The TIDES Experience Texas and Beyond

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The TIDES Experience Texas and Beyond

• Rachel Galan and Susan Clarke
• Stephen F. Austin State University

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What is TIDES?

• A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM
• A DIGITAL GATEWAY
• AN EASY TO USE K-12 WEBSITE
• A UNIVERSITY RESOURCE

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TIDES

• 2005 Texas Tides is awarded a 570,288
  three-year Institute of Museum and Library
  Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant
• 2007 Texas Tides becomes TIDES to better
  represent the multi-cultural, multi-lingual goals
  of the project
• TIDES is now an acronym for Teaching Images and
  Digital Experiences which represents the future
  of the program.
• Today The IMLS grant has allowed TIDES to
  develop new partners and double its available
  resources.

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TIDES Partners at SFASU
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Partners in Texas, Mexico and Beyond
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Digital Gateways
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TIDES 2.0

• TIDES has created profiles and accounts with many
  Web 2.0 sites.
• Each site provides access to an Internet niche,
  such as photo sharing, social networking, videos
  and bloggers.
• This has increased access to and visibility of
  TIDES resources.

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Traveling with TIDES - Virtual Expeditions

• TIDES staff members have traveled in the U.S. and
  Mexico to film local celebrations, artisans, and
  cultural sites.
• Currently over 150 TIDES videos are available
  through the TIDES website, as well as YouTube and
  TeacherTube. Topics include culture, history,
  science, art, and education.

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TIDES Teacher Expeditions Giving teachers an
opportunity to experience, explore, and enrich
and then carry their experiences home to their
students.
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TIDES Database

• The database uses ContentDM .
• It contains over 22,000 images, documents,
  photographs, and videos.
• The metadata has been customized for target
  audiences.
• 10,900,477 items were searched in the 2007/2008
  academic year

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Contentdm Advantages
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Cochineal An Example of Cultural Diffusion
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Traditional Economy
Oaxaca, Mexico
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Historic Photographs
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Historic Photographs
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Ross Muckleroy and Charlotte Sample From Slaves
to Tenants on the Thompson Estate
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Mexican Cultural Materials
Las Calaveras
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Mexican Cultural Materials
Pottery Demonstrations, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Geologic Forces
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Weapons
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Historical Map Collection
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Civil War Correspondence
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Dance in Mexico
Ballet Folklorico de Amalia Hernandez
Guelaguetza, Oaxaca Mexico
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Video Monitoring at El Zapotal Reserve Yucatan
Collection
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Huichol Yarn Painting from the Museo Zacatecano
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Sugar Skulls from Day of the Dead
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