Share Paper: Social Science as a Web of Trails: Building Social Inquiry and Collaboration

  1. Donna Karno, University of Maine at Farmington, United States
  2. Michael Glassman, The Ohio State University, United States
Thursday, March 28 2:00-2:30 PM Nottoway

Abstract: Social studies are increasingly marginalized in school curriculum as students perceive it as disconnected from their lives (NCSS, 1988). The emergence of the World Wide Web as a tool in research and discovery offers Pre-K-12 social studies education an opportunity to share information and perspectives which build HOCS while engaging students in meaningful curriculum (Zoller, 2011). Students are able to access open, transparent sites creating common resources pools and autonomous working groups which can be used for shared problem solving. Social studies teachers should carefully build Web 2.0 technology into their practice based on a changing pedagogy. Instead of focusing ...