EDU221selfMMN

First, do these four things:
 * 1) Explore the [|Maine Memory Network by doing at least one of the following]
 * 2) Do a search for your hometown or a favorite town in Maine
 * 3) Do a search for a time period, historical event, object (sword, boat, diary,...), or a topic that you're interested in or curious about
 * 4) //If you are already familiar with the Maine Memory Network, click around and find an area or feature or aspect that you haven't explored before//
 * 5) Look at some of the [|lesson plans already created that utilize Maine Memory Network]
 * 6) Read [|how students are using Maine Memory Network as a learning tool]
 * 7) Watch this video on the [|Maine Memory Network] which is a creative digital story about using the MMN in the classroom. Through the story, you will learn some of the details that you need to think about before using a technology like the Maine Memory Network in your classroom. It was a product for an emerging technology presentation in fall 2008 by Kelley, Cassie, and Kathleen RATS! The video doesn't currently work. I've contacted the creator and hope to have it back up soon. Meanwhile, you're good with just doing the three things above. Now go on to the next steps below:

Then:
 * 1) Write a two-paragraph blog entry. In the first paragraph, describe what you explored and your reactions. In the second paragraph describe how you might use the Maine Memory Network in your class. (NOTE: Just because most of the examples are for social studies teachers does not mean the MMN is just for social studies. If it feels like it might be a stretch, get creative and think about what you could do as an integrated unit or how MMN could be a part of a bigger unit.)
 * 2) Title the blog entry "Maine Memory Network" and label it "TI."

Bonus Info:
 * Check out the wiki on using primary sources in the classroom--made by UMF graduate (and former UMF employee), Peter Osborne, as part of an independent study in Spring 2009.