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Podcaster Ethan Watrall confronts the topic of archaeology and its connection to digital humanities. The reality is that archaeologists currently do not have strong connections to digital humanists. What Watrall brings attention to is the peculiarity of this issue, even when archaeologists often use a a variety of digital technologies their research. Watrall does not bring solutions to his issue, but simply is informing his audience DH participants can take a chance to connect their work and communities to archaeologists.

A Chief Ranger of a historical site and a digital media specialist collaborate together to create a class that discusses mobile media design and digital storytelling. The students also visit a historical site weekly and discuss the history of the village during the Fur Trade Era. Special guests are also included in the teachings such as archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians that know more about the history during this era. The students final project is to create an app that shows some aspect of this village during this era. This will help the students learn how to design a digital media that can be accessed mobile.