Digital Social Studies

A volume in Teaching and Learning Social Studies Book SeriesSeries Editor William Benedict Russell III, University of Central FloridaThe world is ever changing and the way students experience social studies should reflect theenvironment in which they live and learn. Digital Social Studies explores research, effectiveteaching strategies, and technologies for social studies practice in the digital age.The digital age of education is more prominent than ever and it is an appropriate time toexamine the blending of the digital age and the field of social studies. What is digital socialstudies? Why do we need it and what is its purpose? What will social studies look like in thefuture? The contributing authors of this volume seek to explain, through an array of ideas andvisions, what digital social studies can/should look like, while providing research and rationalesfor why digital social studies is needed and important.This volume includes twenty-two scholarly chapters discussing relevant topics of importance to digital social studies. The twenty-twochapters are divided into two sections. This stellar collection of writings includes contributions from leading scholars like CherylMason Bolick, Michael Berson, Elizabeth Washington, Linda Bennett, and many more.