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[00:00:00.232](bright upbeat music)
[00:00:06.256]Hi, and welcome to "Tech Edge."
[00:00:08.100]We're talking about integrating technology into the arts.
[00:00:11.760]I'm Guy Trainin, a professor at the University
[00:00:13.950]of Nebraska-Lincoln.
[00:00:15.480]And I'm Cody Talarico, and I serve Nebraska
[00:00:18.000]as a fine arts education specialist
[00:00:19.470]at the Nebraska Department of Education.
[00:00:21.660]And today, we're talking about the Smithsonian
[00:00:24.630]Learning Lab.
[00:00:25.463]So, tell me a little bit about the Learning lab,
[00:00:27.330]and then we'll go for it.
[00:00:28.560]Sure, and the Smithsonian Institution's Learning Lab
[00:00:31.290]is the digitized collection of any artifacts
[00:00:34.290]that the Smithsonian has.
[00:00:35.730]It spans all 21 units of the Smithsonian,
[00:00:38.610]and can be all sorts of different things
[00:00:41.190]from paintings or works of art.
[00:00:44.280]It can also be lesson plans, they also have videos,
[00:00:46.710]and so, anything over all 21 units that's digitized,
[00:00:50.730]you can search for it.
[00:00:51.990]So, you can create an account,
[00:00:54.717]and then within the account, you can search for things
[00:00:57.360]and create collections,
[00:00:58.380]and then share those collections with your kids,
[00:01:01.530]or with other teachers,
[00:01:03.669]and then you can have it all pulled into one place.
[00:01:06.150]And because it's a government website,
[00:01:08.340]it is CAPA, FERPA, and CIPA compliant,
[00:01:10.470]so, as far as student privacy goes,
[00:01:12.360]that is all taken care of.
[00:01:14.010]So, I created an account, and it was very simple.
[00:01:17.010]I connected it to my Google account.
[00:01:18.870]Most teachers have Google accounts in most districts,
[00:01:21.210]but you can also just connect through your regular email
[00:01:24.240]so you don't have to do it that way.
[00:01:26.280]There's also a connection through Facebook,
[00:01:28.020]but it's not my favorite, and I don't need to...
[00:01:31.290]I don't need Facebook knowing about this.
[00:01:33.210]Yep. So, that's part of the deal.
[00:01:35.100]I started a search, so I searched for cowboys,
[00:01:37.890]and I am seeing "Charles Russell: Art of the American West,"
[00:01:42.630]and this was a collection that was created by somebody,
[00:01:45.990]and so, we can see it now coming up,
[00:01:49.620]and it's taking a little bit of time,
[00:01:51.270]but that's okay, be patient.
[00:01:52.380]Yeah, it does take a little bit of time,
[00:01:54.240]and so, there should be information on the collection,
[00:01:56.640]like who created it.
[00:01:57.810]Yes. And I know some of the...
[00:02:00.300]As I've worked with folks that work
[00:02:02.700]at the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
[00:02:04.440]they create collections and share 'em,
[00:02:06.030]Mm-hmm. And so, this might
[00:02:06.900]actually be one of theirs,
[00:02:07.733]or it could be a collection that just somebody created
[00:02:09.900]and made public.
[00:02:10.770]Yeah. And so-
[00:02:11.820]And if I want to see who created it,
[00:02:13.950]I see it's Arthur Glazer,
[00:02:15.330]but I don't think I can see who they are.
[00:02:18.270]Anyway, this is social studies,
[00:02:21.210]and it has, I can immediately see there's a stamp,
[00:02:25.080]there's some photos, there's some sculpture,
[00:02:27.870]there's some activities,
[00:02:29.280]something that looks like activities,
[00:02:31.350]Mm-hmm.
[00:02:32.220]And I need to be in Discover,
[00:02:34.620]and I will look American West.
[00:02:43.339]And so, what it's doing now
[00:02:44.340]is anything that's tagged with American West
[00:02:46.680]in the entire Smithsonian collection,
[00:02:49.290]so, 8,000 artifacts there. Yes, yeah.
[00:02:52.620]So, and you can just kind of scroll through,
[00:02:54.810]and anything that you're seeing
[00:02:56.040]that you wanna learn more about,
[00:02:57.480]you should just be able to click on the tile,
[00:02:59.490]and it should be able to take you in and show you more,
[00:03:02.400]if there's a certain artwork or activity.
[00:03:05.067]Oh. Oh, so this is a video.
[00:03:07.380]Yeah, and this is "East-West Interchanges
[00:03:09.960]in American Art,"
[00:03:11.160]so, that's not exactly where we were working.
[00:03:13.170]It picked up on the word, west,
[00:03:14.610]so, you definitely have to kind of see what's happening,
[00:03:18.960]but I love this, because this reminds me a little bit
[00:03:22.440]of the happenstance of bookstores and libraries,
[00:03:26.220]where you are going to find a specific book,
[00:03:28.380]and then you see something next to it,
[00:03:29.850]which is not necessarily connected,
[00:03:31.620]but now, you're intrigued.
[00:03:33.090]Right, right. And you can spend
[00:03:34.410]some time learning something new
[00:03:36.974]that you didn't exactly intend to,
[00:03:40.230]but can be fun and useful. Mm-hmm.
[00:03:43.293]Yep. And obviously,
[00:03:44.340]if you want to be really efficient,
[00:03:46.170]you don't necessarily do that, and that's okay as well.
[00:03:49.230]And you can actually save this to watch later,
[00:03:52.170]so, it goes into your account,
[00:03:54.360]and then, like, I found this,
[00:03:55.800]I know I don't have time right now,
[00:03:57.360]but on the other hand,
[00:03:58.890]Yep, and let me show you how,
[00:04:00.510]Yeah. 'Cause I think you might
[00:04:01.343]have saved it, like, in maybe in a YouTube playlist.
[00:04:02.760]Yeah. On the right-hand side,
[00:04:04.020]the heart.
[00:04:04.853]Okay. Will then save it too,
[00:04:06.480]so, that way, then you can come back to it
[00:04:08.040]kind of like a favorite in Facebook or whatever.
[00:04:11.610]And what does the flag do?
[00:04:15.150]The flag is if you feel
[00:04:16.290]like anything's appropriate, or you need to draw attention
[00:04:18.630]Yeah. For the Smithsonian folks.
[00:04:19.860]The I has what
[00:04:23.070]Okay, oh, I love it. Museum calls the tombstone
[00:04:25.696]information. Yeah.
[00:04:26.700]So, it gives you a synopsis of it,
[00:04:29.220]it gives you what unit of the Smithsonian
[00:04:31.800]or museum of the Smithsonian it's in,
[00:04:33.390]Yeah. The DOI, and it also
[00:04:34.890]includes the copyright information,
[00:04:37.140]if it's a creative license,
[00:04:39.090]or if you can use it outside of the Learning Lab.
[00:04:43.140]Yeah, excellent.
[00:04:45.060]So, that's where all the information is,
[00:04:47.037]and that is delightful,
[00:04:49.320]and that is very thorough as a way to look at it,
[00:04:53.070]and then you can add notes to it, I see.
[00:04:55.274]Yeah, you can- So, I can just write
[00:04:57.810]whatever I want about it to myself, right?
[00:05:02.400]Yes, and the notes, you can also, I believe,
[00:05:04.680]share with, if you create your own collection,
[00:05:07.320]Yeah, with your students. And then you want
[00:05:08.280]to share it with your students,
[00:05:09.600]so that way, they're not going into thousands
[00:05:11.880]and thousands of artifacts, the collection,
[00:05:14.220]trying to figure out.
[00:05:16.200]So, you can pull a collection together,
[00:05:18.450]and then it creates a unique URL for that.
[00:05:20.690]It also creates a bibliography
[00:05:22.770]entry for you. Oh, wow.
[00:05:24.027]And then you can share that directly
[00:05:26.190]with folks, too. Yeah.
[00:05:27.150]So, let's just jump somewhere.
[00:05:28.890]I'm looking for something more visual.
[00:05:30.810]Mm-hmm.
[00:05:31.980]There are a lot of videos.
[00:05:33.180]I mean, I think, and we talked just before
[00:05:36.120]we started shooting today,
[00:05:38.520]and this is the Smithsonian, so it is very rich,
[00:05:43.710]And much like learning how to search anything online,
[00:05:47.220]you have to learn the language,
[00:05:49.200]and find the ways where you can get what you're looking for,
[00:05:52.950]because there's going to be so much.
[00:05:55.290]Right. I mean, with 8,000 results,
[00:05:57.540]I'm definitely not looking at 8,000 results today.
[00:06:00.840]So, finding a way (Cody chuckling)
[00:06:02.460]to narrow it might be helpful.
[00:06:06.600]So, this is, for example, a poster
[00:06:08.220]about the Airways System Fly to Mexico.
[00:06:12.210]So, this is Pan-American, this is beautiful, though.
[00:06:14.640]Mm-hmm, yeah.
[00:06:15.600]All right, so, what else can I do on this?
[00:06:18.600]So, I can create a collection?
[00:06:21.540]Yep, and so, if you like this one,
[00:06:23.430]and you wanna add it to your collection,
[00:06:24.840]Let's add it. There should be a plus sign
[00:06:27.122]on the side there. Yes.
[00:06:28.200]And then as you're creating your collection,
[00:06:29.400]you can title it however you want to title it.
[00:06:31.380]Yeah?
[00:06:35.010]And then you can put a description down below,
[00:06:37.920]and this is important too,
[00:06:39.690]Yeah. Because earlier, we saw
[00:06:40.920]that there are collections that people have shared,
[00:06:42.630]Yeah. So then you could look
[00:06:43.650]a little bit at what the description is,
[00:06:44.970]see if that's something you wanna look more
[00:06:46.380]at that collection for or not.
[00:06:49.396](keyboard clicking)
[00:06:56.730]I love that poster, all right.
[00:07:00.210]So now, I'm adding into the collection, and I can go...
[00:07:04.560]And to go back to your dashboard,
[00:07:06.420]Yeah. In the top right-hand corner
[00:07:07.590]is the Smithsonian's sun.
[00:07:09.480]All right. So, if you click that,
[00:07:10.500]and then if you click Collections,
[00:07:12.240]it'll show you- Oh, Collections.
[00:07:13.320]Yep. I went too fast,
[00:07:14.940]and I went to Dashboard, okay.
[00:07:16.800]Collections.
[00:07:18.840]And then it will show you right now
[00:07:20.550]that your collection is unpublished.
[00:07:22.110]Yeah. And so,
[00:07:23.640]but you can see the artifact in there,
[00:07:26.440]and you can add more things to that collection.
[00:07:28.770]Mm-hmm.
[00:07:30.180]So now, it shows me, okay, I see my collection now,
[00:07:33.870]and can I share it, so you...
[00:07:36.330]I can publish it, and then anybody can see it.
[00:07:37.870]Right, so- Can I share it to specific
[00:07:40.260]users without publishing it? Yeah.
[00:07:42.630]No, you have to publish it. Okay.
[00:07:44.790]And then you have to share a link.
[00:07:46.500]Yes, so, I see, I just click on the Share button,
[00:07:51.090]and I can go to Facebook, to X.
[00:07:54.420]It still has the Twitter symbol.
[00:07:58.680]Yeah.
[00:07:59.672]So, and then- So, social media,
[00:08:01.830]and email, and through links.
[00:08:05.160]So, if you click on the email, it goes to your email.
[00:08:07.530]Obviously, I'm not logged in,
[00:08:08.970]so that's not gonna take us anywhere good,
[00:08:12.360]and we can go back to the Smithsonian.
[00:08:17.400]Mm-hmm.
[00:08:20.760]So, how I typically do it
[00:08:22.130]is I copy the link. Yeah.
[00:08:23.472]Yeah. And then I embed the link-
[00:08:25.050]Into PowerPoint or whatever
[00:08:26.850]you're using, slides, yeah. PowerPoint, or a landing
[00:08:28.050]page, or whatever, however I'm sharing it.
[00:08:30.390]All right.
[00:08:31.223]Yeah. So,
[00:08:33.000]what's your favorite collection?
[00:08:34.830]My favorite collection, the one I've been using a lot,
[00:08:37.650]is I have a collection that is on batik,
[00:08:41.340]and I have a presentation that I've been doing
[00:08:45.360]based on a batik-inspired painting
[00:08:47.670]that was done by an Omaha artist, Patty Talbert,
[00:08:50.010]Yeah. And then if folks
[00:08:51.750]aren't familiar with batik,
[00:08:54.030]sharing this collection with them during my presentation,
[00:08:57.450]the first part of the collection is one of the textiles
[00:09:00.600]that the Smithsonian has, it has a "Commercial Cloth,"
[00:09:03.150]and if you click on the information here,
[00:09:06.390]it will show you more information about it.
[00:09:11.790]So, the I gives you what the museum folks call
[00:09:14.070]the tombstone information.
[00:09:15.210]It shows you a description of it, who the artisan was,
[00:09:18.300]where it is at within the Smithsonian,
[00:09:20.370]and whether it's available to download
[00:09:22.800]and use outside of the Learning Lab.
[00:09:26.190]The second part of the collection,
[00:09:32.760]and then this is the second piece.
[00:09:34.710]This one, actually, if you search in Canva, is available,
[00:09:39.180]so, it must be open for creative license.
[00:09:41.700]And then the third artifact is actually a video,
[00:09:46.890]and one of the things that's unique about the video
[00:09:48.810]is that they have two artisans in it,
[00:09:53.665]it has native music, or music of the culture.
[00:09:56.894](artist speaking in foreign language)
[00:10:01.148](traditional flute music)
[00:10:12.643]All right, so,
[00:10:16.050]today, we talked about the Smithsonian Learning Lab,
[00:10:20.250]and the richness that we, as teachers,
[00:10:23.880]can encounter, and then select from,
[00:10:27.240]so our students have a curated selection
[00:10:30.690]that we feel is exactly where we want to take them, right?
[00:10:35.010]We feel that it is quote, unquote, "Safe,"
[00:10:38.190]so, we've gone through it,
[00:10:39.630]and we know what they're getting to,
[00:10:41.100]and what they're seeing, that it's relevant,
[00:10:43.500]that it's not gonna cause any problems,
[00:10:45.510]and now, with state laws and other things,
[00:10:47.580]and parents being concerned,
[00:10:48.780]this is one of those areas where you
[00:10:52.470]can be thoughtful in advance,
[00:10:54.270]and prevent anything from becoming an issue,
[00:10:56.970]unless you want to make it an issue,
[00:10:59.340](chuckles) which is true.
[00:11:00.630]So, how do you think teachers should use this?
[00:11:04.770]I think it is a great opportunity
[00:11:07.260]just to pull in lots of different cultural aspects,
[00:11:10.770]and be able to show different cultural artifacts to kids,
[00:11:13.830]and have that authentic experience,
[00:11:16.980]and also, just the research that's done on it.
[00:11:21.690]I also think it can explore, you know,
[00:11:23.700]the idea of museum occupations.
[00:11:25.770]There's videos with conservatorship,
[00:11:27.900]and things like that in there,
[00:11:28.920]so, there's just such a huge variety.
[00:11:31.590]I will warn you, it's a rabbit hole,
[00:11:33.060]like, you can get in there,
[00:11:33.960]and just search and search, (Guy chuckling)
[00:11:35.040]and like you said, at the bookstore,
[00:11:36.360]Yeah. Oh, and this,
[00:11:37.193]and I wanna come look at that,
[00:11:38.026]so, there's so many things there.
[00:11:40.440]And, you know, with Smithsonian being the world's
[00:11:42.270]largest museum complex,
[00:11:45.360]All right. There's just so many,
[00:11:46.560]so many things to discover.
[00:11:48.600]All right, so, thank you,
[00:11:49.620]and we'll see you next time on "Tech Edge."
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