| Agenda 
Web-Wise
2005: Teaching and Learning with Digital Resources
February 16-18
Washington, DC
Co-Hosts:
The Institute of Museum and Library Services
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Conference Hotel:
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey
Avenue
Washington, DC
Introduction
The 2005 Web-Wise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital
World will be held in Washington, DC, February 17-18. The theme this
year is Teaching and Learning With Digital Resources. Topics will cover
the use of digital library and museum resources both in the classroom
and in independent learning environments in K-12, higher education, and
lifelong learning. The conference will promote the exploration of
issues in a collaborative environment drawing on the experience of
professionals in the fields of library and information science, museum
studies, education, systems science and public media. In addition,
exemplary digital projects featuring museum and library resources in
support of educators, students, and lifelong learners will be featured
in plenary sessions and break-out demonstrations.
Wednesday,
February 16, 2005 - Pre-Conference Workshops
Two pre-conferences will be offered at the
conference hotel. Attendance is limited, and registration for each is required.
7:30am |
Registration and continental breakfast for Morning Pre-conference
Workshop participants only (Capitol Room B) |
8:30am - 12:00pm |
Pre-Conference 1: Business Planning for Digital Asset Management in Cultural
Heritage Institutions
Principal Instructor:
Liz Bishoff, OCLC
Moderator:
David Green, Principal, Knowledge Culture
Instructors:
Nancy Allen
William Barnett
John Price Wilkin
Diane Zorich
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12:00pm |
Registration and lunch for Afternoon Pre-conference Workshop
participants only |
1:00pm
- 4:30pm | Pre-Conference 2: Planning and Implementing User Studies
Principal Instructor:
Jose-Marie Griffiths,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Instructors:
Brenda Dervin
Kate Johnson
Donald King
| 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Opening Reception
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G50
1st and C Streets, NE Washington, DC
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Thursday
February 17, 2005 - Conference Day One
7:30am |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast (Regency Foyer)
| 9:00am |
Welcome - Robert Martin, IMLS Director
Keynote: David Rumsey, Cartography Associates
"Open Content: How Online Digital Libraries and Resources
Will Provide Access to Cultural Information in the 21st Century"
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10:15am
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Break and Project Demonstrations (Regency Foyer)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The IMLS Digital Collections Registry:
A Resource for Educators and Cultural Heritage Professionals.
http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/collections/
- Libby School District, Libby, Montana. Looking at Our Past: Using Community History in the Schools.
http://www.lincolncountylibraries.com/museum/index.htm
- New Media Consortium. Pachyderm: A Free, Open-Source Online Authoring and Publishing Tool Designed by Library and Museum Educators.
http://www.nmc.org/pachyderm
- Whitney Museum of American Art. Learning@Whitney: Presenting the Permanent Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art.
URL Not Yet Available [site launches June, 2005]
- Wayne State University. Digital Dress: Using a Costume Digitization Project in Teaching and Learning.
http://www.lib.wayne.edu/geninfo/units/lcms/dls/grants/ddgrant.php
- National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. An Appreciation of Collection Digitization at the National Palace Museum - Practical Educational Applications of the Digital Archive.
http://elearning.npm.gov.tw
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11:00am |
Creating Digital Resources for Effective Teaching and Learning
Chair: Nancy John, University of Illinois at Chicago
Presenters:
David Lankes, Syracuse University, "Breaking the K-12 Crust: The Realities of Digital Libraries for Education"
Nena Bloom, Colorado Digitization Program, "Using Digitized Primary Source Materials in the Classroom: A Colorado Case Study"
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12:00noon |
Lunch (Ticonderoga Room)
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1:00pm |
Project Sessions: Reaching Out to Learners of All Ages
Chair: Nancy Gwinn, Smithsonian Institution
Presenters:
Leti M. Bocanegra, National Steinbeck Center, "Playing the Ag Econ Challenge Game"
Anne Henderson, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, and Elyse Adler, Nashville Public Library, "Project Access for Adult English-Language
Learners"
Laurie Mercier, Washington State University, Vancouver, "Regional History Online: The Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project"
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2:30pm |
Break and Project Demonstrations (Regency Foyer)
- Winterthur Museum. X-Radiography: Teaching Art Conservation Students and Improving Interpretation of Museum Objects.
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin. American Journeys: Using a Digital Collection of Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration in National History Day.
www.americanjourneys.org/
- Web-Deane-Stevens Museum. An Interactive Classroom Biography of Silas Deane House and Its Collections.
www.silasdeaneonline.org
- Syracuse University School of Information Studies. SOS for Information Literacy: A Resource for Teaching Information Literacy Skills.
www.informationliteracy.org/access.tpl
Password required until summer 2005: Pioneer
- Drayton Hall Plantation. Drayton Hall Online: Digital Applications for Teachers, Students and Researchers.
www.draytonhall.org
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Teaching with Digital Content. http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/TDC/Index.htm
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3:15pm |
Project Sessions: Digital Resources for Educators
Chair: Bill Barnett, Field Museum
Presenters:
Laura Strentz and Iris Taboh, Seattle Schools, for the
New Museum of Contemporary Art, "Re-Presenting Race in the Digital
Age."
Marilyn Lutz and Laura Gallucci, University of Maine, "The Maine Music Box"
Lynne Spichiger, Memorial Hall Museum, and Chris Sturm, Marlboro
Middle School, Marlboro, New Jersey, "Digital Deerfield 1704: A
New Perspective on the French and Indian Wars."
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4:45pm |
Adjourn |
Friday, February 18, 2005 - Conference Day Two
| 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast (Regency Foyer) |
| 9:00am |
Reconvene
Robert Martin, IMLS
Keynote: Susan Sclafani, U.S. Department of Education, “Technology and Our Schools: Preparing America’s Future”
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9:45am |
Break (Regency Foyer) |
10:00am |
Creating and Sustaining Effective Users of Online
Resources
Chair: Martha Hale, Catholic University School of Library and Information Science
Presenters:
Ken Kay, Infotech Strategies, "21st Century Skills: A Vision for Teaching and Learning
in the Digital World."
John Lewis Needham, Google, Inc., "What is Google Doing in My Library? An Overview of the New Google Content Initiatives."
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11:00am |
On My Mind: Reflections from the Community
Chair: Joyce Ray, IMLS
Presenters:
Peter Kaufman, Intelligent Television
Henry Kelly, Federation of American Scientists
Peggy O'Brien, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Sarah Whitesell, Federal Communications Commission
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12:00pm |
Wrap-up, Adjourn |
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