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["Lea Castillo" <>]

Participants of The Primary Source President's Project,

We are pleased to bring you updated information regarding the PPSP. We are 
aware that there has been a time lapse between the fall presentations and our 
communication with you in regards to the continuation and completion of the 
project. We have had a change in personnel and would like to reconnect 
everyone to our new contact at TETN, Lea Castillo 
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 Lea Castillo joined the team in mid February and will be your primary point 
of contact for the continuation of the project.

As a reminder, the original timeline for the project is below. The timeline 
initially had the research and development of the presentations during the 
January - April 2013 time period. We realize that the opportunity has been 
shortened to connect to content providers for office hours to ask questions 
and retrieve primary source documents.  Please click on the link below to 
provide information on your continued commitment, the scheduling of office 
hours, and the final presentation schedule.

http://goo.gl/A6Nqt 

Original Project Timeline

Initial Project Launch October 2012 (Completed)
The project will begin with an initial video conference hosted by one of the 
nations presidential libraries.  The video conference will outline for 
students and teachers the project (topics, themes, goals, events, 
presentations, etc) and review resources available to students for research 
using primary source documents.  An engaging presentation element should be 
included in the project launch to engage students in the content.  

Content Specific Presentations November and December 2012 (Completed and 
Archived)
During these presentations content providers (i.e. the National Parks 
Service, the Presidential Libraries, etc) will present specific content 
relevant to topics outlined during the Project Launch videoconference.  These 
presentations will be keeping in line with the theme of democracy and 
presidential policy and will be relevant to a wide range of educators seeking 
to integrate the information into their curriculum.  

Student Research and Synthesis -  January-April 2013
During this time students will:
        select a topic based on a list provided by the content providers
        research their topic
        create presentations utilizing primary source resources from 
collaborators and content specific presentations.  
Presentations design should fall into one of these three formats 
        a student created video
        a live student led performance
        a debate between two participating classrooms
Content providers will provide virtual office hours during the research and 
synthesis process so students can ask questions about their topic and get 
help retrieving primary source documents.  

Closing Conference and Student Presentations May 2013
The culminating conference will be a student led event where student teams 
present the information theyve learned in one of the three formats listed 
above.  Each presentation must have an interactive portion that encourages 
audience participation.  Presentations will be no longer than 10 minutes and 
students will be required to document their resources with 80-100% being 
primary source documents. 

I look forward to working with you!


Lea Bentley Castillo
Advanced Applications & Statewide Distance Learning Coordinator Texas
Education Telecommunications Network (TETN)
512 919 5172 
208.80.73.234

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