http:tides'sfasu'edu

1
http//tides.sfasu.edu
TIDES Digital Learning Consortium Rachel
Galan and Susan Clarke Stephen F. Austin State
Universitys R. W. Steen Library
International Cultural Heritage Informatics
Meeting 2007 Toronto, Canada October 24, 2007
2
In September 2005, the Texas Tides project was
awarded 570,288 through anInstitute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership
Grant in the Advancing Learning Communities
category. IMLS funding is providing for many
exciting expansions to the initial Texas Tides
project.

• http//www.imls.gov

3
Texas Tides to TIDES

• In the Fall of 2007,
• Texas Tides became simply TIDES to better
  encompass the multi-cultural, multi-lingual
  aspects of the project which go beyond Texas
  resources and educational missions. The TIDES
  title now represents Teaching Images and Digital
  Experiences which more fully reflects the future
  of the program.

4
Within TIDES, users will find two distinct
portals to a variety of materials.

• A Website designed for K-12 teachers and students

• A searchable database of over 16,000 primary
  resources

5
TIDES Partners
East Texas Research Center
The Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library
The Stone Fort Museum
Instituto de Idioma y Cultura en Cuernavaca
6
Collaboration with other Digital Aggregator
Initiatives
7
K-16 Partnerships Universities, K-12 Schools and
State Agencies

• Needs
• Bilingual Tools
• Availability of State Compliant Lessons
• Teacher Enrichment Experiences
• Virtual Expeditions
• Science Resources
• Rich Cultural Content
• Simpler ways to find and use digital images

8
(No Transcript)
9
TIDES Virtual ExpeditionsThrough TIDES virtual
expeditions, visitors will have an opportunity to
experience sites and events of local interest,
around Texas, and from Mexico.
Millards Crossing
10
Comparing History, Comparing Cultures
1857 Letter from Henderson, TX Excerpt about
making Red dye Dissolve two ounces of pounded
cochineal in a brass kettle in a sufficient
quantity of water to cover one pound of thread.
Let the cochineal dissolve for fifteen minutes
Mix 2 oz of muriate of tin with half an ounce of
cream of tartar, added to the other mixture. The
thread should be washed clean. Put in the dye
wet and boiled thirty minutes.
Zapotec Weavers Oaxaca, Mexico (2006) Showing
a colony of cochineal and demonstrating how it is
used to make dye.
11
The TIDES Community
To connect with as wide an audience as possible,
TIDES has created profiles and accounts with many
social networking and media sharing sites. These
sites allow us to share our collections with
users who might otherwise pass TIDES by.
12
(No Transcript)
13
(No Transcript)
14
What you will find on the TIDES Website
15
Children on an Island in Patzcuaro
16
Ofrendas in Cuernavaca
17
A Baby Cradle
18
A garden spider near Mayan ruins in Mexico
19
Sam Houstons Hair
20
Caddo Indian Tomahawk
21
A Quilt, Made by 4th Graders at Thomas J. Rusk
Middle School
22
Sash, Worn by Encarnacion Chireno, leader of the
Nacogdoches Troops during the 1832 Battle of
Nacogdoches
23
The Old Stone Fort, 1885
24
Sugar Skulls from Day of the Dead
25
Students mixing paste that will be used to make a
bowl.
26
A students self portrait.
27
A Middle School in Mexico
28
Main Street in Kilgore, Texas 1874
29
A Paper Mache Figure in Zacatecas, Mexico
30
A Chamber Pot
31
The Tree of Life, or Arbol del Tule, in Oazaca,
Mexico
32
Georgian Memorial Gold Ring 1775
33
Sketch by George Luis Crocket
34
China Poblana Dress from Puebla, Mexico
35
1837 Map of Texas, Mexico and Part of the United
States
36
Cabrito Cooking in Mexico
37
Playing Cards
38
Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt
39
Bank Note from 1862
40
Huichol Yarn Painting from the Museo Zacatecano
41
Photo from Thompson Lumber Company
42
Portion of a Mural by David Siqueiros in
Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City
43
http//tides.sfasu.edu