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**21st Century Skills & Technology Integration Ideas for Social Studies **

3Rs * 7Cs = 21st Century Learning

 * 3Rs **= **R**eading, w**R**iting, a**R**ithmetic
 * 7Cs ** = **C**ritical thinking and problem solving, **C**reativity & innovation, **C**ollaboration teamwork & leadership, **C**ross-cultural understanding, **C**ommunication & media literacy, **C**omputing & ICT literacy, **C**areer & learning self-reliance


 * Link to Partnership for 21st Century Skills Social Studies Lessons & Ideas:** @http://www.p21.org/route21 (click the browse resources link near the bottom of the page)


 * National Council For the Social Studies:** @http://www.socialstudies.org/

Web Tools for Education (with Ideas for Social Studies Use)

 * **Bit Strips**-- http://www.bitstrips.co
 * **Example:** @http://bitstrips.com/r/JX26L
 * **21st Century Skills Addressed:** Creativity & Innovation, Computers/ICT (information/computers/technology), Communication, Content Knowledge, Global Literacy, Collaboration (if working in groups),
 * **Word Sift**--@http://www.wordsift.com/
 * Example: Copy and paste the text from an upcoming unit of study, study guide, inaugural address, current events article, etc. to address unique vocabulary. Use Word Sift to view the visual thesaurus, visual images of the words, and allow the students to use the workspace to create a visual image that represents the words to them.
 * **21st Century Skills Addressed:** Creativity, Communication, Computers/ICT, Content knowledge
 * **Wall Wisher:**http://www.wallwisher.com
 * Demo Wall to Try: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/esu3socialstudies
 * **21st Century Skills Addressed:** Creativity, Communication, Computers/ICT, Content knowledge, Collaboration, Career & Life Skills
 * **Word Cloud Creators[[image:lenin.jpg align="right" caption="Lenin word cloud created with Tagxedo"]]**
 * Wordle--http://www.wordle.net ~ Example
 * ImageChef Word Mosaic-- @http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/
 * Tagxedo--http://www.tagxedo.com
 * **21st Century Skills Addressed:** Creativity, Communication, Computers/ICT, Content knowledge
 * **10 x 10:**
 * http://www.tenbyten.org/ web site that displays the 100 most frequently appearing words (along with pictures) for each hour of every day. Look back at previous years or look at today. Pictures and articles are clickable.
 * MS Word document for a 5 x 5 image
 * **Big Huge Labs**--http://www.bighugelabs.com
 * **Google Docs**--http://docs.google.com(forms & spreadsheet)
 * Sample social studies form
 * Sample social studies document
 * Sample social studies presentation
 * **Quizlet:** http://www.quizlet.com
 * Examples of Quizlet in Social Studies

Tools & Sites to Utilize for Lessons that Engage Students
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 * **SlideShare**--http://www.slideshare.net
 * **Thinkfinity**--http://www.thinkfinity.org
 * **Wikispaces**--http://www.wikispaces.com
 * **Prezi**--http://www.prezi.com
 * **Today's Meet Discussion Area:** @http://www.todaysmeet.com
 * **Live Binders:** http://www.livebinders.com
 * Social Studies Example

Social Studies Specific Tools & Resources

 * **ICT Literacy Maps & P21 Resources**--Link Here
 * **Search** Delicious or Diigo Social Bookmarking Sites: These are site that other people have bookmarked and labeled that they want to mark and return to. It is a good starting point when looking for resources (better than Google :)

Smart Board Notebook Files & Interactive Web Sites for Social Studies

 * **Interactive Maps Web Site:** http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
 * **Smart Exchange**: @http://exchange.smarttech.com Search for Smart Board Lessons by curricular area, grade level, topic, standard, etc.
 * **LongWood Central School District** high school social studies SmartBoard lessons: @http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/longsmart_lhs.html
 * **High School Social Studies Lessons using the Smart Board:** @http://www.squidoo.com/social-studies-smartboard-lessons
 * **Teacher's Love SmartBoards--Social Studies LInk: ** This site gives links to sites that social studies teachers are using on their SmartBoards and also how they are using them. In some cases, interactive sites are given....at other times a notebook page is available for download.