Brentwood Teacher Training

Dear Brentwood Teacher Participants:

It was a pleasure to facilitate a teacher professional development session for you today. We covered digital collections, teaching materials, instructional concepts, and had many lively discussions regarding primary sources in the classroom. I hope that each of you were able to come out of the training with new insights, useful teaching techniques, and a world of new resources at your disposal.

At this time, I would ask that you “sign off” with a paragraph or two of feedback on what you gained, enjoyed, found most useful, suggest was done differently, etc. To do so, please use the “comment” feature on this blog.

This training was completely underwritten by grant funding. As a final step, we ask that you please take the national LOC TPS survey for evaluative purposes.  Here is the link for the survey:

Lastly, please keep CalU’s LOC TPS program in mind for future teaching or classroom needs regarding the Library of Congress or primary sources.  I can be reached by phone at 724-938-6022 or via email (nrobbiz@gmail.com).

Best,
Nik Roberts

Nov/Dec 2010 Teacher Workshop Series

“Creating Inquiry Activities with Primary Sources” :
A 2-credit, TPS blended learning experience with face-to-face
and online components

Place: Intermediate Unit 1, California, PA

Face-to-face sessions:
Dates: Nov. 13 & Dec. 18
Time: 8:00 am – 4:00pm

Completion of online learning modules
are required between face-to-face sessions.
Fee:  $40.00

Register: http://www.solutionwhere.com/iu1/cw/showcourse.asp?2731
For more information, please contact Lynne Berdar (berdar@calu.edu).

LOC Social Media Links

Social media links:

“One man looks on as another man prepares Univac computer to predict a winning horse.”

Main LOC facebook
LOC facebook page for Books and Beyond
LOC facebook page for the American Folklife Center
LOC facebook page for its Law Library
LOC YouTube Channel
LOC Flickr Photostream
LOC Blog
CalUTPS Social Bookmarking Del.icio.us
LOC on ITunes (ITunes must be installed):
LOC “interactives”
World Digital Library

<!–[endif]–>Please contact Nik Roberts for any questions at roberts_n@calu.edu

Oct 2010 Oral History Workshop, post 3 of 3

Dear Teacher-Participants:

After presenting your API in the final workshop session, please verify that you have done the following:

1. Filled out your ACT48 form and turned it in.
2. Submitted a final copy of your API by email (to roberts_n@calu.edu).
3. Taken the national LOC survey. Here is the link for the national survey. (Note that this is a single workshop, in the 15-19 hour category, and in Congressional District PA12.)
4. Left final reflective comments (1 to 2 paragraphs) about the workshop. They can be on the overall benefits, strategies, use of oral history, use of inquiry model, primary source learning, etc.  (Submit your post as a comment to this blog post.)

Thank you for joining us. Do stay in touch!

Best wishes,
Nik Roberts
Roberts_n@calu.edu
724-938-6022

Oct 2010 Oral History Workshop, post 2 of 3

Hi teacher-participants:

Please update us on the progress made toward your API. Specifically, we need information on the following 3 items:

(1) PA Teaching Standards: What do you intend to use on the API. Don’t forget to use the PDE SAS site.
(2) Inquiry-Based Learnng Model: What model are you using and why (brief description)?
(3) Assessment: How do you intend to assess student learning quantatatively? Remember that this needs to relate to the oral history component of your API.

Also, if there are any changes to your last post–regarding API topic, LOC primary source, or the oral history activity–please indicate that as well.

Best,
Mr. Nik Roberts