APS Tech Goddess

*June 25, 2008

Books as Hooks to Online Primary Resources
Gail Petri, LOC, gpet@loc.gov
Sherrie Galloway, LOC, sgal@loc.gov
Eighth graders whose teachers used primary sources weekly had higher average scores than those who didn’t.

Get students to observe something closely. – visual literacy
Discover the stories behind the pictures.

www.loc.gov
American Memory – digitized resources
American Memory Learning Page already has prepared lesson plans using books.

America’s Story – http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi – American History for Kids

Today in History – http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi – minilessons & pictures of historic events by date.

Online exhibitions area great resource. They contain all types of media sometimes together in Primary Source sets. There are also suggestions of how you can use them in a classroom. (can be accessed from Home page – Teacher – Learning Page – Community Center)

Future resource – Materials Finder – will give the ability to search by grade level.

Exhibit Hall
Great new FREE resource – http://www.kerpoof.com
Students can create pictures, animated movies, and more!!!!!!

3 Ws of ETIL
This was mine and Gwynn’s presentation. I will post everything here later.