Projects
Digital Archives
Digital content, delivered through various media (Internet, CD-ROMs, etc.) has dramatically shifted what kids can be introduced to within schools. Diverse information resources previously confined to the archives of cultural institutions or libraries are now available online, and in other digital forms, to support teaching and learning. But teachers cannot work meaningfully with this stuff in a raw state. Much work must be done to make the content available on the web instructionally useful, and to engage teachers and students in the work of examining and interpreting it all. Museums, libraries, and historical societies are digitizing their holdings and constructing tools to facilitate exploration and study of these rich resources, introducing students to the inquiry process and exercising their ability to reason as well as their imagination when interpreting the origins and attributes of photographs and other historical materials. Select a snapshot below to learn more about the kinds of work we do in this area.
CCT staff who have played prominent roles in this domain include Bill Tally.
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American Social History Project Evaluation
2004 - 2009
Abstract:Evaluating a professional development program aimed at improving the American history knowledge of New York City middle and high school teachers. More»
Formative and Audience Research on the Living Room Candidate
2008 - 2009
Abstract:Providing formative and audience research to support the Museum of the Moving Image's development of educational content for its Living Room Candidate website and explore its use metropolitan area classrooms. More»
WGBH: User-Centered Digital Library
2006 - 2008
Abstract:Providing evaluation research to inform the development of an accessible version of the Life Science portion of the Teachers' Domain digital library. More»