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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: Web Community
Bridget Sullivan Print Project Proposal
In recent years, museums and archives have made a concerted effort to take advantage of digital media in connecting with public audiences. These institutions have undertaken a multitude of projects to make their collection available to a greater audience through … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Collections, Digitization, Project Proposals, Projects, Web Community
Tagged print project proposal
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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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The Google Custom Engine: Refining Searching in a Few Steps
Sometimes it is a frustrating experience to search for a topic through the internet, only to have the search engine turn up results that are not related to what you are looking for. This problem is similar to what the … Continue reading
Posted in Database and New Media, Text Analysis, Web Community
Tagged Google, Search Engines
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Victorian Researcher Finds Google Makes His Life A Lot Easier
If you thought “Googling the Victorians” was about something else, you’ll be disappointed. In this article, Patrick Leary discusses how Google has made his life as a researcher of the Victorian era so much easier. That’s to be expected with … Continue reading
How Democratic Do We Really Want the Internet Anyway?
I posted my print project proposal last week, which I’m sure everyone read and enjoyed thoroughly. Anyway, as I think about the questions regarding whether the Internet has fostered elitist and institutional groups rather than egalitarian and democratic groups, I … Continue reading
Posted in Projects, Web Community
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[Insert Clever Flickr Title Here]
An interactive tool for the amateur photographer, Flikcr creates a whole new playground for both beginners and experts on digital photo storage. Flickr, created by Yahoo presents a home for photographers of all skill levels to post their photos in … Continue reading
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Wikipedia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
As Bonnie’s post below adroitly demonstrates, Wikipedia is a site with a deeply-ingrained ethos and traditions that might not be familiar to the casual user, a tribal society that debates the content of pages hidden behind talk pages that regular … Continue reading
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History…The Wikipedia Way???
Is Wikipedia a good reliable source of historical scholarship? The answer to this question depends upon several factors including, but not limited to our own relationship to historical scholarship. According to Roy Rosenzweig, “History is a deeply individualistic craft” and … Continue reading
Flickr Commons: An Uncommon Resource
The World’s Public Photography Archives In January 2008, Flickr: The Commons was created with the intention to create the world’s first public photo collection and interactive archive. Users are able to browse the image collections of 46 participating institutions from … Continue reading
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