Europeana
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/
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What is the site about?
Europeana is a digital library of 14million objects from Europe's libraries, art-galleries etc. It contains books, maps, paintings, newspapers, photographs, film fragments and music clips.
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Why was it chosen as site of the week?
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It is an engaging website and promotes discovery learning
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Website is very interactive and clear
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The website has a number of Demos and videos of how the site can be used
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It encourages participation, project work and group research
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Students can access materials/simulations from home
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It is relevant to many subject areas, mainly at post primary level
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It has links to Images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects
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It has links to Texts - books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers
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It has links to Sounds - music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts
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It has links to Videos - films, newsreels and TV broadcasts
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Free registration provides access to 'My Europeana' where user can save searches, items, notifications, etc.
How can it be used as an educational resource?
An excellent tool for students to use for research. Teachers can also use it to gather extra material and links relevant to their subject area, and so enhance the learning experience. The My Europeana area provides easy access to saved items.
Curriculum Mapping
History
Art
English
Science
Music
Geography
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