I would be happy to discuss any individual teacher's needs directly. Feel free to contact me off-list. I have never "skyped," but would welcome the opportunity to learn. We come into the classroom when we can, but the Library's main focus has been on resources aimed directly at teachers. We held a teacher's institute last summer on our "Union or Secession" project, and anticipate holding it again next year now that the exhibition and website are "live." Frequently, educators who come to these sessions will ask us to present to teachers in their system or they will spread the word themselves, making it a fairly efficient way for a very small staff to have a significant impact. We also will be offering student tours of the exhibition. As several folks have suggested, there are numerous qualified candidates around the state who might come into the classroom in person or virtually. Gregg Kimball -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:25 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VA-HIST] Teaching history in the digital age! A few days ago I got an email alert from Classroom 2.0 ning: I need help! Te teacher was creating a unit for her classroom as an activity in her own grad level class. The unit was for US History about the Civil War. She wants her students to study the causes of the war. She needed an Internet activity. I suggested she locate an expert on the issues, and invite him/her to interact with her students via Skype. I suggested there were such experts on this mailing list, but I didn't know here who would like to be the "expert from afar". I suggested she contact Greg Kimball. The teacher just wrote back, and got me to thinking. Greg, will it be possible for you to help one such teacher? for a few such teacher? an unlimited number of such teachers? Can any on the list suggest how to handle the logistics of getting a history expert available to K-12 classes? Anne -- Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html