WebWise 2005: Teaching
and Learning with Digital Resources
Conference Papers and Resources
More than 300 archivists, museum curators, systems scientists,
educators, historians, librarians, and technology leaders
assembled for the 2005 WebWise conference in Washington,
D.C., February 16–18. Experts from across the country
shared the latest research and advances in digital collections
from the nation’s museums and libraries. The focus
of this year’s conference was teaching and learning
with digital resources. Download
the agenda booklet (PDF, 269KB)
To further extend the benefit of this conference, IMLS
presents here papers from presenters at the conference.
The papers are reprinted with the kind permission of the
authors and First Monday, and first appeared in the June,
2005 issue of First Monday (volume 10, number 6) at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6.
All videos of the conference are available at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/webwise/videos.html.
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Thursday, February 17,
2005
Keynote Address
Open Content: How Online Digital Libraries
and Resources Will Provide Access to Cultural Information
in the 21st Century
David Rumsey, Cartography Associates
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Session: Creating Digital Resources for Effective
Teaching and Learning
Chair: Nancy John, University of Illinois at
Chicago
Breaking the K-12 Crust: The Realities of Digital
Libraries for Education
David Lankes, Syracuse University
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Using Digitized Primary Source Materials in the Classroom:
A Colorado Case Study
Nena Bloom, Colorado Digitization Program
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Session: Reaching Out to Learners
of All Ages
Chair: Nancy Gwinn, Smithsonian Institution
The Agricultural Economics Challenge: An online program
where high school students learn economics and agriculture
of the Salinas Valley
Leti M. Bocanegra and Margie Harrison–Smith, National
Steinbeck Center
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Project Access for adult English–language learners
Anne Henderson, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, and
Elyse Adler, Nashville Public Library
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Engaging the public with digital primary sources:
A tri–state online history database and learning
center
Laurie Mercier and Leslie Wykoff, Washington State University,
Vancouver
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Session: Digital resources for educators
Chair: Bill Barnett, Field Museum
Re–presenting race in the digital age
Laura Strentz and Iris Taboh, Seattle (Wash.) Schools
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The Maine Music Box
Marilyn Lutz and Laura Gallucci, University of Maine
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Digital Deerfield 1704: A new perspective on the
French and Indian Wars
Lynne Spichiger, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association/Memorial
Hall Museum, and Chris Sturm, Marlboro Middle School (Marlboro,
N.J.)
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Friday, February 18, 2005
Keynote address
Technology and our schools: Preparing America’s
future
Susan Sclafani, U.S. Department of Education
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Session: Creating and sustaining
effective users of online resources
Chair: Martha Hale, Catholic University, School of Library
and Information Science
21st century skills: A vision for teaching and learning
in the digital world
by Ken Kay, Infotech Strategies
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What is Google doing in my library? An overview of
the new Google content initiatives
by John Lewis Needham, Google, Inc.
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Session: On my mind: Reflections
from the community
Chair: Joyce Ray, Institute of Museum and Library Services
Commentary on Web–Wise
Peter Kaufman, Intelligent Television
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Commentary on Web–Wise
Henry Kelly, Federation of American Scientists
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Commentary on Web–Wise
Peggy O’Brien, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Commentary on Web–Wise
Sarah Whitesell, Federal Communications Commission
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