Comments on: Civil War Memory Class Goes Digital http://cwmemory.com/2009/08/27/civil-war-memory-class-goes-digital/ Where History, Heritage, and Education Intersect Thu, 24 May 2012 01:47:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/08/27/civil-war-memory-class-goes-digital/#comment-10798 Kevin Levin Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:41:41 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=4562#comment-10798 Larry, Thanks for the thumbs up. I hadn't thought of Omeka so that is definitely a possibility. My only concern in using that as a platform is the learning curve. I will have to look into it. I haven't made any decision on privacy issues, but I tend to lean on as much access as will not distract from the building process. Of course, once it is completed it will be made available to the general public. I am hoping that it will be useful to both students of the Civil War as well as a tool for tourists. Larry,

Thanks for the thumbs up. I hadn’t thought of Omeka so that is definitely a possibility. My only concern in using that as a platform is the learning curve. I will have to look into it. I haven’t made any decision on privacy issues, but I tend to lean on as much access as will not distract from the building process. Of course, once it is completed it will be made available to the general public. I am hoping that it will be useful to both students of the Civil War as well as a tool for tourists.

]]> By: Larry Cebula http://cwmemory.com/2009/08/27/civil-war-memory-class-goes-digital/#comment-10797 Larry Cebula Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:24:21 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=4562#comment-10797 Excellent! Teaching students to present their research digitally where everyone can see is so much more valuable than having them fill a bluebook with hurried handwriting. In my new job as coordinator of a public history program I am wrestling with platform questions myself. I want to create a single web destination where the regional history investigations of my students will appear. But what should it be? Blog, website, Omeka database, wiki, Google map (which I am leaning towards...), Flickr group, or . . . ? Keep us updated. Will the Moodle site be behind a password? Excellent! Teaching students to present their research digitally where everyone can see is so much more valuable than having them fill a bluebook with hurried handwriting.

In my new job as coordinator of a public history program I am wrestling with platform questions myself. I want to create a single web destination where the regional history investigations of my students will appear. But what should it be? Blog, website, Omeka database, wiki, Google map (which I am leaning towards…), Flickr group, or . . . ?

Keep us updated. Will the Moodle site be behind a password?

]]> By: Mike http://cwmemory.com/2009/08/27/civil-war-memory-class-goes-digital/#comment-10766 Mike Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:05:10 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=4562#comment-10766 Excellent Idea! Excellent Idea!

]]> By: Matt Donnelly http://cwmemory.com/2009/08/27/civil-war-memory-class-goes-digital/#comment-10757 Matt Donnelly Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:42:11 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=4562#comment-10757 Kevin, I used Moodle in my Microsoft Office class last year and found it worked far better than I could have imagined. It should work for the needs of this class. Kevin,
I used Moodle in my Microsoft Office class last year and found it worked far better than I could have imagined. It should work for the needs of this class.

]]> By: Jim Beeghley http://cwmemory.com/2009/08/27/civil-war-memory-class-goes-digital/#comment-10755 Jim Beeghley Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:13:51 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=4562#comment-10755 Kevin, What a cool idea. Actually rather than Moodle you could probably do all of this in a wiki. All of the sites that your students will be unloading to have embed codes that could please the end products into the wiki. Just a thought. My 11 year old daughter's Civil War Sallie project (http://www.civilwarsallie.com) is using these tools to teach others about the Civil War and I think what you are proposing is a really cool idea. Jim Kevin,

What a cool idea. Actually rather than Moodle you could probably do all of this in a wiki. All of the sites that your students will be unloading to have embed codes that could please the end products into the wiki. Just a thought.

My 11 year old daughter’s Civil War Sallie project (http://www.civilwarsallie.com) is using these tools to teach others about the Civil War and I think what you are proposing is a really cool idea.

Jim

]]> By: chris meekins http://cwmemory.com/2009/08/27/civil-war-memory-class-goes-digital/#comment-10754 chris meekins Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:01:47 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=4562#comment-10754 My first thought is - lucky students. My first thought is – lucky students.

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