LC American Memory Fellows


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Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 14:22:33 -0400


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News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
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May 23, 2001

            50 Educators Named as LC American Memory Fellows 2001
               Bringing Primary Documents into Nation's Schools

>Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:30:17 -0400
>From: danna bell-russel <dbell@loc.gov>
>Subject: Announcement of 2001 American Memory Fellows

May 16, 2001

Contact: Guy Lamolinara (202) 707-9217

            50 EDUCATORS TO PARTICIPATE IN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
                   AMERICAN MEMORY FELLOWS PROGRAM FOR 2001

Fifth Annual Educators Institute to Aid Participants in Use of
Electronic Primary Sources

        The National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress has
announced the selection of 50 educators to participate in the
2001 American Memory Fellows Program. The program is an opportunity for
outstanding elementary, middle and high school humanities teachers and
library-media specialists to learn more about the use of digitized
primary sources from the Library in the teaching of American history and
culture in their schools.

         "The American Memory Fellows Program is a chance for the Library to
partner with educators across the nation in exploring the value and use
of electronic primary sources," said Librarian of Congress James H.
Billington. "The 50 educators who will come here this summer, and the
200 who preceded them, are enthusiastic online ambassadors who spread
the word to other teachers about our National Digital Library Program's
importance to education."

        The American Memory Fellows will gather in Washington for two sessions
of a National Digital Library Educators Institute. The first session,
July 15-20, is for elementary and middle school educators, grades 5-8;
the second session July 22-27, is for middle and high school
educators. Fellows will learn about the Library of Congress's digitized
American Memory collections of photographs, documents, manuscripts,
maps, sound recordings and motion pictures available at www.loc.gov.
During the Educators Institute, the Fellows will share in a professional
development experience that will shape the way that the Library's unique
American Memory collections are used in schools across the country.

              The 2001 Fellows join 200 graduates of the Educators Institutes
that began in 1997. Like their predecessors, the 2001 Fellows will
create teaching units based on the nearly 7.5 million American Memory
materials now online. Then, in the school year 2001-2002, Fellows will
test their teaching units in the classroom and will revise them for
eventual dissemination to the education community through both the
Library's World Wide Web site and at professional education forums
nationwide. Interactive teaching unit ideas proposed by the selected
American Memory Fellows include projects on local history through
architecture, the role of the African American soldier in the Civil War,
the songs that "built" Kansas, Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of
Independence and women's identity at the turn of the 20th century.

        The Educators Institute "has been the most stimulating experience of my
professional life," said Jane Garvin, of St. Joseph's Academy in St.
Louis, Mo. Another Fellow said: "I think the most important thing that I
discovered this week was almost a complete paradigm shift in how I
access and use information. ... Now, I can't imagine not using primary
resources."

        Twenty-five, two-person American Memory Fellows teams, selected by an
independent review panel from 150 teams of applicants, comprise
teachers, librarians, curriculum coordinators, media specialists and
other educational professionals from across the nation. The American
Memory Fellows are frequent users of technology in the classroom, and
they are experienced in using primary sources to motivate students,
promote critical thinking and help students connect history to their
lives. All the Fellows are active leaders in the field of education and
have the ability to disseminate their expertise to educators in their
region.

        American Memory Fellows will also cooperate throughout the school year
in an online National Digital Library Teacher Network. Through this
forum, they will exchange ideas and learn from each other through
organized online discussion groups.

        The American Memory Fellows Program is part of the National Digital
Library Program, which, through more than 100 online collections is
making freely available nearly 7.5 million American history items from
the collections of the Library of Congress and other repositories. The
2001 National Digital Library Educators Institute is made possible by a
grant from an anonymous donor, who is helping the Library reach out to
the education community.

        2001 AMERICAN MEMORY FELLOWS

Alabama

Beth Glasgow
Shelby County Schools
Columbiana, AL 35051

Nancy Law
Columbiana Middle School
Columbiana, AL 35051

Arizona

Constance Egter
Cordova School
Phoenix, AZ 85017

Julie Spangler
Cordova School
Phoenix, AZ 85017

California

Peggy Walker
Newbury Park High School
Newbury Park, CA 91320

Heidi Wolf
Newbury Park High School
Newbury Park, CA 91320

Lisa Rillingale
Pinole Valley High School
Pinole, CA 94564

Lynne Therriault
Pinole Valley High School
Pinole, CA 94564

Donna Krasnow
Carmel High School
Carmel, CA 93922

Bonnie Price
Lou Henry Hoover Elementary School
Whittier, CA 90601

Zorana Ercegovac
Windward School
Los Angeles, CA 90066

Mark Simpson
Windward School
Los Angeles, CA 90066

Florida

Jane Koszoru
Coral Springs High School
Coral Springs, FL 33065

Margaret Rohrbach
Coral Springs High School
Coral Springs, FL 33065

Georgia

Martha Battle
Sprayberry High School
Marietta, GA 30066

Mary Ann Johnson
Sprayberry High School
Marietta, GA 30066

Illinois

Heather Klamrzynski
Sunset Ridge School District (29)
Northfield, IL 60093

Kenneth Smith
Sunset Ridge School District (29)
Northfield, IL 60093

Indiana

Kathryn Coolman
Mary McClelland Elementary
Indianapolis, IN 46241

MiSang Han
Mary McClelland Elementary
Indianapolis, IN 46241

Kansas

Latane Kreiser
Fort Riley Middle School
Fort Riley, KS 66442

Mary Stahl
Fort Riley Middle School
Fort Riley, KS 66442

Massachusetts

Donna Cantarella
Westwood Public Schools
Westwood, MA 02090

Mary Alice Misuta
Westwood Public Schools
Westwood, MA 02090

Maryland

Bobbie Chase
Cabin John Middle School
Potomac, MD 20854

Anna Park Muher
Cabin John Middle School
Potomac, MD 20854

North Carolina

Cayanne Ramuten
Weldon High School
Weldon, NC 27890

Dana Stone
Weldon High School
Weldon, NC 27890

New Hampshire

Linda Hamel
Manchester Memorial High School
Manchester, NH 03103

Linda Hedrick
Manchester Memorial High School
Manchester, NH 03103

New Jersey

Judith Klement
Dover Middle School
Dover, NJ 07801

Elizabeth Park
Dover Middle School
Dover, NJ 07801

New York

Phyllis DiBianco
Scarsdale High School
Scarsdale, NY 10583

Natalie Farina
Scarsdale High School
Scarsdale, NY 10583

Susan Allen
Nichols School
Buffalo, NY 14216

Mary Rockwell
Nichols School
Buffalo, NY 14216

Cathryn Franchino
Henry W. Longfellow School 36
Rochester, NY 14621

Peter Mastrogiovanni
Henry W. Longfellow School 36
Rochester, NY 14621

Ohio

David Lackey
Strongsville High School
Strongsville, OH 44149

Linda Specht
Strongsville High School
Strongsville, OH 44149

Oklahoma

Niki Childers
Clyde Boyd Junior High School
Sand Springs, OK 74063

Gayle Lawrence
Clyde Boyd Junior High School
Sand Springs, OK 74063

South Carolina

Karen Cookson
Marrington Elementary
Goose Creek, SC 29445

Merrie Fisher
Marrington Elementary
Goose Creek, SC 29445

Tennessee

Kay Gragg
East Middle School
Nashville, TN 37206

Renee Semik
East Middle School
Nashville, TN 37206

Washington

Penny Brown
Foothills Middle School
Wenatchee, WA 98801

Nancy Mowat
Foothills Middle School
Wenatchee, WA 98801

Wisconsin

Douglas Hyde
Menomonie Schools Middle School
Menommonie, WI 54751

Micheal Larson
Menomonie Schools Middle School
Menommonie, WI 54751

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