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The course blog for History in the Digital Age a course at American University. One of the explicit goals of this course is for us to develop as communicators on the public web. So please do join our conversation, but please do so respectfully. We are all learning how to do this together.Categories
- administrative (4)
- Database and New Media (6)
- Definitions (5)
- Designing Digital Projects (4)
- Digital Collections (12)
- Digital Preservation (7)
- Digitization (6)
- Materiality (1)
- Project Proposals (25)
- Projects (49)
- Site Review (9)
- Text Analysis (5)
- Uncategorized (208)
- video games (6)
- Visualization (9)
- Web Community (12)
Recent Comments
- Kyle Horst on Digital Project Reflection
- Colin Musselman on Shaping the Nation: Project Launch
- Colin Musselman on Final reflections
- Colin Musselman on Final Digital Project – Historypin & the Silver Spring Historical Society
- Colin Musselman on Remembering Rebecca: A New Way to Engage with Historic Houses
- Colin Musselman on Reflection on History as Told by the Internet Project
- Colin Musselman on Project Reflection: Culture at Home
- MadelineDC on Digital Project Proposal
- historyfan29 on Show and Tell: Take a Virtual Dive on the Titanic
- Angela Modany on Final Digital Project – Historypin & the Silver Spring Historical Society
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Recent Posts
- Digital Project Reflection
- Introduction to WordPress
- Project Statement – Colin
- Reflection Post
- Show and Tell: Take a Virtual Dive on the Titanic
- Show & Tell: PBS’ The Video Game Revolution
- Shaping the Nation: Open Source
- Project Reflection: Culture at Home
- Bridget Sullivan Final Digital Project
- Menokin Adventurer: Final Thoughts
- Reflection on History as Told by the Internet Project
- Remembering Rebecca: A New Way to Engage with Historic Houses
- Final Project Reflections
- Final Digital Project – Historypin & the Silver Spring Historical Society
- Digital Project Reflection “Music & YouTube”
- Final Reflection
- Final Project and Reflection
- From the Telegraph to the Internet: Project Reflection
- Final reflections
- Show and Tell: Hans Rosling’s Amazing Grraphs
- Project Reflections
- Bay of Pigs Project Summary
- Bridget Sullivan Final Reflection: Abolition Adventure!
- Reflections on “Maroons of North America Viewshare”
- Shaping the Nation: Project Launch
- S&T Visualizing History: Some Examples and Some Thoughts
- Final Reflection
- Final Reflection
- Final Thoughts…
- Final Reflection Post
- Show & Tell – Google Cultural Institute
- Project Draft: History as Told by the Internet
- Show and Tell: Games on the History Channel
- Show and Tell: Gaming the Past
- Show and Tell: Citizen Archivist Dashboard
- Show and Tell
- Argument Wars
- Gee
- Show and Tell: Mr. Jefferson’s Mystery Maze
- Who Wants to be a Cotton Millionaire?
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Category Archives: Definitions
All the World’s Digitized and the Men and Women Merely Bloggers…
How does digitizing texts impact the way we conduct research? Michael Whitmore and Jonathan Hope believe that a literary criticism revolution is at hand, one in which scholars will discover new patterns and arrive at new conclusions. Their 2007 article … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Uncategorized
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PhilaPlace
PhilaPlace.org is an attempt by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make local history into a unified experience – one that takes place both on the internet, as well as in the streets around you. Utilizing the power of Google … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Site Review, Uncategorized
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The Digital Future is… Processing.
When can we stop asking about whether the time has come for the humanities to enter the digital age and start exploring how digital humanities started long ago? In The Digital Future is Now (Fall 2009), Christine L. Borgman calls … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Uncategorized
Tagged Digital Humanities, eScience, Open Source History
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The Good and Bad of Digital Media
How can historians effectively use the Internet to enhance both their research and how they present that research to a wider audience? Daniel J. Cohen’s and Roy Rosenzweig’s, Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on … Continue reading
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Bridging the Digital Divide: Digital History Proves a Promising Tool for the Traditionalist and the Techie
In an online discussion hosted by The Journal of American History entitled “The Promise of Digital History,” eight noted digital historians defined digital history and detailed how it had revamped the historical field as a whole. The roundtable participants included: … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Uncategorized
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