Category Archives: From the CM Trenches
12th Grade Hawaiian Student, Demi Yoshida, Discusses Life-Lessons Learned from Civic Mirror
Civic Mirror not only teaches students about their political, legal, and economic systems, but – almost more importantly – it provides them with opportunities to learn important life-lessons that don’t come without personal challenge. In this submission, Demi Yoshida, a 12th … Continue reading
Auctioneer Suprises 9th Graders
Hex Auction ‘Gets Real’ in Mountain View, Alberta In the picturesque hamlet of Mountain View, Alberta, situated on the vast prairies and on the footsteps of the Rocky Mountains, Mr. Jamie Quinton surprised his students by bringing in a real … Continue reading
Exciting Feedback from Civic Mirror Newbie in Iowa
7th Grade Social Studies Teacher in Winterset, Iowa It’s emails from teachers and students like this one, from Mr. Jim Heitoff at Winterset Junior High School, that make all of us at CM Headquarters love our jobs! I’ve taught 7th grade social … Continue reading
Civic Mirror Message Mis-sends #2
Civic Mirror is a fun government game (as the conversation below will reveal) and it comes with a feature that allows users to receive email notifications when classmates message them within the system. These email notifications always start the same way: “DO … Continue reading
Civic Mirror’s Jon Stewart
A Super Exemplar of Student Initiative At the end of every simulated year in Civic Mirror, students complete a formative assessment that asks them to rate their performance in four areas: Success in the Game, Attitude & Involvement, Demonstration of Learning, … Continue reading
CM Documentary Made by Gyeonggi Suwon International School
This year, Grade 10 social studies students at Gyeonggi Suwon International School, led by their teacher, Mr. Tony Vandermeer, used the Civic Mirror for the first time. Like so many students from international schools who use the program, their online … Continue reading
Fantastic Election-Campaign Videos from Silver-Mount
Silver-Mount hasn’t even finished “building” their country yet… But its citizens are absolutely running with the Civic Mirror and producing some incredibly impressive work. This isn’t surprising, though, with the class being led by Mr. Chris Bignell, a Civic Mirror super-star … Continue reading
Best Civic Mirror Tweet So Far
Civic Mirror Message Mis-sends #1
When students send messages to one another within civicmirror.com, they have the option to be email notified when a message comes in. Sometimes students reply to the support email address that sends this notification, sending it to the CM Team … Continue reading
Bananoland and Unipigland
Message From Ms. Carly Althauser @ Asia Pacific International School, Seoul, South Korea: Hello Civic Mirror Team! I thought I’d fill you in on some happenings in Bananoland & Unipigland. Bananoland recently declared war on Unipigland and Unipigland decided to take … Continue reading
