Author: Digital History Bloggin

When we first met with the museum on one of the first days of class, we did not expect to be able to produce so much work. We had the baseline thought that we would create an updated 360 tour of the James Monroe Museum. The project quickly became much more expansive. Before we started … Continue reading Reflection →

As the digital world keeps expanding, this history world is keen on transferring its on paper practices to digital. It seems that one of the largest problems that historians have with a growing number of platforms is keeping its professional and uniform guidelines. The article Guidelines for the Professional Evaluation of Digital Scholarship by Historians reads, “Despite … Continue reading Problems in a growing digital world →

https://kemmrich.wixsite.com/kellyemmrich This is my current professional blog. I have sent it out to a few employers. Some of the choices I made on it aren’t inherently professional like the fonts and the pictures.  Since I am going into animation after undergraduate, it only makes sense that my online presence and professional website reflects that. On … Continue reading My website →

We didn’t expect this to be a problem, but our biggest challenge will be getting and being able to work with a 360 camera for an extended period of time. I am nervous about that aspect. I think that it will work out and we will get to play with the camera some before we … Continue reading James Monroe group update →

Monroe Museum Group For our project we still are a little bit unsure of how to present our data in a cohesive way. The mapping tools and Omeka are not the most viable for the James Monroe project. We were thinking about using Omeka for our own benefit to compile information about the different artifacts. … Continue reading Group Post Discussion →

Before this assignment, I never really thought about the James Monroe Museum group having a website database. The main focus that our client wants is an updated 360 tour of the museum. The tour would be hosted on their website. Now that I’ve gone through all of the projects, I realize that there is so … Continue reading Digital Projects Review →

As for the requirements element, I am taking this class to satisfy the digital studies capstone requirement. Why I chose this class over the other seminar is because it frankly sounded more in line with my interests. I am not from a history background, but I know the importance of history. I’m involved in journalism … Continue reading My Adventures in Digital History: Why am I taking this? →