ENGL 481: Digital Humanities

Researching is being done to exime just how different a "genius" brain is, compared to a normal brain. This article discusses the finding when digging through tissue in Einstein's brain.

Mrs. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin blazed her own trail in the Harvard School of Astrology in the early 1900's. She, and a group of other women known as the "computers." They worked hard to make a name for themselves, and make a name they did. These women, in particular, were some of the first to blaze new trails at the university.

Meet Watson, the new medical "miracle" machine. In an understaffed hospital this machine is being used to monitor and treat patients around the clock. It is interactive and meet the medical needs of patients based on their age. An interesting piece of machinery, that's for sure.

In this article we discuss the "intelligence" of the machine. They are able to do just about anything we ask of them these days, but are they actually able to "think" and "feel?" This article delves in to try and reason whether or not this phenominon is possible in the real world.

In this article four mathematicle "fanatics" as one might tend to call them sit down to discuss thier mathematical passions, how they began their journey into the mathmatic field, and what are the cons of math classes in today's classroom.

Is our information safe out there? This is the real underlying question behing this humorous blog posting. I love the way this article pulls up the humors or encryptions and juxtaposes it with some of the ways that encrytion can be used in poor ways as well.

Cryptography is the art of being able to encrypt coding onto computers. But what has this "art" done to the safety of our information online. If this information is put into the wrong hands, it could be devistating to someone whose information (and most of ours is now days) on the internet. This article brings up the importance of safe guarding our information against those who could potentially attempt to steal it.

Quantum computers, argue many skilled MIT professionals, are the new, revolutionary way to perform advanced parallel quantum equations. They harness the use of particle, instead of bionary, which allows for a fast, multitaking, more advanced computer.

This article discusses the theory of "the evolving brain" arguing that due to our environmental and cultural influences our cognitive skills and neurological giftings will constantly be different. For example, one of the men mentioned in the article never learned long division but argues he doesnt have to develop that skill when a computer can do it for him. At the same time, the arguement comes about that he will possess a different set of skills (like harnessing computer lioteracy) that are more applicable to himself and his surrounding enviorment.

Alan Turing is written about in this article and praised for his pioneering efforts in the technology we see around us today. He set in motion that breaking of coding information to help spur on what we know today and information technology. He also had strong beliefs in the theory that technology could become intelligent.

This link takes you to the Digital Humanities certificate and some department information for Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The website offers information for different job offerings, blog posts, and classes offered in the field at Texas A&M. The website looks to be mostly run by the faculty for the department at Texas A&M.

Digital Humanities Now is a website that showcases the scholarship and news in the world of digital humanities. The website's mission statement says that they hope to accomplish that "through a process of aggregation, discovery, curation, and review." Here, people can come and view what is happening in the field of digital humanities and get caught up on current events.

This link leads to Marylhurst University Online Digital Humanities Degree. I thought this was worth noting because it is actually an English and Digital Humanities degree that is being offered. I've looked at a few local colleges near our Texas A&M, and very few universities offer Digital Humanities as a main degree and not a minor or extra field of study. This is worth looking into because the universities need to start offering this degree since it is making so many changes to the way we view the humanities.

A Canadian school principle created a website for other principles about why social media is important in the teaching of modern students. The principles write blogs that discuss different types of social medias and how they can be incorporated into practical ways in schools. They want to impact the student's learning with the parents help and this can be done through social medias.

This guide is for teachers who face the challenge of teaching digitally in K-12 and how it can be used in a creative and collaborative way. Collaboration comes from the students and other teachers and needs to be incorporated into digital teaching so that they can learn from each other. Administrators need to be fully knowledgable about new technology so they can show the teachers who then show the students. They also want to create more study groups with digital tools for the students to collaborate more with each other.

This event is a week long opportunity that discusses different topics about digital humanities. Each participant will get extensive material about their topic that pertains to their knowledge about digital humanities. A beginning course would show how project development and humanitites programming which no experience is required.