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Archive: 2015 (34 Posts)

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The K-12 Web Archiving Program: Preserving the Web from a Youthful Point of View

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

If you believe the Web (and who doesn't believe everything they read on the Web?), it boastfully celebrated its 25th birthday last year. Twenty-five years is long enough for the first "children of the Web" to be fully-grown adults, just now coming of age to recognize that the Web that grew up around them has irrevocably changed.

One woman watches as another examines with a magnifying glass an ornate, decorative image on a printed page

Intern Lesson: Who Knew Analyzing Primary Sources Could Be So Exciting?

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

As the end of my internship draws near and I look back at all I have learned, one thing sticks out: I have been surprised by how exciting analyzing primary sources can be. I watched as teachers at our workshops sat with images in front of them, and their facial expressions went from an initial blank stare to expressions of full engagement and wonder as they looked at every detail of an image to answer questions like: What is the image trying to convey? Why? Who created it? In groups, the teachers became excited students working together to analyze an image.