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Using Digital Primary Resources in the Classroom

Using Digital Primary Resources in the Classroom. Mary Risner July 2009. Examples of Primary Sources. Books Historical documents - maps, treaties First-person accounts – Diaries, letters, Recordings - audio, video Newspapers Government publications – Census and economic data

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Using Digital Primary Resources in the Classroom

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  1. Using Digital Primary Resources in the Classroom Mary Risner July 2009

  2. Examples of Primary Sources • Books • Historical documents - maps, treaties • First-person accounts – Diaries, letters, • Recordings - audio, video • Newspapers • Government publications – Census and economic data • Archives • Marketing materials - Billboards, posters

  3. Why Use Primary Resources? • Provide first-hand information about events • Make use of authentic materials • Promote student inquiry • Develop higher order thinking skills • Allow students to form their own impressions of events • Serve as supplemental material for state mandated texts • Facilitates cross-disciplinary learning

  4. Challenges to Using Primary Resources • Planning a lesson with digital primary sources takes time • Digital sources must be placed around a context for students to fully grasp the content • The number of digital sources is huge to choose from • Difficulty in finding items that match with state standards • Difficulty adapting materials to a certain grade level • Primary Sources can only supplement mandated materials or a lecture Adapted from: http://www.youthsource.ab.ca

  5. Myths about using Primary Sources in the K-12 Classroom • Primary sources are irrelevant to children who are not able to grasp the nature of the material. • A teacher cannot afford to veer off of a prescribed curriculum as primary sources lend nothing to standardized test results.

  6. Myths (cont.) • Primary sources are inaccessible and hard to find. • Primary sources are not for the K-12 classroom.

  7. Keys to Successfully Using Primary Resources • Aligning with standards • Managing time • Determining access to resources for all students • Choosing digital items to use • Creating worksheets/activities to support digital items

  8. Guidelines… • Analyze source • context • Analyze content, • assess its significance, • pose significant questions;

  9. Why the Caribbean? • Florida/Caribbean historical ties • Constant influx of people between the regions • Proximity of the Caribbean to Florida

  10. SampledLOC Lesson Plans • http://web1.dloc.com/ufdc/?g=dloc1&s=teach

  11. Sample Resources on dLoc • Announcement: se solicitan 1000 trabajadores para el Central "Manati" - Oriente http://www.dloc.com/?b=UF00029025&v=00001 • Antonio Prohías Political Cartoons from El AvanceCriollo (published in Miami, 1960-61) http://dloc.com/?h=uf&b=UF00086700&v=00001 • Coqui http://www.dloc.com/?b=UF00053455&v=00001 • Huerto familiar http://www.dloc.com/?h=uf&m=hd3&i=65209 • Panama –Ciudad del saber http://www.dloc.com/?b=UF00054723&v=00001

  12. Ties to Web 2.0 Tools • Blog- as a diary • Wiki- for students to share and organize ideas about the digital item • Google Sites- create a class webpage about an event, person, or time period • Timeline-map out historical events • Google Maps/Earth- track the

  13. Digital Library Collections With Latin American Content • http://www.dloc.com • http://www.loc.gov/index.html • http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

  14. References • Ruffin, E., & Capell, L. (2009, Spring). Dispelling the Myths: Using Primary Sources in the K-12 Classroom. Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children, 7(1), 26-31. • Johnson, K. & Magusin, E. (2005). Exploring the digital library : a guide for online teaching and learning. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass. • Mardis, M., Hoffman, E., & Marshall, T. (2008, August). A new framework for understanding educational digital library use: re-examining digital divides in U.S. schools. International Journal on Digital Libraries, 9(1), 19-27. Retrieved July 9, 2009, doi:10.1007/s00799-008-0035-z • Vinson, C., & Boyd, K. (2008, June). CRACKING THE EGG: THE SOUTH CAROLINA DIGITAL LIBRARY'S NEW PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 20(2), 117-128. Retrieved July 9, 2009, doi:10.1080/19411260802298144

  15. Web References • http://www.youthsource.ab.ca/teacher_resources/ps_overview.html • http://www.youthsource.ab.ca/teacher_resources/ps_using.html • http://memory.loc.gov/learn///educators/handouts/prsrc.pdf

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