Since I'm preparing a presentation for NCaect in Raleigh, March 5, I am
doubly excited over the new look of the Learning Page. It is so much
easier to access the lessons we Fellows have developed. When we presented
last year, we found that the lessons are of great interest to media
specialists and teachers.

Jackie Brooks and I ('97 Fellows) will focus our presentation March 5 on
our project on the Great Depression in North Carolina, but we also want to
update our audience on all the wonderful additions to the entire
Collection. We're really excited about showing off the new and improved
Learning Page, as well as the "histories" our students created as a result
of their work with the American Life Histories collection! The tough part
right now is to figure out how to do that in the hour we have to present!

Thanks to everyone responsible for the Learning Page improvements.
Deborah


At 08:15 AM 2/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I couldn't agree more. The new Learning Page looks great and "feels"
>even better! I can't wait to share it at our second dissemination next
>month. We will be in a lab situation, so we are going to "turn 'em on,
>and turn 'em loose."
>Congrats and a big Thanks! to Ursula, Judy, Cathy and any others.
>Lydia DiMartino
>Burgin Independent
>
>> ----------
>> From: BTally[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Reply To: American Memory Fellows
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 1:29 PM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list AMFELLOWS
>> Subject: Re: new Learning Page!!
>>
>> Hi Fellows,
>>
>> Just wanted to take this opportunity -- on behalf of all of us -- to
>> say
>> congratulations and THANK YOU to Ursula, Judy, Cathy, and everyone
>> else who put
>> so much work into our new Learning Page. It looks fantastic, and the
>> new design
>> appears to me to make using the collections so much easier for
>> students, and
>> teachers. What do you all think? Please weigh in with your comments
>> -- that
>> will be the most sincere flattery you can give these hard-working
>> folks.
>>
>> One other thought -- looking at new the Learning Page is a great way
>> to quickly
>> acquaint yourself with some of the terrific new collections that have
>> been
>> coming fast and thick of late. Buckaroos in Paradise...Dance
>> Instruction
>> Manuals...Hispano Music Collection... Historic Buildings Survey...
>> and more!
>>
>> Congrats Judy, Ursula and Cathy!!!
>>
>> Bill Tally and the gang
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>> _________
>> Subject: new Learning Page!!
>> From: American Memory Fellows <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
>> Date: 1/29/99 9:55 AM
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> The Learning Page has a new face! Check out our new interface at
>> http://learning.loc.gov/learn/
>>
>> Last year's Fellows got a preview at the institute, but only a taste.
>>
>> Ursula Marcum, designer extraodinare and AM collection expert, and
>> Cathy
>> Young, resident HTML whiz, have been beavering away to make our
>> materials
>> easier to navigate and find.
>>
>> You'll see some of the same sections: Search Guides, Learn More About
>> It!,
>> Activities.
>>
>> And some new ones: Features, Lesson Ideas, Educators' Programs,
>> Research
>> Tools, and New.
>>
>> The content is still the same, just easier to reach from the home
>> page.
>>
>> Now - a favor. Give us feedback - all kinds. We'll be tweaking it
>> for the
>> next three months and would really like your comments to help us make
>> this
>> the best we can. Contact me ([log in to unmask]) or Ursula ([log in to unmask]).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Judy
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Judith K. Graves
>> Education Resources Specialist
>> National Digital Library Program
>> Library of Congress
>> Washington, D.C. 20540-1320
>> [log in to unmask]
>> (V)202/707-2562 (F) 202/252-3173
>> http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
>>
>
Deborah Pendleton, Media Coordinator
Ligon Middle School, Raleigh, NC
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