A Teacher Should Teach ... about his research

I have no idea about how I am going to work a blog into my life, especially one about genealogy. However, after reading the article by Thomas MacEntee in the National Genealogical Society Magazine, "Why genealogists blog (or why they should!)", I decided I should get writing.

I teach workshops in genealogy at our local university, University of Sioux Falls, and I get excited to start a new project every term. I also think that teachers should actually teach (instead of painting houses, etc.) when they are not working their primary jobs. To that end, I teach quite a bit outside of my regular school day, and of course, I try to teach what I know, and what I like. Genealogy workshops fit both criteria. Here are the courses I am teaching this year so far:

EDU 541U Genealogy: Exploring Family History

INSTRUCTOR:  Jason Kurtz

PK-12 Like any project, exploring one’s family history is easy when one has the right tools.  This class will train students to use the tools necessary to cut down mountains of family documents in a matter of keystrokes and clicks.  Designed for the novice, this course also has quite a bit to offer the Internet savvy genealogist, and will help students make meaning out of the piles of artifacts, statistics, and data, and will demonstrate how to construct family trees, biographies, and online family websites. This workshop is also available for undergraduate credit (GEN 199U).

Dates:  April 09-10, 2013 OR June 17-18, 2013

Location:  University of Sioux Falls, Cleveland Computer Lab, Room 121   

 

EDU 541W GENEALOGY: PRIMARY RESOURCES

INSTRUCTOR: Jason Kurtz

Finding details surrounding one’s family history is easy when one has the right tools.  This class will train students to use some advanced techniques when reviewing and locating primary family documents.  Designed for the novice to intermediate researcher, this course will train the Internet savvy genealogist to sift databases and locate items in the real world, as well.  It will continue to help students make meaning out of the piles of artifacts, statistics, and data, and will demonstrate how to collect them logically and develop methods for storage and archiving. This workshop is also available for undergraduate credit (GEN 199W).

Dates: June 19-20, 2013

Location: University of Sioux Falls, Cleveland Computer Lab, Room 121

For this term's project, I will begin this blog. Let's see how many entries I have logged by April 09, 2013! Thanks to Thomas MacEntee... I think...