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Join us for an engaging professional development session focused on enhancing Social Studies education through the implementation of PA Core Standards. We will introduce best practices, discuss professional readings, and explore various Web 2.0 tools for teaching and writing. Participants will collaborate in groups to share, critique resources, and brainstorm innovative strategies for higher-order thinking in classrooms. With dedicated team time, educators will return to their schools with valuable insights and actionable ideas to enrich their curriculum.
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October 16, 2013 Social Studies Networking High School
Welcome • Introductions
Agenda • Sharing • Implementing the PA Core Standards – Teaching Channel • Professional Reading and Discussion • Web Resources for Social Studies • Web 2.0 Tools for Writing • Collaboration • Exit Slip
Sharing • What have you been trying in the area of • Shifts necessary for the PA (Common) Core? • Reading in Social Studies • Writing in Social Studies • Higher Order Thinking? • Webb’s Depth of Knowledge • What needs to be added to the Content Area Wiki for ELA?
Implementing the PA Core Standards • Best Practices • Teaching Channel • Links on Wiki • Choose a video • Watch video • What ‘take aways’ did you glean? • Whole group discussion
Professional Reading & Discussion • Choose from the articles listed on the wiki • May read more than one • Read and note items for discussion • Form groups by article and discuss • Return to table and share each article
Web 2.0 Tools for Social Studies • Links on Wiki • View and critique • Add worthwhile links to the appropriate area of the wiki
Web 2.0 Tools for Writing • Links on Wiki • View and critique • Add worthwhile links to the Literacy area of the wiki
Collaboration Time • This is your time to continue sharing and collaborating.
Team Time • Districts or Schools • Each person hare one new learning or idea. • What will we share back at our sites? • Assignment • Each team will share at least one of the following: • Best practice for teaching Social Studies • New resource • Lesson incorporating reading and/or writing • Questions with higher DOK Levels • Next Meeting: March 13
Exit Slip • Share • Apply • Evaluate (link on the wiki)