I was really excited this week to dive into digital mapping tools. This is an area where I’ve dipped my toe before–I’ve used StoryMapsJS to make tools for teaching like this one–but I don’t have a lot of experience either using ESRI StoryMaps or, for that matter, conducting actual research using mapping. Pretty much everything…
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This week in HIST 8500, we learned about databases and tried our hand at designing them using Airbase. I’ll be honest, this is an intellectual challenge I’m going to need some time and practice to wrap my head around. I have a lot of experience in using databases, and had a job for a couple…
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Alas, I knew not everything was going to be as successful an adventure as my introductions to Tropy and Zotero were! I was quite excited to use Omeka–I’ve seen it demonstrated at conferences before and looked at model projects created in it, and I’ve really wanted the ability to curate digital exhibits for years now,…
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I may have been dubious about Zotero, but when exploring our digital tool for HIST 8500 this week, Tropy, all I had to do was watch the introductory video and I knew this was something I wanted to use. Why the big difference, one might ask? Tropy is in many ways similar in functionality to…
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