Special Topic Workshops

Upcoming Workshops

Pages of the Past: Newspapers and Media Literacy - Saturday November 7, 2009
Location:  UNC’s new Centerra Center in Loveland     Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Registration information: To sign up, contact us at 970-351-1555 or primary.sources@unco.edu

Discover the power of primary sources from historic newspapers to explore the concept of media literacy in this 8 hour TPS workshop. Join us and explore classroom activities using news articles, political cartoons, and advertisements. We will focus on two newspaper collections, the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America and the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection, and investigate ways to use these pages from history to promote student media literacy, a critical 21st century skill.  Plus we will focus on leveraging Web 2.0 tools to promote citizen journalism among students.  Lunch will be provided. Can earn college credit.

Pre-requisite: At least 4 hours of an introductory level TPS workshop. (If you have not already participated in these initial workshops, meet this pre-requisite with the workshop at Centerra October 10.)

Past Special Topics Workshops

Folklife Workshop
Click here for resources used for the March 21st Folklife: Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary  Workshop

WebQuest Workshop
Click here for resources used for the Developing WebQuests Workshop

Lincoln Workshop
Click here for resources used for the Thinkin' Lincoln Workshop