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An Adventure of the American Mind
An Adventure of the American Mind
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.
An Adventure of the American Mind
The CriteriaThe Criteria
Unique Unique and and CompellingCompelling
Applications of the InternetApplications of the Internet
An Adventure of the American Mind
Unique
Can these learning activities be accomplished in any other way?
The CriteriaThe Criteria
An Adventure of the American Mind
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?
The CriteriaThe Criteria
An Adventure of the American Mind
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
An Adventure of the American Mind
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
An Adventure of the American Mind
Unique and Compelling Applications Unique and Compelling Applications of the Internet for K-12 Educationof the Internet for K-12 Education
3. Student publishing on the Web
ExampleExample
Student PublishingStudent Publishing
http://www.kids-space.org
An Adventure of the American Mind
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
Unique and Compelling Applications Unique and Compelling Applications of the Internet for K-12 Educationof the Internet for K-12 Education
An Adventure of the American Mind
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 the American Mind
An Adventure of theAn Adventure of theAmerican Mind ProgramAmerican Mind Program
North Carolina
Congressman Charles Taylor
An Adventure of the American Mind
Focus of the AAM ProgramFocus of the AAM Program
…raise the comfort level of teachers in
the use of technology...
An Adventure of the American Mind
Focus of the AAM ProgramFocus of the AAM Program
…proficient creation and
use of digitized resources …
An Adventure of the American Mind
Focus of the AAM ProgramFocus of the AAM Program
…use of the digital primary
resources found at the Library of
Congress
An Adventure of the American Mind
South
Carolina
Congressman Jim DeMint
An Adventure of the American Mind
What are Primary Sources?What are Primary Sources?
An Adventure of the American Mind
Primary SourcesPrimary Sources
Actual records that Actual records that have survived from have survived from the pastthe past
An Adventure of the American Mind
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
An Adventure of the American Mind
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.
An Adventure of the American Mind
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
An Adventure of the American Mind
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