socialstudies

We are Vermeer

by Mark March 7, 2010 classroom_management

Anyone who communicates in this modern world is an artist. You are either a good artist or a bad artist, but an artist you are–like it or not. We are all artists, and are students who are publishing are artists. To acknowledge this, in our pursuit of education and technology publishing, will help everyone.

The Grumps are Starting to “Get It”

by Mark January 27, 2010 instruction

Ito talks of a small minority of kids who “geek out” using media tools to fashion their own statements and expressions in an interactive way. We just call it Social Studies.

What 14-year-old Boys Think in Social Studies

by Mark December 18, 2009 instruction

Somebody extracted the untamed Id of a middle school boy in Social Studies class and hired it as a writer for this website. See: Hannah Duston.

(Caution, this website gets a PG-13 for language, graphic historical story-telling, and unbridled adolescent maleness.)