14 Free Resources for Primary Source Documents

Primary sources are resources that were first-hand created in a given period of time and never undergone any kind of editing or distortion. These sources are multimodal and they come in different forms. They can be artifacts, documents, pictures, recordings, essays, photographs, maps...etc. Now with the globalization of knowledge and the pervasive use of digital media, primary sources become accessible to everybody with an internet connection. However, the search for these materials is akin to a scavenger hunt and hence the importance of having a handy list such as the one below to keep for rainy days. I have been scouring the web for several hours and finally come up with this selection. Whether you teach social studies, history, literature, Geography or any other content area where there is a need for original and primary source documents, the list below will definitely be a good starting point for searching and assembling primary sources. 1- Library of Congress 4- Chronicling America

Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English Open Source Photogrammetry: Ditching 123D Catch – We Did Stuff This is part one in a series on open source photogrammetry. In part two, I’ll flesh out more VFX-centric application of this workflow. Before I start, big thanks to: Dan Short: for showing me his awesome 123d models that sparked this whole ideaHannah Davis: debugging + emotional support + snacks So a few weeks ago, Dan Short showed me 123D Catch. Until Dan showed me some models he generated from exhibts at the AMNH I didn’t really get the point of Catch…so what, you have a model of your water bottle…but what Dan showed me was that it worked incredible well on environments too: The Hall of African Mammals or even the penguin diarama from the infamous whale room! I remembered seeing something like this years ago: a product demo called Photosynth from Microsoft, which did this sort of reconstruction from thousands of tourist photos of the Notre Dame Cathedral. Photo limits: the iphone app seems to allow a maximum of 40 images. Here are the steps: Part 1: VisualSFM Part 2: Meshlab Caveats