It has all come together. Our website is up. We have received some suggestions and expect to be done with all our edits by the end of this weekend. In a weird way I do not want this project to be over, but I am excited to graduate and move onto bigger things. The process […]
Blog Entry 9 April 2018
What I think Censorship is a slippery slope. I understand where parents would like to protect their children from how ugly the world can be, but in the specific case of Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, the ugliness of the world is not being promoted. Nothing in the book encourages readers to take part […]
Blog Entry 19 March 2018
Trash and Filth. In 1998 Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon was removed from curriculum in St. Mary’s County Maryland Public Schools for having what some deemed trash and filth in their criticisms of the book. These same struggles are echoed in the writing of Donald A. Downs on Government Censorship since 1945. His article claims […]
Blog entry 12 March 2018
Archival mishaps and missing information. I realized that I had missed some requirements for reading responses, but this has also presented me with a unique opportunity to re-read some of the earlier content in this class with experience and a higher level of context. While these readings are used to give us a basis for […]
Blog Entry 05 March 2018
The interview. Morning came and so with it our interview. I was a little nervous because I have never interviewed anyone academically. I have conducting interviews on both sides of a job table, but I have never interviewed someone about their personal beliefs. We arrived at the library and I was surprised by the amount […]
Blog Entry 26 February 2018
This week Price and I are interviewing at least one of our important sources. We were trying to arrange for two interviews this week, but we have been unable to get consistent responses from one of them. We hope to catch them before they leave the country in March. I have learned that with short-term […]
Blog Entry 19 February 2018
Survey of Technology As we come closer to deadlines for our project it became time to see what our school had to offer us. Justin Foreman is our point of contact at the media center and luckily, I am already familiar with him. Our school has a lab for recording high quality audio that […]
Blog Entry 12 February 2018
When writing history for the web, historians should write in a style similar to that employed for academic essays. Sean Kheraj’s article Best Practices for Writing History on the Web highlights various tips about writing in an accessible manner. Kheraj advises authors to: (i)Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you […]
Blog Entry 5 February 2018
The Enterprise On January 31, 2018 Price and I met with one of our college’s librarians. We had no idea what to expect, but it did not go exactly as we had hoped. There was no aha moment that led to clarity in our project. We only managed to untangle one knot. We are still […]
Blog Entry 29 January 2018
A brave first step into the future of interactive education. I took this course to challenge myself and to create my own unique college experience. I believe that courses like this will eventually become a common feature of classrooms. Historical or contemporary subjects are commonly sourced through the internet now, but colleges have not yet […]