Explore New Worlds, Past and Present: iPad Apps for Teaching Social Studies

Do your students sometimes have difficulty relating to other cultures, unfamiliar land masses, remote areas, historical figures, or other Social Studies topics you are trying to cover? Have you considered using iPads and other tablets to help your students explore new worlds, both past and present? Join Monica Burns as she shares her favorite apps for content consumption and content creation in the social studies classroom. She will show how your students can use these powerful devices to access interactive experiences and demonstrate what they have learned through exciting iPad projects. Specific examples shared are geared primarily to elementary and middle school students.