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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
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Category Archives: Project Proposals
Digital Project Proposal
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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Cruisin’ Route 20…with History!
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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Digital Project Proposal
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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Digital Project Proposal: Chicago Cemeteries
My digital project is a bit of a flight of fancy as I will be focusing on my print project this semester, but it is still one that I find fascinating and could potentially see myself working on in the … Continue reading
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Bridget Sullivan Digital Project Proposal
My digital project will address the abolition debates in the colony of Rhode Island in the period leading up to the American Revolution. While the state of institutionalized slavery in the South and the bloody fight of the American Civil … Continue reading
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Print Proposal – Oregon Trail
My proposal for a print project would be an analysis on Oregon Trail, one of the most iconic educational games of all time. Likely exposed to you in elementary school, the game has been used in classrooms around the … Continue reading
Print Proposal
Civic history has always been something I’ve been interested in. Growing up in Baltimore, I always loved going to the historical homes and little museums scattered across the city. There was one historic site that I always loved attending—that of … Continue reading
Print Proposal: Smart Phone apps and Public History
As a recent convert to smart phones, I am more than amazed at how much I use my phone, from trying to find the cheapest price for a certain product to navigating the DC metro and electronically refilling my metro … Continue reading
Curating our Heritage through Social Data
For my project, I’d like to explore a topic we’ve been debating regularly in class. We’ve had frequent discussions about the eligibility of user contributions to history, especially in the digital realm. Our discussions have largely focused on written contributions … Continue reading
Masonic Print Proprosal
Growing up I was a very avid reader. I could do without video games. TV? Didn’t need it. But books? I always had one close by–you couldn’t pry them from my hands. My favorite type of literature was fiction, especially … Continue reading