NECC 2009 - Library of Congress - PD for Teachers

I attended a presentation by representatives from the Library of Congress. As you know, the Library of Congress has wonderful learning resources for teachers and students. What you might not be aware of is their newly designed professional development website for teachers. You can go to the Library of Congress link to learn more. Select teachers from the sidebar, and then select professional development. Click on TPS Direct (Teaching with Primary Sources) to gain access to their PD site. You have the option of putting together your own professional development plan or you can select from a list of self-directed modules. There are several modules. Some examples are "how to use the Library of Congress, one on how to analyze primary sources, another on understanding the inquiry process. There are 10 pieces of content totaling 12 1/2 hours of PD. However, you can select as many hours as you'd like and the modules that you'd like to study. There are PDF files of lessons and activities that are downloadable and the best part about this is it's free! They plan on collaborating with an online PD organization and their goal is to be able to upload some of these resources to Moodle. They also plan to add 10 more content pieces.

Be sure to visit the Library of Congress website to check out this newly designed PD opportunity. You might also want to peruse their website. It's chock full of wonderful resources.