Teaching Disciplinary Literacy with Primary Sources

EDUC 642
Teaching Digital Media Literacy in the Content Areas: Disciplinary Literacy and Using Primary Sources

Online Course 2 semester hours graduate credit
Instructor: Mary Alice Anderson
Tuition and Registration
June 17 - July 26, 2013

Designed for educators in all content areas who are incorporating disciplinary literacy, primary sources,  inquiry and informational text reading skills, and those working with National History Day activities. Explore free Web-based collections of primary source artifacts and add a real-world perspective and dynamic engagement in your teaching activities. Course activities include locating and analyzing primary sources appropriate for all content areas.  Your students will love it!

Description

Research-based strategies for analyzing, critiquing and engaging with informational digital text, video, images and diverse multimedia primary sources in the classroom to stimulate inquiry, creativity and critical thinking.

This course is an approved elective in the Master of Science in Education online degree program. NOTE: You may enroll in this course to meet your goals for professional development, license renewal, or to complete graduate credits and transfer the credit to another university.

Who Should Enroll

Participants in the course may include: 

  •  K-12 teachers 
  • Community college, higher ed and continuing education faculty 
  •  Vocational, technical education, and community college instructors 
  •  Higher ed librarians and K-12 school library media specialists

The course is especially helpful for teachers of Advanced Placement classes, teachers addressing disciplinary literacy, state and national standards requiring the use of primary sources, teachers incorporating inquiry and informational text reading skills, and those working with National History Day activities. Digital primary sources from The Library of Congress American Memory Collections, the Library’s Teacher’ Page and professional development program will be incorporated.

Learn how to locate primary sources in multiple digital formats to support differentiated instruction and enhance your curriculum. Develop learning activities that promote higher level questioning while adding excitement to student learning through engaging activities. Participate in ongoing discussion, utilize web 2.0 tools and complete projects that meet curriculum needs.

This Class Changed My Teaching Forever...


Textbook

There is no required textbook. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Critically analyze and apply evidence-based digital media literacy research when selecting and integrating primary sources in the development of learning activities.

  2. Model how to access primary source digital online repositories and how to select the appropriate search strategy to access resources in complex archival primary source databases and collections.

  3. Model the inquiry process with a content-related research question and critically analyze the authority and reliability of information and make comparisons between collections.

  4. Demonstrate how to determine the effectiveness of primary source learning objects in meeting learning outcomes and how to integrate universal design for diverse learning styles.

  5. Advocate and model legal and ethical practices related to copyright laws and citation of digital media sources according to type of media.

  6. Analyze developmentally appropriate instructional strategies for interpreting, organizing and interacting with learning objects found in digital media primary sources.

  7. Develop interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary instructional activities using primary sources to enhance understanding in a variety of subject areas that may include science, math, social studies, language arts, the arts, family and consumer science education, marketing and business education, media production, gifted and talented, special education and technology education.

  8. Integrate a variety of digital media primary resources from local community, state, or national archives to demonstrate the impact of instruction on learning in a field based setting and interpret field test results.


Alignment with Teaching Standards

Course objectives are aligned with the following teaching standards:

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards 4, 5
Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure (WI DPI) 4, 6, 7, 9

Wisconsin Model Academic Standards Information and Technology Literacy

B. 12.2 Analyze primary and secondary sources related to a historical question to evaluate their relevance, make comparisons, integrate new information with prior knowledge and come to a reasoned conclusion.

International Society for Technology in Education, National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers 2, 3, 4
American Association of School Librarians, Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. 1.1, 2.1, 2.2,
National Council for Social Studies Curriculum Standards and the National Standards for History

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Our Students Say. . .

"Primary sources are one of those things that content area teachers need to have in their tool box."
~ Science Teacher, Wisconsin

 

"I have never felt so good taking a course than I have during this course. The instructor's teaching style of reaching out through e-mail and follow-up questions on the discussion board created a community feel that I enjoyed. The exploratory nature of the assignments has sparked many ideas for my own classroom. I can't even go out to eat without thinking about primary sources."
~ High School Social Studies Teacher, Wisconsin

 

"I'm very excited about the Library of Congress and their digital collection. Thanks, Mary Alice, for giving us the opportunity to check it out. I'm fairly certain that I would not have known about these resources without this course."
~ Social Studies Teacher, Illinois

 

"I can confidently admit that this course far exceeded my expectations."
~ History Teacher, Illinois

 

"Thanks for everything! It has been a pleasure taking this class with you. I have learned a lot. You were very helpful when I didn't understand something."
~ 4th Grade Teacher, Germany

 

"When I thought of primary sources before this course, I had a vague idea of dry, dull information—treaties, science research. Instead I found lots of great ways to enrich my curriculum."
~ Middle School English Teacher, Wisconsin

 

"I have gotten my money's worth with this class! I learned so much from the assignments, as well as my classmates in our online discussions. This has been one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable, class I've ever taken."
~ Elementary Media Specialist, Wisconsin

 

"It's incredible what I've learned about my neighborhood not only during the local history module, but the entire class."
~ Park Ranger-Education, Ellis Island, New York

 

"I feel a sense of being enlightened, enriched, and enthused. I was able to build lessons that I would have never thought of before, and I was able to enhance older lessons with primary sources so that students in my classes are truly able to draw connections between history and literature. I feel that this class fueled an enthusiasm about teaching and learning I have not had in some time."
~ High School English Teacher, Maryland

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