Action Items (due by Noon on January 23):
- If you haven’t done so yet:
- Make sure that your domain is set up via Reclaim Hosting
- How-To: Reclaim Hosting
- Install WordPress from Reclaim Hosting
- Installing Word Press from Reclaim Hosting (here is a visual step-by-step if you hit a hiccup on moving from registering your domain on Reclaim to getting WordPress up and running) If you prefer a video tutorial, use this: How to install WordPress (YouTube video)
- Post your Icebreaker on Slack
- Post an image that best expresses “history” to you.
- Reply to one image with any comment you wish (in a thread)
- Make sure that your domain is set up via Reclaim Hosting
- Take the Discovery Survey
- Send a message on Slack with the address to your website. Use the #website channel to post your website address
- Work on creating your initial blog post on your website, responding to either of the Ray Bradbury stories (your impressions, thoughts, questions, etc.) or comparing the two.
- Remember that your posts should include 2 discussion questions, prompts, and/or activities that relate to the blog assignment so that you can come to class prepared to speak about the readings, including about specific quotes or sections that you found especially inspiring, challenging, or surprising.
- Post the link to your blog on Blackboard.
Class Prep (by January 23):
- Read: The Digital in the Humanities: An Interview with Sharon M. Leon
- Susan Hockey, The History of Humanities Computing, in “Companion to Digital Humanities”
- Read: Moya Z. Bailey, All the Digital Humanists Are White, All the Nerds Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave
- Read: towards understanding DH values: Debates in Digital Humanities
- Megan O’Neil, “Confronting the Myth of the ‘Digital Native’,” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 21, 2014.
- Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
- Watch: “A Vision of Student’s Today”
In-Class (January 23):
- Housekeeping: Forum for Q & A
- Lecture: What is the Internet?
- Activity: Rebuild the Internet
In Class (January 25):
- Continue Activity: Rebuild the Internet
- Discussion: Using your readings, we will practice coming together as a class to discuss the importance of cultivating a digital identity and how your approach fits (or doesn’t). To talk about what is the internet?
- We will draw on the various stuff we’ve read so far. Some stuff to consider: where is the internet? what is not the internet? how many internets are there? what is the internet becoming? is the internet alive? what do you love about the internet? what scares you
- Blog Post Comments for Blog Post #1: Read a handful of posts by other folks in the class on their website and add comments or annotations.
Homework/Class Prep (due by Noon, January 30)
- Experiment on customizing your WordPress site
- See Resources for tutorials
- Watch: How Did They Make That? (video)
- Read – Jennifer Howard, “Born Digital, Projects Need Attention to Survive,” Chronicle of Higher Education, January 6, 2014. ♦ Estimated Read Time = 8 minutes
- Review: the Organization of American Historian’s guidelines for reviewing digital history projects
- OPTIONAL: Weekly Sprint Review