Courses

Courses and Classes in 2013

 

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

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

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:  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