http:tides'sfasu'edu

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http//tides.sfasu.edu
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What is TIDES?

• A FREE resource for educators and students.
• An easy-to-use website that provides access to
  primary source documents, TEKS compliant lesson
  plans, and virtual expeditions.
• A tool for cultural awareness and understanding.

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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

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• In 2007, Texas Tides was renamed TIDES.
• The TIDES title represents Teaching, Images, and
  Digital Experiences which more fully reflects the
  future of the program and the multi-cultural,
  multi-lingual aspects of the project.

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Understanding Teachers Needs

• Focus Groups
• Formal and Informal Interviews
• Surveys
• Conference Discussions
• Online Learning Community

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TIDES Serving the Needs of Teachers

• A Few Things Teachers Asked for
• Bilingual Tools
• TEKS Compliant Lesson Plans
• Opportunities for Teaching Enrichment Experiences
• Virtual Expeditions
• Science Resources
• Rich Cultural Content
• 20th Century Resources
• Simpler ways to use images found through digital
  projects

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

• A Website designed for K-12 teachers and students

• A fully searchable database of over 16,000
  primary resources

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TIDES Partners
East Texas Research Center
The Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library
The Stone Fort Museum
Instituto de Idioma y Cultura en Cuernavaca
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Collection Overviews can be located in the
Community Database section by using the Browse
feature.
http//tides.sfasu.edu2006/cdm4/browse.php
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What the TIDES Database Means for You

• You can collect images in the My favorites
  section of the database
• You can save images in a Power Point presentation
• You can save Images to a web page
• You can compare two images side by side
• We can create pre-defined searches for teachers,
  students, and other researchers
• You will easily be able to find a citation URL
• You will be able to zoom in on Images and crop
  them to best meet your particular need

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• TIDES is currently undergoing a major redesign to
  make it cleaner, simpler, and easier to use. The
  first part that is nearing completion is the
• TIDES for Teacher section.

http//tides.sfasu.edu/Teachers/Tides/docs/index.h
tml
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Lesson Plans

• TIDES has worked with K-12 Teachers to create
  original lesson plans using TIDES materials.
  Subjects include Social Studies, Science, Math,
  Language Arts, Art and Theater and Modern
  Language.
• Most lesson plans are TEKS compliant.

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At this time, there over 150 lesson plans
available on the TIDES Website, many of which are
TEKS compliant Social Studies lesson plans, and
more are being added by contracted teachers
everyday.
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Virtual Expeditions A virtual expedition
is a multimedia presentation that brings the
sights and sounds of a distant place to the
learner through a computer. Through TIDES
virtual expeditions, visitors will have an
opportunity to experience sites and events of
local interest, around Texas, and from Mexico.
Millards Crossing
Day of the Dead
Tombstone Rubbing
Ballet Folklorico
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Teachers Experiencing Mexican Culture in Mexico
Donna Bass (2nd grade science teacher TJR
elementary) visited the Yucatan. She is writing
science and social studies lesson plans based on
her trip.
The TIDES program is giving teachers an
opportunity to experience what they teach, enrich
their lessons, create new curriculum, better
understand their student population, and build
student enthusiasm for learning.
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College Readiness

• TIDES staff is also working with other University
  departments, educators and college students to
  create a collection of videos, interviews and
  resources that will help prepare and excite high
  school students for college life.

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Translation of TIDES Material
Undergraduate students from SFA and doctoral
students from TAMU are translating all TIDES
resources into either English or Spanish.
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Making TIDES Work For You

• Because an adequate Internet connection isnt
  always possible, TIDES works hard to give
  teachers as many alternatives as possible.
• Teachers can request any TIDES material in any
  format (CD, DVD, .MOV, etc.) by emailing
  bibbysean_at_sfasu.edu.

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Joining the TIDES Community
In an effort 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.
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The TIDES Yahoo! Group
This is a public listserv which is open to anyone
interested in learning more about TIDES. Its
moderated by Digital Projects Staff members who
regularly check in to answer questions, share
resources, and discuss new opportunities
available through TIDES.
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The TIDES Blog

• The TIDES Blog is an account of the
  inner-workings of the DP Department. Here, staff
  members can talk about ongoing projects,
  conferences and improvements, but in a more
  relaxed and casual tone.

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Help us Make TIDES Useful in Your Classroom

• Surveys
• Custom surveys have been developed to evaluate
  the TIDES Website. Surveys are available for
  teachers, students, and/or General users. Survey
  results are used to direct future program
  development.
• Links to surveys are located on the bottom
  section of the home page http//tides.sfasu.edu/ho
  me.html, on the Teacher section, and will also
  have a place in the upcoming Student Resource
  Section.

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What the Students Want
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Student Focus Groups Information gathered
through student focus groups provides feedback
for the design of the upcoming TIDES student
resource area.
Information on students search strategies and on
how students want to interact with websites was
gathered at recent focus groups of middle, high
school, and university students.
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Student Focus Group Results
Where do students go first for information?
Google (usually the first few hits)
What do they want to find on a website?
Subject Driven Access Ease
of Use Multimedia Features
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Student Focus Group Results

• Subject Driven Access
• A subject driven access point was the preferred
  method of finding information in all the focus
  group session. Google was the most mentioned of
  search engines used. The students liked the
  ease of use and usually found what they needed on
  the first page of results.
• The concept of separation into subject areas
  like culture or lifestyles, science, history,
  etc. was very popular if an icon based menu
  portal was used.
• Ease of Use
• A web site should be easy to use at first site.
  The students were not interested in sites that
  needed explanation or tutorials. Unless they
  were compelled to use that site by a teacher they
  would look for other sources. Too much text was
  also a factor in defining ease of use. A site
  with a mix of pictures and text and links to
  other resources was favored. While some
  multimedia elements were interesting, they did
  not factor heavily into how easy a site was to
  use.
• Multimedia Features
• Video clips were popular, but length was a
  factor. Shorter, a minute or two at most, was
  the most popular. Larger ones might have
  problems with download or working on slower
  connections at home, also will lose interest
  unless very compelling. Videos were more popular
  for recreational use than educational ones.

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What you will find on the TIDES Website
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• Images and Videos from trips to Mexico, including
  footage of Day of the Dead celebrations,
  interviews with local artisans, and material from
  Rachel Galans Fulbright-Hays Scholarship.

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Children on an Island in Patzcuaro
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A garden spider near Mayan ruins in Mexico
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Ofrendas in Cuernavaca
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Sugar Skulls from Day of the Dead
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A Middle School in Mexico
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The Tree of Life, or Arbol del Tule, in Oazaca,
Mexico
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Portion of a Mural by David Siqueiros in
Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City
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2006 Campaign Posters in Monterrey, Mexico
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Children buying after school snacks in Oaxaca,
Mexico
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Huichol Yarn Painting from the Museo Zacatecano
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• Primary source materials and documents donated
  from various East Texas museums, libraries and
  university collections.

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Sam Houstons Hair
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Caddo Indian Tomahawk
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Dr. Robert Donnell Bone
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1837 Map of Texas, Mexico and Part of the United
States
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Sash, Worn by Encarnacion Chireno, leader of the
Nacogdoches Troops during the 1832 Battle of
Nacogdoches
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The Old Stone Fort, 1885
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A Chamber Pot
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Sketch by George Luis Crocket
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Bank Note from 1862
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Photo from Thompson Lumber Company
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Main Street in Kilgore, Texas 1874
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Game Sticks used by Native Americans to play a
ball game similar to Lacrosse
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• Images from TIDES lesson plans, including
  examples of student work.

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A Quilt, Made by 4th Graders at Thomas J. Rusk
Middle School
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A students self portrait.
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• Alisa Ripleys 4th Grade Art class

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• A clay pot from the lesson Can You Dig It

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• Expanding science-related resources and
  materials, including a growing Herpetology
  collection. The Herp collection is tagged with
  both teacher-friendly metadata and scientifically
  accurate information about the subject.

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• Kemps ridley hatchling, a critically endangered
  species

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• The Buttermilk Racer, a non-venomous species of
  racer snake.

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• A Razorback Musk Turtle, photographed at the
  Caddo Lake State Park in Texas

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• A Marbled Salamander from Nacogdoches, Texas

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Find all this and more at TIDES!
http//tides.sfasu.edu