We have 28 albums created now in our 2024 Summer Leadership Institute! The variety and depth of primary sources in the albums is amazing! And the comments you are adding to your classmates’ albums are very helpful!  And a shout-out goes to our Mentors who have boosted your album content by adding links and images and asking questions!

A question has been raised in our Canvas Discussion thread about searching the Network the TPS Network using the Google Advanced Site search. Some of you reported that it did not work for you.  The Network is a password protected site which means that Google does not have access to most of the contents in the Network.  However, if albums created in the Network have been made Shareable, they will have a public access pdf and you will see them in a Google Site search. (Example- Civil War site:tpsteachesnetwork.org) I encourage you to use both the Network’s Search Engine and the Google Site search.  The Network is a gold mine for teacher made and classroom tested primary source lessons!  Here’s a link to the YouTube Tutorial for searching the network that Jenn Hanson posted in our Canvas course. https://youtu.be/0SiyH6X90cM

This week your Network Assignment is to add tags and teacher notes to your album. Now that you have been searching the Network for your own topics, you can see the importance of having multiple tags that will help others find your work.  This Network is such an important space for you to be both a consumer and a producer of teaching ideas about primary source inquiry.  You can make a difference in another educator’s day by tagging your album carefully!  Teacher Notes can be included in the Album Description and/or added to individual primary sources. It is your choice.