Technology and Social Studies

New Pathways Capstone 2013 Dr. Christopher Shamburg New Jersey City University Graduate Program in Educational Technology cshamburg@njcu.edu

Case Study: Paul Revere How do we

Improve students reading of difficult informational texts?
Use primary sources of historic documents? Teach 21st Century skills? Work in inclusive settings? Do this with easily available and learnable technology?

Paul Reveres Affidavit, 1783

--Full text and transcription available at the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov)

Paul Reveres Affidavit, 1783

[I], PAUL REVERE, of Boston do testify that I was sent to go to Lexington, and inform Mr. Samuel Adams and the Honorable John Hancock Esquire that there was a number of soldiers going to Lexington to destroy the colony stores. I set off, it was then about 11 o'clock, the moon shone bright. I had got almost over Charlestown Common, towards Cambridge, when I saw two officers on horse-back, standing under the shade of a tree. One of them started his horse towards me, the other up the road. I turned my horse short about, and rode upon a full gallop for Mistick Road. He followed me about 300 yards, and finding he could not catch me, returned. I proceeded to Lexington... Audacity

Multimedia and Remix

Steal?

Remix means to take cultural artifacts and manipulate them into new kinds of creative blends

Borrow? Modify? Improve? Inspire? Transform?

Some Examples of Contemporary Remix Practices

http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=-ek9CchVpWE

http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=dnhKPw2NXIw

http://www.archive.org/details/DjDang erMouse-TheGreyAlbum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtE H6wZXPA4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5 AGdFic

Thomas Friedman on Globalization and Education

Lets say you work for CNN as a computer specialist. Its very likely you will be asked to integrate different kinds of content with different kinds of technology platforms. If schools can actually produce people who are good synthesizers, theyre going to be more effective and innovative workers...[Kids] get mash-ups. They do it naturally. And today, he who mashes best will mash most and be wealthiest The assignment can be: Mash these two together. They get mash-ups. They do it naturally. And today, he who mashes best will mash most and be wealthiest.
From School Administrator Retrieved Feb, 2008 http://www.aasa.org/SchoolAdministratorArticle.aspx?id=5996

Food

Guttenbergs Printing Press

Wine Press1st Century AD Chinese Moveable Type 10 Century AD Gutenberg Printing Press 15th Century AD

More bricolage than breakthrough

Design That Matters: The Car Parts Incubator

http://designthatmatters.org/portfolio/projects/incubator/

Steve Jobs
Tablet

2002

2010

MP3 Player Late 1990s 2001

From http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/11/14/111114fa_fact_gladwell#ixzz1dPyB1d7Q

Remix as a Lens for History and Culture

Remix as a Tool for Teachers

Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0 &msid=215454646984933465708.00049c59184ae1136341 a

Google Maps, Audio, and Social Studies

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202821527768466554378.000001123343593be0b1c&msa=0&ll=40.85485 1,-74.041672&spn=0.304343,0.441513&iwloc=0000011233457d9bbb507

http://podcourse.blogspot.com

Multimedia and Remix Unplugged: Tableaux Vivants

In a Tableaux Vivant a group of students pose in a living picture of an event or idea. It can be used for, timelines or events or it can be used in more abstract ideas such as the Bill or Rights or the Laws of Motion. The teacher or a student will read the scene then freeze. You can take a picture of the tableaux afterwards.
See: Rome Wasnt Built in a Day

Remix to Research
Digital Documentaries Create a Persuasive Video / Send a Video to your Representative

Persuasive Video
Was the United States Justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan during WWII? Should the Confederate Flag be banned? Does the constitution support the right for individuals to keep and carry firearms?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idh5-P2fmQM

Organizer for Digital Storytelling Projects

Assessment Rubric

Movie Trailers

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD41EDDA0908BB486

Core Elements of a Trailer

a.k.a The Content a.k.a Source Material a.k.a Primary Source a.k.a Explanation a.k.a Analysis a.k.a A way of organizing and contextualizing the Content, Source Material, or Primary Source

Scenes from the Movie

Narration

Brainstorming Trailer: Dred Scott, the Movie

Dred Scott was a slave who appealed to the Supreme Court in 1856 to be freed. Scotts case was based on the fact that he had lived in states and territories where slavery was illegal. The court ruled that Scott could not be free. The Supreme Court ruled that all blacks, slaves as well as free could never become citizens of the United State. The case and decision brought the plight of slaves to greater national attention and fueled abolitionists.

Trailer Elements
Compelling Title Images, Video, Titles First Line Hook Narrator Description
Alternating with

Quotes/Scenes from the Movie (we will use primary sources) Other Elements Parts of reviews, cast, director, etc The Preview has been Approved message Film Company Logo

4-5 lines about the story. Lines the narrator will say
He was a man yearning for freedom and his family In a world consumed by slavery He took his case to the highest court in the land But some battles need to be lost, so the war can be won.

http://youtu.be/7QPMvj_xejg

Write 4-5 lines from primary sources Lines people said or wrote during the time that the characters say.
The Legislation of the Republic is in the hands of this handful of Slaveholders! The conspiracy is nearly completed. The American Congress has no power to prevent the enslavement of men? Compact yourselves together for the struggle which threatens your liberty and will test your manhood! " want freedom from myself and my family! (hypothetical)
Primary Source from The Evening Journal of Albany, New York, March 9, 1857 http://history.furman.edu/benson/docs/nyajds57309a.htm

Example: Dred Scott, the Movie

Book Important Math Concept Understudied Part of History (e.g. Whiskey Rebellion, the year 1799) DS Example Pi Example
For Dred Scott, look here for some starter media http://is.gd/trailermedia

Multimedia and Remix Unplugged: Choral Reading

When language is dense with unfamiliar syntax, such as a primary source, you can organize it into a choral reading and have students work in groups to organize choral readings.

Gold Rush Tutorial Primary Source

http://web.njcu.edu/sites/faculty/cshamburg/Content/audacity.asp

Thank you Dr. Christopher Shamburg Educational Technology Department cshamburg@njcu.edu