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Using Pictures as Primary Sources and Critical Thinking

Nancy Bosch linked to a guest blog post about primary sources available at the Truman Presidential Library. Mark Adams, the guest blogger and director of education at the library, informs us that the library has a nice collection of primary source pictures from the Truman era.

As I read the post, I recalled a very memorable experience in a teacher preparation course in which groups of stude… Continue

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At 10:24am on August 19th, 2008, Linda Mercer said…: Surprisingly enough, as life gets more and more virtual, we are finding that the library is seeing more and more traffic. As a school librarian, I think this has to do with the fact that a) we have the laptops so the students come to use them and b) we have the space, the support and the proper atmosphere. I hope these trends continue and that students see the library as BOTH a real place and a virtual place!

At 7:17pm on August 18th, 2008, Mark Cruthers said…: As a matter a fact I do. I'll be teaching AP US History online this year.

Mark

At 7:24pm on February 18th, 2008, Norman Babia said…: Andrew,
Thanks for dropping a note and for welcoming me to this great site. Yes, I am trying to integrate technology in my class. For now, I am using handhelds for my math and spelling classes. Also, I use Google pages to post all my lesson summaries for the students and parents.

Norman

At 1:13pm on February 13th, 2008, Sabridv said…: Thanks Andrew for the warm welcome and for the invitation in the first place.

At 7:50am on February 13th, 2008, Claudia Ceraso said…: Andrew,
I just read your comment on Nancy's page at Classroom 2.0

You say,
"...I have just started a social network site focused on content, not technology. The site is called Teacher content. After conversations with Steve Hargadon, with whom I am doing a lot of work, we decided that Classroom 2.0 is really about the technology. We wanted another site devoted to teachers teaching content. My hope is that content teachers who have not previously used technology in the classroom will join the site and thereby become more likely to use technology."

This sounds interesting. I think that technology sometimes makes a lot of people passionate, but we are still teaching higher order skills. It is hard sometimes to keep the focus there.

I wish you every success with this Ning.

At 2:26pm on February 12th, 2008, Karen said…: Hi Andy! And thank you for the welcome! While I'm really excited about the blog I've created, I'm even more excited about doing blogging with my students. But I think I've got too many ideas running through my head all at once on what to have them do. If anyone has any ideas of a good, easy place to start, I'd be most appreciative!

Thanks again!
Karen

At 11:00pm on February 10th, 2008, Thomas Petra said…: I'm starting to run out of gas as far as ideas for my website w. Google Earth. I'm beginning to explore the different options under the "Layers" menu. I'm sure there are a lot of content there that you could use in Social Studies. Take a look.

Currently 87F and sunny with 60% humidity on Guam. I would love to have a foot of snow here.

At 7:02pm on February 10th, 2008, Nancy Bosch said…: There are so many myths surrounding the sinking of the Titanic, I'm anxious for the kids to be able to dispell these myths---Also I think the numbers will tell some interesting stories. "Women and children first" only held true for first and second class--even though the statistical data tells the tale, the kids will feel like they are the first to discover it!!

At 3:33pm on February 10th, 2008, Nancy Bosch said…: The podcasts are going to be a tiny part of the curriculum, I guess I was looking for an authentic use for podcasts since we hadn't tried them out yet. Podcasting the reading a story you wrote or facts about something you researched doesn't scream "real work" to me. We will also be writing a biographical sketch, using the data to answer some essential questions, study the related science and do research displays. You can see the website and curriculum here http://connections.smsd.org/titanic The database is still under construction.

At 3:12pm on February 10th, 2008, Nancy Bosch said…: So much of the Classroom 2.0 focus is what tools to use, I'd like to see exactly what people are doing with them. Here's two examples---I've seen blogs written from the perspective of historical characters--I like that idea. Also I'm getting ready to do a huge project on using primary sources to study the Titanic, I had a brainstorm the other day to have students do podcasts as the passenger/crewman they choose to study. I'm not convinced that using the tools just to be using them is increasing student achievement or student enthusiasm.

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