April Resource Kit Feature
It’s time to explore another high-quality Resource Kit (RK) from the MDL platform! This month’s RK was (re)created by the Field Museum. Check out the Resource Kit Feature for April called “Native Truths: Indigenous Astronomy”. Through this RK “students will learn of the importance of Sky and Stars to the past, present, and future of Native peoples.” This Resource Kit was updated by our team to make the RK more student-friendly and engaging. Learn more by exploring the RK here!
Some things to consider and keep an eye out for while you explore the RK:
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Students are asked to engage in discussion (Turn & Talk) throughout the RK. How might this impact student learning?
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The RK teaches essential vocabulary. Is there content in your museum where this strategy might be helpful?
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The annotation activities utilize interactive, digital worksheets for students to show their thinking. Do you have resources like this that you have already created at your museum?
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Search Updates
We have made improvements to phrase and fuzzy matching. This means that misspellings and multiple-word searches are more likely to result in expected matches. Searches prioritize exact matches over partial matches.
Additionally, autocomplete search will provide search suggestions based on tags, titles, subjects, topics, grades, and object fields in the system to better guide Students and Educators to desired results.
New Standards
The National Core Arts Standards are now available on the MDL platform! You can use these standards in any activity using the NCAS button to filter for Dance, Theatre, Visual Arts, Media Arts and Music.
3D Objects
3D images are incredibly engaging for students and are a useful teaching tool. To start using your 3D images on the MDL platform, create a free account with Sketchfab. Once you create your account and upload your 3D images, you can use the URL from Sketchfab to upload to your media library.
Media & Objects
We have updated the way that Media and Objects can be uploaded and organized with folders. This update will have a significant impact on the time it takes to create Resource Kits and upload your digital collection - check it out!
