One of my favorite sessions that I attended today at the MCSS was the Integrating Technology and Primary Sources into the Elementary Classroom. I really enjoyed this presentation because I thought the presenter did a really good job of getting us involved, showing us an example of what she would do in her classroom and also gave us a list of great resources we could use in the future. Above is a screenshot of one of the websites that I was most excited for. They have hundreds of thousands of pictures, documents and other primary sources on this website to use and look at.
I think that using primary sources and allowing students to touch history and look first hand at it, will really help to boost their understanding. They will have more fun and be more excited because they are doing something rather than just sitting there listening to some sort of lecture. I can’t wait to explore these websites more and use these resources in my future classroom!
I went to this presentation I found it very interesting. Here are some of the other sources:
-Edmodo
-Library of Congress
-World Digital Library
-British Museum
– National Archives
-Thinglink
-Massachusetts Historical Society
Apps:
Notability
Google Drive
I also found this session to be very interesting and felt the teacher presenting was passionate about her job and is always looking to find new and interactive ways to bring technology into the classroom. When I got home from the conference I was so excited about all the sources she gave us that I sat down with my mom (who is a 4th grade teacher) and went through all of the sites and signed her up for several of them. We spent a good amount of time playing around with Edmodo and Thinglink and some of the ways she could bring these websites into her classroom based on the 4th grade standards and her schools curriculum.
I really like this presentation too! I really liked her opening activity! Our group got the poster from Keep Calm and Carry On and we researched where it came from. It was so cool because we learned that it wasn’t found for almost 50 years after it was created, and it was a part of 3 posters released during World War II to keep British citizens calm and confident while rumors of bombings were spread! I loved hearing about the different sources she presented and how each group found more information out! I hope I can do this in my classroom in the future!