Daniel G. Krutka, Ph.D.
Dan Krutka (he/him/his; Krut-kuh) is a human, probably too tethered to his smartphone, but human nonetheless. He grew up in Tahlequah and Tulsa, Oklahoma. A former high school social studies teacher in Oklahoma City, his paying job is as Associate Professor of Social Studies Education. He has published nearly 100 scholarly articles that have been cited almost 5,000 times concerning intersections of media/technology, democracy, and social studies education. He has published in prestigious journals such as Theory & Research in Social Education, Computers & Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Teachers College Record, and the Harvard Educational Review. He has won numerous awards including the 2023 The National Technology Leadership Initiative (NTLI) Fellowship Award (CUFA), the 2021 McJulien Scholar Award (AECT), the 2017 Outstanding Research Paper Award (ISTE), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), the 2016 Early Career Award (TACTL SIG of AERA), and the 2016 Young Educator Award (University of Oklahoma). He is co-editor for the Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE)—Social Studies journal, hosts the Visions of Education podcast, and edited the 2018 book, Keywords in the Social Studies. In his teaching, he critically inquires alongside students for just, multiracial, and technoethical democracy. He served his city as the Traffic Safety Commissioner and advocated for a more accessible, walkable, and rollable built environment. He is also a bit fanatic about fitness, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
CV Highlights
Keywords in the Social Studies book
Dan co-edited the 2018 book, Keywords in the Social Studies: Concepts and Conversations, as part of the Counterpoints: Studies in Criticality series. Leading scholars in the social studies education unsettle words commonly used in social studies education in ways that will redefine the field for years to come. The book is timely and essential reading for graduate students and faculty in social studies education and curriculum studies; students and teacher candidates in undergraduate and graduate education courses; and practitioners teaching in schools, museums, and other spaces of learning. Dan co-authored “Introduction: Unsettling the Social Studies” and solo authored the “Technology.” Purchase the book or view it here.
Visions of Education podcast
Since 2016, Dan has co-hosted the Visions of Education podcast with high school social studies teacher Michael Milton. The podcast partners with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the prestigious Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) journal to feature the leading scholars and educators in social studies. The podcast has over a quarter million listens across the 175 episodes with more being produced and released frequently. Find episodes at VisionsOfEd.com or on all major podcast platforms.
Research Agenda
My research addresses intersections of technology, democracy, and education. Find example articles from the following lines of inquiry: technology education, technoethical integration, professional learning networks, and social studies education.
Technology Education
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Talking the technology talk
Phi Delta Kappen, 2023
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“Technology inevitably involves trade-offs”: The framing of technology in social studies standards
Theory & Research in Social Education, 2022
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"I know more than the scietists": Selecting media education approaches for the moment
Social Education, 2022
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Move slower and protect people: Toward social media inquiry and activism in social studies.
Social Education, 2020
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Media literacy, democracy, and the challenge of fake news
Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2018
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Technology won't save us: A call for technoskepticism in social studies
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 2020
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Digital citizenship in the curriculum
Educational Leadership, 2017
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Technology
Keywords in the social studies: Concepts and conversations, 2018
Technoethical Integration
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Foregrounding technoethics: Toward critical perspectives in technology and teacher education
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2019
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Don’t be evil: Should we use Google in schools?
TechTrends, 2021
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Black Mirror Pedagogy: Dystopian Stories for Technoskeptical Imaginations
The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, 2021
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How do we oppose racist Zoombombs?: A discriminatory design technology audit
Teaching, technology, & teacher ed during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020
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Teaching “against” social media: Confronting problems of profit in the curriculum
Teachers College Record, 2019
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Social media diaries and fasts: Educating for digital mindfulness with pre-service teachers
Teaching and Teacher Education, 2018
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Wise practices & intercultural understandings: A framework for educator videoconferencing
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2019
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"Remixing" current events: Navigating the transmedia terrain with fifth graders
Social Studies & The Young Learner, 2017
Professional Learning Networks
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How and why educators use Twitter: A survey of the field
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2014
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“Together we are better”: Professional learning networks for teachers.
Computers & Education, , 2016
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Gab, Parler, & (mis)educational technologies: Reconsidering informal learning on social media platforms
Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 2021
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"You can tell a lot about a person by reading their bio": Lessons from inauthentic Twitter accounts' activity in #Edchat
Jouranl of Research on Technology in Education, 2021
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Sharing and self-promoting: An analysis of educator tweeting at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
Computers & Education Open, 2021
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Continuity and change in educators' professional learning networks
Journal of Educational Change, 2021
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#RemoteTeaching & #RemoteLearning: Educator tweeting during the COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of Technology & Teacher Education, 2020
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Should we ask students to tweet? Perceptions, patterns, & problems of assigned social media participation
Contemporary Issues in Technology & Teacher Education, 2020
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Mining social media divides: An analysis of K–12 U.S. school uses of Twitter
Learning Media & Technology, 2018
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Eight lessons on networked teacher activism from #OklaEd and the #OklaEdWalkout
Contemporary Issues in Technology & Teacher Education, 2018
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Moving beyond silos: Professional learning networks in higher education
The Internet & Higher Education, 2017
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Enriching professional learning networks: A framework for identification, reflection, and intention
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Elements of engagement: A model of teacher interactions via professional learning networks
Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2016
Social Studies Education
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“Technology inevitably involves trade-offs”: The framing of technology in social studies standards
Theory & Research in Social Education, 2022
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Deliberation can wait: How civic litigation makes inquiry critical
Theory & Research in Social Education, 2021
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How do we discuss controversial issues that confront injustices?: Three approaches to framing critical inquiries
Social Education, 2022
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Move slower and protect people: Toward social media inquiry and activism in social studies.
Social Education, 2020
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The metaphor is the message: Limitations of the media literacy metaphor for Social Studies
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 2021
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Technology won't save us: A call for technoskepticism in social studies
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 2020
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Has social media made it easier to effect social change? Inquiring into tactics for change through primary sources
Social Education, 2019
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Confronting settler colonialism: Theoretical and methodological questions about social studies research
Theory & Research in Social Education, 2019
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"Remixing" current events: Navigating the transmedia terrain with fifth graders
Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2017
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Navigating the reform-accountability culture in Oklahoma social studies
Theory & Research in Social Education, 2017
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Introduction: Unsettling the social studies
Keywords in the social studies: Concepts and conversations
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Interrogating the medium and the message: Utilizing historical documentaries to teach about genocide
Cinematic Social Studies, 2017
