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On May 18 and 19, a team from the Library of Congress will travel to Moran, to record video interviews with Paul Bogush and his students. Bogush and his students archived websites for the Library’s K-12 Web Archiving Program.

We expect that Bogush and the students will be interviewed in separate sessions. We will interview the students in small groups of maybe 3 to 5 each; because of her natural rapport as a teacher and mother of teenagers, Cheryl Lederle will interview them. It is also important to have them **do** something, not just be talking heads, so we will ask the students to demonstrate and comment on the web archiving process using Archive It.

Cheryl, who has worked with Bogush, made these observations about him: · He gives kids responsibility for the project and merely facilitates their work. He doesn’t just tell them what to do. If the students feel like they are more engaged, they take more away. · He integrates technology into their lessons in a natural way

Cheryl made this observation about the kids: · They add descriptive text, metadata, to the sites they choose to archive, which is crucial to the activity. That’s where you come to understand the **world view** of the people (the students) who selected the URLs

Here are some possible questions for the kids: · Can you show us how you capture websites? Please describe the steps as you do them. · How did you choose what sites to archive? //I chose the websites that repersent what i visit everyday and the websites of places that i like.// · Tell me what you selected in the project. What’s important to you? What’s your favorite? //The websites that were important to me were... My favorite website is ICanHasCheeseburger because i love animals and they make me laugh. lolcats.// · What is the most important thing that you learned from this project? //I learned that if we didn't archive the sites then there wouldn't be much history about my generation in the future.// · What was most surprising or interesting to you about this project? //i was surprised that these websites will acually be seen by people in the future.// · What was the least interesting aspect of this project? //i had a hard time deciding what websites to archive. it was also hard to come up with very discriptive discriptions.// · How do your web site collections represent the sites that you and your friends use everyday? //the websites i chose represent what i visit frequently and they represent who i am and what i like.// · Something about the metadata – perhaps. What do you hope that people in the future can learn about life in 21st century Connecticut from the metadata that they might not learn from looking at the sites by themselves? //i hope that people in the future can learn that....// · Did this project cause you to think differently about the lifespan of web sites and other digital content? Why or why not? //Yes, this project got me thinking about how long it would be before the websites i visit will eventually dissapear or get taken down. Now i tell myself to enjoy the websites i visit as much as i can just in case it's not there next time.// · What changes would you suggest to improve this type of project for future students? //I think that this project should include archiving everyday items along with the websites.// · If you had the opportunity to participate in this program again, would you? Why or why not? //yes i would because...//