What do Kitty Hawk, the Statue of Liberty, Mark Twain, the Battle of Gettysburg,
Cheyenne Indians and the Space Shuttle have in common? They are all events,
people and places that can come alive as primary source information through
the Library of Congress' acclaimed American Memory Collection and other digital
library collections.
The award-winning Library Learning Network of the College of DuPage and the Colorado Digitization Program will present a national teleconference "Digital Treasures for Teaching and Learning" on Friday, October 10.
Teachers and librarians who have used the American Memory and other digital primary source materials will be featured. Lesson plans, strategies and exercises for incorporating photos, maps and three-dimensional artifacts into student activities will be demonstrated. Participants will be able to submit questions to presenters for on-air discussion. A Webliography and other support materials will be available through the teleconference's Web site.
Phyllis DiBianco, Library Media Specialist at Scarsdale High School,
who was an American Fellow and participated in the Library of Congress American
Memory Fellows Institute, will facilitate this program.
Place: The School Library System, Southern Westchester BOCES, 2 Westchester
Plaza, Elmsford, NY.
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
11:30
a.m. - 12 noon Introduction to the American
Fellows Program
12 noon
- 2:00 p.m. Teleconference
2:00
p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Discussion of Curriculum Implementation
To register for this teleconference, contact Janet Jamal at the School
Library System Office. Janet can be reached at (telephone) 345-8500, ext. 122;
(fax) 592-4438; or e-mail jjamal@swboces.org.
Please share this information with teachers and other district
personnel who may be interested in attending.