Monthly Archives: January 2012

Simply put, a “wiki” is a website that is easy to use and edit without requiring an extensive knowledge of programming. Its purpose is to allow non-computer savvy people to post  and edit information on a webpage. In effect, wikis … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever had to do research in an archive or been lucky enough to have to transcribe original documents, sometimes it may seem like there’s no end is sight (especially if you work at one of the archives or … Continue reading →

The New York Public Library runs a database called “What’s on the Menu?”  The database’s organizers have scoured restaurant menus from the 1840s until the present day to illustrate the kinds of food people ate and how much they paid … Continue reading →

Roy Rosenzweig’s “Can History be Open Source?” brings up many relevant questions concerning the relationship between academic history/historians and Wikipedia. Though he ultimately supports a greater integration of historians into open source, free Internet sites such as Wikipedia, the beginning … Continue reading →

To be honest, this would be one of the few, if the only history class, when a written paper is not the expected final project.  It’s a push out of my comfort zone, but  I’m almost 100% positive that I would … Continue reading →

For a digital project idea, I am interested in creating a blog or website centered around a Unit of study for a secondary level class. For example, in teaching a unit on U.S. History from covering roughly the years 1970 … Continue reading →

Outside of AU, I’m a tutor with an organization that takes homeschooled kids in the DC area to various local art museums. While there, the students are given essay prompts and write about the wide array of artwork they observe … Continue reading →