Teachers.
What are Pathfinders? What do they do?
For teachers, a pathfinder is a great strategy for managing information online, which is a recent strategy created in the digital age. When we search the internet today, there are thousands of online resources for students to reference. Sometimes, it is difficult to dig through online archives for the right article, which is where the pathfinder is able to help.
Pathfinders are able to create routes through a large amount of resources directly to what students or teachers are looking for. There are many pathfinder strategies, but for this project it focuses on specific topics and themes. The pathfinder goes through different sub-topics until it finds resources that relate to a narrow curriculum topic.
The goal of a pathfinder is to manage the resources found on the Libary Of Congress website.
What is the Pathfinder strategy?
The Pathfinder strategy focuses on moving from the general, to something specific. On a Pathfinder home page, you will find familiar classroom topics, while a general theme that is related to that specific topic will provide you with context, structure, and much more.
The Pathfinder on this website will give you historical context, a list of resources used in the creation of this Webquest, a bibliography, and more information on using the Pathfinder strategy in the classroom.
For teachers, a pathfinder is a great strategy for managing information online, which is a recent strategy created in the digital age. When we search the internet today, there are thousands of online resources for students to reference. Sometimes, it is difficult to dig through online archives for the right article, which is where the pathfinder is able to help.
Pathfinders are able to create routes through a large amount of resources directly to what students or teachers are looking for. There are many pathfinder strategies, but for this project it focuses on specific topics and themes. The pathfinder goes through different sub-topics until it finds resources that relate to a narrow curriculum topic.
The goal of a pathfinder is to manage the resources found on the Libary Of Congress website.
What is the Pathfinder strategy?
The Pathfinder strategy focuses on moving from the general, to something specific. On a Pathfinder home page, you will find familiar classroom topics, while a general theme that is related to that specific topic will provide you with context, structure, and much more.
The Pathfinder on this website will give you historical context, a list of resources used in the creation of this Webquest, a bibliography, and more information on using the Pathfinder strategy in the classroom.