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Explore Conflict & Compromise

with the Smithsonian Learning

Lab and EDSITEment

Tess Porter

Education Support Specialist

Smithsonian Center for

Learning and Digital Access

portert@si.edu

Joe Phelan

Program Officer, Division of

Education

National Endowment for

the Humanities

jphelan@neh.gov

Questions and Digital Citizenship

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Introduction to theSmithsonian Learning Lab

Over 2 million digital resources withtools for discovery, selection, and use

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Reasons to Use the Smithsonian Learning Lab

Get inspiration by incorporating authoritative, authentic resources into instruction and assignments

Empower student creativity and skills as “knowledge constructors” (ISTE)

Deepen and contextualize learning with visuals and media

Use or build on the work of other educators

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Two Important Terms

“RESOURCES”

2M Smithsonian digital assets

Building blocks of collections

Resources + Creativity = Collections

“COLLECTIONS”

Made by educators and students, most are

Topical collections

Student activities

Teaching guides

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Typical Learning Lab Resources

ART ARTIFACTS

SPECIMENSPHOTOS RECORDINGS TEXTS

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What Collections Look Like: Simple

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What Collections Look Like: Complex

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Questions?

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Conflict and Compromise at the National Portrait Gallery

Free People of Color in Antebellum America

Japanese Incarceration during World War II

Labor Movements, Unions, and Musicians

Native American Peace Treaties

NMAAHC Collection Connection Grid 2018: Conflict and Compromise in History

People of the Vietnam Era

Pittsburgh's Labor History

Reading American Art as a Historical Source

More NHD2018 Collections:

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Let’s Get Started!To sign up:

Go to learninglab.si.edu

Click Sign Up

Follow the prompts to create a free account

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SearchTo search:

Hover over the magnifying glass

Type your search terms

Click the magnifying glass

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Citation

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Find NHD2018 CollectionsTo search:

Type NHD2018 in the search bar

Click the magnifying glass

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Copy a CollectionTo copy a collection to your account:

Click the folder icon

Follow the prompts

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Find Tutorials for creating a collection, using tools, and more Go to the main

page at learninglab.si.edu

Scroll down to the Discover, Create, and Share icons

Click on any icon

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Questions?

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Developing Research Questions