Sentences with phrase «tool for social studies teachers»

In conclusion, the integration of TI handheld technology in social studiesseems to have limited potential as a tool for social studies teachers to engagetheir students.

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Melody (first author) developed the new literacies course to accomplish three main objectives: (a) to provide teachers with a scholarly foundation in literacy studies that recognizes how advances in technology influence literacy practices; (b) to support teachers in building their pedagogical knowledge of digital texts and tools as well as social practices influencing composing practices; and (c) to provide teachers with a setting for direct application of the theories and practices discussed in class as they worked with children in a writing camp.

The updated guidelines address the complex nature of effective and appropriate technology integration in the social studies classroom and lay the foundation for future actions to support the preparation of social studies teachers to use technology as a tool to support the more inquiry - driven activities beginning to emerge more frequently in the social studies classroom.

We have also integrated digital video into our teacher education courses as a tool for students to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social studies content.

Seeking to further understand how technology can be used in social studies classrooms, this paper examines the ways in which a skilled high social studies teacher used educational technology as a tool for multicultural democratic education.