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My group and I were able to talk about our group contracts with our professor and many edits were needed. The contract needed to be more detailed and elaborated. We were able to start digitizing the registrar and learning how to use the machine was not as hard as it seemed. A group member and Read More

This week we talked about topic modeling, network analysis, and text mining, which was all a lot of information, but provided possibilities for the cemetery project. With text analysis, we looked at Voyant, which allows the user to analyze texts, such as viewing what words show up the most, density of vocabulary, or the frequency Read More

I built a timeline using Timeline JS about the Tudors, an English royal family prominent in the 16th century.  Timeline JS uses Google spreadsheet to organize the timeline in pre-made columns. Timeline JS is an easy timeline tool to use, it is just not a personal favorite of mine because of the spreadsheet you have Read More

I looked at two sources that used Omega, the Histories of the National Mall and the Great Molasses Flood. I liked the Histories of the National Mall, it has really nice imaging to go along its different subjects and the map is not too complicated to look at. The map has its points laid out Read More

I have always been fascinated with what we can do with technology and coming into college, I know I wanted to study two very different disciplines, one involving technology and the other Classics. I became a double major in Classical Archeology and Communications & Digital Studies with a minor in Museum Studies in my sophomore Read More