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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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- Project Proposals (25)
- Projects (49)
- Site Review (9)
- Text Analysis (5)
- Uncategorized (208)
- video games (6)
- Visualization (9)
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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
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- Show and Tell: Mr. Jefferson’s Mystery Maze
- Who Wants to be a Cotton Millionaire?
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Category Archives: Uncategorized
Digital Project Reflection
Project Reflection [If you haven’t already—check out my website on Masonic Structures here!] As many of you probably remember, I spent this past semester interning for the House of the Temple, the headquarters of the Supreme Council of the Southern … Continue reading
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Introduction to WordPress
From the “Things-that-would’ve-benefited-people-had-I-posted-this-weeks-ago” Department:
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Project Statement – Colin
Project Again for reference my final digital project can be found here or below http://musicandyoutube.wordpress.com/ Project Description: For my project I chose to curate an exhibit of the evolving relationship between music & YouTube. Everyone knows that each have been affected … Continue reading
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Reflection Post
My print project on Watergate proved to be rewarding in a number of ways. First and foremost, for someone who is extremely fascinated by this particular scandal, examining some of the public’s comments about it on various blogs and news … Continue reading
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Show and Tell: Take a Virtual Dive on the Titanic
The Virtual Dive of the Titanic on the Discovery Channel Site allows viewers to explore the technology surrounding the dive down to the Titanic ruins. It is a good tool with a lot of information, but doesn’t give much background … Continue reading
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Show & Tell: PBS’ The Video Game Revolution
I came across an interesting site hosted by PBS. “The Video Game Revolution” offers a lot of neat facts about video games. The site is apparently a companion to a PBS documentary by the same name. The site discusses the evolution of video … Continue reading
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Shaping the Nation: Open Source
At the suggestion of Professor Owens, Shaping the Nation now has source code hosted on Github as kmlmap. I don’t have a license selected for it — I believe the existing licensing of the projects it’s made of will determine whether it’s … Continue reading
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Project Reflection: Culture at Home
On paper, I feel like my plan to integrate pseudo-social interaction into the homeschool class I tutor was sound. While uploading the student’s essay onto a WordPress blog was relatively straightforward, using an integrated custom Google Map added a bit … Continue reading
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Bridget Sullivan Final Digital Project
Check out the link to my digital project, the design document for an interactive game, Abolition Adventure!
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Menokin Adventurer: Final Thoughts
My hope is that the blog I created for Menokin, called Menokin Adventurer, will be used by the site in the future and will be a place where the museum can engage with the public. Menokin is the home of … Continue reading
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