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Teaching with Primary Sources at Governors State University

TPS Facilitator: Dr. Lucianne Brown

TPS: National and Regional

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INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this lesson is to describe how the national and regional Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program is organized. The benefit of learning the different categories and common vocabulary creates a universal language and understanding for all TPS Coaches throughout the United States. It is important to leave with a clear understanding of how the Library of Congress continues to provide primary source multi-media selections to support learning for teachers and their students.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of this lesson participants will be able to:

• Explain the mission of the Teaching with Primary Sources Program; • Define different groups within the TPS program; and, • Know where to locate the information.

OUTLINE Level 1 and II Workshops Provide Foundational Information National TPS Program TPS Teachers Beta Network

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LEVELS I AND II WORKSHOPS PROVIDE FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION

Levels I and Level II workshops and/or the Digital Primary Sources graduate course materials and instructional methods presented so far have provided a foundation for you to learn even more about Teaching with Primary Sources. You have successfully experienced designing TPS lessons with certain components; completed successful searches; deepened your Library of Congress knowledge; and, have a command of the TPS Teachers Page.

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NATIONAL TPS PROGRAM

Mission of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program The mission of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program is to:

• build awareness of the Library's educational initiatives; • provide content that promotes the effective educational use

of the Library's resources; and, • offer access to and promote sustained use of the Library's

educational resources. The Library achieves this mission through collaborations between the Library and the K-12 educational community across the United States. The program contributes to the quality of education by helping teachers use the Library's digitized primary sources to engage students, develop their critical thinking skills, and construct knowledge.

National TPS Staff National staff members include a Grants Manager, Director, Program Manager and Educational Outreach Staff Members of the Teaching with Primary Sources Educational Consortium Members of the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Educational Consortium assist in the design of the TPS program and offer TPS professional development on an ongoing basis, year round. Visit www.loc.gov/teachers/tps to view a list of current Consortium members and their respective states. www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/consortium/

Each of the TPS consortium members has a Director and various staff members.

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The Regional Program was created to offer opportunities to expand TPS opportunities and offer mini-grants to those institutions who are not direct consortium members. Go to www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/regional/contacts.html to read more about these opportunities.

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TPS TEACHERS BETA NETWORK

What is the TPS Teachers Network? Let’s watch an overview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ-0eQ1NEH8

Terms to learn:

1. Network:_____________________________________

2. Community: _________________________________

3. Example of a Community:______________________

Tools within the TPS Teachers Network include:

4. Forum is like a _________________________________

5. Chatter is like twitter_____________________________

6. Bookmark is similar to____________________________

7. Files and Media is compared to ____________________

8. What does the Community Cloud Tool Do?____________

9. What does the personal commons do?_______________

10.What is the main goal of this network?_______________

11. Who are TPS Mentors?

12. Who are TPS Coaches?

How can you become of member of this network?

If you have not joined, let’s do it now.

1. Go to http://www.tpsnetworkbeta.org/campaign/tps-network 2. Select Get Started. 3. Fill in the information below. 4. If you are already a member Login and explore.

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Follow the rest of the instructions. You may have seen this invitation before.

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Dear

I am pleased to invite you to participate in a beta test of the TPS Teachers Network, an exciting new online community designed to facilitate peer-to-peer support and learning focused on classroom use of digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress.

The release of the TPS Teachers Network is slated for January 2014. Leading up to that month, the Library of Congress Educational Outreach office is asking teachers who have attended TPS workshops and courses to help conduct a robust beta test of the Network. Information from this test will inform the look, functionality and management of the permanent TPS Teachers Network.

By joining the Network beta test, you’ll be helping the Teaching with Primary Sources program develop a tool that will enhance teaching with Library of Congress online materials. More importantly, you’ll find great primary sources, while learning and sharing primary source-based teaching strategies with other educators from across the country.

Simply click on the invitation link at the end of this message to join.

Thanks for your help!

Sincerely,

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1. Click http://www.tpsnetworkbeta.org/campaign/tps-network to join the TPS Network! 2. Fill in your name and email address. Submit. 3. Check your email for a confirmation message. Click on the confirmation link. 4. The confirmation link takes you to the TPS Teachers Network profile page. Fill out all fields of your profile as

completely as possible, and please upload a photograph of yourself, if you have one! 5. In the “Employment” section of your profile, we ask that you indicate your current job title, teaching level, and

content area in the “Position” field, and the city and state in which you work. Other fields are self-explanatory. 6. In the “About Me” section of your profile, in addition to sharing general information of interest to your

colleagues, please… a. Indicate the number of years you have been teaching. b. Describe your previous contact with the TPS program (Library of Congress Summer Teacher

Institutes, a workshop delivered by a Library of Congress partner, a conference, other). Please indicate the year(s) of your TPS connection.

7. To return to your profile settings, select your name (top of any screen)/Settings/Profile Fields. 8. You automatically become a member of four communities: TPS Network Home, Getting Started with the TPS

Network, Getting Started with the Library of Congress, and the Teaching with Primary Sources Commons. You are also free to join all other public communities.

9. You will be invited to join the TPS-GSU Community from Dr. Brown.

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SUMMARY

In this lesson you learned background information about the TPS program and the various groups that promote the use of primary sources. You are now a member of the TPS Teachers Network to continue communication after you leave the TPS-GSU Academy. You will be able to explain the difference between TPS Consortium Directors, TPS Mentors, TPS Coaches, and more.

In the next lesson you will learn how to use the TPS resources to promote teaching methods and materials that are consistent with the national TPS program. Moreover, you will learn how to match TPS materials to specific instructional goals. Lastly, you will enhance your skills in navigating both the Library of Congress and GSU-TPS websites.

REFERENCES

The Library of Congress www.loc.gov

TPS-GSU http://tps.govst.edu

TPS Teachers Beta Network http://www.tpsnetworkbeta.org/campaign/tps-network

TPS Teachers Network Overview.

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