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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: Site Review
Born-Digital: The September 11 Digital Archive
A collaboration between the American Social History Project at the City University of New York Graduate Center and Rosenzweig’s Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the September 11 … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Site Review
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Voyeur/Voyant
Have you ever found yourself wishing you could find a web-based text analysis program that was created to theorize text analysis tools and text analysis rhetoric? If such a specific desire has ever burdened you, fret no more!! Your wish … Continue reading
Posted in Site Review
7 Comments
On the Potential Benefits of “Many Eyes”
In 2007 IBM launched the site Many Eyes, which allows users to upload data sets, try out various ways of visualizing them, and most importantly, discuss those visualizations with anyone who sets up a (free) account on Many Eyes. As … Continue reading
Flickr
Flickr is a free photosharing site. It allows you to create a profile and upload photos to a format that makes them easy to share with friends, family and the general public. Flickr makes it easy to get started. In … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Collections, Site Review, Uncategorized, Web Community
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Earning Your Badges: A review of Gowalla
In Julie Meloni’s article, she reviews the Gowalla site and discusses how its features can be applied as a supplement towards education and visitor experience at museums. At first look, Gowalla is a location-based social network, much similar to the … Continue reading
Posted in Site Review
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Critical Praise for CriticalPast.com
CriticalPast.com was voted one of the “The Top 100 Web Sites of 2010” by PCmag.com, and rightly so. The site boasts a total of 57,409 viewable clips and 7 million photos “in one of the world’s largest collections of royalty-free … Continue reading
Posted in Site Review, Visualization
3 Comments
Visualizing Your Data With IBM’s Many Eyes
Many Eyes is a powerful tool that enables a user to create visualizations from any kind of data set. Here’s where it gets fun: while a user can upload their own data set, Many Eyes is a community-powered tool. There … Continue reading
Posted in Site Review, Visualization
Tagged Data Visualization, IBM, Many Eyes, Site Review, Visualization
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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
2 Comments
Bringing Historical Order to YouTube.
YouTube is a repository for public memory. It’s about documenting what is in the zeitgeist now. It also provides a glimpse at what we remember about the past, too. That’s the premise behind yttm.tv, a website that attempts to provide … Continue reading