When I first created a blog for UMW, it was a UMW blogs account and it was for my Writing About Liberty class sophomore year. Back then I didn’t really care about my digital identity, as I was young and naive. However, when the history department made it a requirement for us to make a …
Author: Adventures in Digital History – Rachel Dacey
StoryMapJS, JSTimeline & Video
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Adventures in Digital History: Part II
The first project I looked at was the Fifteenth-Century Italian Art. I loved how the creator of the website spatially represented the art, by mapping out where they are located around Italy. That access would make it easy for any person planning on visiting the country, it gives them facts about the painting (when painted, …
Adventures in Digital History: Part I
There are numerous reasons as to why I chose to take Adventures in Digital History. For the purpose of this blog post, however, I will name three: History major requirement to take two senior seminars Want to make myself more marketable to employers; and Gain a digital toolbox before starting graduate school. While ADH was …