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The Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies (MCSS) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit educational organization. It is a network of social studies educators who work at every level of schooling. They communicate with each other through publications and meetings. They broaden their communication by working with related professional associations, government, and private agencies. MCSS is affiliated with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and participates fully in that organization's efforts to advance the profession. NCSS encourages the highest standards of teaching, teacher preparation, and curriculum development. NCSS has developed and published both a code of ethics and academic freedom standards. It has established a defense fund to provide first-line legal assistance to teachers threatened with actions that violate this freedom. Social Education , the official journal of NCSS since 1937, is an outstanding organ of information and commentary. The Social Studies Professional is a newsletter of resources and opportunities. Social Studies and the Young Learner is a quarterly journal devoted exclusively to elementary social studies education. In addition, the NCSS publications program features a wide variety of bulletins, special publications, and standards. The program of the NCSS annual meeting provides major speakers, clinics, sessions, tours, a major exhibit of instructional materials, and several awards honoring those who have contributed to the advancement of social studies education.

We have partnered with Boston University School of Education and Noble & Greenough School to offer an incredible group of educational technology experts who will lead a series of innovative hands-on summer workshops in Boston. Join educators from around the world who come to Boston each summer for a memorable and inspiring educational experience.

As an artist and teacher, Shelly Blake-Plock is an everyday instigator for progressive art, organization, and education. In addition to his work teaching high school Latin and Art History, Shelly is a member of both the experimental Red Room Collective and Baltimore's High Zero Foundation; he also works daily as lead blogger at teachpaperless.com to promote fresh ways of thinking about new culture and new education for a new millennium.

As an artist and teacher, Shelly is an everyday instigator for progressive art, organization, and education. In addition to his work teaching high school Latin and Art History, Shelly is a member of both the experimental Red Room Collective and Baltimore's High Zero Foundation; he also works daily as lead blogger at teachpaperless.com to promote fresh ways of thinking about new culture and new education for a new millennium.

Recommendation: Integrate digital and media literacy as critical elements of education at all levels through collaboration among federal, state, and local education officials.

Recommendation: Integrate digital and media literacy as critical elements of education at all levels through collaboration among federal, state, and local education officials.

Some general comments on the "Twitter Experiment" by Monica Rankin (UT Dallas) There has been a lot of interest in the "Twitter Experiment" video posted by Kim Smith chronicling my U.S. History class at U.T. Dallas and our use of twitter in the classroom. I have fielded a number of inquiries from educators across the United States and even overseas who are interested in finding ways to use social networking in an educational setting. This write-up is intended as an informal summary of my use of twitter in the classroom. I hope it will help to clarify my experience and I welcome additional questions and commentary, particularly suggestions for how to improve this type of classroom interaction.

The Google Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions.

The Google Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions.

A review of free technology resources and how teachers can use them. Ideas for technology integration in education.

Great site to help educators learn how to use podcasts.

Want to help out students and colleagues with handy tips on improving search results and using popular Google products like Google Earth? Just print out these posters and hang them where everyone can see them.

The NHCSS fall conference will be held on October 29, 2009 at the Center of NH in Manchester. Almost 400 teachers of Social Studies and supporters of social studies education attended the Conference in 2008

The NHCSS fall conference will be held on October 29, 2009 at the Center of NH in Manchester. Almost 400 teachers of Social Studies and supporters of social studies education attended the Conference in 2008 and the Council is working toward another successful event for 2009.

The History Engine is an educational tool that gives students the opportunity to learn history by doing the work-researching, writing, and publishing-of a historian. The result is an ever-growing collection of historical articles or "episodes" that paints a wide-ranging portrait of life in the United States throughout its history and that is available to scholars, teachers, and the general public in our online database.

Ontario Grade 3s learn social studies with iPad game

I thought I would comment on how I use Twitter as a teacher. I don't Twitter with students but the podcast discusses how I use the application as an educator

A compilation of free Educational Video Clips/Mini Movies on multiple topics. A collaboration between Don Donn and Philip Martin.

Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. BOHWS has been recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The British Library Net, The New York Public Library, the BBC, Princeton University, -- and many others.

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.

TeachGlobalEd.net is the product of ongoing collaboration of Ohio State University's Social Studies and Global Education program with OSU's African Studies Center, East Asian Studies Center, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Middle East Studies Center, the Slavic and Eastern European Studies Center and Indiana University's Center for the Study of Global Change. The Centers have approved all resources offered here for K-12 teachers.

Via via activehistory.co.uk, this taxonomy of Socratic questions is not a hierarchy but rather categories build upon each other and do not necessarily follow a pattern or design. The role of the educator is to keep the inquiry "on track," but, also, to allow the students to follow a path of their own design.

New game-based high-school history course Posted by: Don Tapscott on 05Jun 2009 For a couple of decades I've been advocating a new model of pedagogy that involves technology. For example, I just published a piece in the Edge on the Demise of the University. The purpose of introducing technology into schools isn't to simply digitize existing processes and leave the basic broadcast teaching model unchanged. Instead, technology opens the door to new techniques that focus on the student and allow students to proceed at their own pace. In this spirit, imagine students studying American history with the same concentration and enthusiasm they display when playing their favourite video games. After all, 97 percent of high school students are avid gamers. That's the goal of Conspiracy Code, an online game based course released this week by Florida Virtual School (FLVS), and 360Ed, Inc. an education game development company.

All excellent sources of documentary films and images.