My first reaction to this assignment is that I did not realize how many classroom specific or classroom capable apps are now available. My second reaction was how entertaining and helpful some of these apps could be for students and teachers. Social Studies is often non-interactive, lecture based lessons that can become repetitive and unapologetically dull to students. I hoped to find ways to use technology to facilitate group learning and to promote techniques like Jigsaw using the apps. All of the apps I chose promote sharing and group activities along with their defined technique. The goal of these apps is not to replace the teacher or diminish their role, but to make the lessons more attainable and enjoyable for the students. Wikispaces, GoConqr, WordPress and LucidChart are all ways to creatively restructure information, share information and visualize information for the students and as students. Quizizz is great for live opinion polls, entry quizzes and friendly competition between students during lessons. While Socrative is an amazing app for keeping data on student progress and comprehension. All of the apps are interchangeable in their uses and often overlap, but can all be used during classroom lessons, review and out of classroom activities.
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https://infograph.venngage.com/p/160100/social-studies-and-technology
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