Just to see how a WP site would work for our purposes, I created a sample site. Some things that occurred to me: Wouldn't it be great to have different users for all the letter writers in the novel? How would this work, though, when the posts are exported for later use? Typically, authors are …
The Arcades | Wander through my musings on Victorian literature and culture, Steampunk, Neo-Victorian novels, and the digital humanities.
By Kathryn Crowther I was so inspired by how excitedly and with what hands-on innovation the students had responded to the assignment that it led me re-think a lot of my traditional assignments. I started examining the ways that more innovative pedagogy – pushing the boundaries of my own knowledge and comfort – -could inspire …
Is Digital Literacy Dead?
Among the many sessions I participated in at this year's CHNM THATCamp, one of the most interesting to me was on the future of "digital literacy," proposed by Jeff McClurken. The concept of digital literacy has continued to show up in University missions, QEPs, "outcomes," and general pedagogical discourse--I know I've routinely encountered it in …
Piping Fulltext Database Result Streams to Manipulable Data Files for Distant Reading
Today, it is increasingly difficult for scholars to do historical, primary source research without institutional access to fulltext databases like Early English Books Online, Eighteenth-Century Collections Online, and the 17th and 18th Century Newspaper Collections, among others. These resources are often prohibitively expensive for smaller colleges and universities, and travel funding for archival research is …
THATCamp Prime 2011: BootCamp Sessions
Just returned from this year's THATCamp at CHNM, and I have to say--wow. I'm exhausted but oddly energized, as are most other campers (if the twitter stream is to be believed!). For those who've never been to a THATCamp, you will find Alexandra Cartert's excellent post on her experience enlightening. I, too, arrived early for …
Research Tutorials
Research 1: Aladin, Google Preview, CLS, Bookbag from T. Howe on Vimeo. Research 2: Articles & Databases, Literature Resource Center, Content Types, Marked Lists, Citation Tools from T. Howe on Vimeo. Research 3: Following the Cheese from T. Howe on Vimeo.
Using Wikis in the Classroom: Introduction
Using our Wiki from T. Howe on Vimeo.
The Word You Don’t Know: Using Find/Replace
Improve Your Writing with Find/Replace from T. Howe on Vimeo.
Prezi: Invigorating the Lecture
http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf Invigorating the lecture on Prezi
Anatomy of a Film
http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf Anatomy of a film: Developing student thinking through collaborative analysis on Prezi
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