HIST 390-002: The Digital Past

Here are the additional resources I mentioned today that might help you learn to program:

• W3Schools (teaches HTML, CSS, and many languages)
• Code Academy (teaches JavaScript)

Remember too to check out Yahoo! Pipes if you’re interested in pulling together data from multiple sites. I’ve also fixed the broken link on the overlay features in Google Earth that will let you overlay historical maps (especially Rumsey maps) in Google Earth.

We are meeting in Innovation 223 on Thursday November 29th and Thursday December 6th.

Here are the links I mentioned today to those articles by Alexis Madrigal in The Atlantic about verifying Superstorm Sandy photos shared on social networks:

• “Sorting the Real Sandy Photos from the Fake” — list of photos marked Fake or Real
• If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Subvert ‘Em: Countering Misinformation on the Viral Web — Madrigal’s account of the project to verify viral Sandy photos

Other links mentioned in class:

• Peter Norvig’s “undesigned” Presidential Election 2012 FAQ
• Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s site about Martha Ballard, a colonial midwife: Who Was Martha Ballard? and her book A Midwife’s Tale
• Old Mason library catalog and new experimental Mason Library catalog “inPrimo”
• Prezi presentation software

Remember, every Thursday from now on we’ll be meeting in Innovation 222.

You should have received an email invitation to join the class Google Group at https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!forum/hist390-002. Please join if you’d like the ability to ask (and maybe answer) questions of one another, even “What did I miss in class last Tuesday?” and the like.

Also, if you’ve noticed that the timestamps on your blog are wrong, that’s because by default they’re all set to Greenwich Mean Time. Go to Settings –> General to set the correct time zone on the blog. I usually pick “Montreal” as the closest city in the same time zone.

UPDATED 9/18 WITH ADDITIONAL BLOGS
UPDATED 9/4 WITH BLOG TITLES AND LINKS AS WELL AS URLS.

To subscribe to the class blogs in Google Reader, use this link: http://bit.ly/Q2Ezrp

Here’s the list of all blogs so far:

http://award0821.onmason.com – A Look Into the Digital Past
http://historyplain.onmason.com – A Plain Hill Chronicle
http://andrewreid.onmason.com/ – Andrew Reid’s Site
http://annabanana1492.onmason.com/ – Anna’s The Digital Past Blog
http://bscholni.onmason.com/ – BevsHistoricalBlog
http://mschroeder.onmason.com/ – blog for history 390 class
http://thebear.onmason.com – Charlie’s Blog
http://conner.onmason.com/ – conner
http://hstover.onmason.com/ – Digital History 390 Blog
http://diamondpilot.onmason.com/ – Digital Past Blog
http://ecox5.onmason.com/ – ecox5
http://mtran19.onmason.com/ – GMU – The Digital Past
http://jason.onmason.com/ – Hist 390 blog
http://cherylcf.onmason.com/ – Hist 390-002
http://kroll.onmason.com/ – History 390
http://alberto.onmason.com/ – History Blog
http://imojenn.onmason.com/ – imojenn
http://jeitler.onmason.com – Jon’s History 390 Blog
http://kayjay21.onmason.com – Kiara and the Digital Past
http://kramer6290.onmason.com – kramer6290.onmason.com
http://aledere1.onmason.com/ – mediated history
http://mmaggi117.onmason.com/ – Megan’s Blog
http://mjwilliams80.onmason.com – Mike’s Digital Past Blog
http://graham19.onmason.com/ – My Digital History Site
http://cunderw3digital.onmason.com/ – My Digital Past Blog
http://nsepahi.wordpress.com – Nadia Sepahi HIST 390
http://anmyarick.onmason.com – nickmyarickhist390
http://pohalloran.onmason.com/ – Paul’s Blog
http://wstraub.onmason.com/ – PitchBend
http://mterc.onmason.com – PRIVATE
http://bandersl.onmason.com – PRIVATE
http://bnagurny.onmason.com/ – PRIVATE
http://rhiannonvt.onmason.com/ – Rhiannon’s Blog
http://ssingh28.onmason.com/ – Samantha’s Digital Blog
http://stapia27.onmason.com – stapia27.onmason.com
http://sbrubak2.onmason.com – Susan’s Digital History Blog
http://kasibumgarner.onmason.com – The Digital Past Blog Posts
http://amassa17.onmason.com/ – The Historical Nerds
http://therman43.onmason.com/ – Tommy’s Digital Past Blog
http://williamhammilldigitalpast.onmason.com/ – William Hammill’s Digital Past Blog

Please click on the link below to submit the URL to your blog by 5pm on Friday, August 31st. Chances are we’ll have a blog all set up for you by the end of class on Thursday, August 30th, so you should make that deadline easily. Remember, to set up your blog, go to http://onmason.com and click “Create an account,” then follow the instructions on the screen. You will need to use your GMU email address for the account.

Submit blog URL here

Be sure to check out the syllabus. Want to print out a copy? Here’s a PDF.