Museum+Box



If you could put a number of items into a box that described your life, what would you include? What do you think would be included if you were a Victorian Servant or Queen Elizabeth I. If you lived during the English Civil War, what items would you include to make a case for, or against, the parliamentarians? And what if you were an abolitionist and wanted to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary, how would you create your evidence.
 * About museumbox... **

**So what does museumbox do?.....** museum box provides the tools for you to do just this. It allows you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view the museum boxes submitted by other people and comment on the contents.

**How does museumbox fit into the Big 6 and Marzano's instructional strategies?** Museumbox allows students to demonstrate learning, assess, investigate or debate issues and explore and develop ideas. In the Big 6 process, Museumbox supports the "Presentation/Synthesis" stage. Students present their learning by combining images, texts, video and sound into a museum box to share their research findings. Museumbox supports Marzano's instructional strategies for providing recognization (by sharing student work posted online) and summarizing and note-taking (having students include summaries of their research in their museum boxes).

**Resources** ...... Teacher's Guide for Museumbox Teach Museumbox Curriculum Ideasm for Museumbox

**Where to find Museumbox.....** Museumbox is a web 2.0 site. There is a link to Museumbox on the Online Resources page for students. Access the Birdneck Elementary school website; select the tab for "STUDENTS; scroll towards the bottom for Online Resources and find the link for "INTERNET SAFETY AND WEB 2.0 TOOLS". Find the link Museumbox and click the green URL to access the site. **For more information, check out the Help link on the Museumbox website, or see Mrs. Hingerty.**