The purposes of this paper were to examine the current status and needs of elementary social studies teachers for their usage and integration of technology into instruction, including implementation levels, teachers’ attitudes, strategies, and impact factors. Three hundred and seventy five teachers from 28 schools participated in this survey. The valid sample was 316 social studies teachers. The results of this survey were as follows: 1.While implementing technology into classroom, most social studies teachers still put a lot emphasis on information presentation, rather than supporting instructional activities, enhancing interaction and sharing resources. They seldom used spreadsheets, let alone cooperated with other organizations via Internet.. 2.Teachers agreed that implementing technology into classroom might be helpful and they also felt positive toward technology integration. However, they complained that hardware, software and manpower supply were not sufficient. 3.Most teachers were equipped with basic technology and information literacy, but they were short of skills in implementing technology into instruction, especially teaching application ability as well as interaction with students via Internet. 4.The biggest obstacle of technology integration for teachers was no time for class preparation. And, the problems of equipment in regular classroom became the next. 5.Most teachers still used lecturing and discussion methods for teaching social studies. They used multimedia only for information presentation. 6.As to instructional design aspect, most social studies teachers spent much time in writing teaching plans and developing tests with computers. They seldom did analysis and development. Four suggestions were given in the end of this paper, including (1) develop the instructional models and strategies for teaching social studies with computers; (2) provide more supports from school administration; (3) prepare social studies teachers the ability for using technology in teaching; (4) prepare them the ability of multimedia instructional design.