- I'm a digital archivist at the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of Congress and a doctoral student at GMU. I'm interested in online communities, digital history, and video games. I blog on this site, and at playthepast.org. Views expressed are not those of any current or former employer.
My Recent LoC.gov posts- All Digital Objects are Born Digital Objects May 15, 2012
- Life-Saving: The National Software Reference Library May 4, 2012
- ArtBase and the Conservation and Exhibition of Born Digital Art: An Interview with Ben Fino-Radin May 1, 2012
- Better Know a Viewshare: Exploring Texas Funeral Records April 18, 2012
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- What Is the “New Aesthetic”? « stunlaw on The New Aesthetic and the Artifactual Digital Object
- MUSEUMS IN SOCIAL MEDIA & THE WEB | Culture Victoria News on Crowdsourcing Cultural Heritage: The Objectives Are Upside Down
- Matt Burton on The New Aesthetic and the Artifactual Digital Object
- The New Aesthetic and the Artifactual Digital Object | Trevor Owens on Deforming reality with Word Lens
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Category Archives: Education
Autotune for science, or when youtube got smart
When I first stumbled across Carl Sagan – ‘A Glorious Dawn’ ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed) I thought I would find a quick laugh, instead I found something profoundly moving. This autotuned mash-up of documentary footage ends up leaving viewers … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Tools, Education, Science
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Simulation As A Way of Knowing: First Reflections on Will Wright's Keynote at the 5th Annual Innovations in e-Learning Conference.
It’s not everyday that one gets to swoon as a big time fan boy. Will Wright spoke at the Innovations and e-Learning Symposium and I had the chance to stake out a spot right in the center of the room … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Games, History
Tagged #iel09, Games, knowing, learning, simulation, will wright
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Distributed Research Tool Instruction: Think Interlibrary Loan for Training
The ever growing heap of neat digital research tools is simultaneously fascinating and problematic. Some of this stuff really has the potential to be transformational, to provide new avenues for scholarship, and teaching, but the sheer quantity of tools makes … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Tools, Education
Tagged Digital History, instruction, instructional technology, libraries, research tools, zotero
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Re-mixing The Tech Tree: Build Your Own History Of Science
A few weeks back Rob Macdougall posted a great essay about using the game Civilization’s approach to the history of science and technology as a point of entry into conversations about models for representing the history of science and technology … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Tools, Education, Games, History
Tagged civilization, History of Science, mod, public understanding of science, science education, tech tree
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Marie Curie on Ada Lovelace Day
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. From their website, ‘Women’s contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely recognized. We want you to tell the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Uncategorized
Tagged AdaLovelaceDay09, children's books, Children's Literature, Curie, Gender, Science
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Recap from first Triannual Zotero Trainers Workshop
Last week I had the pleasure of running the first in Zotero’s triannual (that’s three times a year) workshops for Zotero trainers (looking for a better name for “trainer”). I had a great time, and I think everyone left with … Continue reading
Darwin, History, and Visualizations
Two weeks ago our Creating History in New Media class had a great chance to chat with historian David Staley about his book Computers Visualization and History and Scott McCloud‘s book Understanding Comics. New media provides some exciting places to … Continue reading
Posted in Clio2, Education, History
Tagged childen's literature, Comics, darwin, History of Science, visualization
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