Infinite Thinking Machine: Friday Five: Create, Express, Learn with Primary Source Material
Five sites to find and use online primary source content with students, focusing on sites that encourage students to remix and share multimedia content. Some of the sites provide tools for production and publication.
Dipity
Create a timeline by adding each event manually or by adding a source (Flickr, RSS, twitter, etc.) Images, music, and video can be included in events. Related services include Tickr, which lets you create a dynamic timeline with Flickr images based on search criteria, and TimeTube, which does the same for YouTube. Some people are playing with this as a way to visualize the river of information from the Connectivism course (CCK08) this fall.
Digital Vaults: Social networking for primary sources «
Description of the National Archives Digital Vault and how it may help digitial natives find primary sources in a more accessible way. I'm not sure whether the digital native/immigrant difference is as important as the simple fact that the Digitial Vault is more visually appealing and interactive. I think it helps show patterns and connections between primary sources more effectively, which can be helpful for people of any age.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th
century
<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/North+America/">North American</a> and
<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/South+America/">South American</a>
maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the
<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/World/">World</a>,
<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/Europe/">Europe</a>,
<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/Asia/">Asia</a>, and
<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/Africa/">Africa</a> are also represented.