First Monday June 2005

Dear Reader,

The June 2005 issue of First Monday (volume 10, number 6) is now 
available at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6/

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Table of Contents

Volume 10, Number 6 - June 6th 2005

Teaching and learning with digital resources: Web-Wise 2005

Selected papers from the Sixth Annual Conference on Libraries and 
Museums in the Digital World, sponsored by the U.S. Institute of 
Museum and Library Services and the University of Illinois at 
Chicago, 17-18 February 2005

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Using digitized primary source materials in the classroom: A Colorado 
case study
by Nena E. Bloom and Cynthia Stout
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6/bloom/

Abstract:

Using digitized primary source materials with K-12 students makes 
learning content more engaging and relevant, and helps students 
develop a wide range of skills. This paper highlights the use of 
primary source materials in Colorado classrooms and provides a brief 
overview of what educators' needs are in order to use digitized 
primary source materials more efficiently and effectively with 
students

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The Agricultural Economics Challenge: An online program where high 
school students learn economics and agriculture of the Salinas Valley
by Leti M. Bocanegra and Margie Harrison-Smith
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6/bocanegra/

Abstract:

The National Steinbeck Center created a virtual farm online to teach 
high school students economic principles by using a local lettuce 
company as a model. This article traces the development of the 
program, offers an overview of the Agricultural Economics Challenge 
game as well as the challenges the Museum faces in implementing the 
program.

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Project Access for adult English-language learners
by Anne Henderson and Elyse Adler
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6/henderson/

Abstract:

Project Access, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library 
Services, is a collaborative two-year program between the Frist 
Center for the Visual Arts and the Nashville Public Library. The goal 
of Project Access is to help increase adult English Language 
learners' (ELL) skills in language, visual art, and computer 
literacy. The eight-visit program offers participants from local 
community service institutions the opportunity to engage in art 
making, computer-based learning, museum and library visits. This 
article and the project Web site, http://www.projectaccess.org, give 
the visitor an overview of the project, lesson plans, and interactive 
features.

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Engaging the public with digital primary sources: A tri-state online 
history database and learning center
by Laurie Mercier and Leslie Wykoff
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6/mercier/

Abstract:

This collaborative database project, involving five universities and 
historical societies in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, has sought to 
encourage online researchers to think more deeply about the digitized 
primary sources featured. The project intended to serve as a model 
for other institutions that wanted to share collections and stimulate 
public interest in and use of those collections. This essay focuses 
on how we incorporated pedagogical elements into the design of the 
database, and how we have encouraged K-12 teachers and college 
students to use it.

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The Maine Music Box
by Marilyn Lutz and Laura Gallucci
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6/lutz/

Abstract:

The paper describes the Maine Music Box and examines its potential as 
a tool for teaching and learning music. Pedagogical concepts are 
demonstrated using MIDI, Scorch, image and streaming video files.
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Digital Deerfield 1704: A new perspective on the French and Indian Wars
by Lynne Spichiger and Chris Sturm
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6/spichiger/

Abstract:

In February 2003, on the 300th anniversary of the raid on Deerfield, 
the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and the Memorial Hall 
Museum launched a Web site that both commemorates and reinterprets 
this event from the perspectives of all the cultural groups who were 
present: Wobanakiak, Kanienkehaka, Wendat, English, and French. The 
site brings together a multitude of Web elements including historical 
scenes, narratives of peoples' lives, artifacts and historic 
documents, interactive maps, voices and songs, essays, 
illustrations/paintings, and an interactive timeline to provide a 
window into a world of global political and religious conflict, 
family stories, and military sagas. Many teachers find that this site 
- with its wealth of primary source material; its special features 
like interactive maps and artifacts, zoom function, and magic lens; 
and its curricula section - is an excellent digital resource for 
their classrooms.

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Commentary on Web-Wise
by Peter Kaufman
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6/kaufman/

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