Technology Position Statement and Guidelines
revised and approved by NCSS Board of Directors 2013I. IntroductionStudents today are maturing in a world where mobile connectivity is interactive, instantaneous, and ubiquitous, which offers educators...
View ArticleICT Literacy Maps
In collaboration with NCSS and other content area organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a series of ICT Literacy Maps illustrating the intersection between Information and...
View ArticleIntroducing the NCSS Online Teachers' Library
The NCSS Online Teachers’ Library U.S. History Collection is a new benefit created by your professional organization, NCSS, in response to members’ requests. Are you looking for teaching ideas or...
View ArticleIntroducing the NCSS Online Teachers' Library
The NCSS Online Teachers’ Library U.S. History Collection is a new benefit created by your professional organization, NCSS, in response to members’ requests. Are you looking for teaching ideas or...
View ArticleThe Day in the Life of a Teenage Hobo Project: Integrating Technology with...
Social Education April 2009In this multi-day investigation of teenage homelessness during the Great Depression, students use a range of technologiessearch engines, blogs, and podcasting toolsto...
View ArticleTrend Alert: A History Teachers Guide to Using Podcasts in the Classroom
Social Education March 2009Podcasts may be useful in the classroom, but teachers need to consider the instructional purpose andcontext within which they areused. Article Authors: Kathleen Owings...
View ArticleApocalypse When? How to Teach about Human Survival Using the Internet
Social Education January/February 2009Surfing the NetThe selected websites provide information and lesson plans for educating students about the looming food crisis, soil degradation, and other natural...
View ArticleTechnology: An Integral Part of Students' Learning and Lives
Social Education November/December 2008Special Section on 21st Century SkillsThe Literacy Map presented here offers teachers concrete examples for helping young people use technological tools...
View ArticleSteam Man and Airships: Technology of the Future in the Past
Social Education April 2008Visions of a Technological Past and PresentThe Frank Reade dime novels reveal the strict, xenophobic, social class system of the late nineteenth century, while offering...
View ArticleUsing Digital Resources to Explore the Role of Children in the Framing of...
Social Education April 2008Visions of a Technological Past and PresentStudents will gain important insight and foster critical skills when they analyze how Article Authors: Ilene R. Berson136Level:...
View ArticleHistoricalthinkingmatters.org: Using the Web to Teach Historical Thinking
Social Education April 2008Visions of a Technological Past and PresentThe featured web-based resources focus on teaching students how to read historical Article Authors: Daisy MartinSam WineburgRoy...
View ArticleThe Starving Time Wikinquiry: Using a Wiki to Foster Historical Inquiry
Social Education April 2008Visions of a Technological Past and PresentHighlighting a wikinquiry on the Jamestown colony's 'starving time,' the authors demonstrate a wiki's power to promote student...
View ArticleSharpening Citizenship Skills through Electronic Discussion
Social Education April 2008Visions of a Technological Past and PresentA world history assignment, kicked off with a question on the French Revolution and furthered with a political cartoon,...
View ArticleOpen Secrets: Using the Internet to Learn about the Influence of Money in...
Social Education April 2008Visions of a Technological Past and PresentStudents can learn a great deal about our political system by examining how politicians are financed. The highlighted website that...
View ArticleWhat Websites Are on My Favorite List?
Social Education April 2008Surfing the NetThe author presents his favorite websites, focusing on those that are interesting, well designed, and useful to social studies educators. Article Authors: C....
View ArticleTeaching Historical Analysis and Thinking Using the Internet
Social Education January/February 2008Surfing the NetThe websites highlighted in this column offer lesson plans, activities, and resources for teaching students to analyze the past and make better...
View ArticleThe Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century
Social Education April 2007Teaching with DocumentsThis interactive website with digitized resources from 12 presidential libraries offers students a close-up look at key moments of a president's term....
View ArticleSounds Good to Me: Using Digital Audio in the Social Studies Classroom
Social Education April 2007Recent innovations in audio content, such as streaming, podcasts, and vodcasts, engage auditory learners and enrich the classroom experience. Article Authors: George B....
View ArticleFor Kids, By Kids: Our City Podcast
Social Education April 2007Young people eagerly plan, research, write, and edit a podcast that tells the history of their city when they know that this creation will have an authentic listening...
View ArticleExploring Complex Social Phenomena with Computer Simulations
Social Education April 2007New technological tools that imitate real life phenomena, such as agent-based modeling and simulations, help students explore how individual actions can contribute to the...
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