Social Studies – Page 5 – Sylvia Anderson

April 27, 2017

Coogle – Collaborative Mind Mapping

Here’s another Google app you might be interested in. Coogle is a tool for building mind maps. Students work independently or collaboratively. Finished mind maps can be saved as PDF’s or PNG image files for sharing.

Use Coogle for any subject matter. It’s free and offers the following:

3 private diagrams, Unlimited public diagrams, Real-time collaboration, Over 1600 beautiful icons, Unlimited image uploads, PDF & Image download, Shared folders, Unconnected text boxes, Export as .mm and text, Comments & Chat

April 25, 2017

Insert Learning

Insert Learning is a Chrome extension that lets you turn any webpage into an interactive lesson. Think about blog sites like Quora, Tween Tribune or Medium where you can take a post and highlight key points, quotes or phrases; or make comments, ask questions, or even start a discussion if you’d like. Check out my sample below or better yet, go to the demo page and test it out for yourself. I think you’ll find this tool to be a ‘must have’ with your Chrome web browser. This extension can be shared and assigned to classes in google classroom. Amazing find! Got to have it!

April 7, 2017

Design Challenge Learning

Design Challenge Learning is a 21st-century learning style geared to challenge and innovate students through hands-on activities that foster skills in critical thinking and in solving real world problems.

The Tech, Museum of Innovation is a good resource for design challenge lessons that can be done in less than an hour, 1-2 hours, or over multiple sessions. Lessons are thorough and labeled by grade level. From a teacher’s point of view, the opportunity to observe and question students through their challenge sheds new light on how students get more from a lesson by working together and thinking out loud. Give it a try and see how your students do with the whole engineering process.

March 3, 2017

Zunal Webquest Projects

Zunal is a free online resource for creating webquests with a template but better yet it is a repository of thousands of webquests created by teachers and shared with the general public ready for use. Webquests are designed as projects for small groups of students to work together in completing the assigned task. Click the image below for a chart categorizing webquests by subject matter and grade level. The examples listed are for grades 9-12.