Education
The Institute develops teaching tools using testimony from the Visual History Archive for educators across the disciplinary spectrum such as history, civics, English and other language arts. The Institute also provides professional development to prepare educators worldwide to use testimony in relevant and engaging ways—providing an experience that takes students beyond the textbook. IWitness, the Institute’s flagship educational website for teachers and their students was recognized as one of the “Best Websites for Teaching and Learning” by the American Association of School Librarians in 2012. The website provides students access to 1,000 testimonies for guided exploration. Students can engage with the testimonies and bring them into their own multimedia projects via a built-in video editor. By combining testimonies with interactive and content-rich activities, IWitness promotes deeper understanding of 20th century history and development of 21st century digital literacy skills so as to inspire responsible participation in civil society.
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- iWitness has been accessed by approximately 4,000 high school students and nearly 2,000 educators in 26 countries and al 50 U.S. states
- Through the Institute’s Teacher Innovation Network more than 2,500 educators around the world have been trained to incorporate testimony into classroom lessons
- More than 100 educators have participated in the USC Shoah Foundation’s Master Teacher and Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century programs in the U.S., Ukraine, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland
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Read more about this topic: USC Shoah Foundation Institute For Visual History And Education
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