Group items tagged

This short article focuses on how visualizing data can be advantageous for the public and what kind of softwares can be used to create such projects. For instance, software "Tabeleau Public" is a desktop application that can post graphs, maps, and table sinto the web. "Flare" is a software relying on Flash and can create interactive data shared with other users. This article basically reveals the many ways to visualize data other than through the use of Microsoft Excel.

This Dan Cohen blog discusses the weird relationship between the databases purchased by organizations and libraries and how they are utilized in the academic world. Many of these purchases are unwarranted. These buyers are over buying accumulating multiple software programs for more than one 'category". The main problem discussed is that since the buyer is not the user, ignored functional issues arise.

Kevin Colton explains how the use of simulation can increase the fundamental learning of history. By using charts, maps, diagrams, and photos, students can get a different and more effective learning experience. He also goes on to explain the basics of how he created the simulation and gives images to give you an idea of what the maps might look like and a demo simulation video.

HASTAC Scholar Rebecca Nesvest announces her work in testing out new software meant to be a digital accompaniment to texts. In her example, she is using "The String of Pearls, or the Barber of Fleet Street" to map out the locations from the story onto a map of the actual Fleet Street in London where the Demon Barber Sweeney Todd was said to live and work. Her work will also include historical evidence for and against the reality of the events depicted in the story that have always been said to be entirely true.

The World Science Festival has attempted to to make a video to explain a new technology that will supposedly revolutionize the internet. This video allows you to vitually experience this new software and take it for a "virtual test drive."

The article explains the potential application of the SMI RED-m, an eye tracking device, in digital classrooms by explaining its use by the Humanities Lab of Lund University in Sweden. According to the article Lund University, in cooperation with other international researchers, installed 25 SMI RED-m devices to build a prototype digital classroom. By utilizing this eye tracking software, researcher sin the visual perception lab hope to analyze how children learn things in a classroom situation, particularly with regards to introducing new technology to the class room. The intent of the researchers is to use data collected from the project to better tailor educational materials to the abilities and interests of children.

This is an online site for the Center for Digital Research in Humanties at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The main goals of this center is to provide tools for research in the field (reference sources), compose creative digital content, and pushing the use of international standards. The center enjoys working with Digital Humanist to ease their projects by providing a venue for discussing, information, and tools. A lists of activities on the site include scanning, round tables, software, and assistance.