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Using a Historic Site to Develop Virtual Reality-Enhanced Web-Based Instructional Material: Learning to Use Technology as a Partner in the Classroom
Greg Sherman; David Hicks
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 1, No. 2 (2000) pp. 244–257
Over the last decade a growing number of social studies educators have mirrored Berson's contention that interactive technologies hold a great deal of potential for transforming the teaching and learning of social studies (Braun, Jr. & Risinger,...
Topics: Assessment, Computers, Educational Technology, Social Studies, Instructional Materials
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The Potential of Personal Digital Archives in the Social Studies Classroom
David Hicks; Ken Potter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) p. 1531
Participants will be introduced to and provided with guidelines and an interface designed to show the potential of creating personal or community digital archives to teach the theme of time, continuity, and change. This interactive session will...
Topics: Community
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"So I Feel Like We Were Just Theoretical, Whereas They Actually Do It": Navigating Twitter Chats for Teacher Education
Ricky Mullins; David Hicks
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 2 (June 2019) pp. 218–239
In this qualitative study, the authors analyzed the participation of preservice teachers in a discipline specific Twitter chat known as #sschat. Findings indicated that preservice teachers found value in the chat when they shared resources with...
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Use of digital historical resources in a large urban school system
John Lee; David Hicks
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2191–2195
This paper will report on the results of comprehensive survey administered in a large urban/suburban school district in the southeastern United States. The findings presented in this paper will illuminate the extent to which teachers are using...
Topics: Social Studies, Schools, Teachers
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Research in Technology, Social Studies, & Teacher Education: The Past, Present, and Future
Adam Friedman; David Hicks
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4098–4102
Technology and social studies is a vast and rapidly changing field. In this paper, we review the trends and innovations within the field, and suggest a path that future research may take. Specifically, this paper describes the evolution of...
Topics: Social Studies, Teachers
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Open-source database applications as collaboration and technology integration tools in teacher education
Ken Potter; David Hicks
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2549–2550
A previous attempt to integrate technology into social studies classrooms through the use of a customizable history database met with unexpectedly low levels of implementation due to the expense of acquiring the necessary software. The current...
Topics: Software, Social Studies, Databases
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Through the Democratic Lens: The Role of Purpose in Leveraging Technology to Support Historical Inquiry in the Social Studies Classroom
Kathy Swan; David Hicks
International Journal of Social Education Vol. 21, No. 2 (2007) pp. 142–168
This study provides a clearer portrait of the extent to which practicing history and social studies teachers, who explicitly expressed an interest in the potential of technology and advocate the use of primary sources within their teaching, are...
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Making global connections: The knowledge, understanding and motivation of trainee teachers
Cathie Holden; David Hicks
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 23, No. 1 pp. 13–23
This article begins by noting some of the global concerns that young people have today and highlights the crucial role of global education in responding to such concerns. It then considers the importance of teacher training in such matters and...
Language: English
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Editorial: Discourse on Technology in Social Education
John K. Lee; David Hicks
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 4 (December 2006) pp. 414–417
Research and scholarship in social studies and technology has taken two basic forms over the past decade and a half. Early scholarship on social studies and technology focused on theoretical arguments about how to integrate technology into social...
Topics: Social Sciences, Virtual Environments, Social Studies, Teachers, Educational Technology
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Constructivism as a Theoretical Foundation for the Use of Technology in Social Studies
Peter E. Doolittle; David Hicks
Theory and Research in Social Education Vol. 31, No. 1 (2003) pp. 72–104
The National Council for the Social Studies has explicitly advocated technology integration into the social studies classroom to transform the teaching and learning of key social studies content and skills. While the call for technology integration...
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Guest Editorial: The State of the Field: Technology, Social Studies, and Teacher Education
Adam M. Friedman; David Hicks
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 2006) pp. 246–258
The SITE social studies content strand needs a paper that focuses on the state of the field. The paper will be posted on the SITE Web site and also published in Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal). We hope that it...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Social Studies
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Fostering Analysis in Historical Inquiry through Multimedia Embedded Scaffolding
David Hicks; Peter E. Doolittle
Theory and Research in Social Education Vol. 36, No. 3 (2008) pp. 206–232
This article reports on the findings of a study designed to assess the utility of a multimedia tutorial intended to scaffold the development of historical source analysis through the use of the SCIM strategy. Seventy-seven undergraduate students (29 ...
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Worth the WAIT: Engaging Social Studies Students with Art in a Digital Age
B Scott Crawford; David Hicks; Nicole Doherty
Social Education Vol. 73, No. 3 (April 2009) pp. 136–139
If the mission of the social studies is to educate global citizens for the twenty-first century, then students must learn how to engage in the type of systematic and sophisticated literacy work that recognizes the power of images as well as texts....
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What Story Does Your Online Presence Tell? Helping Teacher Candidates Understand the Impact of Their Digital Footprint
Ricky Mullins; David Hicks; Todd Ogle
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 108–111
In this paper we discuss and share the details of a specific assignment we developed in a class entitled Inquiry Based Learning with Digital Technologies. The assignment focused on helping teacher candidates evaluate their digital footprints/online...
Topics: Social Media
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Using Multimedia to Prepare Preservice Social Studies Teachers for the Teaching of Historical Inquiry
David Hicks; Peter Doolittle; E. Thomas Ewing
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4796–4800
The purpose of this paper is to detail the collaborative efforts currently underway to prepare social studies teachers to learn to teach historical inquiry through using a multimedia tutorial. The paper discusses (a) the current state of teaching...
Topics: Teachers, Social Studies
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Creating corporate knowledge with the PADDLE system
Andreas Kussmaul; Klaus Tochtermann; David Hicks
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 524–529
The integration of dispersed knowledge available in an organization is often referred to as corporate knowledge. The corporate knowledge of an organization can be built up, shared and maintained most efficiently if modern Internet technologies are ...
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Supporting Online Professional Learning with National History Day Resources at the Library of Congress : Utilizing primary sources, course management software and web 2.0 tools.
David Hicks; Ann Canning; John Lee
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2378–2383
This best practice session is based on 3 years of professional development with social studies educators from a variety of professional contexts. The online synchronous course was delivered through a Library of Congress Teaching Primary Sources...
Topics: social studies education
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Information Technology, Constructivism, and Social Studies Teacher Education
David Hicks; Peter Doolittle; John Lee
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2185–2186
Many social studies educators have argued that preparing students for the responsibility of the office of citizen, in terms of developing the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary for informed deliberation, active decision making and civic...
Topics: Integration, Educational Technology, Social Studies, Classrooms, Networking Technologies
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Social Studies Teachers' Use of Classroom-Based and Web-Based Historical Primary Sources
David Hicks; Peter Doolittle; John K. Lee
Theory and Research in Social Education Vol. 32, No. 2 (2004) pp. 213–247
A limited body of research examines the extent to which social studies teachers are actually utilizing primary sources that are accessible in traditional classroom-based formats versus web-based formats. This paper initiates an exploration of this...
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Examining the Direction of IT Focused Research In the Social Studies
David Hicks; Kathy Swan; John Lee
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4117–4121
This paper forms part of the Symposium: Key Research Questions for Information Technology in The Content Disciplines. This symposium features presentations by SITE Vice Presidents (VPs) from the core disciplines of Early Childhood, English, Math,...
Topics: Social Studies, Information Sciences, Social Sciences
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Visualization as a Tool to Support the Inquiry Arc in Social Studies Education: Notes from the Field
David Hicks; Todd Ogle; Thomas Tucker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2926–2930
Gunther Kress, professor of semiotics and education, contends that there has been a shift in the predominant form of knowledge construction, meaning-making, and dissemination from the idea of a “world told” to a “world shown,” where the concept of...
Topics: Creativity, social studies education, Digital Storytelling/Video
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Engaging in scholarly dialogue: CITE Journal and the social studies
John Lee; Michael Berson; David Hicks
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2187–2190
In this paper session we propose to present dynamics that are unique to electronic publishing. The content of this paper is drawn from the authors' experience editing the social studies section of Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher...
Topics: Educational Technology, Social Studies
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Support for Customization And Personalization On The Web
Klaus Tochtermann; Andreas Kussmaul; David Hicks
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1048–1053
There is an increasing need in organisations to store, provide and manage information using Internet based information systems. Today s Internet information systems allow easy access to huge amounts of information which are available on the Web....
Topics: Internet
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Beyond the ‘farts and flashes’: Responding to student and instructor concerns in the design, development, and presentation of electronic portfolios (Five years on)
Robert Prickett; Kathleen Carico; David Sianez; David Hicks
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 81–83
Situated within the context of (a) discipline specific National Standards that embrace constructivist philosophies (NCTM, 1989; NCSS; 1984; NCTE/IRA, 1996; NRC, 1996), (b) on-going efforts to prepare tomorrow's teachers to seamlessly integrate...
Topics: Standards, Secondary Education, Teachers, Educational Technology
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Digital Historical Inquiry Project
Peter Doolittle; Philip Molebash; John Lee; David Hicks; Cheryl Bolick
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3155–3158
The Digital Historical Inquiry Project is an effort to create and grow a consortium of schools and colleges of education interested in promoting historical inquiry in the preparation of pre-service social studies teachers. The Consortium will...
Topics: Teachers, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Schools
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Preparing tomorrow’s teachers to be socially and ethically aware producers and consumers of interactive technologies
David Hicks; Pris Sears; Huaiyang Gao; Paulette Goodman; Jackie Manning
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education - Current Practices
The purpose of this paper is to detail the efforts of one teacher education institution to meet the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards that focus on preparing teachers to “Design student learning activities that...
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Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Be Socially and Ethically Aware Producers and Consumers of Interactive Technologies
David Hicks; Pris Sears; Huaiyang Gao; Paulette Goodman; Jackie Manning
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 3, No. 4 (2004) pp. 470–481
Technological literacy will be a necessity — not a frill — in the 21st century. The most important single benefit that the communications revolution can deliver to each and every child in this country is an advanced cutting-edge 21st century...
Topics: Internet, Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education, Middle School Education, Information Communication Technologies
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Preparing tomorrow’s teachers to be socially and ethically aware producers and consumers of interactive technologies.
Huaiying Gao; Paulette Goodman; Jackie Manning; David Hicks; Pris Sears
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2181–2184
The purpose of this paper is to detail the efforts of one teacher education institution to meet ISTE standards that focus on preparing teachers to recognize the ethical and social responsibilities of interactive technology use. (E.g. "Design student ...
Topics: Teachers, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary Education
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The Effects of Training, Modality, and Redundancy on the Development of a Historical Inquiry Strategy in a Multimedia Learning Environment
Andrea L. McNeill; Peter E. Doolittle; David Hicks
Journal of Interactive Online Learning Vol. 8, No. 3 (2009) pp. 255–269
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of training, modality, and redundancy on the participants' ability to apply and recall a historical inquiry strategy. An experimental research design was utilized with presentation mode as the...
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Digital Neophytes: Creating a Digital Technology Course for Pre-Service Teachers
Ricky Mullins; Amanda Biviano; Ariel Cornett; Todd Ogle; David Hicks
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1643–1648
This paper describes the design of a digital technology course for pre-service teachers in social studies and English Language Arts. We first provide a brief literature review that highlights the need to support pre-service teachers in using...
Topics: social studies education, English Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Planning, Collaborating, and Instructing with Technology: Focus on Teacher Preparation, Part 1
Amy Good; Cheryl Franklin; John Lee; David Hicks; Kathy Swan; Scott Waring; Mark Hofer; David Locascio
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3542–3545
This symposium brings together a panel of social studies educators to address salient issues of preparing preservice teachers to integrate technology into their practice. Panelists will present six projects related to the symposium theme. The...
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Scaffolding the teaching of history using Internet technologies.
David Hicks; Peter Doolittle; E. Thomas Ewing; Tom Snediker; Aaron Powell
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3832–3833
This roundtable is designed to share and demonstrate the potential of multimedia technologies to prepare teachers and students for historical inquiry. The multimedia historical inquiry tutorial leverages current research on historical thinking and...
Topics: Learning Outcomes, Social Studies, Educational Technology, Internet, Instructional Design
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The Diversity Resource Center Database: Utilizing technology in education to create social equality.
David Hicks; Megan Boler; Ann Potts; Cecile Cachaper; Lisa Tabor; Peter Doolittle
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 586–588
This brief paper focuses on the development of a Diversity Resource Center (DRC) database by faculty in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Virginia Tech. The Diversity Resources Center database contributes a unique resource that seamlessly...
Topics: Databases
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Toward a Useable Protocol for Identifying and Evaluating Classroom Ready Online Educational Resources for Social Studies
Ricky Mullins; David Hicks; Todd Ogle; Evelien Schilder; Stephanie van Hover
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2709–2721
There is an abundance of online educational resources for social studies educators created by private vendors, publishing companies, governmental organizations, universities and schools, and teachers. Within the field of social studies teacher...
Topics: social studies education
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Online Pedagogy: Principles for Supporting Effective Distance Education
Stephanie B. Scheer; Krista P. Terry; Peter E. Doolittle; David Hicks
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching Vol. 15, No. 1 (2004) pp. 7–30
Distance education has become a major form of education in the United States. This surge in popularity has launched a plethora of scholarship emphasizing the distillation of those strategies which inform effective, learning experiences in the...
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Guidelines for Using Technology to Prepare Social Studies Teachers
David Hicks; John K. Lee; Michael Berson; Cheryl Bolick; Richard Diem
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 14, No. 4 (December 2014) pp. 433–450
The inaugural issue of Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education provided a series of guidelines for using digital technology to prepare teachers in the fields of social studies, math, English and science. In this paper, the authors...
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Introducing Digital Humanities Projects and ARCHIE to Social Studies Preservice Teachers: Notes from the Field
David Hicks; Todd Ogle; Thomas Tucker; Aaron Johnson; Lisa Pennington; Stephanie van Hover
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2694–2701
This paper describes a transdisciplinary course for social studies preservice teachers that not only connects current and emerging digital technologies to content, pedagogy, and student learning; but also brings together the research interests of...
Topics: social studies education, Mobile Learning, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Theory to Practice: From Pod casting to Wiki’s - Exploring the Potential of Current and Emerging Technologies in 21st Century Classrooms.
David Hicks; Peter Doolittle; Michael Evans; Adam Friedman; Tom Snediker; John Lee; Ken Potter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2244–2249
This session is designed to explore visions of the possible with regard to current and emerging technologies' potential in 21st century classrooms. The guiding question at the heart of this paper is: how can teacher educators identify, model and...
Topics: Networking Technologies
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Multimedia, Historical Inquiry and Preservice Teacher Education: Fostering a Networked Collaboration to Facilitate Wise Practices in 21st Century Social Studies Classrooms, Part 1
Philip Molebash; David Hicks; Peter Doolittle; Thomas Ewing; John Lee; Cheryl Bolick; Mark Hofer; Kathy Swan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2016–2019
It is assumed that when used effectively technology can improve the preparation of social studies teachers and improve student performance. The central issue is not the quantity of the focus on technology, but rather the quality. In our enthusiasm,...
Topics: Teachers, Social Studies, Networking Technologies, Students
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Guidelines for Using Technology to Prepare Social Studies Teachers
Michael Berson; Richard Diem; David Hicks; Cheryl Mason; John Lee; Tony Dralle
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 1, No. 1 (2000) pp. 107–116
Social studies teacher education faculty members who effectively integrate technology in methods courses provide students opportunities to explore applications for the K-12 classroom and to consider how technology is changing the way we teach and...
Topics: Classrooms, Teaching Methods, Teachers, Educational Technology, Social Studies
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Key Research Questions for Information Technology in the Core Disciplines, Part 1
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; John Park; Joe Garofalo; Margaret Niess; David Hicks; Janet Swenson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 950–951
This symposium features presentations led by SITE Vice Presidents (VPs) from the disciplines of Science, Math, Social Studies, English and Early Childhood. The focus is on key research questions for information technology in the core disciplines....
Topics: Social Sciences, Information Sciences, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Social Studies
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DIGITAL LIBRARIES: THE CATALYST TO TRANSFORM TEACHER EDUCATION
Cheryl Mason Bolick; David Hicks; John Lee; Philip Molebash; Peter Doolittle
AACE Journal Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2004) pp. 198–217
Digital libraries are changing the way academic disciplines within universities are conceptualized. The nation’ s scholars are investing their careers and millions of dollars to use technology to rethink the nature of their disciplines. These...
Topics: teacher education, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Library
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How Can Educational Technology Improve Content Knowledge and Classroom Pedagogy? Teaching History and Preparing Teachers with the Digital History Reader, Part 2
Tom Ewing; Jane Lehr; Amy Nelson; Charles Edward Watson; David Hicks
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3815–3817
This symposium explores the ways that integrating educational technology into history teaching and the preparation of history teachers can improve content knowledge and pedagogical effectiveness. Materials developed for the Digital History Reader...
Topics: Social Studies, Instructional Materials, Educational Technology, Intelligence, Post Secondary Education
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Qualitative meta-analysis for social justice: The creation of an on-line diversity resources database
Ann Potts; Megan Boler; David Hicks; Peter Doolittle; Susan Ariew; Cecile Cachaper; Kathleen Carico; Robert Prickett
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 832–836
This paper describes the creation of an online diversity resources database using methods borrowed from meta-ethnography. The primary aim of this database, known as the Diversity Resources Database at Virginia Tech, is to provide print, media, and...
Topics: Databases
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Digital Stories Across the Curriculum: Opportunities and Challenges, Part 1
Michael Searson; Joe Lambert; David Hicks; Sara Kajder; Maggie Niess; John Park; Dina Rosen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 724–726
Digital stories blend audio, voice, and images into powerful creations, and have become a compelling tool for classroom teachers and students. Although the tools, skills, and practices incorporated into the making of digital stories resonate with...
Topics: Social Studies, Educational Technology, Mathematics, Early Childhood Education, Social Sciences
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Using Technology to Teach Historical Understanding: The Digital History Reader Brings the Possibilities of New Technology to the History Classroom
Robert P. Stephens; Jane L. Lehr; Daniel B. Thorp; E Thomas Ewing; David Hicks
Social Education Vol. 69, No. 3 (Apr 01, 2005)
Today's students are generally accustomed to seeing timelines of events, lists of names, and bulleted items, yet they lack an understanding of the complexity of historical analysis. Learning to read historical information from charts, for example,...
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Teaching Teachers to Use Digital Primary Source Materials in Social Studies: A Symposium, Part 1
Cheryl Franklin; Cheryl Bolick; John Lee; Adam Friedman; Philip Molebash; David Hicks; Scott Waring; Peter Doolittle; Tom Snediker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4088–4092
Digital primary source materials have developed a significant place in K-12 and preservice social studies classrooms over the past decade. This access and availability has impacted K-12 curriculum and pedagogy (ISTE, 2000, 2002). Increasingly,...
Topics: Educational Technology, Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Social Sciences
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Waking the Sleeping Giant: Social Studies Teacher Educators Collaborate to Integrate Technology into Methods’ Courses
Cheryl Mason; Marsha Alibrandi; Michael Berson; Kara Dawson; Rich Diem; Tony Dralle; David Hicks; Tim Keiper; John Lee
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1985–1989
This paper presents an overview of the efforts undertaken by a collaborative group of social studies teacher educators to identify and develop appropriate models of integrating technology into social studies teacher education. The goal of the ...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Social Studies
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Teaching Teachers to Use Digital Primary Source Materials in Social Studies: A Symposium, Part 2
Cheryl Franklin; Cheryl Bolick; John Lee; Adam Friedman; Philip Molebash; David Hicks; Scott Waring; Peter Doolittle; Tom Snediker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4093–4097
Digital primary source materials have developed a significant place in K-12 and preservice social studies classrooms over the past decade. This access and availability has impacted K-12 curriculum and pedagogy (ISTE, 2000, 2002). Increasingly,...
Topics: Teaching Methods, Social Sciences, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Studies
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Multimedia, Historical Inquiry and Preservice Teacher Education: Fostering a Networked Collaboration to Facilitate Wise Practices in 21st Century Social Studies Classrooms, Part 2
Philip Molebash Molebash; David Hicks; Peter Doolittle; Thomas Ewing; John Lee; Cheryl Bolick; Mark Hofer; Kathy Swan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2020–2024
It is assumed that when used effectively technology can improve the preparation of social studies teachers and improve student performance. The central issue is not the quantity of the focus on technology, but rather the quality. In our enthusiasm,...
Topics: Students, Networking Technologies, Social Studies, Teachers