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Poster: "Judith K. Graves" <jgrav@LOC.GOV>
Subject: Re: '98 Fellows' lessons
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Congratulations all around -- for the 'birth' of the lesson as well as
Laura's baby on the way.
Judy
At 08:03 AM 3/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello, everyone!
> This is our official "posting" of our field-tested lesson. You can
>find "That's Entertainment" at:
>www.burgin.k12.ky.us/21.htm
> Hope everyone is healthy. Oh, and by the way, Laura is going to
>have a baby!
> Lydia DiMartino
> Burgin Independent Schools
>> ----------
>> From: Judith K. Graves[SMTP:jgrav@loc.gov]
>> Reply To: American Memory Fellows
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 9:47 AM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list AMFELLOWS
>> Subject: '98 Fellows' lessons
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> '97 Fellows remember well the angst of lesson development, testing,
>> and
>> writing!! They feel your pain of non-working computers, promises of
>> classroom wiring, software glitches, end of term reports conflicting
>> with
>> lesson development demands, life issues, and on and on and on.
>>
>> I also know what you are doing this year, incorporating new materials,
>> seeing if they work, finding the black holes that don't pop up until
>> you
>> are in them, trying to cram one more thing into already overcrowded
>> schedules, and then the little problems of life - family, friends, and
>> -heaven forbid- sleep!
>>
>> On April 1, road-tested lesson plans are due to the Library. Don't
>> let
>> that send a shudder through you.... I don't want to see anything
>> final at
>> this point - it's just too soon for everyone. On that date - not
>> before -
>> I would like to have an email message from each team telling me your
>> team's
>> status, with a URL where the lesson resides (if there is a URL). If
>> the
>> lesson isn't up anywhere (with time constraints and technology
>> glitches, it
>> would be a wonder if it is!), we'll use email and/or fax. We'll use
>> whatever works for each team.
>>
>> I know the previous paragraph sounds terribly forbidding, but here's
>> the
>> reason why I want to check in with each team:
>>
>> Remember my talk at the institute when I said that we want good
>> lessons,
>> not fancy HTML? That's still true. Trust your professional judgement
>> and
>> create what you feel is the best lesson with the topic and materials
>> you've
>> chosen.
>>
>> Your lessons will reside on a website, not in a file folder or on
>> paper.
>> Writing for the web is as different as writing for the newspaper is
>> from
>> writing a composition or paper. By stepping into the process in
>> April, I
>> hope to guide you through the final writing process. The Library has
>> a
>> writing style guide and a technical style guide that we must follow.
>> It's
>> my job to help prepare your lessons to comply with that style. The
>> Fellows
>> Toolkit has some information on web style that will be helpful to you.
>> Look at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/amfp/toolkit/intro.html
>>
>> In addition, we are writing for an audience that may know nothing
>> about
>> American Memory or using primary sources in learning. I'll also be
>> looking
>> at your lessons for ways that we can help this audience be successful
>> with
>> these lessons. I'll also be looking for ways that we can best present
>> your
>> lesson so that your ideas and creativity shine through.
>>
>> Please don't feel that you should know this technology or these
>> guidelines
>> already. And please, don't feel that you should give me the completed
>> lesson on April 1. And please, please, know that just as your
>> facilitators
>> have been cheering you on throughout the school year, I'm going to be
>> your
>> staunchest cheerleader from now until your lesson's completion.
>>
>> We are about to embark on the writing process cycle, with feedback,
>> drafting, feedback, mechanics. We'll work through the phases as time
>> (and
>> life) allows.
>>
>> Hope everyone has a great spring break,
>> Judy, m.h.
>> (It's snowing on the crocus and daffodil buds today. Sigh.)
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Judith K. Graves
>> Education Resources Specialist
>> National Digital Library Program
>> Library of Congress
>> Washington, D.C. 20540-1320
>> jgrav@loc.gov
>> (V)202/707-2562 (F) 202/252-3173
>> http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
>>
>
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Judith K. Graves
Education Resources Specialist
National Digital Library Program
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540-1320
jgrav@loc.gov
(V)202/707-2562 (F) 202/252-3173
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
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