Helping More Teachers Find Your Digital ResourcesWashington DCSeptember 10, 2014

Darren MilliganSenior Digital StrategistSmithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Accessmilligand@si.edu

Melissa WadmanManager of Program EvaluationSmithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Accesswadmanm@si.edu

Michael JayEducational Systemicsmichael@edusystemics.com

199523.6 million physical visits to museums72,942 digital visits

199523.6 million physical visits to museums72,942 digital visits

201330 million physical visits to museums140 million digital visits

199523.6 million physical visits to museums72,942 digital visits

201330 million physical visits to museums140 million digital visits

Physical: 30,000,000-23,600,000 / 23,600,000 X 100 = 27.12% increaseDigital: 140,000,000-72,942 / 72,942 X 100 = 191,833.32% increase

199523.6 million physical visits to museums72,942 digital visits

201330 million physical visits to museums140 million digital visits

Physical: 30,000,000-23,600,000 / 23,600,000 X 100 = 27.12% increaseDigital: 140,000,000-72,942 / 72,942 X 100 = 191,833.32% increase

What Does the Metadata Look Like Now?txtIDtxtTitletxtDescriptiontxtTypemusNamewebaddrKeywordsStandards AlignmentSubject(s)Grade(s)

What Does the Metadata Look Like Now?txtID 2014txtTitle Smithsonian in Your Classroom: The Music in PoetrytxtDescription Lessons introducing students to the rhythms of poetry…txtType Lesson PlansmusName Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Accesswebaddr http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/…Keywords global sound, folkwaysStandards Alignment http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resourc/…Subject(s) Arts, Music, Language Arts - LiteratureGrade(s) PreK–3, 4–8, 9–12

LRMI Educators Survey Report August 2013 Update

44%: search online several times a week

31%: search online daily

65%: report “irrelevant results”

87%: more satisfied if they could filter

based on The Content Developers Guide to the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative and Learning Registry, 2013

What Will the Metadata Look Like Moving Forward?txtTitle (Name)txtIDtxtDescription (Description)MusName (Publisher)Web Address (URL)statusKeyword(s)Standards Alignmentabout (subjects)TypicalAgeRange (Grade)dateCreatedalignmentTypeeducationalRoleeducationalUseinLanguagelearningResourceTypeinteractivityTypetimeRequireduseRightsUrlaccessibilityAPIaccessibilityControlaccessibilityFeatureaccessibilityHazardaccess ModehasAdaptationisAdaptationOfStandards Link

What Will the Metadata Look Like Moving Forward?txtTitle (Name) Smithsonian in Your Classroom: The Music in PoetrytxtID 2014txtDescription (Description)Lessons introducing students to the rhythms of poetry. The focus in on two …

MusName (Publisher) Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital AccessWeb Address (URL) http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/music_in_poetry/index.html

status LiveKeyword(s) global sound, folkwaysStandards Alignment http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/stand…about (subjects) Arts, Music, Language Arts - LiteratureTypicalAgeRange (Grade) 5-8, 8-10, 10-12, 12-14, 14-16, 16-18dateCreated 2013alignmentType TeacheseducationalRole TeachereducationalUse Activity, Musical, Writing, Creative responseinLanguage EnglishlearningResourceType Lesson PlaninteractivityType MixedtimeRequired P1WuseRightsUrl http://www.si.edu/termsofuse/accessibilityAPIaccessibilityControl fullMouseControlaccessibilityFeature noneaccessibilityHazard noFlashingHazard, noMotionSimulationHazard, noSoundHazardaccess Mode textual, visualhasAdaptationisAdaptationOfStandards Link

What Could the Metadata Look Like on Your Websites?<span prefix="schema: http://schema.org/" typeof="schema:CreativeWork"> <meta property="schema:name" content="The Choate Family: American Colonists" /> <meta property="schema:description" content="&lt;p&gt;Students can learn about the Choate family by investigating a room from their house, a deed from 1772, and artifacts that a family like the Choate&#39;s would have owned.&amp;nbsp;In the mid-1760s, Abraham Choate had a 10-room house built in Ipswich, Massachusetts, for his wife, Sarah, and their growing family. The Choates were the first family to live in the house that is the focus of &lt;a href=&quot;http://americanhistory.si.edu/house/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Within These Walls&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an online exhibition.&lt;/p&gt;;" /> <meta property="schema:dateCreated" content="" /> <meta property="schema:thumbnailUrl" content="/dynamic/medias/sb_sys_medias_image_resized_1816.jpg" /> <meta property="schema:url" content="http://americanhistory.si.edu/house/families/choates.asp" /> <meta property="schema:Permalink" content="resource/?key=1037" /> <meta property="schema:dateModified" content="7/11/2012 13:49" /> <meta property="schema:learningResourceType" content="On-Line, Other, Audio" /> <meta property="schema:typicalAgeRange" content="8-10, 10-12, 12-14, 14-16, 16-18" /> <meta property="schema:keywords" content="Choate family; Colonist; colony; colonial; colonial era; colonial times; colonial period; Colonial America; 18th Century; Eighteenth Century; 1700; deed; property; ceramics; doll; toy; tool; molding plane; lamp; fat lamp; chair; history; social history; everyday life; family; family life; familial history; house; home; Within These Walls; historic house; New England; Ipswich, Massachusetts; preservation; architecture; interior; furnishing; furniture; decoration; conservation;" /> <meta property="schema:timeRequired" content="PT4H" /> <meta property="schema:about" content="American History, US History" /> <meta property="schema:educationalRole" content="Student, Teacher" /> <meta property="schema:educationalUse" content="Activity, Discovery Learning, Field Trip, Guided questions, Auditory, Reading, Visual/Spatial" /> <meta property="schema:inlanguage" content="0" /> <meta property="schema:interactivityType" content="Mixed" /> <meta property="schema:useRightsUrl" content="http://www.si.edu/termsofuse/" /> <meta property="schema:accessibilityAPI" content="" /> <meta property="schema:accessibilityControl" content="" /> <meta property="schema:accessibilityFeature" content="structuralNavigation" /> <meta property="schema:accessibilityHazard" content="noFlashingHazard, noMotionSimulationHazard, noSoundHazard" /> <meta property="schema:accessMode" content="auditory, textual, visual" /> <meta property="schema:hasAdaptation" content="" /> <meta property="schema:isAdaptationOf" content="0" /> <meta property="schema:isBasedOnUrl" content="http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1739" /> <span property="schema:educationalAlignment" typeof="schema:AlignmentObject"> <meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetDescription" content="Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text." /> <meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetName" content="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1" /> <meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetUrl" content="http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R/1" /> </span> <span property="schema:educationalAlignment" typeof="schema:AlignmentObject"> <meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetDescription" content="Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas." /> <meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetName" content="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2" /> <meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetUrl" content="http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R/2" /> </span> <span property="schema:educationalAlignment" typeof="schema:AlignmentObject"> <meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetDescription" content="Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally." /> <meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetName" content="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2" />

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