Goal of Introductory Workshop Series
Participants will become familiar with the breadth and organization of the Library of Congress’ digital primary sources, understand their value in instruction and create basic inquiry-based learning experiences.

Target Audience
K-12 in-service teachers servicing schools and educators in the following Illinois Regional Office of Education areas:

ROE 3: Bond/Fayette/Effingham Counties
ROE 10: Christian/Montgomery Counties
ROE 13: Clinton/Marion/Washington Counties
ROE 40: Calhoun/Green/Jersey/Macoupin Counties
ROE 41: Madison County
ROE 45: Monroe/Randolph Counties
ROE 50: St. Clair County

Format
Workshops are held during in-service days, after school, and in the summer. Our basic workshop series is 12 hours in length. We have 3 formats: 2 six hour days,3 four hour days, and 4 three hour days. Workshops are hands on and delivered through lecture and group collaboration. The minimum number of participants per workshop series is 10 and the maximum number of participants is 20.

Location
Workshops are held at the K-12 school using their facilities (computer lab) if possible due to the variances in resources between schools. Participants have more success when using familiar resources available at their workplace. There is no fee to the school or participant.

School Technology Award
When a school has a minimum of 10 participants (or 50% of their certified teaching faculty) successfully complete the basic workshop series, the school will be awarded a LCD projector to assist teachers in the use of the digital primary sources at the Library of Congress Web site. Priority use should be given to those teachers who participated in the workshop series.

Participant Technology Award
After a participant successfully completes the introductory workshop series, the participant receives a stipend and a flash drive (or memory stick) to aid in the classroom use of the digital primary sources at the Library of Congress website.

Workshop Series Agenda

Activity Template

Library of Congress Surveys:

Initial Demographics Survey

Library of Congress Exit Survey

Contact Information

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