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The geographic and cultural literacy of youth in the United States compares unfavorably to youth in many other industrialized countries. In an age, in which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected, it is pertinent that our youth...

Through innovative websites and blogs, young people are discovering social networks, which are successfully providing youth a voice in the public arena. These forms of communication are becoming so powerful, even President Bush acknowledged its...

Youth of the United States are less culturally literate than young people in many other industrialized countries. The digital era has enabled educators the opportunity to transform students' ethnocentric point of view by accessing information across ...

We are a nation of inventors, constantly exploring the power and purpose of technological innovations. This paper examines the artifact of the dime novel in American history as a source of technological thinking. In particular the Frank Reade dime...

This paper examines the integration of technology in a secondary, social studies classroom through the lens of Deweyan philosophy, sometimes called American pragmatism. Specifically, the authors apply the Deweyan concepts of first-hand experiences,...

This paper demonstrates ways teacher moderated social networking sites can facilitate the reduction of student stereotypes, raise cultural awareness, and improve geographical literacy. The author models blogging activities that use cultural...