Social+Studies

Social Studies Reflections

The "Delicious" application seems useful as it allows me to tag websites and then access these websites at a later date. Also, a few of the galleries we accessed seem to have some good websites for classroom use. In particular, I like the Webster's Dictionary application that allows students to create their own dictionaries.

In my English classroom there is a somewhat limited need to use maps. However, I do think that prior to reading a specific piece of literature it might be useful to direct students to a map that lets them explore the geographical location that the story takes place in. This may allow them to understand the context of the novel a bit better as well as possibly understand character's motivations and how the physical setting of a story affect what happens in the story.

Primary documents are something that studens should and will have to analyze throughout their high school and college careers. In my classroom I think this would be most feasible when teaching some background information on Of Mice and Men or for analyzing persuausive writing as well as ethos, pathos and logos.

Experiment with the presentation options on google.doc. It seems like a very east tool to create notes as well as add videos for student viewing. Prezis seem pretty cool as well although I am not sure they would fit the needs for presenting information to students. Maybe it would be a good resource fors students to create presentations.