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1. ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES SUBJECT Chapter 3

2. ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES SUBJECT Within the social studies, technology has served a dual role as an important instructional tool that may have a significant effect on the global, political, social, and economic functioning of American society. As both a method of instruction and a topic of instruction, the impact of computers and technology on social studies is immense.

3. ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES SUBJECT Technology-based learning has the potential to facilitate development of students’ decision-making and problem solving skills, data processing skills, and communication capabilities. Through the computer, students may gain access to expansive knowledge links and broaden their exposure to diverse people and perspectives; hence, affording students the opportunity to become active participants in an increasingly global and interactive world.

4. TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES SUBJECT Instructional decision making in the social studies has been based on a limited knowledge base, and as a result, computer use among students in social studies education has often relied on basic applications of technology as a tool for word processing or accessing factual information. Technology helps to enhance the skills and prepare the children for the near future. In the school systems, technology has become a lack in some Social Studies classroom.

5. TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES SUBJECT “The Role of Technology in Social Studies Education” deliberates on the importance of using the internet to teach a variety of topics in social studies classrooms. With the incorporation of technology into schools, the main purpose is to change how teachers and students gather, access, analyze, present and transmit information. Technology is an important for teachers now have the ability to post their lesson plans on their websites, which benefits their students.

6. How Could Technology Be Integrated into The Teaching of Social Studies There are many ways in which technology could be integrated into the teaching process, but more importantly today we will be talking about how technology can be integrated into teaching of social studies. So if you are preparing to try something new in your teaching methodology and start teaching social studies with technology, this is the right place to start.

7. How to Teach Social Studies There are many ways in which you can teach social studies. That being said, social studies are also diverse, so depending on the social studies and the subjects that you are teaching, your task might me a lot easier with the help of technology. The traditional way to teach social studies is becoming dated and teaching ex cathedra is definitely becoming the thing of the past.

8. How to Teach Social Studies Teaching social studies with technology will not just make your subject a lot more appealing to students, it will also help them understand the matter that you are teaching in a way which is close to them and which is easier for them to understand.

9. How to Teach Social Studies Just like students should be apt to learn during their lifetime, that is how we, as teachers, should commit to learning new technologies, implementing them in our process of teaching and creating such an environment that will help students to learn.

10. Which Aspects of Social Studies Could Be Taught with Technology Many subjects could be taught with the use of technology, and especially social subjects are a lot easier to teach and to study with the use of technology. There also are some aspects of social studies that are easier to teach with some use of technological devices.

11. Technological Advancements and Teaching of Social Studies Social studies are also a great way to start exploring social networks and teaching up to date history, from the aspect that is close to your students. You can teach sociology, history, philosophy and many other social studies, in a lot more efficient way, with the help of technology.

12. Technological Advancements and Teaching of Social Studies Investigating synchronic or diachronic social studies with the use of technology can be a lot more interesting as well, and give better results. In addition to that, it will also help prepare your students for further studies and their own independent research.

13. Guidelines for Using Technology to Prepare Social Studies Teachers 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 learn. As social studies teacher educators, one of our roles is to model appropriate uses of technology for our pre service teachers.

14. Guidelines for Using Technology to Prepare Social Studies Teachers Five principles as guides for the appropriate infusion of technology in social studies teacher preparation programs. Extend learning beyond what could be done without technology. Introduce technology in context. Include opportunities for students to study relationships among science, technology, and society. Include opportunities for students to study relationships among science, technology, and society. Foster the development of the skills, knowledge, and participation as good citizens in a democratic society. Contribute to the research and evaluation of social studies and technology.

15. Extend Learning Beyond What Could Be Done Without Technology Technology opens the door to learning social studies skills and content in ways impossible in the traditional classroom. The social studies teacher in today’s classroom can use technology to extend learning opportunities for K-12 students. Teacher education faculty can most effectively take full advantage of technology by introducing students to activities in which skills and content are taught more actively and meaningfully.

16. Classroom technology with the following strategies: Make reading active with digital annotation. Annotation is a skill that allows readers to interact and connect with text. It elevates readers from being third-party observers to becoming part of the story, which supports a deeper understanding and improved retention. Instead of simply reading the text, readers who annotate learn to question, analyze, and think critically about the information they are absorbing.

17. Classroom technology with the following strategies: 2. Help primary sources come alive. For example, ask students to choose and research a Prohibition-era figure through primary source images, text pieces, or video available through safe classroom products such as Launch Packs: Social Studies. Expose students to a place or time period through a virtual field trip, allowing them to see the landscape, the historical structures, the art, and the people with their own eyes.

18. 3. Personalize instruction for unique student needs . Classroom technology tools make it easier for teachers to cater to unique student needs. Digital resources allow teachers and students to modify the reading level and the types of content they are viewing and empowers the student to get additional help through the digital resources as needed. Classroom technology with the following strategies:

19. Classroom technology with the following strategies: 4 . Pair literature with digital social studies content . Giving students the opportunity to read engaging historical fiction connects them to the time period, history, and issues under consideration. Pairing fiction with engaging nonfiction resources ensures that students get the background information they need to read closely and think critically about fiction.

20. Classroom technology with the following strategies: 5. Create a classroom of student collaboration . Have students collaborate on writing a shared story in real time. They can edit, add content, draw illustrations, and create their own book jackets—even when they aren’t seated next to each other in class.

21. CHAPTER 3 TEACHING AIDS IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES

22. TEACHING AIDS IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES Meaning of Teaching Aids: In the teaching of social studies at upper primary level teaching material serve as a means to help a teacher to introduce or explain a topic effectively. Fair or well-planned teaching takes place in the presence of teaching aid only. Teaching material makes the teaching-learning process interesting by breaking the dullness in the classroom. Effective teaching aids increase the process of the teaching-learning process. Teaching material activates the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains of students learning.

23. Purpose of using teaching-learning materials: Various serves the purpose of using teaching-learning material in social science teaching: Teaching-learning materials helps in making learning easy. Teaching-learning materials helps in making learning to remain in the minds of the learners for a longer time. Teaching-learning materials helps in making the lesson more interesting.

24. Purpose of using teaching-learning materials: Teaching-learning materials enable the teacher to express the intended concepts of learning effectively. Teaching aids in social studies helps in illustrating natural phenomena like volcano, rain, earthquake etc. Teaching aid in social studies teaching helps to define an idea, concept in a better way. For example: to explain the direction in a map or on a globe. Teaching aid is helpful in refreshing and reinforcing students learning when there is a difficulty in creating real atmosphere or situation related to the topic.

25. Characteristics of teaching Aids: Teaching aids should be up to date in every aspect. Teaching aids should be simple, improvised from time to time. Teaching aids should be exact and truthful. Teaching aids should be informative and according to the mental level of the students.

26. Classification of teaching aids: Teaching aids are of three types: AUDIO AIDS are those aids of teaching which we can hear only. These aids make the use of hearing sense only. 2. VISUAL AIDS -These aids make the use of learner’s visual sense or organs only.

27. Classification of teaching aids: 3. AUDIO VISUAL AIDS These are the aids in which learners makes the use of hearing as well as the visual senses of the learners. These aids help in attaining the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains of the learners.

28. Selection of Teaching Aids: Teaching aids should be child-centered and able to make learning easy for the child. Teaching aids orders should be selected in such a way that is able to fulfill the educational objectives. Teaching aid should select according to the interest and aptitude of the learner.

29. Selection of Teaching Aids: Teaching aids should be based upon the curiosity of the learners and helps in motivating the learners. Should be selected in such a way that reinforces the learning in students.

30. Advantages of Teaching Aids: Teaching aids help in attracting the attention of the learners. Teaching aids help in maintaining the healthy interaction and positive environment in the class. Teaching aids help in meeting individual differences among the learners. Teaching aids help in making the learning permanent in the learners. Teaching aids helps in saving the time of teacher as well as of learners. Teaching aids help in converting abstract ideas into concrete ideas.

31. Disadvantages of teaching aids: Teaching aid is expensive to implement. Teaching aids distracts the attention of the learners from the instructor or teachers. For employing an audio-visual aid, the size of the room should be taken into consideration. Classroom size should not be so large or should not be so small. It should according to the strength of the students Audiovisual consumes a lot of time while implementing.

32. Audio-Visual Teaching Material: Audiovisual aids are those learning materials which use both the senses of learners i.e. hearing, visual, audiovisual aids are of following types: Television: Nowadays, TV is one of the best teaching material that provides information related to various social science topics. 2. Educational films: Audiovisual aids affects all the domains of learning of students. An educational film is the audio-visual aid of teaching. Educational films help in a faster and deeper understanding of the topics of social science such as historical films related to various national political leaders, freedom fighters etc.

33. TEACHING RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES Educational resources which have served as enrichment aids to teaching and learning. Norwood (1949) observes that “though there are vast quantities of Social Studies materials, yet there are two important considerations which the teacher must face in using these aids effectively – the teacher must know where he can find them and must select those materials which will best fit his particular needs”. Teaching resources in Social Studies mean anything that can assist the teacher in promoting teaching and learning.

34. TEACHING RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES 1.Textbooks Textbooks are, of course, another traditional instrument of instruction. In its most rigid form a textbook represents a series of lessons which demands the teacher’s initiative. 2. Newspapers Raymond (1965) observed that “since many Social Studies teachers direct the attention of their classes frequently to contemporary problems and to tropical issues which can be woven into the on-going course of study, they can make significant contribution to enlightened citizenship by examining newspaper with the student”.

35. TEACHING RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES 3.Pictures and Charts Pictures help to illustrate and bring a sense of reality to what is taught, while charts contain the lesson material itself. While pictures stimulate interest, create correct impression and bring lesson to life, charts, on the other hand, are valuable in the presentation of materials to be taught in their simplest form. 4. Maps The studying, drawing and interpreting of maps are activities essential in the teaching of Social Studies. Maps indicate economic and physical features, location of places, political boundaries cultural limitations, occupational zones etc.

36. TEACHING RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES 5.Models Tillman (1976) emphasized the use of models in helping the teacher organize relevant information in the process of teaching. He asserted that “when information is presented ‘in the format of an instructional model, we have a ready-made plan or the kinds of teacher-behavior that brings about desired student-learning. 6. Real Object The category of materials resources that can be valuable in the teaching of Social Studies is the use of the actual or real object in the classroom. These things are called REALIA and can have a powerful impact on students’ interest and motivate them to learn.

37. TEACHING RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES 7.Resource Centre A resource Centre has different meanings. But generally, it refers to a place or space where the students and teachers may find information and instructional materials not available in the classroom 8.Audio-Visual Devices There is at present varieties of instructional tools known as audiovisual devices and materials. The application of these instructional tools range from the use of small cameras by an instructor to show close – ups within his classroom to an airborne studio broadcasting to many states. 9.Chalkboard The chalkboard or the blackboard is the commonest visual aid ‘utilized by the teacher. The chalkboard is used to write outline or summary, to illustrate what the teacher intends to t each and to draw sketches, maps and pictures.

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