As I am working to develop an area of "expertise" in virtual schooling I've been searching for articles that are written on virtual schooling and social studies (as a whole) yet my searching has been fairly unsuccessful. There are many articles that discuss technology in general and social science but nothing on virtual schooling. Thus, I have had to narrow down my search to two different areas: connecting students to their technology-based world and social studies resources for students online. My posts over the remainder of the course will relate to articles and websites in these areas and how they connect to what I'm seeing in the World Cultures course I'm observing in the virtual school.
One success of the seemingly unsuccessful search is that I have become a member of the National Council for the Social Studies (http://www.ncss.org/) that provides resources and discussion on the subject of social studies as well as provides teacher education. The NCSS also has an online journal connection called the Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE) Journal that connects technology (in general) with the core subjects, including Social Studies. (http://www.citejournal.org/)
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I have also narrowed my focus to online resources, but for math. I am about to add an entry to my Blog on a school district that I found through Google and I weent back to see if they have resources for Social Studies. They do have some. Search for Henrico Social Studies and see if there is anything helpful there.
I have found great resources available to from being a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). I'm sure you can find similar resources from NCSS. Good luck!
I understand your dilemma. I did several Google searches to find some of the websites that provide information on teaching science and performing science labs virtually. What I have not been able to find are many educational journals and educational research studying the effectiveness of virtual schooling in the area of science.
I did find out that The Virtual High School (http://www.govhs.org) is now offering IB courses. Here is a link about an IB course in Economics:
http://www.govhs.org/Pages/WhyVHS-Press
This course involves the systematic and critical study of economic theories and relates those theories to real-world examples. If I find any other links for studying social studies and virtual schooling, I will forward them on to you.
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