This presentation is for the EDTP600 Course at UMUC for the MAT program. A short presentation on the integration of Web 2.0 into the social studies classroom.

1. Article Analysis
Power Point
By: Ellen Ledford
Supersizing Social Studies
Through the Use of Web 2.0
Technologies
Lori Holcomb
Candy Beal
John K. Lee

2. “Our claim here is that curriculum integration and emerging
technology applications can support an expanded social
studies.”

3. Cost free tools can enhance
technology integration, such as:
 Blogging
 Wikis
 Social networking
 Video production
 Audio/visual mixing
 Internet communication
 Multiplayer gaming
(Image source: Fotolia)

4. “Students can use Web 2.0 tools to produce reports,
manipulate data, and create knowledge, thus shifting the
balance of authority regarding who gets to verify
knowledge as truth.”

5. Using Primary Access© and
Fold3© as tool 1:
 Primary Access©: online video production tool
used for documentaries
 Fold3©: retrieves documents for use in videos
(such as reports, newspapers, and photos)
 Teachers as well as students can use these tools to
integrate documents and other sources that can enhance
learning

6. Using Dipity© as tool 2:
In this lesson:
 “Interactive timeline that includes audio, video, graphics, and text
documenting”
Students focus on the oil spill off the Gulf of
Mexico by using at least 3 different forms of
multimedia to identifying 20 items featuring:
• Key events
• People
• Locations
(AP/CBS/NOAA) Copyright 2010 CBS. All rights reserved.

7. Conclusion to Study
 “It is important that we continue to push the limits of
technology to help students address the multifaceted
elements of the new supersized social studies.”

8. Relating's:
 Integration to support efficient, self paced
learning (Roblyer & Doering, 2010)
 Using tools such as Dipity© students are able to engage their own learning
by creating an interactive timeline based upon the assignment
 Integration to help build mental models and
increase knowledge transfer (Roblyer & Doering, 2010)
 Students need to engross learning with visual sources such as Primary
Access© and Fold3© to build mental models instead of relying strictly on
reading

9. Relating's:
 Integration to optimize scarce resources (Roblyer &
Doering, 2010)
 Programs such as Fold3© focus on the research and application of social
studies curriculum. This program is used for document research involving
history, wars, and other various topics such as the US.
 Integration to develop information literacy and
visual literacy skills (Roblyer & Doering, 2010)
 Resources such as Primary Access© allows for the student to use many
different skills when creating a documentary. “For example, when students
use presentation software instead of cardboard charts to give a report, they
gain experience for college classrooms and business offices, where
computer based presentations are the norm (Roblyer & Doering, 2010).”

10. Bibliography
 Holcomb, L., Beal, C., & Lee, J. (2011,
Winter). Supersizing Social Studies Through
the Use of Web 2.0 Technologies. Social
Studies Research and Practice, 6(3), 102-
109.
 Roblyer, M., & Doering, A. (2010). Integration
Educational Technology into Teaching.
Boston, MA, USA: Pearson Education Inc.