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Thoughts After Class - Week 10


The Warhol museum was my favorite part of Pittsburgh when I was there! Glad you had a great time, Dr. Carter.

Midterm Project – an essay/paper laying out project plan, context, relevant projects, articles, etc.

So, is the “Midterm Project” basically a draft or a plan for part 1 of the final project and an outline for the rest of the project?

Still lots of other questions about the final project and our presentations. But can’t quite articulate them right now. LoL!

Peer review – What if we’re working alone? I’m assuming we don’t do this.

DH Project Presentations

Tamara: American Panorama – Great project! I love all the different ways we are seeing mapping being used in various project.

Peter: Genius.com – Great tool for text interaction!

Loni: The Penn Ghost Project – I can see how this could easily turn into a rabbit hole adventure.

Rhetorical Precis

Tamara – “Meaningful Interaction”:

Katie – “Augmented Reality”: These augmented reality tools that are becoming reality are so very interesting, but also a little scary. I think it’s so neat that the technology for these types of tools exists and/or is developing; however, it also makes me a little uneasy.

New Digital Worlds

Thanks for the quick explanation of Postcolonialism. My experience in this area has been very limited, so this was very helpful.

These various postcolonial projects are so interesting and provide so much insight into this technological postcolonialism. I’m definitely going to spend some time looking those these projects, especially the Livingstone Online.

Comments

  1. ShannonApril 4, 2019 at 7:00 AM

    I'd like you guys online, even if you're working alone, to get some feedback from your classmates. Here's info about that opportunity. See agenda for Week 12: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ckG5Jbjlbyqf2QKoELtl-UFsyHI6juYQ5MjWsOJld-o/edit?usp=sharing

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