Tool Pedagogy Content Knowledge Evidence

TedEd
Camtasia
Studios
Video editing
software for
flipping the
classroom

Students can learn at
their own pace; They
can re-watch videos if
necessary
Video lessons can
be applied to
numerous aspects
of content. These
video lessons can
be used to address
vocabulary, they
can be used to
teach about various
ways to analyze
primary sources,
they can be used to
show different
perspectives, or
they can be used to
teach about a
certain event.
With the video
lessons students
learn the essential
knowledge at home
and then build upon it
when they return to
class. Structured
debates, simulations,
primary source
analysis, and
authentic
assessments
increase due to the
flexibility of the video
lessons.
Organizing a lesson plan like a story
is an effective way to help students
comprehend and remember.
(Willingham, pg 67)

Ultimate goal of this scaffolding is to
transfer control from teacher to
student by enabling students to plan
their learning and monitor their own
progress - abilities sometimes
referred to as metacognition.
(Teaching Means Scaffolding)
Inklewriter
StoryBird
ToonDoo
Story creation
tools

Students can create
and construct their own
meaning of a specific
historical event. They
get to make
connections between
the past and present.
They also get to
connect the past to
their personal lives and
make the history
relevant.

Stories also provide a
great tool to address
and correct
misconceptions.
History is really just
a bunch of peoples
stories. By creating
their own stories
students are taking
somebody elses
story and making it
relevant to their
lives.
Stories add meaning
to the content
therefore, increasing
knowledge.

Stories also increase
curiosity and naturally
drive students to
delve deeper into a
subject.

According to Piaget,
children are active
thinkers, constantly
trying to construct
more advanced
understandings of the
In order for students to see history as
relevant to their lives, teachers must
create environments that help
students make the subject connect.
(Kuhn and OHara, NCSS Social
Education 140)

One of the most important remedies
for combating the illusion of
understanding and the persistence of
misconceptions is to support learners
in the active, collaborative, reflective
re-examination of ideas in a social
context. (Willingham, Chap 1)


These stories can also
be used to peer teach,
thus creating a
collaborative
environment.
world.
GoogleDocs
Class Website
Remind101

Students can take
ownership of their own
learning and stay on
top of assignments and
projects.

Students learn to take
responsibility for their
work.
Organization and
responsibility tie
into all contents and
all aspects of life.

Learning how to
organize class
materials transfers
over to the ability to
organize historical
events.
Organization is an
incredibly important
skill for all students to
learn, especially
middle schoolers.
Using tools that
encourage
responsibility and
collaboration provide
the necessary
scaffolds for learning
responsibility and
organization.