NCSS Presentation Handout - Using Web 2.0 in the Social Studies Classroom

Hello. Today I am giving a presentation at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in San Diego. The presentation I gave today is an overview of how I use Web 2.0 tools - podcasts, blogs, studycasts, digital video, etc. - in my 8th grade American History classroom at South Valley Jr. High in Liberty, Missouri.

You can download a PDF handout of the presentation here.

2007 MITC Conference - MOREnet Instructional Technology Conference Presentations

Hello. I'm spending Sunday and Monday at Tan-Tar-A Resort and Spa in Osage Beach, Missouri at the 2007 MITC (MOREnet Instructional Technology Conference). It is a beautiful fall day here at the Lake of the Ozarks but there will be over 500 individuals networking, visiting and sharing ideas relating to education and technology. It looks like a great conference and I'm excited for it to start.

I'm sure I'll have a little time to relax over the next couple of days but I'll also be busy with 4 presentations. On Sunday afternoon I will be presenting a pre-conference workshop on podcasting and using Audacity for classroom use. Monday morning I'll be giving the keynote address - "Why My Classroom Is Web 2.0". Later on Monday morning I'll be presenting a breakout session entitled "What's On George Washington's i-Pod - Podcasting in the Classroom" and later Monday afternoon I'll do a presentation on our book blog project entitled "Hardtack to Hard Drives - The Guerrilla Season Book Blog Project".

I have made the presentations for these sessions available as PDF files for any session participants or interested readers of the blog. If you have any comments or suggestions please leave a comment on this blog entry or e-mail me at speakingofhistory@gmail.com

- PDF - Why My Classroom is Web 2.0 - 2007 MITC Conference Keynote

- PDF - What's On George Washington's i-Pod - 2007 MITC Conference Breakout Session

- PDF - Hardtack to Hard Drives - The Guerrilla Season Book Blog Project - 2007 MITC Conference Breakout Session

Presentation Notes from History Comes Alive - National World War I Museum in Kansas City

Hello. On Saturday, September 15th I am giving a presentation at the "History Comes Alive Workshop" at the Liberty Memorial - National World War I Museum in Kansas City. Teachers from the Kansas City area will be learning about the resources available through this incredible museum and I will be doing a presentation on using technology in the social studies classroom with some additional suggestions for teaching WWI. Kansas City Time Warner Cable, the History Channel and the Liberty Memorial World War I Museum are sponsoring the event.

- Download a copy of the presentation in PDF handout format

- Download a copy of the presentation in PowerPoint format

2007 METC Conference Handouts and audio from presentation "Teaching History with 21st Century Tools"

Hello. The following are links for my presentation on February 27th at the METC conference in St. Louis. Please feel free to send any comments to speakingofhistory@gmail.com

- Audio of the entire presentation as an MP3 file - thanks to Wes Fryer of the Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcast for the recording!

- PDF Handout of the "Teaching History with 21st Century Tools" Presentation at 2007 METC Conference in St. Louis

- PowerPoint Presentation of the "Teaching History with 21st Century Tools" Presentation at 2007 METC Conference in St. Louis