Thoughts for a final project…

I currently work for the National Park Service at Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial.  The site is getting ready to close its doors for an indeterminate amount of time in order to install a climate control system and a new fire suppression system, and to also restore the slave quarter buildings.  I thought [...]

Why Digitize?

Digitization is a wonderful thing for researchers.  It can put primary sources right at your fingertips without you ever having to leave your house.  All of us enjoy doing research in our fuzzy slippers.  For a lot of us, however, we have no idea what goes into making these sources available.  There is a lot [...]

The Internet in the Classroom

The more the better.  The way this class is set up is excellent!  All the resources we need are in one place or just a click away.  They are much easier to find and to reference than having to go back and remember where you put that article or this paper.  It also allows for [...]

No Computer Left Behind

Without getting into my feelings about the No Child Left Behind Act (that could be a novel in itself) this article hits the nail on the head of multiple choice tests.  As a former teacher, I do admit that Scantron is wonderful for saving time.  But you end up teaching the students things that college [...]

Maps, maps, and more maps!!

Maps are wonderful! I love maps!  I also love the idea of being able to click on a map and find information about the spot that I clicked on.  We use this technology to find apartments and make hotel reservations, why not to search digital libraries or find the references we historians need to write [...]

Keep ‘em coming!

API’s? Love them! Anything that helps me research the Internet and other databases more quickly and efficiently is OK with me!  I do agree with – I think it was – Bill, that this is what historians do.  We gather information from disparate sources and put them together for ourselves and others.  This is just [...]