1. Web Tools for the Social
Studies
Michigan Digital Learning Conference
Macomb Intermediate School District
Sheila Majask
Chippewa Valley Schools

2. Are your students
bored???

3. Who wants to see more
technology in the classroom?

4. Tools & Resources for
Teaching

5. Edmodo
www.edmodo.com
Edmodo provides teachers and students a secure place to connect and
collaborate, share content and educational applications, and access homework,
grades, class discussions and notifications.

6. Prezi
http://prezi.com
Prezi’s zooming canvas opens up the classroom to active learning and
interactivity, making lessons understandable, memorable, and fun.

7. Prezi Tips
• Have students research important points before
introducing Prezi
• I like to have groups of 2 research 20 – 25 facts from
categories that they must cover
• Show tutorial videos supplied by Prezi. These videos are
good background on how to use the program.
• Encourage students to list each point individually for the
most interesting presentations
• Search Google images for 3D images related to the topic

8. Glogster
http://edu.glogster.co
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Create glogs - interactive posters loaded with text, graphics, music,
videos, and more
Example: http://www.glogster.com/schsap/revolutionary-war/g-6obi9qaidr73ju6o3omqr27

9. xTimeline
www.xtimeline.com
xtimeline is a free web-based timeline. Easily create and share
timelines with pictures and videos
Example: http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/Roman-Republic--510-27BC-

10. Dipity
http://www.dipity.com
Dipity is a free digital timeline website. Users can create, share, embed and
collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video,
audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps.
Examples: http://www.dipity.com/TheAgenda/Iran-Timeline/

11. Weebly
www.weebly.com
Weebly is an easy to use web based web page creator where teachers can
easily create a classroom website and blog, manage students’ accounts,
accept homework assignments online and keep parents up to date.

12. Wikispaces
http://wikispaces.com
Wikispaces is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures
and links, videos and media — and anything else you can think of. Wikispaces is
special because we give you a visual editor and a bunch of other tools to make
sharing all kinds of content as easy for students as it is for their teachers.

13. Wikispaces - Ideas
• Photo Gallery
• Find 10 pictures of an event (Civil Rights)
• Give it a title
• 3-5 Description of image related to event
• Collaborative Study Guides
• Content Management System

14. Popplet
http://popplet.com
Poppletdelivers an interactive way to create concept maps, mind maps, and
options to brainstorm or storyboard right along with peers. The “popplets” can
be constructed, moved, color coded, typed in, drawn in, and have images or
videos inserted
Example: http://popplet.com/app/index.php#/489

15. Fakebook
http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page
"Fakebook" allows teachers and students to create imaginary profile pages for
study purposes.
90 Second video tutorial - http://vimeo.com/25366185
Woodrow Wilson Example - http://www.classtools.net/fb/56/WmNKhC

16. Wallwisher
http://wallwisher.com
You get a blank page (a wall). You put anything you want on it, in the form of
repositionable post it notes.

17. Wallwisher - Ideas
• Pre-reading/reading questions
• Exit Slips
• Opinion Sharing
• Ice Breakers

18. DocsTeach
http://docsteach.org/
Educators can “find and create learning activities with primary source
documents that promote historical thinking skills.” Use the more than 3000
original documents from the National Archives to create rich, online learning
experiences for students.
Tip: Use the interactive learning activity tools to help students “think like
historians.”
http://docsteach.org/activities/7785

19. DocsTeach – Common Core
Visit this link for DocsTeach aligned to the Common Core
Standards:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7impFZuDi9mZ1RhdHkwR19XbjQ/edit?
pli=1

20. iWitness
http://iwitness.usc.edu/SFI/
Over 1,000 online video testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other
witnesses are housed in this website maintained by the University
of Southern California's Shoah Foundation Institute.

21. History Pin
http://www.historypin.com/
Historypin, in partnership with Google, is a way for millions of people to come
together, from across different generations, cultures and places, to share small
glimpses of the past and to build up the huge story of human history. Upload
pictures, audio, or video, and pin them to a satellite map.

22. Tagxedo
http://www.tagxedo.com
Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even
your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized
appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.

23. Tagxedo Examples

24. EPals
http://www.epals.com
A Learning Community of Teachers, Students and Parents From Over 200
Countries
Classroom-Ready Projects and Activities
Collaborative Learning Tools such as Blogs, Wikis and Media Galleries
Quality, Standards-Aligned Content from Respected Educational Brands
Showcase of Outstanding Teacher and Student Work

25. Distance Learning &
Electronic Field Trips

26. TWICE: Two Way Interactive
Connections in Education
http://www.twice.cc
Two Way Interactive Connections in Education (TWICE) is Michigan's organization for
videoconferencing in K-12 education. TWICE promotes and supports collaborative
connections for the benefit of all students.

27. TWICE: Two Way Interactive
Connections in Education

28. Skype in the Classroom
https://education.skype.com
A free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom. Meet new
people, talk to experts, share ideas and create amazing learning experiences
with teachers from around the world.

30. National Park Service
http://www.nationalparks.org/our-
work/programs/electronic-field-trip
Each Electronic Field Trip consists of two components: a televised broadcast
from a national park featuring National Park Service Rangers and youth
hosts a website featuring downloadable lesson plans for teachers and
interactive games for students. The broadcast and the website complement
each other and teach with rich imagery and content in three different
modalities.

32. Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.history.org/history/teaching/eft/index.cfm
Colonial Williamsburg’s EFT is an interactive multimedia educational program that
focuses on themes and stories drawn from American history. It includes a live
television broadcast (also available online via live video streaming) and a
companion website with student activities and teacher resources for use in the
classroom.
http://www.history.org/media/videoPlayer/index.cfm?cat=vodcast&file=WhatsanEFT#

34. Video Conferencing in
Education: Tips
• Plan ahead!
• Test Equipment – Seek help of your IT coordinator
• See if money is available in your district for
distance learning
• Write a grant!
• Review lesson plans and materials that
accompany conference. Great information is
included to prepare and wrap up distance learning
event

35. Video Resources

36. You Tube Time Machine
http://yttm.tv
YTTM is a sweet little tool that lets you search for video primary sources by year.
Grab the slider and pull it to a specific year. YTTM then displays a series of videos
from that year. You do have a few filters to increase or limit the number of videos -
commercials, music, current events, sports, etc

37. Horrible Histories
(via Youtube)
http://youtu.be/-fadCAHjN-s http://youtu.be/tsnH8WX1MHY

38. Crash Course World History
(Via Youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vufba_ZcoR0&feature=share&list=PL46F97F
C8C3FCBC4B

39. Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org
With a library of over 3,500 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics,
finance, and history, and hundreds of skills to practice, Khan Academy is on a
mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/history/us-history

40. WatchKnowLearn Video
www.watchknowlearn.org
WatchKnowLearn has indexed over 33,000+ educational videos, placing them
into a directory of over 3,000 categories. The videos are available without any
registration or fees to teachers in the classroom and to students at home
24/7.

41. YouTube EDU
http://www.youtube.com/education
Free lectures from more than one hundred colleges and universities.

42. TeacherTube
www.teachertube.com
Like YouTube, but for teachers.

43. Animoto
http://animoto.com
Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with
everyone. Fast, free, and easy!