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K-12 Web Archiving Project

Learn how the K-12 Web Archiving Project by Archive-It Partner Meeting aims to create "time capsules" of web content from kids' perspective, raise awareness of transitory nature of web content, and spark inquiry using primary sources. Discover the NDIIPP initiative's efforts to ensure access to digital content. Benefit from the marriage of NDIIPP's web harvesting component and Teaching with Primary Sources program, empowering students to make decisions on web archiving. Explore student lessons learned and the importance of primary sources.

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K-12 Web Archiving Project

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  1. K-12 Web Archiving Project Archive-It Partner Meeting November 4, 2009

  2. About the Project • Sponsors • Internet Archive • Library of Congress – NDIIPP and TPS • California Digital Library • Modest Objectives • Create “time capsules” of Web content from a kid’s perspective • Raise awareness of transitory nature of Web content • See what happens

  3. Teaching with Primary Sources • 24 partners across 12 states • Focus on using the Library’s historical collections of primary sources to spark inquiry • Help students to understand the changing nature of primary sources in a digital world • Think critically about how primary sources define an era

  4. NDIIPP • To ensure access over time to a rich body of digital content through the establishment of a national network of committed partners. • Created by federal legislation (PL 106-554) in December 2000

  5. Marrying the Programs • NDIIPP’s Web harvesting component focuses on capturing and preserving these digital primary sources • TPS focuses on helping students understand primary sources and their historical context

  6. Benefits • Student perspective represented in Web site selection • Students gain a better understanding of primary sources by participating in decisions about what gets saved • Student empowerment and pride

  7. Student Lessons Learned • Understanding both the permanence and non-permanence of web content • Importance of primary sources • Students from diverse areas share many commonalities • Common interests despite cultural and geographic diversity

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