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ThatCamp Session Topic
I didn’t see anyone posting yet, so I thought I would start the discussion myself and invite others to join in to this post, if you want (i.e. go ahead and edit it, or respond). I have a few things I...
View ArticleTHAT Camp Session Topic Ideas – Digital Media
My initial abstract was about discussing rhetorical strategies for engaging our colleagues who might be on the fence about the value of digital networked media in the classroom, especially at the...
View ArticleTHATCamp LAC Session – Deliberation and Technology
I’m interested in having a conversation about the intersections of the humanities, technology, and deliberative democracy. This past year, I’ve worked at the Kettering Foundation and have taken part...
View ArticleTHATCamp session/topic ideas: librarian-faculty collaboration
Okay, so, two (related) things: 1) Digital humanities projects—and really most kinds of pedagogical innovations—work best when they’re supported by faculty and librarians who understand each other’s...
View ArticleManaging multimedia assignments
I’d really like to see a panel on managing student assignments that require them to create multimedia/multimodal documents. What are some of the best ways to grade videos, audio recordings, etc.? How...
View ArticleSession Idea – Class and Professional Websites
There are so many things I’m curious about, but the one that comes to mind immediately is the use of specialized websites… I’ve used Moodle and Chalk/Blackboard to some good ends and find them very...
View ArticleDigital Archives
Gretchen Panzer and I have just finished a digital archive of North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies (1982-present). We’d like to see how to make the archive more interactive–we were...
View ArticleMultimedia Projects and Lib Ed Competencies
One of the conversations that we have around these parts revolves around the implicit connection between emerging platforms and texts (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, remix video) and the ways that they...
View ArticleNew DH Faculty at LAC – session/discussion idea
As a future LAC faculty member leaving behind my doctoral work at an R1 institution where the numbers of resources and colleagues working with digital media tend to be more plentiful, I am interested...
View ArticleSession ideas: Finding one’s way in DH
I’m most interested in figuring out what it means to work in Digital Humanities–both in terms of honing my own skills as a teacher and scholar and in terms of explaining that work to others. I’ve...
View ArticleMusic Composition: The DH Edition! What counts as “composition” anymore?
Hi gang! More of a series of questions and less of a proposal (I suppose that’s why were at THATCamp LAC, right?)… Musicians (specifically composers) in academia are behind the curve in our pedagogical...
View ArticleCollaboration and Connection at LACs with DHCommons
One of the most significant reasons for having a THATCamp organized specifically for liberal arts colleges is to address the not uncommon isolation of digital humanists at smaller institutions. Some...
View ArticleA broader question…
As a teacher educator and educational psychologist I am broadly interested in how technology changes and elevates learning. Questions: *How do we create a culture at a small liberal arts college that...
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“Iron Chef” DH Challenge!
B”H OK, I have already made a facebook page for us and suggested some sessions, but I got this idea today and thought I would throw it out there. I am going to be teaching World Literature next...
View ArticleIs There a Tech in This Class?*
I have often had students contribute to a class blog as a writing assignment. There are two things that I’m wrestling with. (Well, at least two things…) Students are really nervous about using an...
View ArticleSession Idea – Social Reading
This proposal is for a mix of question-asking and idea-sharing. One of the fundamental tasks in many humanities classes is reading a text to discuss it with a group. Students are already bringing their...
View ArticleInterdepartmental Resource Sharing/Coordination; Interdisciplinary Minors
At Whitworth, faculty from English, communications and journalism, computer science, and art are all teaching courses that in some ways cross into the digital humanities by dealing with media studies...
View ArticleWhat’s Going Into Your Course(s)?
There’s maybe some overlap to other suggested sessions in my idea here, but… My Digital Storytelling course, in particular, has been great to put together, but it feels like such a creature of my own...
View ArticleSession Idea – Technology in a writing center
How can technology help students navigate the writing process? At the Vassar writing center (where I am a student consultant) we have been working on ways to better integrate technology into the way we...
View ArticleWill this help me keep my job, or lose it?
I’ve just finished rereading the postings and comments through yesterday morning, and I have four session topics to propose after seeing our group-generated body of work so far. I’ll make separate...
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