566 - 579.
The focus of this investigation was to develop answersto two questions: (a) How can technology impact student learning of socialstudies, and (b) How can I incorporate
technology into my social studies classroomto enhance social studies learning?
Integrating
technology into the social studies methods course was not simply a function of adapting the technology for student learning.
Since Martorella's call to action, much has been written on the potential benefits of infusing
technology into the social studies.
The diffusion of
technology into the social studies.
Not exact matches
Events such as Election Day mock voting, Veteran's Day Memorial program, and our 9/11 Remembrance take place throughout the year and are integrated
into our rich curriculum, which includes classes in physical education, music, Spanish, art, and
technology in addition to the core subjects of reading, math, science, and
social studies.
Not only is the game great fun and easy to integrate
into the curriculum, it also reinforces standards set by the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), the National Council for
Social Studies (NCSS), the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and the International Society for
Technology Education (ISTE).
said Vaianella about «Orphan Train,» a
social studies project they designed to incorporate
technology resources
into the curriculum.
Teacher Erin Okata integrated
social studies, language arts, science, math, fine arts, and
technology into the project as a way to help students develop an awareness of ocean life and to meet specific Hawaii state curriculum standards.
A Google for Education Certified Trainer, former Director of
Technology, and high school social studies classroom teacher, Ben has a passion for bringing creative technology integration into the
Technology, and high school
social studies classroom teacher, Ben has a passion for bringing creative
technology integration into the
technology integration
into the classroom.
As a result of recent research in this field, some scholars are suggesting that
social studies teachers integrate
technology into daily teaching and learning activities (Berson, 1996; Diem, 2000).
With the advent of the Internet and multimedia
technologies, teachers can more easily bring primary sources and other real - world
social studies learning activities
into their classrooms.
His career in education began as a middle school ELA /
social studies teacher and then continued
into administration and
technology.
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Four faculty members documented their own
technology integration journey through collaborative autoethnography identifying the affordances and challenges of 1:1 iPad integration
into their science,
social studies and literacy methods courses.
As Hammond and Manfra (2009) described in their discussion of TPACK in
social studies education, TPACK is a conceptual framework in teacher education that «provides a common language to discuss the integration of
technology into instruction and builds upon the concepts of pedagogical content knowledge, [as well as] teacher as curricular gatekeeper» (p. 160).
This commentary represents the perspectives on the revised guidelines of a
social studies education university faculty member who is deeply entrenched in the preparation of both preservice and in - service
social studies and elementary educators and an instructional design and
technology university faculty member who works closely with preservice and in - service teachers of all subject areas on the effective and appropriate integration of
technology into the K - 12 classroom.
We also identify additional issues to consider as the field moves toward a more comprehensive approach to the preparation of
social studies educators in regard to the effective integration of
technology into instruction.
Over the past decade, K - 12
social studies teachers have increasingly integrated
technology into their classroom history instruction to improve student - learning outcomes (Berson, 2004; Danker, 2000; Green, Bolick, & Robertson, 2010; Hakes & Eisenwine, 2003; Hernandez - Ramos & De La Paz, 2009; Ray & Shelton, 2004; Shiveley, 2004; VanFossen, 2004).
Rich themes provide extensive opportunities for integrating standards
into relevant and meaningful activities within the sciences,
social studies, music, language arts,
technology, and art.
Using stand - alone Web modules to integrate
technology into secondary
social studies methods instruction.
Preservice
social studies teachers need to see
technology effectively modeled and have meaningful opportunities to use
technology if they are going to integrate
technology into their future
social studies teaching (Bates, 2008; Diem, 2002).
This paper describes several strategies we have employed to integrate effective
technology integration strategies
into teacher education experiences provided to preservice
social studies teachers.
In addition to integrating specific
technology - rich activities
into various aspects of the teacher education program, preservice teachers should also have an understanding of the multiple
technology tools available and how they can be used to enhance a wide variety of activities in
social studies (Lee, 2008; Saye & Brush, 2007).
Efforts with preservice teachers described here have been informed by the authors» successes assisting in - service teachers with understanding how
technology can empower inquiry - based teaching practices in
social studies classrooms, as well as efforts to more fully integrate
technology into the overall teacher education programs at the authors» institutions.
Incorporating
technology into the making pedagogy mode seems to be a natural outgrowth of the traditional use of projects in
social studies instruction.
Using the of Humans of New York photoblog concept, the exemplar lesson plan described in this article incorporated
technology and the replacement, amplification, and transformation framework to modify a traditional
social studies lesson on the American Civil War
into an engaging and inquiry - based lesson.
In our work with preservice
social studies teachers, we have used a number of strategies to help them understand and apply models and practices for effectively integrating
technology into their future classrooms — thus, strengthening the link between
technology, pedagogy, and content.
The strategies employed to promote TPCK with our preservice teachers have been shaped by both successful strategies with in - service
social studies teachers to promote pedagogical change (Saye & Brush, 2006) and strategies employed to integrate
technology more fully
into our preservice teacher education programs (Brush et al., 2003; Brush, 1998).
Core courses include Human Learning, Developmental Aspects of Human Learning, Curriculum Leadership, and Using Assessment to Guide Instruction; specialization courses include Issues in the
Social Studies Classroom,
Social Studies and
Technology, Secondary
Social Studies Curriculum, Civic Education, Inquiry
Into K - 12 History and
Social Science, and more.
Such data may serve to substantiate the use of
technology not only as a learning tool but to assist and encourage other educators in their own endeavors to incorporate
technology into the curriculum and facilitate the sharing of these endeavors with the rest of the
social studies professional community.
To this end, the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) Guidelines for Using
Technology in Social Studies Teacher Education (Mason et al., 2000) offers five principles to guide the integration of technology into teacher
Technology in
Social Studies Teacher Education (Mason et al., 2000) offers five principles to guide the integration of
technology into teacher
technology into teacher education.
Assertion 2: The preservice teachers» perceptions of
social studies, teaching
social studies, and integrating
technology when teaching
social studies were positively influenced by the instructor's modeling of constructivist teaching methods and her integration of
technology into these methods.
The CUFA Guidelines are organized by five principles, which enhance the infusion of
technology into preservice education and support the continued focus on research and evaluation of
social studies and
technology.
The results of this
study, therefore, assume it is important to examine preservice teachers» experiences learning
social studies, as well as their experiences learning to integrate
technology when trying to determine how successful they will be at integrating
technology into their future
social studies teaching.
The survey was divided
into four parts, with the first component focusing on demographics (17 items), the second addressing the use of
technology in
social studies methods courses, the third assessing personal use of
technology and confidence in
technology, and the fourth examining organizational support and barriers to
technology integration and further information on the organizations of the respondents.
In those latter
studies, based on the idea of CE as a policy option, other, more specific frames and their implications are moved
into the focus of analysis: for example with regard to its role for society, its relevance for political conflict or its perception as a
social technology.
For the purpose of data collection, the university was divided
into four major schools of
study namely (i) science, (ii)
social science and humanities, (iii) management and commerce, and (iv) engineering and
technology.