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Blog Post #8
Last week, we were asked to review Digital History scholarship and explore how history as a field has adapted to it over time. Perhaps the greatest advantage to the expansion of digital history, and digital resources in general, is the increased access to sources. This makes research less dependent on the physical accessibility or location…
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Blog Post #7
This week, we were asked to review digital portfolios, as well as advice on digital portfolios, and describe the lessons found in these sites. I want to preface my writing by saying that I don’t like posting publicly. I absolutely understand the importance of curating a digital presence. However, I am deeply uncomfortable with having…
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Blog Post #6
This week, we were asked to review the version history entries to Wikipedia articles, as well as to compare Creative Commons licenses with regard to our project assignment. Looking at the revision history for Open peer review shows a number of changes made by “users” labelled as bots. When these accounts are clicked on, for…
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CRHC Project Update
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Blog Post #5
This week, we were given the option to practice using StoryMapJS and TimeLineJS. With these tools, I decided to begin working on a project that is very important to me personally, and that I am considering for my HIST485. In December 2023, I was given the task of transcribing the diary of 2nd Lt. Artemas…
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Blog Post #4
This week, we were asked to look at two different digital history sites of our choice and review them based on the Journal of American History’s Digital History Review standards. For the first site, I chose to review Photogrammar, which maps nearly 170,000 photographs taken across the United States during the Great Depression era (1935-1944).…
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Blog Post #3
This week, we were asked to use generative AI to produce an essay and a transcription of a historical document. We then were to review AI’s effectiveness and accuracy in producing these. The AI used in my responses is Microsoft CoPilot’s “Smart” setting. Prompt #1 (Essay): Generate a two-page essay on the experiences of soldiers…
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Blog Post #2
This week, we were asked to review four different digital history projects of our choosing. I chose to review Envisioning Seneca Village (2025 Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History), The Valley of the Shadow, Digital History, and Petitioning for Freedom (December 2025 feature in Journal of American History). Envisioning Seneca Visit is a…
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Blog Post #1
This week, we were asked to review examples of Omeka sites. The first I reviewed was the Fredericksburg National Cemetery site from Digital History 2018. I wanted to see an example of previous class work to get an idea of what other projects were like. It is one that has gone slightly defunct, so the…