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"And I just replied to Monika with this - which I hope some of you, again, will chime in on to show me the error of my ways: I'll start with saying I'm still uncomfortable with the opportunity cost notion. As a history teacher - which to me means "preparation for informed citizenship" teacher - I'm not sure I want to sacrifice time that could be used learning and drawing conclusions from human history on the altar of failed web 2.0 experimentation. I see the value of both, though. I'm thinking a separate course - a sort of "Intro to Web 2.0″ - might be more useful than teachers across the curriculum failing and flailing about with the tools when their primary job is teaching content. And I'm still traditional in thinking content is more important. Without it, we risk churning out what I've recently been calling, in my internal monologues, "barbarians with laptops."

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Homefront America in WW II A Document Based Question by Peter Pappas This lesson improves content reading comprehension with an engaging array of source documents - including journals, maps, photos, posters, cartoons, historic data and artifacts. It is framed around essential questions that link the past and present and invite students to reflect on parallel developments in contemporary America.

Ryan's post from May 27th regarding the overwhelming desire to teach content.

Multiple Intelligence Inventory Test -- It will help you know which technological tools each of them can benefit from the most, as well as give you ideas about different activities you should incorporate into your curriculum to reach ALL of your students. Below are a few tools that may help you to deliver content to each of these types of learners.

Multiple Intelligence Inventory Test -- It will help you know which technological tools each of them can benefit from the most, as well as give you ideas about different activities you should incorporate into your curriculum to reach ALL of your students. Below are a few tools that may help you to deliver content to each of these types of learners.

Social Studies Curriculum Subject Resources These lists were developed to provide a starting place for learning more about social studies. It is in no way intended to be an exhaustive list and the contents of these Web sites are not specifically endorsed by the Anchorage School District.

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In collaboration with several content area organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a series of ICT Literacy Maps illustrating the intersection between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy and core academic subjects including English, mathematics, science and social studies (civics/government, geography, economics, history). The maps enable educators to gain concrete examples of how ICT Literacy can be integrated into core subjects, while making the teaching and learning of core subjects more relevant to the demands of the 21st century.

George Mason University's project for the teaching of American History. Some wonderful resources and live conversations with historians, I think.

Five Ways to Visually Explore Wikipedia When used properly, Wikipedia can be a good place for students to start researching and exploring a topic. But, not every student enjoys reading and clicking on links embedded in an article. Fortunately, there are some good tools that those students can use to visually explore Wikipedia's contents. Here are five ways that students can visually explore Wikipedia.

D.C. Everest Social Studies Department actively promotes reading by teaching content reading strategies, using historical fiction and non-fiction in the classroom, and teaching historical research skills. Included are helpful Social Studies Reading links.

7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave -- PDF Google Wave is a web-based application that represents a rethinking of electronic communication. Users create online spaces called "waves," which include multiple discrete messages and components that constitute a running, conversational document. Users access waves through the web, resulting in a model of communication in which rather than sending separate copies of multiple messages to different people, the content resides in a single space.

7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave

The Timeline Index : People, Periods, Places and Events in a chronological context. Find You can search and browse the Timeline Index in many ways: * Find your subjects by inserting keywords * Insert dates to find items from a specific year or periode * Or combine by using a [ + ], try for instance: 1400 + composers + italy Select Or simply select by category to find the items in a chronological order and context: * Just click 'Who, What, When, Where or Which' at the top * Click the dates to view all items from that year onwards * To view the Timeline items in another context you can click the categories on the left (below the dates) * Click on 'More' (or on the pictures) to discover more about the items, linked websites and related items, URL's and categories * To open the linked websites you click on the titles of the items Sort You can also sort the timelines from present-to-past or view people or events only within each category. Related Links Add a related link (URL) to an item and create more relevant information. We welcome time related items like chronologies, biographies, events, collections, etc. in any category. For quality reasons we reserve the right to edit/remove contributed links.

In Schools, a Firewall That Works Too Well By Justin Reich Saturday, July 11, 2009 Web site filters in schools have had tremendous success in keeping one group of people from freely searching online. Unfortunately, that group is teachers.

KCSS 2009 Annual Conference September 23-24, 2009 Holiday Inn, University Plaza, Bowling Green, KY Theme: Social Studies: Relevance in the Age of NCLB

KCSS 2009 Annual Conference September 23-24, 2009 Holiday Inn, University Plaza, Bowling Green, KY Theme: Social Studies: Relevance in the Age of NCLB