Featured 4-1-2014: Museu.ms

Museu.ms is an international portal to museums worldwide, collecting information and presenting it to the public in a searchable format.

 

Museu.ms is visited daily by thousands of users from all over the world. Users can register for free to mark favorites, write reviews and recommendations, and post to social networks.

 

Museum professionals can submit their museums and publish information about their institutions, such as visitor information, collections and objects, exhibitions and events, articles and more. It’s free.

 

The data submitted to Museu.ms can be quickly and easily transformed and distributed across different platforms and devices. The data is not available only on the website but also in mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Windows 8.

 

 

Museu.ms is designed and developed by Semantika, one of the leading museums documentation providers in Central Europe with over 10 years of experience in .collection management systems.

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Featured 3-20-2014: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

America's first presidential library is the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum  It is also the only one used by a sitting president, built under President Roosevelt's direction and opened to the public in 1941.

 

The mission of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is "to foster research and education on the life and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and their continuing impact on contemporary life.”

 

 

The education division of the FDR museum offers a number of both on- and off-site professional development workshops that take advantage of the rich resources and knowledgeable staff available there. Teachers can sharpen their skills, renew their enthusiasm, and earn PD credit by participating in a variety of workshops.

 

Comprehensive curriculum guides introduce students (ages 8-17) to key topics of the Roosevelt era. The guides are designed for use by teachers of civics, citizenship, government, economics, geography, fine arts, history, writing, and journalism. Included in the guides are primary source documents, photographs, study questions, and other resources from the library archives.

 

 

Franklin D. Roosevelt Day by Day is an interactive chronology documenting Franklin Roosevelt’s daily schedule as President, from March 1933 to April 1945. Here you will find digitized original calendars and schedules tracing FDR’s appointments, travel schedule, social events, guests, and more.You can search the chronology by keyword and date. Day by Day also includes an interactive timeline of additional materials from the archives of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum to place each day’s calendar into larger historical context.

 

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Featured 2-27-2014: My Learning

The collections of several arts, heritage and cultural organizations are the stimulus for My Learning, a resource for teachers and learners.

 

Search My Learning for a resource by subject, age group, organization, or keywords. New resources are added frequently, so please check regularly for new subjects and topics.

 

For a full list of resources covering particular curriculum areas go to the subject tab. Subjects also covers topics such as Citizenship and Enterprise that are often taught with another subject. 

 

The Age group tab is categorized by the different Key Stages plus Lifelong Learning, Early Years, etc.

 

Resources on specific themes and topics can be searched for by entering key words and phrases in the 'keyword search' box. The search can be narrowed to images only if you choose.

 

The individual organizations that contribute to My Learning can be searched for by clicking the Contributing Organisations tab. This will bring up an alphabetical list all the arts, heritage, and cultural organizations that have resources on My Learning.

 

 

My Learning launched in 2006 as a pre- and post-visit resource for teachers offering an integrated approach to learning with museums. My Learning has gradually been expanded to include resources from across the UK.

 

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Featured: 12-9-2013 Smithsonian X 3D

The Smithsonian X 3D viewer offers students the ability to explore some of the Smithsonian’s most treasured items using 3D objects.

The level of control available using the SIx3D viewer has never before been possible. The goal is that this cutting-edge level of access to the Smithsonian collections will stimulate students’ curiosity and that these explorations will help develop observation skills and critical thinking.

SIx3D also offers access to most of the data sets used to make these 3D objects. Then using the same tools as professionals, students can have the chance to create imaginative and innovative work themselves. Smithsonian educators are working on a new resource (scheduled for release in the Spring of 2014) to help you introduce 3D and its possibilities to your students.

 See a Smithsonian X 3Doverview

Smithsonian X 3D requires an up-to-date browser supporting WebGL. All major browsers on Windows are supported, including MS IE11, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. On OS X, Chrome and Firefox fully support the SIx3D Explorer, but in Safari, WebGL is disabled by default, but can be enabled from the developer menu.

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Featured: 11-4-2013 ArtBabble

ArtBabble showcases high quality art-related video content from more than fifty cultural institutions from around the world.

ArtBabble brings art content from different places and perspectives together, where it can be easily found and accessed. People who love and are interested in art may find ArtBabble a unique and engaging place to explore and learn.

ArtBabble may prove particularly advantageous to educators who can use it as a way to support their classroom activities. The For Educators page helps teachers quickly and easily find what they are looking for.

Browse by Theme, Medium, Period & Style, Location, People, and more, or search by keyword.

Created in 2009, ArtBabble is the product of a cross-departmental collection of individuals at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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Featured: 6-11-2013 Science Museum

Visit London's Science Museum online. Find out about the museum's objects, arts projects, and medical collection, play educational games, and discover climate science, and more.

You can also check out the Science Museum blogs, a tabloid history of science, and the latest contemporary science news. The Talk Science Blog gives great ideas for promoting discussion about science in the classroom.

Science MuseumTeacher Resources include activities, videos, online games and websites, tips, tools, and demos. Browse the resources or search by age, subject, and topic.

The Science Museum was founded in 1857 as part of the South Kensington Museum, and became independent in 1909. Today the Science Museum is world renowned for its historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries, and inspirational exhibitions.

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Featured: 4-9-2013 Making the Modern World [History]

Making the Modern World delivers powerful stories about science and invention from the 18th century to today to explain the development and spread of modern industrial society and all its effects on the lives of people.

Making the Modern World extends the permanent landmark gallery at the Science Museum, using the Web and multimedia to go  beyond the capabilities of a static exhibition.

Features of Making the Modern World:

• Animated scenes explore historical episodes, explain landmark discoveries, and take you to special places like the Apollo cockpit and James Watt’s workshop.

• The story timeline runs from the scientific Enlightenment of the 18th century, through the age of coal and steam, and right to the modern world of science and skepticism.

• Icons of Invention displays over a hundred amazing 'firsts' in the Science Museum, from the Rocket locomotive to DNA, that mark some of the biggest steps in science and invention.

• Linked closely to the stories, the learning modules support A level and vocational students in their studies and offer a deeper understanding of a wide variety of subjects to all interested users.

• Eight dynamic guided tours help you follow stories and paths linked across time.

• Technology is woven into everything we touch. Explore the everyday life objects used at home, at work, and at play.

Making the Modern World is sponsored by the ISB fund of the Treasury and the Cabinet Office, and is produced in partnership with mwr and Peter Symonds College, Winchester.

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COD - 6/11/2012 - IdeaLabs [Science, Social Studies]

IdeaLabs are online dynamic, interactive student tutorials that bring the Smithsonian to life. Based on Smithsonian collections and research, IdeaLabs give your students an online opportunity to explore American history, science, and culture.

There are nine IdeaLabs for students:

Scientists @ The Smithsonian. Watch videos of scientists at work in jobs ranging from tracking killer bees to measuring the moon.

Sizing Up the Universe. Students choose ordinary objects, like a basketball, to represent objects in the universe and use these to explore relative sizes in outer space. 

Prehistoric Climate Change. Use fossils as a thermometer to read temperatures 55 million years ago. 

U.S. Rationing during World War II. An introduction to primary sources as well as to life on the home front. Students examine a ration book, morale posters, and an Office of War Information film to learn how Americans lived in a time of sacrifice.

Digging for Answers.  A question-and-answer game on subjects ranging from Mickey Mouse to the moon landings. With every question, students have the option of racing against the clock to find the answer on a web search.

Smithsonian Kids. From among the 142 million objects in the Smithsonian, students can find something fast, fun, cool, scary, patriotic, and beautiful, zoom in on the objects, learn facts, and send e-cards to their friends.

Walking on the Moon. Students take a  journey back in time to experience the Apollo 11 mission. Interviews with the astronauts, life inside the command module, and more.

Kids Collecting. Explore the riches of the Smithsonian’s collections. Students learn how to start their own collections, and young collectors are showcased.

Mr. President. Facts, portraits, and quotes from each of our nation’s presidents. It’s a great place for browsing, research, or homework help.

The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies has a mission increase the Smithsonian Institution’s influence as a national educational organization. 

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COD - 5/22/2012 - ArtsConnectEd [Art]

ArtsConnectEd is an interactive Web site that provides access to works of art and educational resources from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Walker Art Center for K-12 educators, students, and scholars.

With Art Finder, ArtsConnectEd users can search over 100,000 of the museums’ digitized items including works of art, texts, audio and video, and interactive resources.

Art Collector makes it possible for users to save, customize, present, and share items in Art Collector sets. Everything can be commented on, tagged, and rated.

Ask an Educator allows users to submit questions about using ArtsConnectEd to real teachers who already use the site.

Through a train-the-trainer model, ArtsConnectEd is training teachers who conduct teacher workshops in their regions. So far, more than 3500 K-12 and pre-service teachers have participated in workshops focusing on the effective classroom use of ArtsConnectEd.

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COD - 3/28/2012 - History Explorer [History]

Smithsonian's History Explorer is a full-featured search tool for all the educational resources from the National Museum of American History. History Explorer was developed by the museum to offer K-12 teachers and students hundreds of free, innovative online resources for teaching and learning American history.

The resources found at History Explorer focus on learning history by "reading objects for the stories they hold about the nation and its many peoples." Artifacts selected from over 3 million items in the museum's collections are featured in the learning activities that draw on the knowledge and skills of the Smithsonian Museum's curatorial staff.

Search the resources of History Explorer by keyword and filter your results by grade level, resource type, historical era, and cross-curricular connections.

The Interactives & Media section includes a complete listing of all the standards-based educational resources that include audio, video, and interactive resources. Many of these resources are designed to be used independently by the learner, thus facilitating differentiated instruction.

The How To Use This Site section includes several tools to help you get the most out of the site. You can also download a brief tutorial to help you start using History Explorer.

Learners can participate in Smithsonian's History Explorer online community and interact with other users in a dialog about American history.

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