Technology Integration
using simulations and problem-solving Environments
Simulations and problem solving software allows users to work with a computerized model of a real imagined system
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Accessing Primary sources
Primary sources foster visual literacy and historical inquiry of students by making academic meaningful and building on prior experiences
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Digital Information Critques
History has many examples manipulated images to control people's impression and opinions . As informed digital citzens , students need to develop skills in evaluating digital information critically.
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Electronic research strategies
As students areas such a politics, economics, and current events, information is likely to change quickly and frequently .
Information visualization strategies
Students often have problems visualizing abstract concepts and data. Information visualization products all students to u to understand time sequences, track change over time , and represent complex data in ways that can be read understood.
Virtual field Trips
"visits" students make with online sites to see places they could not easily go to in real life or that can help them get more out of trips they are able to take.
Adventure Learning
An approach that lets students learn-world experiences, eithier by taking actual trips themselves with mentors or by following the explorations of others using distance tools.
Digital storytelling
The process of using images and audio to tell the stories of lives, events, or eras.
Geospatial analysis strategies
Geospatial technologies, the use of visualization, analysis and measurement of features and phenomena, are being written i into U.s social studies standards.