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An Adventure of the American Mind


Stevens Stevens InstituteInstitute

of of Technology Technology

1994 Study

The study sought The study sought instructional activities instructional activities that justified thethat justified the

cost cost and and

efforteffort required to make the required to make the Internet available in Internet available in the classroom.the classroom.


The CriteriaThe Criteria

Unique Unique and and CompellingCompelling

Applications of the InternetApplications of the Internet


Unique

Can these learning activities be accomplished in any other way?



CompellingDoes the educational outcomes Does the educational outcomes

justify the effort teachers must justify the effort teachers must invest to use the Internet invest to use the Internet effectively in the classroom?effectively in the classroom?



1.1. Use of “real-time” data from Use of “real-time” data from government and commercial government and commercial databasesdatabases

ExamplesExamples

US Geological SurveyUS Geological Surveyhttp://neic.usgs.gov

Ask an ExpertAsk an Experthttp://www.k12science.org/educationlinks.html

Unique and Compelling Applications Unique and Compelling Applications of the Internet for K-12 Educationof the Internet for K-12 Education



2. Telecollaborative projects using “pooled” data from shared, Web-

based databases

ExampleExampleReal-time ProjectsReal-time Projects

http://www.k12science.org/realtimeproj.html



3. Student publishing on the Web

ExampleExample

Student PublishingStudent Publishing

http://www.kids-space.org


4. Access to unique and primary-source information

ExamplesExamples

Dear Mrs. RooseveltDear Mrs. Roosevelthttp://www.newdeal.feri.org

American MemoryAmerican Memoryhttp://memory.loc.govhttp://memory.loc.gov



National Digital Library ProgramNational Digital Library Program

Digitizing distinctive, historical Americana Digitizing distinctive, historical Americana material from the collections of the Library of material from the collections of the Library of CongressCongress


An Adventure of theAn Adventure of theAmerican Mind ProgramAmerican Mind Program

North Carolina

Congressman Charles Taylor


Focus of the AAM ProgramFocus of the AAM Program

…raise the comfort level of teachers in

the use of technology...



…proficient creation and

use of digitized resources …



…use of the digital primary

resources found at the Library of

Congress


South

Carolina

Congressman Jim DeMint


What are Primary Sources?What are Primary Sources?


Primary SourcesPrimary Sources

Actual records that Actual records that have survived from have survived from the pastthe past


Audio Clips & MoviesAudio Clips & Movies

Sound Recording, Non-Music

Part of a series of interviews made by John Henry Faulk,

Austin, Texas, January or February

1942.

Sound File

Click above for Video Clip


Analyzing the Quality of Analyzing the Quality of Primary SourcesPrimary Sources

1.1. Time & Place RuleTime & Place Rule

The closer in time and place a The closer in time and place a source and its creator were to an source and its creator were to an event in the past, the better the event in the past, the better the source will be.source will be.


2.2. Bias RuleBias Rule

Every source is biased in some way.Every source is biased in some way.

Analyzing the Quality of Analyzing the Quality of Primary SourcesPrimary Sources

Activity

Fill with black


All information and digital All information and digital sources are from thesources are from the

American Memory websiteAmerican Memory websitehttp://memory.loc.govhttp://memory.loc.gov

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