Discovery Exercise
The tutorial is amazing. I refer to
this often to help me refresh myself on how to located things. I do not think I
could do this class without this information.
2. Do a basic search on something of interest to
you.
I have used the Maine Memory network before
from digital images for my elementary art students to create historically
correct drawings and paintings. For instance our third graders go to Norlands.
When they arrive back they create a drawing of their experience. Through the Maine
Memory Network I am able to have student see photos of their town or familiar
places during the same time period. Their artwork has much more detail and
richness due to the additional photos I am able to share with my students. We
created a collage frame for their drawings of a variety of advertisements from
the same time period.
I am happy to have a more direct way
to find this information.
3. Save this search to perform again or create an
alert which will let you know when something new is added that fits your search
criteria.
I did a search of Winslow Homer. I
was amazed at the varied information was especially about his new exhibit at
the Portland Museum of art.
4. See what your Invitational cohort is
discovering. Choose at least one other Invitational blog, read that person’s
post (about this or a previous lesson), and comment on it. You may like to
check each other’s blogs throughout the Invitational as you learn together.
I have several colleagues that are
doing this class. It is interesting to hear all the different points of views
and academic interests. There are twelve teachers doing the Marvelous Maine in
our school district.
4. This is Maine Library Snapshot Week which
makes it the perfect opportunity to report how many patrons/users/members you
have helped find the information they need using this or any other MARVEL
resource. Blog about an experience you had showing a patron how to use
MARVEL.
This part does not really pertain to
me. I am going to check how other colleagues have handled this lesson. I did
share in the waiting area of my dentist the really cool online class I was
taking through MARVEL. They worked in the University of Maine system and where
interested in taking the class as well. I think you should set up a patron
discover Marvel course for the average user!
I found it very interesting that your elementary students use Maine Memory Network to find town photos. I'd love to hear more about how you teach them to gain information from the photos. Visual literacy has become a much more important skill in recent years, and I'd love to hear how you assist your students with this.
ReplyDeleteActually , I found photos for them to use for the time period they are studying . I meet with my students only one a week for 45 min. There is not time for them to do the searching.
ReplyDeleteThe third grade goes to Norlands in Livermore on a field trip. When they come back they are asked to create a drawing based on their experience . The same day they create this drawing I have some photo collages that I made from the Maine Memory Network of people working in the field picking the harvest, school children, and some photos of Norlands. These photos help the student visualize and create original drawing rich in textures and details.
One student remembered there was a wood stove in the school room and was struggling to figure out what it looked like. So the photo came to the rescue!
I will post some photos of student work we are finishing them up next week.
Good idea about an Invitational for the public. We'll talk about it at the state library. Stay tuned.
ReplyDeleteHi Tammy-
ReplyDeleteI just went to First Fridays in Portland and saw the Winslow Homer exhibit. Thanks for your post about the Maine Memory Network. I would love to use it with my GT kids. Let's connect some time :)