Digital Outreach: Exhibits and Classrooms
PRESENTATION
Kate-Lyn Danyluk -
Ancestry.com Learning Centre
DIGITAL EXHIBITS
Exhibit Goals
Digital Exhibits vs. Traditional
Tactics
Through Our Parent's Eyes
: targeting a community's ethnic composition
William Osler
: celebrating anniversaries
America's Historical Documents
: showcasing prime collections or items with intrinsic/iconic value
The National Archives Experience - The Digital Vaults
Chicago Historical Society
: celebrating local history, events, people, places
Expo 67
: the use of "retro" and nostalgia
Halifax Explosion
T.G. Hamilton exhibit
- University of Manitoba Archives
DIGITAL CLASSROOMS
The First Stage: Providing Digital Access
NARA's ARC (formerly NAIL
)
Calisphere - A World of Primary Sources and More
Ontario History Quest
The Second Stage: Bringing Teachers into the Process
The Promise of Digital Classrooms
Key Educational and Distance Learning Sites:
Canada's SchoolNet (now disbanded)
EdSitement (U.S.)
American Memory
ARCHIVES FOR KIDS
Archives in the Classroom: Letters from the Trunk
The Kids' Site of Canadian Trains
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