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Project name: Anglo-Saxon Discovery

Principal Investigator/ Director: Arthur MacGregor

Oxford participants: • Arthur Grant MacGregor   • Jonathan Moffett   • Alison Roberts  (Main Contact)   

Other participants:

Project web page: http://anglosaxondiscovery.ashmolean.org/

Division: Academic Services Unit: Ashmolean Museum Sub-unit:
     
Start date: 01/06/2004 End date: 31/01/2006  

Partner organizations (inside or outside Oxford): Pegasus Primary School; St Mary and John Church of England Primary School; Oxfordshire County Council; The National Archives

Funder: Heritage Lottery Fund

Subject Area: Archaeology

Project description: Anglo-Saxon Discovery is a website designed for to meet the needs of teachers and children studying the Anglo-Saxons at Key Stage 2. It can be used for teaching in Geography, English, Art and Design, Design and Technology and Science as well as History. Games, interactive maps, and pictures are provided. The site links in to the Ashmolean's collections of British Anglo-Saxon artefacts, with a particular focus on the excavations of Edward T. Leeds around the Oxford area.

Methods Used (Click on methods categories for explanations, or go to the ICT Methods tab; NB: not all users have registered categories, sub-headings or details.):

CategorySub-HeadingsDetails
Data CaptureImage capture2d Scanning and photography
Textual Input 
Data publishing and disseminationPublishing 
Web developmentGeneral website development
Data structuring and enhancementClassifying and linking 

Other projects the participants have been involved in:

Last updated: 29/06/2012 14:00:13

Updated by: Alison Roberts