Links for our discussion:
UMW Library Guide to GIS Resources
Images, movies, and audio — What are your favorite sites for finding these kinds of historical materials? Post them on your blogs (linking to this post) or post them in the comments here.
Examples of UMW student digital projects:
Websites:
History of Sterilization Procedures
History of Voting Machines
Wiki projects:
History of the [...]
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I really enjoyed reading all of your autobiographical (and nearly autobiographical) paragraphs.
Here are just a few of the most-commented-on posts for us to discuss in class.
Justin
Mary Beth
Jessica
Amanda
Elle
Lacey
Kari
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American Memory by Library of Congress
American Memory – Subject Headings
“I Do Solemnly Swear . . .”: Presidential Inaugurations at American Memory
James Buchanan’s Presidential Inauguration (1857)
Lincoln documents, photos & transcriptions
www.DoHistory.org
Center for History and New Media — http://chnm.gmu.edu/
US sources and web reviews — http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Richard Frethorne letter (1623)
Non-US sources and web reviews http://worldhistorymatters.org/
U. S. Historical Census Data [...]
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Some examples from the class….
Name confusion — Justin
Wikipedia…. — Amanda
Wrong audience — Lacey
Credibility Questions — Davis, Tommy
Fanboy Sites (aka obsessive amateur) — Julie
[The site she should have linked to for today....]
What do we do about blogs? — Kari
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For Friday’s review of the proposal draft you get from a classmate at classtime, you’ll need to use the following MS Word document: [Link] When you’re finished tomorrow with the peer review, email a copy to me and to the person who you’re evaluating. [Do so by 3 pm Friday.]
For Monday, you [...]
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