Monthly Archives: February 2012

Digital Project Proposal

Posted on February 29, 2012 by MadelineDC

Madeline Shattow There is an incredible amount of false information on the internet. From fifth-graders researching book reports to curious adults have all come across a source of misinformation. With the larger amount of contributors to the field of history, … Continue reading →

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Colin Digital Proposal

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Colin Musselman

Contrary to popular belief YouTube has had a much larger effect on society than being just a platform for people to post videos of keyboard’ing cats or reviews of Yankee Candles.  YouTube has become an integral part of our everyday … Continue reading →

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Digital Project Proposal

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Scott Mendenhall

I live in the community of Silver Spring, Maryland. It is a community that has a unique history, from its founding as an estate of the Blair family in the 1820s, growing as part of the explosion of suburban development … Continue reading →

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May be a few minutes late to class tonight

Posted on February 29, 2012 by tjowens

If I am not there at 5:30 on the dot just start the class discussion without me. Just start talking in small groups about what you intend to do for your projects and I should be along shortly.

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Digital Project Proposal: Learning and Seeing DC for the Modern Day Penny Pincher

Posted on February 29, 2012 by jc1234

In the Fall of 2008 I studied abroad in Ireland for four months. Living in a new city full of history, I wanted to see everything historical I could find. However, as you could probably guess I was a broke … Continue reading →

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Cruisin’ Route 20…with History!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Meghan O'Connor

Have you ever been driving in what seems like the middle of nowhere and passed by a placard, statue, or house that looked important, but did not quite see the historic significance of this place as the car zoomed by?  … Continue reading →

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ARIS & Menokin: New Technology for a Renewed House

Posted on February 29, 2012 by LauraHeiman

My digital project will be a joint collaboration with fellow classmate Caitlin Miller as we tackle designing an ARIS tour for The Menokin Foundation. The Who: The Menokin Foundation near Warsaw, Virginia, operates the historical house and grounds of Declaration … Continue reading →

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Digital Project Proposal

Posted on February 29, 2012 by kellyc

For my digital project, I propose taking pictures of memorials around DC and looking at what their locations signify.  How close are they to the National Mall?  What does their distance mean?  When were they created? Why at that particular … Continue reading →

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Project Proposal: A Walk with Francis Lightfoot Lee

Posted on February 29, 2012 by CaitlinM

Nestled amid the fields and woodlands of Virginia’s Northern Neck rests Menokin, a site almost forgotten to history.  Menokin was commissioned in 1769 as a wedding present to Rebecca Tayloe from her father, on the eve of her marriage to … Continue reading →

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Digital Project – JFK’s AU Commencement Address

Posted on February 29, 2012 by allenp

On June 10th 1963, President Kennedy gave the commencement address to the American University graduating class. Although it was an exciting event for those present, it was largely ignored by the domestic media. Little did they know that the real … Continue reading →

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