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Help decide technology standards for NCSS Conference!
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Chuck Taft Sep 17.

What expectations should we have for technology at the annual meeting?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by elizabeth helfant Feb 12.

 

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Great question, Tom. If people have ideas for sessions that they'd like to see related to technology next year, please post them here!
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November 17
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November 17
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Here's a draft paper about the history of world history instruction that I'm posting for a colleague. Please don't cite without permission. The forums are the only way to share docs on the ning... kind of weird, eh...
November 17
Hi All, I just wanted to add Tom's meetup reminder to this thread... see you all there! -JR The NCSS Annual Conference is only days away and I am looking forward to a chance to meet/catch up with fellow NCSS members! I propose an informal meetu...
November 12
Justin Reich and Allison Sikora are now friends
September 28
September 23
How about - Sessions in which technology can be utilized by participants during the session should be somehow identified. Last year I presents with a colleague, and we hoped that participants would follow along on a back channel chat to post ques...
September 17
Hi Kerry, My experience with research is that a critical difference from other class activities is that the possibility of failure and difficulty is much higher than with other kinds of tasks. Ask kids to memorize ten dates, and they know about h...
September 15
Welcome! This group intended to be a forum for Education T213: Teaching History, Political Science/Political Philosophy, and/or Social Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. All are welcome to read and contribute to this page.
August 31
Justin Reich and William Johnston are now friends
August 31
Check out Promises.... http://www.promisesproject.org/ It's about kids, so it's great for showing with young people.
August 21
A group for teachers of United States history K-12.
August 11
Wow! This is an incredible resource John. Thanks for sharing!
August 10
Hi, Justin, I agree. Fortunately in my situation, I have a very pro-active principal, and he's gone to bat for me on multiple occasions, whether it's to get more technology in my classroom or working with our IT department to get "objectionable" ...
July 15
Nick, I don't really have a good summary map (frankly the article is the best summary). Here's a very detailed document with lots of our lesson plans, homework assignments, final projects, and so forth. if you have questions, fire away. HHCCNI Cu...
July 15

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Op-ed on Filters in the Washington Post

Here's an op-ed I wrote that about the effect of classroom filters on teaching for the Washington Post. Enjoy, debate, etc.:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071003459.html?nav=hcmoduletmv

Posted on July 13, 2009 at 11:28am — 3 Comments

Justin Reich

More from the Ackerman Conference

More good ideas being shared today.

Michael Berson and Kerry Poole showed off Legislative Aide, a simulation that puts students in the role of a congressional intern, and combines real world interviews and research with an online simulation and social network. It's being piloted in Florida. Check it out here: http://ckbsoftware.com/

Joe O'Brian gave a very energetic talk about considering the implications of the commercialization of the Web for civic society. His paper is well worth reading,… Continue

Posted on June 20, 2009 at 3:42pm —

Justin Reich

More resources for social studies teachers from Ackerman

Meghan Manfra shared a digital history inquiry project in a low-track high school history classroom: http://digitalhistory.edublogs.org/.

Tim Newby and Peg Ertmer showed a wiki created by their students with chapters about different Web 2.0 tools. A terrific resource for people exploring Web 2.0 tools: http://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/Social/INSITE+Main.

Posted on June 19, 2009 at 11:21am —

Justin Reich

The Ackerman Civics 2. 0 Conference

About 25 social studies researchers are gathered at Purdue this weekend for the Ackerman Colloquium on Technology and Civics Education to discuss Civics 2.0- the role of new social media in civics and citizenship education. .

Our opening Keynote was delivered by Anne Collier an expert in youth online safety, who runs Net Family News, Connect Safely. Anne currently serves as co-chair of the Obama administrati… Continue

Posted on June 19, 2009 at 10:04am —

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