Comments on: Digital Vaults: Social networking for primary sources

By: Larry Cebula

Larry Cebula — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:00:23 +0000

Ugh–I think the Digital Vaults site is terrible. It is flashy and neat but nearly useless for gaining any kind of historical understanding. I blogged about it here: http://northwesthistory.blogspot.com/2008/04/flash-over-substance-national-archives.html

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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:00:57 +0000

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By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:57:31 +0000

Thanks for this information! You rock!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:31:50 +0000

I mentioned the flickr plus LOC here http://averyoldplace.blogspot.com/2008/01/library-of-congress-meets-flickr.html

Also have you seen this? Potential to e very cool
http://averyoldplace.blogspot.com/2008/04/hsi-historical-scene-investigation.html

One of my student’s dad is the webguy at the Truman Library. You can see what he’s up to here
http://averyoldplace.blogspot.com/2008/02/hi-i-am-guest-blogger-invited-by-mrs.html

By: Bea

Bea — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:20:22 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. Why stick to what is in your classroom when the whole world is searchable?

We’ve been pushing primary sources with our Social Studies teachers this year. We created a Moodle course with a few ideas, and a Wiki page with a few resources. We’ll be adding to that Wiki page as we find more.

Speaking specifically of NARA, they have posted bunches of really good videos on Google Video. Take a look. The newsreels from World War II are very interesting. I would consider much of that propaganda, especially the Department of the Interior videos showing how nicely the Native Americans are being treated in their reservations. Nevertheless, these are valuable videos for students to watch an interpret on their own.

The Library of Congress did open up the tagging of resources to the public. They posted images from the 1910-1930 collections to Flickr and left them untagged. It is up to the users to do that.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:17:04 +0000

We were so proud of the veterans project, the computer we bought with the prize money just died this year! My lastest “fun thing” is the Titanic project mentioned above. The 6th graders started a comprehensive timeline using Mnemograph, I blogged aout it here. http://averyoldplace.blogspot.com/2008/04/mmemograph-part-2.html These are the projects I’ll miss when I retire.

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Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:58:07 +0000

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Daily Bookmarks 04/12/2008 « Experiencing E-Learning — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:48:39 +0000

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By: glennw

glennw — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:30:37 +0000

Nancy,

It’s great hearing from you! I remember your vets project and the Kansas History award your kids won for their work.

I appreciate all the work you’ve done that focuses on primary sources and look forward to your next project!

glennw